Yuri Baturin tells how humanity has gone to a new round Yuri Gagarin before a space flight aboard the Vostok -1 spacecraft. April 12, 1961. Photo: RIA Novosti On April 12, 1961, the flight of Yuri Gagarin completely changed the consciousness of mankind. The cosmic era began - something incredible for the era, in which people were still alive, who remembered the world without aircraft and almost without cars.

The human rights organization Amnesty International issued an emergency statement in connection with the deportation of Chechen refugee Magomed Gadaev from France to Russia. Amnesty International's statement expressed "extreme concern" for Gadaev's life and called on the Russian authorities to "ensure [him] the right to life" and prevent him from being subjected to torture or "other inhuman or degrading treatment" and to ensure "his right to a fair trial".

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Saleh, called the power outage at the nuclear power plant in Natanz "nuclear terrorism", reports . Reuters “We condemn this dastardly move and call on the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to deal with manifestations of nuclear terrorism. Iran reserves the right to take action against the perpetrators,” Saleh said.

* Employees of the city police department of Novy Urengoy handed over Magomed Gadaev, deported from France to Russia, to employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chechen Republic for transfer to Chechnya. The day before, two Chechens came to the place of residence of brother Gadaev in Novy Urengoy in search of Magomed. After their visit, Gadaev's relatives turned to him with a request to "surrender at the mercy" of Ramzan Kadyrov and return voluntarily to Chechnya.

The European Union expressed concern about the search in the apartment of the editor-in-chief of the Important Stories publication Roman Anin in the case of violation of privacy (part 2 of article 137 of the Criminal Code) and the subsequent interrogation of the journalist. This was reported on the website of the European External Action Service.

Czech President Milos Zeman began to move in a wheelchair due to leg disease. about this He spoke in an interview with the Prague TV channel Blesk. “I decided to switch to a wheelchair because I don’t see anything wrong with it,” said Zeman ( quoted by Aktualne.cz) According to the president, he already uses a wheelchair at the Lany country residence and sometimes at Prague Castle. “A miracle can happen. Now I'll practice walking a little when it gets warmer.

A priest of the Russian Orthodox Church is accused of killing a dog in front of children There is a sequel Rector of the Assumption Church in the Apatites Konstantin Kuznetsov, dismissed and prohibited in serving after accusations of killing a dog “We are looking for witnesses. 04/08/2021 In the city of Kirovsk during training younger groups of children's ski schools, from about 17:10 to 17:20 from firearms, the favorite of children and many visitors to the ski range Frosya was killed.

The Prime Minister of Bavaria, the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Söder, announced his readiness to become the only candidate for German chancellor from the conservative CDU (Christian Democratic Union) / CSU bloc. This was reported by the NTV channel with reference to the participants of the closed meeting of the leadership of the parties. “If the CDU is ready to support me, then I will be ready.

Journalists from the Netherlands reported that they had access to thousands of telephone conversations of Sergei Dubinsky, one of the four suspects in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing flight MH17 near Donetsk in 2014. The new data was published by the Dutch broadcaster NOS. According to journalists, in 2014 Ukrainians tapped Dubinsky's phone.

The Bulgarian political scene after the elections to the People’s Assembly on April 4 resembles a building damaged by a hurricane More than a third of the 240-seater composition of the new National Assembly will be newcomers in it-this sensational detail portends changes, the consequences of which are still difficult to imagine. Boyko Borisov.

As in a small Karelian village, large fathers and single fathers raise children in a carpentry workshop In "perestroika" times, the Yakovlev family left from Petrozavodsk to yarn. Times have passed, and the brothers Leonid and Anton remained in a small, 3,452 inhabitants, a village among the Karelian lakes.

The court found the St. Petersburg journalist guilty of extortion by the bank The court issued a decision in the case of the creator and editor -in -chief of the FINNEWS publication Vladimir Shevchenko. He was accused of extortion on an especially large scale by the Rosselkhozbank. The journalist insisted that this was a common proposal for information cooperation. The judge found the editor guilty. The main punishment for Shevchenko was a two-year ban on publishing anything about banks.

Russia has outpaced the countries of Europe and the United States in terms of excess mortality during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by The New York Times. According to the publication, the death rate in Russia in April-December 2020 was 28% higher (362,302 people) than usual. At the same time, according to official data, 57,002 people died from coronavirus during this time.

50th anniversary of the 24th Congress of the CPSU 50 years ago, the 24th Congress of the CPSU took place, at which Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev spoke with the "Peace Program". But only one of its points was fulfilled - the Helsinki agreements were signed, which consolidated the status quo of European borders.

The first photograph of Yuri Gagarin after landing 60 years ago took Private Anatoly Pekarsky. "New" talked to him Anatoly Pekarsky. Photo: Valeria Fedorenko / "New Gazeta" If 60 years ago, 22-year-old Private Tolya Pekarsky did not violate military discipline in a rude way and did not carry into part of the air defense, where he served, his “Zenit-S”, we would never see the first photographs of the smiling Yuri Gagarin after the very 108-minute flight.