Two veterans returned the medals in honor of the 70th anniversary to the government of Karelia in protest, reports . the Stolitsa na Onego newspaper Nikolai Bakinov, 83, and Vladimir Dmetsov, 86, placed medals on the secretary's desk in the lobby of the government building around 11 am.

The Ministry of Economic Development has improved the forecast for the decline in Russia's GDP in 2015 - from 3% according to the previous forecast to 2.8%, Interfax reports . This statement was made today by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev at the Turkish-Russian Business Forum. According to the minister, in the basic version of the oil price forecast for 2015-2018, indicators are set at the level of 50, 60, 70 and 80 dollars, respectively.

The computers seized during the search were returned to the Open Russia public movement. This was reported on the organization's Twitter page. As Sergei Badamshin told Mediazona, law enforcement officers were obliged to return the computers. “They had to give and they did. We are working, people are aware,” the publication quotes Badamshin. Today the movement appealed the search of the office on April 16.

Why is the construction of a safe sarcophagus over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant still not completed? Why is the construction of a safe sarcophagus over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant still not completed?

The Dissertation Council at RUDN University deprived the Moscow City Duma deputy Vladimir Platonov of the degree of Doctor of Law. At the meeting on April 22, the complaint of the Dissernet community about Platonov's work was to be considered. According to the experts of "Dissernet", incorrect borrowings are found on 109 out of 412 pages of Platonov's doctoral thesis. However, Platonov sent a counter-statement to the dissolution council.

State Duma deputy Alexander Sidyakin asked the Ministry of Justice to check the Open Russia public movement, reports . RIA Novosti We are talking about checking the movement for the performance of the functions of a "foreign agent". The deputy explained his interest by the fact that information appeared in the media about the financing of Open Russia from foreign sources. Sidyakin points out that the movement is involved in political activities.

Stéphane Charbonnier's book was published, which he finished two days before the terrorist attack in the editorial office Stéphane Charbonnier's book was published, which he finished two days before the terrorist attack in the editorial office Editorial Scharb, the deceased editor of Charlie Hebdo, published a book that he finished two days before his death, on January 5, 2015: "A message to the Islamophobia scammers who play into the hands of racists" Lettre aux escrocs de l'islamophobie qui

The Desniansky District Court of Chernihiv sentenced today to 9 years in prison for espionage, reports . the press service of the Chernihiv region prosecutor's office The identity of the convict is not indicated in the message. The Russian was found guilty of collecting information constituting a state secret with the aim of transferring it to representatives of a foreign state and of storing and acquiring ammunition and explosives.

Despite the status of the most touring Russian group, Mumiy Troll is an infrequent guest in Moscow, be it solo programs or festival sets. The group is going to make up for the lack of performances in the capital this weekend with a “double shot”, since the occasion is excellent: the release of Pirate Copies, their eleventh studio album. What we have?

The Kievsky District Court of Simferopol detained the cameraman of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR Eskender Nebiev in the case of clashes near the Crimean parliament in February 2014, reports on Facebook. his colleague Elvina Seitbullayeva As she wrote, the court considered that Nebiev could hide and put pressure on the witnesses.

TV in its meanness knows no bounds “Yes, man is mortal, but that would be half the trouble. The bad thing is that sometimes he is suddenly mortal…” In short, we will all be there. And the now all-powerful heads of TV channels, for whom someone else's death is just an excuse for rating talk shows, and even the great and terrible Karaulov, an indispensable participant in such shows, who expects to live, and lo and behold, he will just die. But that would be half the trouble.

The Kuban governor Tkachev leaves the regional post and becomes the Minister of Agriculture. We summarize its 14-year-old register The Kuban governor Tkachev leaves the regional post and becomes the Minister of Agriculture. We summarize its 14-year-old register Photo: Tatyana Kuznetsova/ RIA Novosti After numerous gossip and rumors, President Putin announced new appointments officially.

The Ministry of Justice of the Perm Territory checked the autonomous non-profit organization Perm-36 and found signs of a foreign agent in its activities, reports . Interfax According to Ministry of Justice experts, the Perm-36 center has been politically active and has received foreign funding for the past three years.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended until August 28 the arrest of Anzor Gubashev and Khamzat Bakhaev, who are suspected of murdering politician Boris Nemtsov, Interfax reports . The investigator at the meeting said that an additional four months are needed to complete the investigative actions, including the examinations appointed in the case, as well as to bring charges in the final version.

The leaders of the Plesetsk military cosmodrome said that the rocket that fell near the object had nothing to do with them, Interfax-AVN reports , citing a source in one of the regional law enforcement agencies. “The authorities of the military cosmodrome, as well as representatives of the Strategic Missile Forces, deny involvement in the unsuccessful launch of the rocket. It is still not clear what kind of missile it is - ballistic or anti-aircraft guided, ”a source told the agency.