US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to consider withdrawing US troops from South Korea. writes about this with reference to several interlocutors who are aware of the progress of the negotiations The New York Times . At the same time, the newspaper notes that the president is not going to use the possibility of reducing the military presence as an instrument of pressure in negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Where are the continents run? And is it possible to artificially cause a destructive earthquake? Photo: Flickr / Michael R Perry In April 1906, an earthquake occurred in San Francisco, as a result of which more than 3 thousand people and 300 thousand were left without shelter. After 83 years, another, although not so terrible in consequences.

Why Putin went to the reforms of the armed forces and why he himself refused reforms Photo: kremlin.ru Vladimir Putin has a long and, at first glance, mutual love with the Russian army. We do not go away for the Supreme Commander -in -Chief to give tribute to the heroes who, both on their native land and abroad, provide the country's defense and security.

The Investigative Committee reported that the ex-head of Spetsstroyservis at Spetsstroy of Russia and two other entrepreneurs received sentences for embezzlement during the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. The 94th garrison military court found Andrey Yartsev, Vladimir Deniskin and Nikolai Shkadin guilty of embezzling 250 million rubles. budget money, writes SK. Deniskin received 7.5 years in prison, Yartsev - 7 years, Shkadin - 6.5 years in a penal colony.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya rejected the lawyers' complaint about the extension of the arrest of Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of Memorial. During the meeting, the defense petitioned for the election of a personal guarantee as a measure of restraint.

Presidential adviser and chairman of the board of the Internet Development Institute German Klimenko has "little chance" of being reappointed after Vladimir Putin's inauguration. writes about this Kommersant , citing a source close to the presidential administration. According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, Klymenko was never able to integrate into the structure of the Presidential Administration.

The former head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Sergei Kapkov, will participate in the preparation of Sobyanin's election campaign for the mayoral election as a consultant. This is reported by Meduza , citing its sources. The publication also writes about the possible return of Kapkov to the Moscow government.

In the early 2000s, Putin’s economic policy promised business growth. At the end of the next decade, everything that the president does in the economy is in harm with it. How did it happen? Photo: Pixabay / Gerealt To figure out how and why Vladimir Putin’s views on the economy and his actions in economic policy in 2000-2018 were evolved, you need to step back a step back, in the “dashing 90s”. For Putin, these years were really “dashing”.

In St. Petersburg, a supporter of Alexei Navalny, Ilya Gantvarg, was detained for an action in support of the victims of the Zimnyaya Cherry shopping center. Denis Mikhailov, coordinator of Navalny's St. Petersburg headquarters, announced this on his Twitter. Protocols were drawn up against the activist under Art. 20.2 (violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally) and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer).

Presidential adviser and chairman of the board of the Internet Development Institute German Klimenko has "little chance" of being reappointed after Vladimir Putin's inauguration. writes about this Kommersant , citing a source close to the presidential administration. According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, Klymenko was never able to integrate into the structure of the Presidential Administration.

The Nobel Committee refused to present the Literature Prize in 2018 due to allegations of sexual harassment against the photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, the wife of a member of the Swedish Academy Katharina Frostenson. Another reason was the disclosure of the names of the prize winners. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded at a ceremony in 2019, BBC News reports .

The Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, Tatyana Golikova, may become Deputy Prime Minister for Social Policy. Golikova's candidacy is being considered for the post of Deputy Prime Minister in the new government, RBC reports , citing sources close to the Kremlin, the government and the government apparatus. However, no final decision has yet been made. “There are other candidates,” one of the sources said. Tatiana Golikova started her career at the Ministry of Finance in 1990 as an economist.

Czech President Milos Zeman said that the country was developing and testing the Novichok substance, which poisoned former GRU officer Sergei Skripal. Zeman stated this during an interview with the Czech TV channel Barrandov, iDNES reports . The President said that the amount of poisonous substance produced was relatively small, and after testing it was destroyed.

The court arrested the property of the press secretary of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky, as well as the adviser to the general director of the Main Radio Frequency Center Alexander Veselchakov and the head of the legal department of Roskomnadzor Boris Edinin. It is reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the Investigative Committee. What kind of property in question is not specified.

The Rusal company, which was on the sanctions list of the US Treasury, has fully fulfilled its obligations to pay the coupon on the issue of Eurobonds maturing in 2023. According to TASS , the volume of the issue amounted to $500 million, the coupon rate was 5.3% per annum. The United States imposed sanctions against Rusal and its main owner Oleg Deripaska on April 6. In particular, the company was forbidden to make payments in dollars.