The private Syrian airline Cham Wings operates flights between Damascus and Rostov-on-Don, which are not included in the schedule of the Rostov Platov airport. On these planes, “people in camouflage” fly from Russia to Syria, according to a Reuters investigation. The agency writes that one of these flights was personally observed by a Reuters correspondent.

Power in Russia is even more irremovable than its geography Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta". Go to the artist's website Life is crazy, but the ice has not yet started. Normal winter ice, and you can’t move it from its place. So the Volga is still flowing under the ice and falls ... where? Under the ice is not visible, and one textbook claims that she flows into the Black Sea. Maybe now it is - no one checked. The textbook page was posted on the network Astrakhan schoolchildren.

on his Telegram channel The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, spoke out against blocking Telegram. “I have always advocated an open and direct dialogue between the authorities and society on any platform, including the Internet. Therefore, I have accounts in almost all social networks. Everyone knows that I am an active Telegram user, I have not only my own channel, but also for work, personal issues, I use this messenger, ”he wrote.

The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RBG) opposed pressure on the Kaliningrad newspaper Novye Kolyolya, which was published by ex-deputy of the regional Duma Igor Rudnikov (now under investigation). The statement is at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta. “After five months of pressure, the main opposition newspaper in Kaliningrad, Novye Kolesa, ceases to exist.

The probable cause of the fire in the Perseus for Children shopping center could be a malfunction of the lighting devices. This was announced by the head of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Ilya Denisov, reports . RIA Novosti On the eve of the agency, citing a source in emergency services, it was reported that an overload of electrical networks, which caused a short circuit, could lead to a fire.

Ukraine has been holding a Crimean fishing vessel with 10 crew members in Berdyansk Porto Berdyansk There is a sequel Members of the crew of the Nord ship were fined. The captain was arrested until May 31 with the possibility of making a bail. The bail has already promised to introduce the ship's company company.

The investigator in the case of the "Seventh Studio" Alexander Lavrov received a promotion, according to President Vladimir Putin's decree on dismissals and appointments in state bodies. Colonel Lavrov was appointed senior investigator for particularly important cases under the head of the Investigative Committee.

Who hit? We publish the list Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / TASS The US Treasury imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, 17 government officials and 14 legal entities. Most of them have already appeared in the “Kremlin list”, in which the Donald Trump administration included people “close” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The British authorities have denied a visa to Victoria Skripal, the niece of former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned in Salisbury. This was reported in the UK Home Office, reports Reuters. “We rejected the visa application for Victoria Skripal on the grounds that her application did not comply with immigration rules,” the official said. Earlier, the BBC reported that the British authorities refused her a visa.

On the day when Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit to block Telegram in Russia, the Moscow Kremlin Museums announced the launch of an official Telegram channel, reports . Interfax The channel is available at the link . The press release states that it will include announcements of events, news, guides to the Kremlin and the surrounding area, as well as information about historical events related to the Moscow Kremlin.

Scientists suggested that she can split the continent Dailynation screenshot Not far from the capital of Kenya Nairobi, a huge crack of several kilometers long appeared, 15 meters in depth and 20 meters wide. Dailynation screenshot Scientists of the Smithsonian Institute in the United States suggested that after 50 million years Africa can be split into two parts. And a crack appeared due to the movement of tectonic plates, which every year remove from each other by about three centimeters.

New sanctions were imposed against North Korea, one individual and 21 legal entities fell under restrictive measures. This was reported on the website of the Council of the European Union (EU). “Restrictive measures include a ban on entry into the EU, as well as freezing the assets of individuals and legal entities,” the report says. As explained in the EU, the sanctions were expanded in response to the activities of the DPRK in the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

Resolution: Judge Marina Nosova defended the honor of the judicial system, but now those who led us all to this line have paid for this Yuri Dmitriev is inspected at the entrance to the court, where he will be announced soon. Photo: Anna Artemyeva / "New Gazeta" Dmitriev’s case put the courts and critically evaluating them (this is sociology) public opinion on a new line of confrontation.

The founder of the Telegram messenger, Pavel Durov, was found to have British citizenship, according to documents on the website of the UK Registration Chamber. According to the registry, the Telegram Open Network company was registered on February 28, its capital is $800 million. In the nationality column in Durov's profile is "British" (British - ed. ). In addition, the website contains the address where the company's office is located in London.

The Kherson city court arrested for two months the captain of the Crimean fishing vessel "Nord" Vladimir Gorbenko, who was detained for entering the territory of the peninsula. The court decided to send him into custody until May 31. "Guard with bail. Lawyers will contribute,” told Anna Sheveleva, a representative of the company that owns the ship, Interfax. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the amount of the bail is 35.24 thousand hryvnia (about 78 thousand rubles).