Entrepreneur Igor Rotenberg halved his stake in the Tula Cartridge Plant after being included in the sanctions list of the US Treasury - from 40.04% to 20.23%, according to official documents on the company’s website. The manager of the enterprise told Vedomosti that the deal is related to American sanctions imposed on Rotenberg. The businessman’s exit from capital will allow the company to supply ammunition to third countries.

The Moscow mayor's office did not agree on the action of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny "Putin is not our king", scheduled for May 5. this The politician announced on his Telegram channel. “On the last working day, the mayor’s office officially announced that since we do not agree to sites outside the city center, the May 5 rally is generally prohibited,” Navalny wrote.

The Republican Party of Armenia, which holds the majority of seats in parliament (58 out of 105), will not nominate a candidate for the post of prime minister of the country. This was stated by the vice-speaker of the parliament and press secretary of the party Eduard Sharmazanov. The decision was taken at a meeting with former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. “We all agree that this is the best solution for Armenia,” Sharmazanov said.

The Parnassus party has applied to hold a mass rally “For Free Internet” in Moscow in support of the Telegram messenger, which was blocked by Roskomnadzor in Russia. The organizers filed a notice with the mayor's office of the capital, Novaya Gazeta was told in the press service of the party. The event is tentatively scheduled for May 13th. Participants will march from Lubyanskaya Square to Slavyanskaya Square. A rally is planned at the end.

In Petrozavodsk, the inhabitants of the house, to which the illegal trading extension "Nevsky Passage" was adjacent, entered the action "Femida's funeral". They chose such a name, because on the same day it turned 4 years from the moment the court decision on the demolition of the extension entered into force - the court decision has not yet been executed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Russia has blacklisted politicians, deputies, and other "hostile citizens" of Lithuania in response to the adoption of the "Magnitsky Act" by Vilnius. “As you know, it is not in the rules of the Russian side to remain indebted to partners in connection with their provocative actions,” said in a statement. the foreign ministry The Foreign Ministry warned that the "stop list" is open, and new persons can be added to it at any time.

The Siberian regional center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry published a letter from the head of the Kemerovo fire and rescue unit, Sergei Genin, who was arrested on charges of negligence after the fire in the Winter Cherry shopping center. Genin thanked everyone for their support and told about his imprisonment: “In principle, everything is fine with me, my neighbors are cool guys, as soon as I entered the cell, I was in shock and despair, but they supported me morally...

At the main building of Moscow State University (Moscow State University) named after M.V. Lomonosov was held by the “Living Shield” campaign against the construction of the fan zone for the 2018 World Cup 300 meters from the residential and educational buildings of the university, the initiative group of Moscow State University reports in the telegram channel. Handing hands, the participants surrounded the “live shield” of the main building of Moscow State University.

In Ivanovo, a schoolboy who played the role of Othello wounded himself with a dagger during a performance. He was hospitalized, at the moment he is in serious condition, but his life is not in danger, according to the UK. As the investigation established, on April 23, a 16-year-old schoolboy played the role of Othello in a school play that took place as part of the Shakespeare Readings. The schoolboy stuck a dagger into himself and grabbed his side, from which blood flowed.

The youth wing of the party in power "Young Guard of United Russia" (MGER) abandoned the idea to bring their "anti-Maidan detachments" to the streets of Moscow on May 5 and 6 during opposition rallies. This was told by the head of the coordinating council of the movement, Denis Davydov, reports the BBC Russian Service. “We are not going to butt heads with anyone in the squares. And we have nothing planned for May 5 and 6, ”he said.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, the relatives of Denis Timchenko, who died in a hospital, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights for a violation of Art. 2 of the Convention (right to life) and Art. 13 (right to an effective remedy). Lawyer Igor Sholokhov, who cooperates with the human rights organization Zona Prava, told Novaya Gazeta about this.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has proposed individual sanctions against US citizens as a response to restrictions imposed on Russian citizens by the US Treasury. The prime minister stated this in an interview in the Vesti on Saturday program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, reports . TASS “In my opinion, the U.S.

The authorities of St. Petersburg agreed to hold a march for the decriminalization of marijuana. This was announced by the organizer of the event, lawyer Arkady Chaplygin. The action was agreed to take place on the territory of the garden named after the 30th anniversary of October on Obukhovskaya Oborony Avenue.

The Russian payment service Qiwi said that due to the actions of Roskomnadzor to block Telegram, many users could not log into their accounts, reports . Interfax “This week, our users also felt the effects of Google’s IP blocking, which prevented ReCaptcha from working on our site, thanks to which we provide identification and login security for our customers,” the company said in a statement. It is noted that Qiwi specialists were able to solve the problem overnight.

In 2017, the number of people convicted of terrorism rose to 262, a 50% increase from the previous year (167). about this RBC writes with reference to the data of the Supreme Court. We are talking about those sentenced under the articles of terrorist attack, assistance to terrorism, public calls for terrorist activities, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization or community, as well as training for the purpose of participating in terrorist activities.