The Union of Theater Workers discussed the project of the First National Theater Photo: Vladimir Gerdo/TASS On Monday, the STD took a wide discussion of the idea of ​​the first national theater proposed by Valery Fokin and Evgeny Marcelli with the support of the Ministry of Culture. It turned out to be stormy and, as usual, had a dramaturgy - characters and positions.

In Astrakhan, the bass player of the rock band Doden Grotte, Mikhail Kargin, was searched on April 2 in connection with the explosion in the building of the Arkhangelsk department of the FSB. This is stated in the message of the public on VKontakte, which drew the attention of Mediazona. At six in the morning, officers from the FSB and the Investigative Committee came to Kargin's home.

The UK Parliament backed Prime Minister Theresa May's proposal to ask Brussels to delay the country's exit date from the European Union (EU) until June 30. 420 deputies voted for the initiative, 110 voted against, reports The Gurdian.

The former mayor of Vladivostok, Igor Pushkarev, was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony with deprivation of the right to hold public office for 10 years. The court also ordered him to pay a fine of 500 million rubles. Pushkarev was found guilty of bribery (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code), abuse of power (part 3 of article 285 of the Criminal Code) and commercial bribery (part 2 of article 204 of the Criminal Code).

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has extended until July 14 the arrest of French citizen Philippe Delpal, a partner of the Baring Vostok investment fund in the financial sector industry, accused of major fraud, until July 14, Interfax reports . Delpal's defense demanded that he be released from custody. “If you analyze it, in fact the investigator, although he attached a number of new materials, reproduces the old arguments.

A court in St. Petersburg declared illegal the dismissal of transgender Anastasia Vasilyeva (name changed) from the position of a printer (included in the list of banned women in Russia), according to the telegram channel of the United Press Service of the City Courts. Vasilyeva was reinstated.

Senator Mizulin and theologian Dvorkin fight "uncontrolled sexual excitement" YouTube.com Yoga classes in the Moscow pre -trial detention center are temporarily suspended. This happened after the appeal of Senator Elena Mizulina to the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to check the purpose and maintenance of these events. The deputy decided to initiate an audit after the appeal to her Professor-theo-Supreme Alexander Dvorkin.

After arriving in Russia, the Cousta teams promised to close the “whale prison” and release its prisoners Photo: RIA Novosti On April 8, the governor of Primorye Oleg Kozhemyako announced the news, which for several months has been eagerly awaited by ecologists, scientists and simply people who were not indifferent to animals. All braids and Belukh from the “whale prison” in the average bay will finally release to freedom-to the ocean. However, this will not happen momentary.

Lev Shlosberg, a deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly from the Yabloko faction, has developed a package of bills on "disrespect for the authorities towards the people," said in a statement.

“Law enforcement agencies”, after the Criminal Code, also sentenced civil Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" On April 8, the judge of the Krasnogorsk District Court MO MO Svetlana Potapova announced the decision to appeal to the state of more than 800 property of property still belonging to the former head of the Serpukhov district, Alexander Shestun, his family members, as well as another 15 individuals and 20 legal entities.

In Ingushetia, 25-year-old Ibragim Dugiyev, a participant in a rally against the border agreement with Chechnya, which was held in Magas on March 26, was detained. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the human rights center Memorial. Dugiyev was detained in the village of Kantyshevo, Nazaranovsky district. According to his relatives, about 40 armed security officers wearing masks and camouflage uniforms without signs broke into the house, breaking the windows of the front door.

The first working day of Sophia Apfelbaum Sophia Apfelbaum. Photo: Marina Tokareva / "New Gazeta" Sofya Apfelbaum, director of Ramta, came to work on Tuesday. Long before eleven in the morning, for which Alexei Borodin appointed a collection of the troupe. On the table in her office there are roses, lilacs, tulips. On Tuesday in the theater, a day off, but, as his artistic director said, “the event we were waiting for so,” and everyone came.

A bill was submitted to the State Duma to ban the transportation of a certain amount of unmarked tobacco products through the territory of Russia, it follows from the data of the system to ensure legislative activity. The document provides that one individual will not be able to carry more than 600 cigarettes, or 150 cigars (cigarillos), or 750 grams of tobacco, or other tobacco products of the appropriate weight.

"Calvi case" again raises the question of the innocent of the investigation authorities Michael Kalvi. Photo: RIA Novosti A few days later, the Basmanny Court will return to the issue of the measure of suppression against Michael Kalvi, Maxim Vladimirov and 5 more partners and employees of the Baring Vostok Foundation, the term of the maintenance of which expires on April 13. Meanwhile, on April 8, this story was discussed at the Center for Public Procedures (COP) “Business Against Corruption”.

A ceremony of farewell to film director George Danelia was held in the Moscow Cinema House, RIA Novosti reported . Photo: TASS Several hundreds present at the farewell of colleagues and fans escorted the coffin of the People's Artist of the USSR with applause and the cries of “Bravo!”. During the ceremony on the screen showed excerpts from his films and the recording of the song “Friends Lost only once” performed by Danelia himself sounded.