A representative of the people's militia of Slavyansk said that self-defense managed to detain one of the alleged participants in the night attack on the checkpoint, reports . RIA Novosti Vyacheslav Ponomarev, assistant self-defense commander, said: “The young man lost his detachment and tried to get out of Slavyansk towards Kharkov on a hitchhike.” The militias found a 22-year-old man on a highway near the city.

The petition to annex Alaska to Russia has been removed from the White House website, RIA Novosti reports. In order for the US authorities to officially respond to the petition, it needs to gain 100,000 votes, but this appeal received only 42,000. There is currently a blank page on the petition page: "The petition you are trying to access has expired because it could not pass the threshold." The petition was published on March 21st.

Three people were killed in an explosion at a university in Baghdad, ITAR-TASS reports citing local media. According to investigators, the explosive device was set off by a suicide bomber at the door of the university. According to local TV channels, five terrorists took part in the attack on Imam al-Kazim University, but four were killed before they could blow themselves up. It is still unknown how many terrorists managed to destroy.

John Tefft may become the new US ambassador to Moscow, the New York Times writes , citing sources in the Obama administration. The decision has not yet been finalized, but US President Barack Obama is going to submit Tefft to Congress for approval, the newspaper writes. Tefft has experience working in the former Soviet republics, which did not play in his favor, since Obama believed that this would cause irritation in Moscow.

The head of the Slavyansk militia, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, asked the Russian leadership to send peacekeeping forces to the region, reports . RIA Novosti “They are killing our brothers. They don’t talk to us, they just kill us,” Ponomarev said at an emergency press conference convened in connection with the night events in the city. According to Ponomarev, the city is under siege by the Right Sector, and only Russia can protect the people.

St. A passenger in a state of intoxication was removed from the plane on the The incident happened around 7 am. According to ITAR -TASS, the passenger was a 35-year-old resident of Pskov. The captain of the plane called the behavior of the passenger inadequate, as a result of which the police took the violator for a medical examination.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov did not take seriously the publication of the Times newspaper, which reported on the possible imposition of sanctions against Vladimir Putin. “This is some kind of, apparently, a newspaper duck,” Peskov said on the air of Ekho Moskvy. Earlier, the British Times, citing sources, reported that if Russia sent troops to Ukraine, sanctions could be imposed on the president.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement condemning the shootings in Slovyansk. The department is sure that the organizers of the attack on civilians were members of the "Right Sector": "As a result of an armed attack by militants of the so-called "Right Sector", innocent civilians were killed," the report says.

The leader of the militia in Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, announced that seven were killed as a result of a night shootout at a checkpoint, reports . RIA Novosti At the same time, according to his information, one person was killed among the militia, two were injured. Earlier it was reported about three dead from among the residents of the city. According to the news agency, after the skirmish, the attackers took with them the dead and wounded from their side.

Last Saturday, a light aircraft crashed in the Volgograd region. As a result of the tragedy, the pilot died, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on Sunday. The plane crashed at about 2 p.m. near the village of Poperechny in the Kotelnikovsky district of the Volgograd region.

The Board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine appealed to former employees of the Berkut special forces and self-defense forces with an appeal to unite in the face of an external threat, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports . “We, members of the Collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, appeal, first of all, to former employees of Berkut. You have always been the elite of the forces of law and order. You spared no effort and life to protect people.

The leader of the militia in Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, announced the introduction of a curfew in the city. According to Ponomarev, a curfew is introduced in Slavyansk from midnight to six in the morning. “The appearance of outsiders on the streets is unacceptable,” quotes Ponomarev as saying.

Four people were wounded as a result of a night shootout at the entrance to Slovyansk, RIA Novosti reports citing the staff of a local hospital. “Looks like something serious has happened. At night, four people were brought to us with gunshot wounds,” the source said. Earlier it was reported about one injured and five dead.

One person died when a wall collapsed at one of the Moscow meat processing plants, Interfax reported on Sunday, citing law enforcement sources. According to the agency, the accident occurred in one of the shops of the meat processing plant in Ogorodny passage, where workers reconstructed the wall. During the work, one of the walls collapsed, crushing a 29-year-old worker.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter today. They were congratulated on the holiday by the first persons of the country. In particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his congratulations , said that the Orthodox Church helps people gain faith and strengthens them on the path of life, the Kremlin press service reports on Sunday.