Political adviser Francois Hollande, accused of creating a “conflict of interests”, resigned Political adviser Francois Hollande, accused of creating a “conflict of interests”, resigned Akilino Morel. Photo EPA The siteMediapart, the initiator of many scandals of French politics*, withdrew Akilino Morel, “the closest adviser” by the President of France.

In St. Petersburg, the vocalist of the famous rock band "Slot" Daria Stavrovich was hospitalized with a stab wound to the neck, according to the group's official page on VKontakte. According to the Investigative Committee , at the exit from the Stoker cafe at st. Sadovaya, 30, 28-year-old Daria was attacked with a knife by her admirer and stabbed in the neck. The girl was hospitalized.

The Association of Cable Operators of Russia expressed its readiness to help the Dozhd TV channel to start negotiations with operators to return to their air, ITAR-TASS reports . At the same time, negotiations will begin on the condition that the TV channel offers the same model of cooperation with operators. "We are ready to negotiate with the Dozhd TV channel, based on the fact that the channel should be with all operators in the same model.

The special operation in the eastern regions of Ukraine enters an inactive phase due to Easter and the Geneva agreement, LIGABusinessInform reports . “Due to the Easter holidays and the Geneva agreements, work is now in an inactive phase. The headquarters is working, rescheduling is underway,” Marina Ostapenko, press secretary of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, told the publication. However, she added that the special operation was not completed and would continue.

Today, the State Duma ratified the Russian-Korean agreement, according to which the DPRK is forgiven 90% of the debts accumulated since the 1950s. The total amount of debt is 10 billion 94 million dollars. The balance of the debt in the amount of 1 billion 90 million will be paid every six months by crediting to an interest-free account with Vnesheconombank.

The Prague team "Lev" beat the Magnitogorsk HC "Metallurg" with a score of 3: 0 in the first final match of the Gagarin Cup, reports the R-Sport agency . Martin Shvets brought the first goal to the Czech team in the 14th minute. Already in the 25th minute, having received a transfer from Jiri Sekech, striker Petr Vrana hit the gates of the Russians for the second time. And in the last minute, Justin Azevedo scored the puck into an empty net.

Speaker of the Pridnestrovian Parliament Mikhail Burla conveyed to the First Vice Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Ivan Melnikov the appeal of the Supreme Council to the chairman of the lower house with a request to recognize the independence of the republic.

The MP suggested that “special structures” take fingerprints from HIV-infected people and carriers of other dangerous diseases The MP suggested that “special structures” take fingerprints from HIV-infected people and carriers of other dangerous diseases Roman Khudyakov, State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party, came forward with a bill proposing fingerprint registration of HIV-infected people and carriers of other dangerous diseases.

On April 22, in polling station No. 332 of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow, the world court will announce a verdict in a criminal case of libel against Alexei Navalny, RIA Novosti reports . During the debate, the deputy's lawyer, Trusov, demanded that Navalny be sentenced to compulsory labor, while the latter, pleading not guilty, asked the court to acquit him.

Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk promised to give the Russian language a special status in their address to the Ukrainians. This was reported on the website of the head of state. "We are fixing a special status for the Russian language and the protection of this language. We are fixing a special status for any other language on the territory of the corresponding territorial community," Yatsenyuk said in a statement.

The early period for passing the Unified State Exam begins on Monday. Today, the head of the Federal Testing Center, Vitaly Ponomarenko, told reporters at a briefing what innovations await graduates this year. A significant difference between the 2014 Unified State Exam and the exam of previous years will be the increase in the number of zones by time zone.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has entered into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations a new criminal proceeding against the dismissed President Viktor Yanukovych. According to the press service of the GPU, the case was opened under part 2 of article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - abuse of power or official position. In addition to Yanukovych, other ex-officials appear in it. Among the accusations is the denial of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as genocide.

The managing shareholder of Rambler&Co (former Afisha-Ramler-SUP) Alexander Mamut will take the chair of the company's CEO. He himself reported this to Lenta.Ru , which is part of the media holding. “I was quite involved in the merger processes at Rambler&Co. Apparently, I got carried away, and now I have a great desire to invest maximum efforts in the development of the company, ”the businessman admitted. According to him, the appointment will take place on April 21.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Thursday decided to allocate 5 billion hryvnia (about $445 billion) for the army, reported . the press service of the Ukrainian government Part of the allocated amount will be used to pay salaries to military personnel of the Armed Forces, internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Border Service. The budget also provides for military training camps.