In December 2013, the FSB demanded that VKontakte issue personal data to the organizers of the Euromaidan groups. This was announced on his page by the general director of the social network Pavel Durov. “Our answer was and remains a categorical refusal - the jurisdiction of Russia does not apply to Ukrainian users VKontakte,” Durov said.

Transform growing social protest into a patriotic upsurge - this technique has been used more than once in the last century by authoritarian regimes for self-preservation Transform growing social protest into a patriotic upsurge - this technique has been used more than once in the last century by authoritarian regimes for self-preservation Ilya SHABLINSKY, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation Even those who have never been particularly interested in

The leader of the "Right Sector" Dmitry Yarosh announced the general mobilization of activists of the movement and the intention to seize eastern Ukraine.

In Moscow, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ambassador of Germany to the Russian Federation Rydiger von Frich began work In Moscow, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Ambassador of Germany to the Russian Federation Rydiger von Frich began work He began his diplomatic career in 1984. And the first serious test for the young diplomat was a business trip from 1986 to 1989.

Such daily allowances are now paid in the Donbass. Of course, not for mining work Such daily allowances are now paid in the Donbass. Of course, not for mining work On Friday, April 11, when they tried to storm the regional prosecutor’s office in Donetsk, and seized the regional police department in Slovyansk, when the first shots rang out and everyone was waiting in horror for reports of the victims of the confrontation, the black news really came. Seven men died.

An exhibition of paintings by Evgenia Vasilyeva, a defendant in the Oboronservis case, "Flowers from Captivity" has opened in Moscow. The exhibition includes twenty works. In just six months, Vasilyeva painted 60 canvases. The director of the Expo-88 gallery, Elena Yakovleva, was involved in the selection of paintings with her.

``` The Moscow City Court continues hearings on the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. The interrogation of the alleged killer Rustam Makhmudov, scheduled for Wednesday, was unexpectedly postponed. Instead, the defense invited prosecutors Loktionov and Semenenko to present additional evidence out of turn. What they did. ``` Half a day was spent discussing the additional evidence and the motion. We started just after lunch.

Representatives of fraternal countries conducted a joint operation in the Caucasus Representatives of fraternal countries conducted a joint operation in the Caucasus And it’s a pity that the genre of a portrait of a good person left our journalism. But I will tell you about one ...

The dismissed President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will return to Donetsk, REGNUM reports citing a source at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ukraine. According to the interlocutor of the news agency, Yanukovych will arrive in Donetsk on Sunday, April 20. “According to my information, the Kremlin has not yet decided on the future social and political structure of Donbass.

The regulatory authorities have doubted the ability of the community of co -religions to contain a monument of history and culture of federal significance The struggle for the former building of the Nikolsky single -faith church continues. The Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, having lived in the center of St. Petersburg for 77 years, should now move out of here.

In the period from 2011-2012, the former director of one of the subsidiaries of OJSC Voentorg, together with accomplices, removed seven real estate properties in Krasnoznamensk near Moscow from federal ownership and sold at a reduced cost, the press service of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia . reports The amount of damage from completed transactions exceeded 89 million rubles. The name of the suspect or the name of the subsidiary was not specified in the agency's report.

Residents of Novoazovsk and Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk region raised the flags of the Donetsk People's Republic over the buildings of the city councils. According to the website of the Rodnoye Priazovye newspaper , in Novoazovsk, several dozen activists came to the city council building demanding that the local authorities support a referendum on the self-determination of Donbass and recognize the Donetsk People's Republic.

On Monday, the German tabloid Bild, together with the Berlin edition of BZ, sent a petition to the Bundestag, asking them to remove Soviet T-34 tanks from the Memorial to the Fallen Soviet Soldiers, located near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. German government spokesman Georg Streiter considered that such a requirement is contrary to international agreements.

told Interfax . The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow will begin on April 24 to consider the case against Alexei and Oleg Navalny, who are accused of fraud and money laundering by the Yves Rocher company, Olga Bagrova, a spokeswoman for the court, The court received the case against Navalny on Monday. Elena Korobchenko has been appointed as a judge, the press service of the Zamoskvoretsky Court reported the day before.

The struggle for the former building of St. Nicholas Edinoverie Church continues. "Novaya" told ( see No. 18, 20, 31 for 2014 ) that the Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic (RGMAA), having lived for 77 years in the center of St. Petersburg - on Marata Street, 24 A, now must move out of here . This is what the law passed by the State Duma in 2010 on the return of property confiscated in Soviet times to the church says.