On April 23, the troupe and the entire team represented the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater Director Sergei Zhenovach Sergey Zhenovach and Vladimir Mashkov. Photo: RIA Novosti There is an update Sergei Zhenovach turned to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky with a request to change the preventive measure for Alexei Malobrodsky.

The Human Rights Center “Memorial” recognized Kolomna activist Valentin Sokolov, who was convicted after publishing articles on inciting hatred on social networks, as a political prisoner. This is stated on the website of the organization. The investigation insisted that Sokolov published on his page in Odnoklassniki a picture with text that incited hatred of Russians, and on his Facebook page two videos with racist content.

A white minibus drove into a crowd of people at an intersection in Toronto, according to preliminary information, eight to 10 people were injured. This is stated in the twitter of the Canadian police. The bus driver fled the scene. The police later announced his arrest. The area around the scene has been cordoned off. The incident happened around 13:30 local time. The Toronto Metro stopped train service in the area of ​​the incident.

The US Treasury is ready to lift sanctions from Rusal and its subsidiaries if businessman Oleg Deripaska sells a controlling stake in the company. This is stated in a statement published on the website of the US Department. “Rusal was sanctioned because of its association with Oleg Deripaska, but the US government does not target hard-working people who depend on Rusal and its subsidiaries,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

In Russia, it is extremely difficult for young people to launch an informal community or public action on their own. educational platform for active youth This is the conclusion reached by the creators of the Teploset . Experts are convinced that the set of knowledge and skills acquired in an online school will give strength to an ordinary citizen who wants to solve any social problem.

Four teenagers and the mother of a teenager who was killed by employees of the Belorechensk educational colony in the Krasnodar Territory went to court demanding compensation in the amount of 13 million rubles from the Federal Penitentiary Service. Andrey Sabinin, the lawyer of the Zone of Law, told Kommersant about this. “Another victim does not have a passport: he does not have Russian citizenship confirmed, and he could not issue a power of attorney for a lawyer,” the lawyer explained.

The press service of the Moscow City Court published the decision on the appeal of the former director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina, who was sentenced to four years in a suspended colony for inciting hatred and enmity, pending a court ruling. The defense demanded to explain the actions of the press service. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by human rights activists from Team 29. The Moscow City Court considered the appeal against Sharina's sentence on April 20.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing bailiffs to block websites that refused to remove information that discredits the honor and dignity of citizens or organizations. The document is published on the portal of legal information. The law allows bailiffs to issue a decision to block a site and send it to Roskomnadzor. The decision can be made if the resource refused to remove defamatory information by a court decision.

How the Armenians forced the prime minister to resign: reporting Ilya Azar Yerevan. Photo: RIA Novosti In Armenia, mass protests against the head of state Serge Sargsyan have been going on for eleven days. The last straw for dissatisfied with his ten -year rule was that when, after his two presidential terms, he introduced a parliamentary system in the country, he himself became the prime minister, although he promised to leave for several years.

In Pushkin, a passer-by saw a note on the street asking for help, in which an unknown person claimed that he was being forcibly held hostage. He turned to the police, after which the hostage was rescued, the National Guard said on the VKontakte social network. According to the department, after the appeal of a passerby, employees of private security left for the scene.

The Investigative Committee (IC) in Krasnodar stopped the criminal prosecution of the poet Maxim Drozdov, who was suspected of inciting hatred towards atheists. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the lawyers of the Agora International Human Rights Group Andrei Sabinin and Alexei Avanesyan. The investigator acknowledged that the poem was Drozdov's "self-expression" and was not aimed at inciting hatred and enmity towards atheists.

The Theater Arts Studio, founded by Sergei Zhenovach, will become part of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. This was announced by the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky at the gathering of the troupe at the Moscow Art Theater. The press service of the "Studio" reported that it will retain its former name and will not be called a branch of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov. “Legally, it will be one theater, but the name will remain the same – Theater Art Studio.

The confrontation wheel between Russia and the West made another complete revolution. And what in the end? Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta". Go to the artist's website Everything became even worse than recently. Security has noticeably diminished. Trust has evaporated almost drying.

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has given birth to a baby boy in the UK, has announced Kensington Palace . This is the third child for Kate and Prince William. The baby was born weighing 3.83 kg. He and Kate are doing well. The newborn is fifth in line to the British throne after Prince Charles, Prince William and their children, four-year-old Prince George and two-year-old Princess Charlotte.

CONTINUATION interim prime minister of Armenia has become Former head of government Karen Karapetyan . He was the country's prime minister from September 2016 to April 2018, until he was replaced by Serzh Sargsyan. Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. His statement is published on the website of the government. In it, Sargsyan says that he is leaving his post due to street protests. “I am fulfilling your demand,” Sargsyan said.