Thousands protested in Reykjavik demanding the resignation of Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnleigsson . The country's opposition parties are going to put forward a vote of no confidence in the head of government within a week. And the Internet is collecting signatures for the relevant petition. More than 23 thousand people voted for it, with a total population of Iceland of 330 thousand inhabitants.

The defense of the leader of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov, appealed against the court's decision to refuse parole. this on Twitter . announced The lawyer Violetta Volkova The refusal to satisfy the request for parole became known at the end of March. The Rasskazovsky District Court of the Tambov Region refused on the basis of the “demonstrative negative behavior” of the convict.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has approved Gazprombank's application for the purchase from Mechel's structures. This is reported by TASS with reference to the department. According to the agreements, Mechel undertakes to sell the bank a stake in Elgaugol (49%), Elga-Doroga (79.1%), Mechel-Trans Vostok (49%) no later than June 30, 2016 As part of the deal on the Elga coal project, Mechel will use the proceeds from the sale to restructure its stake in Sberbank.

The Presidium of the Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Tagansky District Court, which in April 2015 fined the Sakharov Center 300,000 rubles for not entering itself into the register of “foreign agents” On March 30, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Tagansky District Court, which in April 2015 fined the Sakharov Center 300,000 rubles for not entering itself into the register of “foreign agents.” The case has been remanded for retrial.

Four leading Russian judokas tested positive for meldonium. This was reported by the sports information agency "All Sport". Natalya Kondratieva, Ekaterina Valkova, Mikhail Pulyaev and Denis Yartsev received anti-doping rule violation notices. The most titled athlete in the four is Pulyaev, a multiple winner of the world championships. In the IJF Olympic rankings, he takes fourth place. In the same ranking Yartsev is the sixth. All four athletes deny the use of meldonium after its ban.

The Ukrainian National Cultural Society of Sevastopol appealed to the residents of the city with a request not to participate in the collection of signatures for a petition to demolish the monument to the poet Taras Shevchenko. “It is common knowledge that Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko is a great poet, he wrote both in Ukrainian and Russian, and his work belongs not only to Ukrainian, but also to Russian cultural heritage,” the appeal of Sevastopol Ukrainians on the Leus-inform portal . says ".

Rating agency "Expert RA" (RAEX) announced the removal from supervision of the rating of "Novikombank". The bank's rating has been retained at B++ with a positive outlook. The agency removed the bank from surveillance after the state corporation Rostec made a decision on additional capitalization for a total amount of about 45 billion rubles. As stated by the head of the state corporation, Sergei Chemezov, Rostec intends to bring its stake in Novikombank to supercontrol.

Avellum law firm, which works with the assets of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, said that allegations of keeping money in offshore accounts and tax evasion are groundless, reports Reuters. “The creation of an external structure does not affect the tax liability of the Roshen group in Ukraine, which still pays taxes,” said an employee of the company that runs the firm.

An Azerbaijani drone crashed in the Martakert region in the Karabakh conflict zone. This was reported by Sputnik Armenia agency. The incident occurred at 17:30 local time near one of the military units near Martakert, a city in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. No casualties are known at this time. Recall that the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone escalated on the night of Saturday, April 2. Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Moscow government to prepare proposals for the preservation and use of the funds of the Library of Ukrainian Literature, TASS reports . As it turned out, the order was given on December 25, 2015 following the meeting of the Council for Culture and Art. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was appointed responsible for the implementation of the order. The corresponding report must be submitted to the head of state by May 15, 2016.

Economic Development Minister Aleksey Ulyukaev denied information about his connection with offshore companies, reports . Reuters “My name has nothing to do with these events,” the minister said. As it became known from the investigation published by Novaya Gazeta, Ulyukaev's son Dmitry was the owner of the offshore company Ronnieville Ltd in the British Virgin Islands when he was only 21 years old.

Ruzil Mingalimov, a deputy of the Naberezhnye Chelny city council from United Russia, was expelled from the party shortly after the founder of Open Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, announced that he would finance his election campaign, Vedomosti writes . Mingalimov said that he was forced to choose: either United Russia or Orenburg Region. He was offered to leave the party himself if Khodorkovsky was chosen, but he did not agree. He was expelled from the party with the wording "for discrediting".

The Legislative Assembly of the Amur Region submitted a bill to the State Duma to ban the consumption of energy drinks by minors. The corresponding document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The deputies propose to introduce a fine in the amount of one hundred to three hundred rubles for drinking non-alcoholic tonic drinks in public places.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko spoke out on the topic of accusations of owning offshore companies. Posted on his Facebook page. Poroshenko assured that he had not managed his own assets for a long time, and consulting and legal companies were doing this instead. “As president, I moved away from asset management, entrusting this matter to the appropriate consulting and legal companies.

The first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome will take place on the morning of April 27, at 5:01 Moscow time. This is reported by Roscosmos. According to the press service of Roscosmos, the state commission considered the results of comprehensive tests of the launch complex of the cosmodrome and the preparation of the Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle, after which it decided on the date of the first launch.