The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict against the former Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev. It is reported by Mediazona . The court considered the complaint of the lawyers of Ulyukaev, whom the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow had previously found guilty of taking a bribe from the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin. The ex-minister was sentenced to 8 years in a strict regime colony. to the hearing to testify The head of Rosneft came .

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has banned his lawyers from participating in tomorrow's trial on the lawsuit filed by Roskomnadzor against Telegram. This was stated in his channel in the messenger by lawyer Pavel Chikov, representing the interests of the company. According to him, Durov motivated his decision by the fact that he does not want the lawyers to legitimize the "outright farce" with their presence.

Experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have confirmed that a poisonous substance was used in the assassination of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal. The report does not name it, but says that the result of the analysis confirms the conclusions of the UK. London has previously said that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent. OPCW experts reported that the toxin was of "high purity".

The State Duma adopted a law on blocking sites with information that "defames honor and dignity." The document was adopted in the third reading, the Moscow agency reports . According to it, if the site does not delete information recognized by the court as defaming the plaintiff's dignity on time, the bailiff will have the right to apply to Roskomnadzor with a request to restrict access to the portal. The regulator must do this within one business day.

Journalists Oleg Kashin and Alexander Plyushchev appealed to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the possible blocking of the Telegram messenger in Russia. Such lawsuits may soon become widespread. As Vedomosti writes, citing Agora lawyer Damir Gainutdinov, the applicants claim that the existence of legislation on the control of Internet correspondence violates their right to respect for private and family life, guaranteed by Art. 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights.

Since Thursday, April 12, units of the military police of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been working in the city of Duma, the Russian Defense Ministry said, noting that the police are the guarantor of law and order in the city. The tasks of the Russian military police in Syria include ensuring security and public order.

Russian warships left the port of the naval base in Syrian Tartus. This is due to security measures, said Vladimir Shamanov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee. "Simple practice. When a threat of attack arises, the ships that are compactly located at the berths enter the short-range maneuvering zone so that more than one ship is not destroyed by one ammunition. Spread out. Thus, they increase their survivability," Shamanov said, Interfax reports .

The incumbent head of state Ilham Aliyev won the presidential elections in Azerbaijan with a score of 86.03%. These are primary data, and they can still be adjusted, Mazahir Panahov, chairman of the Azerbaijani Central Election Commission, said, Interfax reports . Democratic Party candidate Sardar Jalaloglu scored 3.03%, self-nominated Zahid Oruj - 3.11%, Gudrat Hasanguliyev from the United Popular Front Party - 3.02%. Other candidates received less than 2% of the vote. Turnout was 74.3%.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, said at the trial that ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev had no opportunity to influence the privatization of Bashneft. Timofei Gridnev, Ulyukaev's lawyer, told about this, Interfax reports . According to the lawyer, Sechin confirmed his testimony against the former minister, saying that Ulyukaev allegedly extorted a bribe during a ten-minute conversation at the Goa summit.

"He intends to manage Russia as personal property" Very soon, the National Leader will pass through the empty streets of Moscow again and will begin its next term in power. For another 6 years. Even a simple set of news over the past couple of weeks shows us that in Putin’s view, the recent linden “elections” endowed it simply with royal powers. He intends to manage Russia as personal property in the interests of his, his family and a narrow ruling group, which seized all power in the country.

Banker Vladimir Antonov, who is on the international wanted list, was detained in the Moscow region and taken to St. Petersburg. The detention took place as part of the investigation of a criminal case on the theft of a billion rubles from the Sovetsky bank. According to Fontanka , on April 12, operatives from the “banking” department of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St.

The former governor of the Kemerovo region, who became the chairman of the regional parliament, Aman Tuleev appealed to the prosecutor's office on the issue of protecting honor and dignity. “Recently, in the federal and regional media, online publications, there has been a stream of insults, targeted lies and misinformation about the activities of the chairman of the regional Council, Aman Tuleyev.

Yulia Skripal, who survived the assassination attempt in the UK, said she was refusing help from the Russian embassy. Moscow questioned the authenticity of this statement, published on the website of the British police. “I am safe, trained staff help me and explain all the investigative steps. I have access to friends and family. I know that the Russian embassy has kindly offered to help me, but for the time being I do not want to resort to these services.

Roskomnadzor asked the Tagansky Court of Moscow to immediately block Telegram if the corresponding claim is satisfied. “The court case is related to the dissemination of information, and since Telegram is not provided with the keys to decode messages, we file a petition for the immediate execution of the court decision if the claim is satisfied,” Interfax quotes a representative of Roskomnadzor at a pre-trial conversation on the department’s lawsuit against the messenger .

The competition program of the Cannes Film Festival included the film "Summer" by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov. This is stated on the website of the festival. "Summer" tells about the formation of the Leningrad rock club, the recording of the first album of Viktor Tsoi and his relationship with the founder of the Zoo group Mike Naumenko and his wife Natalia. Kirill Serebrennikov edited the film while under house arrest.