The CEC published new data on the balance of electoral accounts of presidential candidates for the period from February 27 to March 5. According to the figures brought to the attention of RBC, the expenses of Putin's campaign headquarters increased by 150 million rubles, and the total expenses of the headquarters - by 375 million rubles, to 1.34 billion. In Putin's campaign headquarters, the money was mainly spent on campaigning on television and radio.

The Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed in Chechnya, fell into the abyss from a great height due to a gust of wind, head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov said on his telegram channel. According to him, the helicopter, which is based in Tuskharoy, Itum-Kalinsky district, flew to take the border guards to the outpost. “The helicopter descended to land the border guards. When he hovered two meters from the ground, there was a sharp gust of wind.

Mark Rowley, head of Scotland Yard's counterterrorism unit, has confirmed that former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent, reported . RIA Novosti According to Rowley, it was "an assassination attempt". He added that the victims remain in critical condition. Earlier, The Guardian, citing sources , reported that Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent. What substance could be used, they did not specify.

The former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia, Vyacheslav Derev, was arrested for two months, until May 6, the press service of the Basmanny Court told Novaya Gazeta. Trees are accused under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud). The interests of the senator will be defended by lawyers Kirill Belskoy and Nazir Gataev. Earlier, several media outlets reported on his detention in the case of tax violations during the construction of livestock complexes.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) did not accredit 4,500 observers from the Leviathan media, which was created by the team of politician Alexei Navalny, for the presidential elections. “Today we were suddenly told that it was liquidated by the court and the CEC does not accredit it. Earlier, we received referrals from the CEC for 4,500 observers from Leviathan. Now they are left without directions. Even Churov didn’t do this,” Navalny wrote on his Telegram channel.

Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a nerve agent. This is the conclusion reached by the investigation in this case, according to The Guardian, citing sources. What substance could be used, they did not specify. The most famous of them are sarin and VX (the brother of Kim Jong-un was poisoned with this). Newspaper sources refer to the results of medical and chemical research.

Director Yuri Butusov resigned from his post as artistic director of the Lensoviet Theater in St. Petersburg. In an open letter. which was published by the St. Petersburg Theater Journal, he explained that the director of the theater Valery Gradkovsky and the committee on culture of St. Petersburg "blocked" all his initiatives and demands as artistic director.

Reuters sources in American and European law enforcement agencies said that the UK police are considering Russia's involvement in the poisoning of former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal as the main version. Allegedly, the police suggest that Skripal was poisoned with an unknown substance as revenge for his betrayal. Officially, there were no such accusations against Russia from the UK. Earlier, the Kremlin said that they "have no information" about the poisoning of Skripal.

The State Duma Commission on Ethics asked Deputy Leonid Slutsky to explain the allegations of harassment. About this, reports "Rain", said the head of the commission Otari Arshba. According to the interlocutor, written requests were sent to Slutsky, he must also provide answers in writing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning contact baiting in the preparation and training of hunting dogs, according to the official portal of legal information.

A resident of the Volgograd region, Alexander Solopov, who was 22 years old, died in Syria, where he served under a contract, the found out . Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) investigation team CIT became interested in information about Solopov after the publication of the Volzhsky Notebook, to which the brother of the deceased told that the body of his relative should be delivered to Russia from Syria for burial.

Tamara Pletneva, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, does not believe in accusations of harassment by deputy Leonid Slutsky towards journalists. about this She spoke in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station. “I am sure that Slutsky, I sincerely tell you, is a well-mannered person, very literate, a great intellectual, deals with international issues and always treats women with warmth,” she said.

The minimum wage (minimum wage) will have to increase to 11,163 rubles from May 1, 2018, and not from December 1, 2019, as planned. The corresponding law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. At present, the minimum wage is 9489 rubles per month, the increase will be 1674 rubles. After the minimum wage is increased, it will be equal to the subsistence level for the working-age population in the second quarter of 2017.

Architect of the residential complex "Skolkovo. Park for life ”Vladimir Plotkin from the reserve Bureau called the investigation of the Fund for Corruption (FBK) the policy of Alexei Navalny that the houses were deliberately built so that the windows in them did not go to the cottage of the first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov,“ nonsense ”and“ nonsense ”, writes RBC. Photo: Blog of Alexei Navalny “Everything related to architecture is just nonsense,” he said.

The MI-8 helicopter was performing a scheduled flight, but when approaching the landing site, it collided with the ground. This was announced by the Investigative Committee of Russia in its telegram channel. The Investigative Committee also opened a criminal case under Article 351 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “violation of flight rules that entailed grave consequences”. An investigative team is working at the scene.