One of the organizers of the protests against the Yadrovo landfill in Volokloamsk, Artem Lyubimov, was arrested for 15 days for disobedience to a police officer (19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was announced by lawyer Denis Kunaev, representing the interests of the activist. According to Kunaev, the protocol was drawn up because Lyubimov refused to show his passport to the police, and also because he allegedly “waving his arms” and refusing to go to the police station.

Mail.Ru Group, which owns VKontakte, allowed the National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI) to analyze borrowers' accounts on the social network, reports . RBC With the help of the developed service, the NBKI will receive information from VKontakte users and will be able to help companies that use the services of the bureau, there are about four thousand of them. The search will be carried out using up-to-date open data.

The Turkish Prosecutor General's Office has in absentia charged Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen with organizing the assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, reports Haberturk. According to the publication, the Prosecutor General's Office asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Gülen and seven other people allegedly involved in the murder of Karlov.

The Federal Air Transport Agency offered Saratov Airlines to voluntarily stop aviation activities. This is stated in a letter from the head of the department, Alexander Neradko, to the general director of the airline, Alexei Vakhromeev, reports . Interfax Neradko suggested that the management of Saratov Airlines cancel the air operator's certificate and "focus exclusively on airport activities." Earlier, Rostrnasndzor suspended the use of all Saratov Airlines aircraft after the An-148 crash.

US President Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on March 20 invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington. This information was confirmed by White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. “President [Trump] himself confirmed on March 20, hours after calling President Putin, that they had discussed a bilateral meeting in the near future at several potential locations, including the White House,” she said.

On April 2, promotions are held in the world dedicated to people with autism and other mental characteristics. In Moscow too Photo: "New Gazeta" On April 2, the sights of different countries, such as the Egyptian pyramids, the statues of Christ in Rio de Janeiro and New York skyscrapers, are illuminated in blue. The action “light in blue” - a sign of solidarity with people with autism and their families - captures continents.

The Moscow theater of the documentary play Theatre.doc received a message with threats. Director Zarema Zaudinova told Novaya Gazeta about this. According to her, when buying tickets online on the site, you must enter your data. Today, ten tickets were ordered for the play “War Is Near”, and in the full name column it was indicated: “Patriots of Russia will come to you * [beat - ed. ]". Theater officials reported the threats to the police.

In Yekaterinburg, a rally against the abolition of direct mayoral elections was held on Oboroni Square. The organizer of the action was the head of the city Yevgeny Roizman. According to him, thousands of residents came to the rally, according to some sources, about two thousand people, despite the fact that 99 people were declared to participate.

The investigation closed the criminal case against former KGB officer Eduard Budantsev, who was accused of shooting at the Elements restaurant in Moscow, which resulted in the death of two henchmen of crime boss Zakhary Kalashov (Shakro Molodoy). This was announced by Budantsev's lawyer Maxim Borisov, Interfax reports .

The New Gazeta publishes the documents of the court and the criminal case, of which it is clear: the secret poisoning substance back in the 1990s "was sold and wandered around the world" Photo: Zuma TASS Chemist Leonid Rink gives an interview to Russian state media as one of the developers of the poisonous substances of the Novice system. According to Great Britain, the “novice” in English Salisbury poisoned the former GRU employee Sergei Skripal.

On April 1, the director and playwright Mikhail Ugarov left Photo: Anna Artemyeva / "New Gazeta" "Theater.doc" says goodbye to Mikhail Ugarov. Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" On his last evening, Mikhail Ugarov was on the 25th anniversary of Novaya Gazeta. He said from the stage: - The theater.doc and the “new” had four common projects. I want another six.

The performances at the Theater.doc will go according to the poster without changes, the theater told Novaya Gazeta. On the night of April 2, Mikhail Ugarov, artistic director of Theatre.doc, died at the age of 62.

Two activists of the Chelyabinsk Stop GOK movement, Boris Zolotarevsky and Mikhail Urvantsev, were attacked by unknown persons near the office of the Russian Copper Company, which is building the Tominsky Mining and Processing Plant 12 kilometers from Chelyabinsk. The movement opposes the construction - Chelyabinsk residents managed to collect over 265 thousand signatures.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB wiretapped phones for six months and monitored the correspondence of the co-owners of the Summa group, the Magomedov brothers, who are suspected of organizing a criminal community. It is reported by RBC with reference to sources.

Ukraine is ready to hand over to Russia 20 of its citizens who are being held in Ukrainian prisons, Verkhovna Rada Vice Speaker Irina Gerashchenko said, reports . Interfax Ukraine intends to exchange Russians for Ukrainians held in Russia, whom it considers political prisoners, including film director Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko. Ukraine will offer the exchange on April 4 at a working group meeting in Minsk, Gerashchenko added.