Gulnara Penkova, head of the press service of the Moscow government , told Gazeta.ru that the results of the cultural department's financial audit should not be interpreted as "misappropriation of funds." According to Penkova, we are talking about optimizing the costs of those contracts that were signed in 2014 for 2015, and which, for economic reasons, would be more reasonable to review. “Tenders have not yet been announced.

Lessons from Rasputin Lessons from Rasputin At the faculty of journalism in 1984, at the literary-critical seminar of Nikolai Bogomolov , there was talk about the then Russian prose, and in particular about Valentin Rasputin. Bogomolov unexpectedly called him a very great writer. One advanced boy, later a music critic, said that “Live and Remember” is a deeply Soviet work and in many respects unreliable.

Kirill Martynov, the observer of the “New” and the editor of the “Opinions and Comments” section - about how the “Civil Platform” will change without Mikhail Prokhorov, about the need for consolidation of the liberal opposition and the layout of political forces before the elections to the State Duma of the VII convocation.

The Central District Court of Kaliningrad began to consider a criminal case regarding the hoisting of the German flag on one of the buildings of the Federal Security Service in the region, RAPSI reports . Three civil activists are accused in the case. As the lawyer of one of them, Dmitry Dinze, said, today the indictment was announced, after which the persons involved in the case expressed their opinion.

Lawyer Ivan Gerasimov said that Zaur Dadaev, accused of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, has an alibi, reports . RBC Gerasimov claims that his client was in a different place at the time of the murder. At the same time, he refused to name the location of Dadaev at the time of the incident. According to the publication, the defenders of two other defendants in the case, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhaev, also declared alibis.

Why doctors of the highest category leave the profession Why doctors of the highest category leave the profession Remember, in Ryazanov's film "Station for Two", the beloved woman comes to the main character on a date? Early in the morning, he must have time to return to the zone, to the roll call, being late can be regarded as an escape, this is a new deadline. But… overslept, running with all their might, with a heavy accordion.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has proposed equating motor rallies with mass actions, according to the website of the Unified Information Disclosure Portal. The bill of amendments to the federal law "On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets" proposes to define motor rallies and tent camps as types of public actions. If this initiative is approved, such activities will need to be coordinated in advance with the authorities.

The head of EU diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, announced the extension of sanctions against Crimea, and also called on UN countries to join them. The head of EU diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, announced the extension of sanctions against Crimea, and also called on UN countries to join them. According to Moreghini, the European Union stands for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia.

The head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov awarded the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov with the order "For Loyalty to Duty" of the Republic of Kazakhstan, according to the website of the Chechen government. Aksyonov announced the award during a solemn meeting dedicated to the anniversary of the Crimean referendum.

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko resumed her hunger strike, Interfax reports citing Anton Tsvetkov, chairman of the capital's Public Monitoring Commission. “According to my information, as I expected, Nadezhda Savchenko today announced the resumption of her hunger strike,” Tsvetkov said. Savchenko's lawyers, Nikolai Polozov and Mark Feygin, confirmed on Tiwtter that their client had returned to the hunger strike. Feigin published Savchenko's appeal on his page.

The Pechersky District Court of Kiev arrested the property of the leaders of the Republic of Crimea and deputies of the local Supreme Council, according to the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. Thus, the court granted the motion of the investigators. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the seized property is estimated at UAH 1 billion 200 million.

The police conducted searches in the administration and city council of Ivanovo in the case of a bribe, Interfax reports , citing a law enforcement source. The case was opened against a 34-year-old resident of Ivanovo, who volunteered to transfer a multimillion-dollar bribe to the mayor's office and the city duma to help in the illegal transfer of a land plot for rent.

Investigators have formally charged Shagid Gubashev in the case of the murder of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, Interfax reports . The agency was informed about this by lawyer Ilya Trofimov. Earlier today, two suspects in the case - Tamerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhaev - were transferred to the status of defendants. The defendants in the case were charged with murder and arms trafficking. An Interfax source also said today that the charges have been adjusted.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, having listened to the arguments of human rights activists and the Ministry of Justice of Russia, recognized the inclusion of the movement "For Human Rights" in the register of "foreign agents" as legal. This is reported by Interfax. The court rejected the complaint of the leader of the organization, Lev Ponomarev, against the decision of the Ministry of Justice of December 2014.

The Soviet District Court of Kazan has chosen one of the owners of the Admiral shopping center building, Robert Khairullin, a measure of restraint in the form of arrest in a pre-trial detention center, . Tatar-inform reports So far, the term of arrest has been set until May 14. The detainee announced his intention to appeal this decision. Khairullin's lawyer asked the court to choose a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest or bail in the amount of 1 million rubles.