Yabloko co-founder Grigory Yavlinsky denied reports of his refusal to run for president. Earlier, the RIA Novosti agency reported that the politician no longer wants to run for the next presidential election. However, in a conversation with RBC , Yavlinsky said that his words were conveyed incorrectly. “Dear RIA Novosti conveyed my words, but I didn’t finish it - I was talking about the exhaustion of my beard-growing capabilities.” “I can’t do anything new in changing my image.

The Seoul Central District Court has sentenced former South Korean President Park Geun-hye to 24 years in prison for corruption and abuse of power. She was also fined 18 billion won (about $16.6 million). According to the Yonhap agency , the announcement of the verdict was broadcast live on television. The former president was convicted of 16 counts of corruption, including bribery, coercion and abuse of power. The prosecutor demanded a 30-year prison term for her.

Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich denies the presence of the poisonous substance "Novichok" in the laboratory in Shikhany. The State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology in the city of Shikhany has never stored chemical weapons, including the so-called Novichok gas, Babich told Interfax .

The Russian "Internet Research Agency", known as the "troll factory", could obtain the data of 87 million Facebook users. It is reported by Reuters , citing three sources. Currently, the US Congress is checking whether the data collected by Cambridge Analytica, which works with the campaign headquarters of Donald Trump, could have been transferred to the “troll factory”. On April 4, it became known that Facebook had deleted 280 accounts associated with the "troll factory".

Against the background of news about the sanctions that the United States imposed against Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, the shares of En + Group and Rusal, controlled by him, collapsed. According to the Moscow Exchange, En+ shares lost about 20% in an hour, and the value of securities fell from 706 rubles. at 15:45 Moscow time to 567 rubles. at 16:45 Moscow time. "Rusal" has lost about 9% in value, and the cost of securities has decreased from 33.65 rubles.

Deputies of the State Duma from Kuzbass asked Acting Governor Sergei Tsivilev to support the nomination of Aman Tuleev as speaker of the regional council. The corresponding appeal was published on his Facebook by the Duma deputy from the Kemerovo region Anton Gorelkin, whose signature is also under the document.

The Wall Street Journal has announced the date for the introduction of new US sanctions against Russian oligarchs. According to the newspaper , the next package of sanctions will be introduced on April 6. The WSJ cites its own sources. The publication notes that the new restrictions are likely to increase diplomatic tensions between the West and Russia. The sanctions are in response to Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

The Novichok poisoning agent used against ex-GRU officer Sergei Skripal was developed in the Saratov region. The relevant information was announced by the British intelligence services at a briefing, as a result of which Western countries decided to expel Russian diplomats, reports The Times . The laboratory is located in the city of Shikhany. It allegedly has been testing "Novichok" for about 10 years.

The condition of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal has improved. He is no longer in critical condition. According to the BBC , doctors at the Salisbury hospital said that Skripal is responding well to treatment and is on the mend. Earlier it was reported that the condition of the daughter of Sergei Skripal, Yulia, had improved. She even made a public statement thanking everyone for saving her.

Billionaires Alexey Miller, Oleg Deripaska, Suleiman Kerimov, Viktor Vekselberg and others have come under new US sanctions. The list was published on Friday, April 6, on the website of the US Department of the Treasury. It is also attended by the head of VTB Andrei Kostin and the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, Governor of the Tula region Alexei Dyumin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed eleven generals and one colonel from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The corresponding decree on Friday, April 6, was published on the Internet portal of legal information. The reasons for the dismissal are not reported.

Having rallyed around the national leader, deputies, Russian citizens and even robots commit a feat for a feat Photo: Theins.ru Board No. 1 The main character of the expired week is not a person. This is a robot bastard of the Russian Post, which was tested in Ulan-Ude. First, the head of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, and the General Director of the Russian Post, Nikolai Podguzov, met and decided that it was Buryatia who would become a robot testing.

Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit in court to restrict access to the information resources of the Telegram Messenger Limited Liability Partnership. “Based on Art.

Updated: The Ministry of Internal Affairs denies information about the filing of charges. The investigation charged co-owner of the Summa group Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed Magomedov with embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles. and criminal organizations. “The Magomedov brothers were charged with embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles.

US intelligence participated in the compilation of the sanctions list of Russian oligarchs, which should soon be announced in the White House. This is reported by the NBC channel , citing its own sources. The list was being prepared over the past few days, intelligence was responsible for identifying the targets. One of the channel's sources said that the people on the list would be very familiar.