In 2018, the Accounts Chamber held 419 events and identified 9,235 violations for a total of RUB 772.7 billion. This is stated in the department's report. “Thanks to the work of the chamber, 7.5 billion rubles were returned to the budget system of Russia and the Union State. Based on the materials of the checks, 40 criminal cases have been initiated, operational-search measures are being carried out on 78 materials,» reported .

In the Novgorod region, a court fined a 34-year-old man under an article on “disrespect for authority.” Police officers recorded that on March 31 he posted on his page on the social network an insulting entry addressed to the president, the V Novgorod portal writes . The man was brought to trial under the article on “disrespect for authority”, which entered into force on March 29 (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The first president of Kazakhstan, chairman of the Nur Otan party, Nursultan Nazarbayev, proposed at the party congress to nominate Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for the presidential election. “I consider him the most worthy candidate to date. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the person who will fully follow the policy of friendship, equal rights for all Kazakhstanis. I call on all our compatriots to support his candidacy - this will be an unmistakable decision, ” TASS quoted Nazarbayev as saying .

Cinema chains Karo, Kinomax and Cinema Star have asked permission to show the premiere of Avengers: Endgame in premium formats (IMAX, Luxe, Dbox, 4DX, Doldy Atmos) on April 25, when the screening will take place worldwide. In Russia, the premiere of "The Avengers" is scheduled for April 29. According to Vedomosti , the distributor first asked to stage the show on April 25, but later postponed the premiere without explanation.

Reuters has corrected an April 19 story that said Rosneft was helping Venezuelan authorities evade U.S. sanctions. "The article has been corrected to clarify that Reuters cannot determine whether payments were made under the agreement in question. It has also removed references to Evrofinance Mosnarbank and clarified that experts do not see a sanctions violation," Reuters said in a commentary .

The Krasnoyarsk department of the FSB opened a criminal case against unidentified persons from among the leadership of the Arctic Mining Company Dmitry Bosov. The reason was the illegal mining and sale of coal in Taimyr, RBC reports citing sources. The case was initiated on the fact of illegal entrepreneurial activity (Article 171 of the Criminal Code). The maximum punishment for it is a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 500 thousand rubles. or imprisonment for up to five years.

After protests in Ingushetia on March 26-27, more than 20 people became defendants in criminal cases of violence and organization of violence against policemen. about this Magomed Bekov, a lawyer, told MBKh Media . “Only for criminal cases it is somewhere around 21-22 people. According to the administrative, if not to lie, today about a hundred people have been involved. They attract every day,” Bekov said.

The writer and journalist is ready to return to work. At least on the air of the radio station "Echo of Moscow". This was announced by the editor-in-chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov. “I spoke with Dmitry Bykov on the phone. He is eager to broadcast on Thursday. I left the decision of this issue to the doctors. The doctors don't seem to mind. Let’s sign up then,” Venediktov wrote on Telegram. April 22 Bykov, who is being treated at the Moscow Research Institute.

The court imposed a security lien on the property and funds of the temporarily suspended senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul Arashukov. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The arrest was made as part of a criminal case on the creation of an organized criminal community and theft of gas . Raul Arashukov, adviser to the general director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, was detained on January 30 in St.

The judges of the panel of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv, who decided to cancel the nationalization of Privatbank, said that the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, the head of the National Bank and the Minister of Justice put pressure on them and interfered in their work. The judges are asking to start a pre-trial investigation, according to the website of the court.

The terrorist organization Islamic State*, banned in Russia, claimed responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka, which killed 321 people and injured about 500. About this with reference to the news agency AMAQ reports Reuters . At the same time, the terrorists did not provide any evidence of their involvement. Earlier , Sri Lankan authorities said that the explosions in churches and hotels on April 21 were carried out by members of the paramilitary group National Thowfeek Jamaath.

FSB operatives detained the head of the center for countering extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Karachay-Cherkessia, Timur Betuganov, and the former first deputy head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the region, Kazbek Bulatov. They are suspected of involvement in illegal activities on the territory of the republic, RBC writes , citing sources. “Colonel Betuganov was detained early in the morning at his workplace.

The investigation shows that the explosions in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka were an act of retaliation for the shooting of people in mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Sri Lanka, reports AFP . churches and hotels in Sri Lanka On April 21, eight explosions rocked . The death toll, according to the latest data, has reached 310 people . The number of victims is 480 people.

In the presidential elections in Ukraine, after processing 100% of the ballots, Volodymyr Zelensky won 73.22% of the vote. Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko - 24.45%. The second round of presidential elections in Ukraine took place on April 21. Poroshenko has already admitted his defeat, but said he will not leave politics. And later, meeting with his supporters, he said that he would continue to fight in the parliamentary elections and in the next presidential elections.

In Ukraine, the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, Gennady Moskal, resigned. In his statement, he asks to stop his vacation and release him from his current position. “I ask you to stop my stay on vacation and release me from the post of chairman of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration at my own request,” Hromadske, the head of the region, quotes a statement . regions resigned Earlier, after the presidential elections, the heads of the Nikolaev and Lvov .