Russia could veto a UN Security Council resolution on a chemical attack in Syria if the document is hastily put to a vote without consultation. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov, reports .

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the chemical attack in the Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun, which killed more than 70 people. The United Kingdom, the United States and France submitted a draft resolution on Syria to the UN Security Council. At the meeting, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vladimir Safronov said that it was premature to adopt a resolution that provides for the possibility of imposing sanctions against the Syrian authorities.

Press conference in Novaya Gazeta. Video On April 3, the All-Russian Association of truckers held a press conference at the Novaya Gazeta media center. We recorded replicas of representatives of different regions. Video: Gleb Limansky, Nadezhda Mironenko / "New Gazeta"

The Moscow Mayor's Office agreed on a rally in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro. Vasily Oleinik, deputy head of the Moscow regional security department, told about this, reports . Kommersant The anti-terrorist action will take place on Manezhnaya Square on April 6. According to Oleinik, the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions sent an appeal to the Moscow government.

State Duma deputies did not support the idea of ​​initiating a parliamentary investigation based on the materials set forth in the investigation of the Alexei Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation about Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reports . The parliamentarians rejected the draft protocol instruction on verification of information from the FBK investigation, which the deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation submitted to the State Duma the day before.

All the victims of the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro have been identified. This was announced by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko. The last to be identified were the remains of two women and a man who died in the attack. Other victims of the tragedy were identified earlier. Petrenko also said that a genetic examination confirmed the identity of the perpetrator of the terrorist attack, Akbarjon Jalilov.

In Voronezh, truckers detained at a protest rally against Platon were released after giving explanations, Pavel Enyakin, coordinator of the Association of Russian Carriers, told Novaya Gazeta.

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After the press conference of truckers, which took place at the Novaya Gazeta media center in Khokhlovsky Lane, law enforcement agencies detained the organizer of the association of carriers of Dagestan Rustam Mallamagomedov. Photo: Nadezhda PRURSENKOVA / "New Gazeta" Apparently, two operatives in civilian clothes expected the end of the press conference in which Rustam and other representatives of the associations of truckers took part.

The State Duma has prepared amendments to the Criminal Code of Russia, strengthening the responsibility for recruiting terrorists, up to life imprisonment, reports . Interfax The bill was developed by the first deputy head of the United Russia party, Adalbi Shkhagoshev. At the end of March, the draft law was sent for review to the Supreme Court and the government.

Sergey Sobyanin and Galina Khovanskaya argued in the Duma about how to properly demolish five -story buildings Photo: RIA Novosti At the discussion of the project of five -story buildings, the performance of Galina Khovanskaya was almost the only open performance against the concept that the Moscow government proposes.

The Communists of the Tyumen Regional Duma made such an initiative Photo: RIA Novosti “We made this initiative in connection with the 100th anniversary of the Great October Revolution,” explained the “new” expert of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Vladislav Selifanov-at the same time, of course, there is no talk of canceling the Day of National Unity and consent.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the creation of rapid reaction teams to protect the subway from illegal interference. The corresponding document is published on the website of the government.

The international human rights organization Amnesty International demands to investigate cases of abduction, torture and murder of homosexuals in the Chechen Republic. The corresponding statement was published on the website of the organization. Human rights activists drew attention to the materials of the Novaya Gazeta investigation.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced a reward of 1 million rubles for any assistance that will contribute to the arrest of the killers of two Astrakhan police officers, TASS reports . Eight people have been put on the wanted list: residents of the Astrakhan region and Dagestan. The investigation was able to establish by recording the video recorder of a patrol car.