Constantly in a state of cheerful frivolity and moderate optimism, I sometimes (for example, now) still fall into the spleen. There is no need to say that from the inside of the notorious spleen, fun frivolity and moderate optimism appear forms of expression of idiocy, and the so -called world acquires worthy -defined genuine features. With bitterness, realizing that another day or two - and stupid laughs and empty hopes will resume, I hurry up to state my current only true point of view.

Ex-chairman of the Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, was elected chairman of the Council of the Chamber of Deputies of the party. The delegates of the 5th party congress, held in Moscow, voted for this today. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . Previously, Mironov announced the departure of the post of head of the party, which he has occupied since October 2006.

The human rights organization of Amnesty International reacted to the verdict by the Croatian generals, whom on Friday condemned the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Human rights activists believe that the court decision in the Hague is a “strong victory of the victims of the war,” RIA Novosti reports. “This sentence for many victims of crimes committed during the Operation“ Both ”in Croatia in 1995 was the first step towards establishing truth and justice.

Natasha Chetverikova On April 16-17, Moscow hosts the semi-final match of the world group of the Federation Cup between the national teams of Russia and Italy. In the first match, Vera Zvonareva beat Sarah Errani with a score of 6: 0, 6: 2. The meeting lasted only 56 minutes. Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Robert Vinci 6: 2, 6: 7 (4: 7), 6: 1 and brought the Russian team the second point. Svetlana Kuznetsova. Photo by Natasha Chetverikova Corrado Baratsutti. Captain of the Italian national team.

Return to publications photo reporting Archive of Projects of the Chetverikov Natasha Titul Vera Zvonareva and Sarah Errani. Photo by Natasha Chetverikova On April 16-17, Moscow hosts the semi-final match of the world group of the Federation Cup between the national teams of Russia and Italy. In the first match, Vera Zvonareva beat Sarah Errani with a score of 6: 0, 6: 2. The meeting lasted only 56 minutes.

In the starting game of the 5th round of the Russian football championship between the Samara “Wings of the Soviets” and “Krasnodar” a zero draw was recorded. The teams entered the field of the Metallurg stadium at 14:00 Moscow time. The game turned out to be quite tense with a minimum of moments and a maximum of struggle.

On Saturday, the Higher Administrative Court of Egypt decided on the elimination of the National Democratic Party of Egypt, which was the ruling at the ex-president Hosni Mubaraka. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The court also decided to transfer all the property of the liquidated party to the state. The decision of the Supreme Administrative Court is final and is not subject to appeal.

Mass protests in Syria reached the capital of Damascus - for the first time since the beginning of the riots in the country, Reuters reports. The thousands of protesters moved from the suburbs of the capital to the city center. In the central square of the demonstrators, the law enforcement forces were met, which used rubber bullets and tear gas against them.

Israeli military aircraft at dawn on Saturday, April 16, struck two objects belonging to Hamas militants in the city of Gaza, there were no casualties. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the local radio station. As a result of air strikes, the headquarters of the militants in the West and East Gaza are seriously destroyed. The motive for shelling the Palestinian Enclave is called by Israel launch to be militants of Gaza missiles in Israeli territory.

On the Internet , the collection of signatures addressed to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in defense of the Moscow Lyceum No. 1553 . This initiative of students and parents is caused by the fact that the head of the capital's education department, Isaac Kalina, allegedly gave the recommendation to transform the “Lyceum on Donskoy” into a comprehensive school for the children of the microdistrict and begin a set of grade 1.

The Russian side does not intend to cancel export duties for domestic energy when creating the free trade zone of the CIS. This was stated on Saturday by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov in an interview with Russia 24 . According to Shuvalov, the question of canceling export duties is the most difficult when discussing the draft agreement on the free trade zone of the CIS.

One of the main shareholders of Vimpelcom (Beeline) Altimo Corporation said that she was terminating the joint -stock agreement with another major shareholder, the Norwegian Tlenor company, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Altimo.

The Saturday program of the 5th round of the Russian Football Championship completed the match between the Grozny Terek and the Moscow Dynamo. The teams entered the Bilimkhanov stadium at 18:30 Moscow time and tied 0: 0. The match took place with a large number of struggle, with the advantage of one or the other team. With a small number of moments at the gate, the performing skill of attacking players came to the fore, which at the decisive moments led the players of both teams.

Photo report from the lecture by Ivan Begin in the Nizhny Novgorod press club as part of the Cultural Code project. The event was held together with Polit.ru with the support of the Put and Culture project. Decryption of the lecture. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices. Photo: Anton of the offices.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told reporters that he was not going to destroy the opposition in the country, ITAR-TASS reports on Saturday. According to the president, his opponents do not even deserve to be his enemies, since for this it is necessary to rise to his level. “If someone wants to fight with me, then let him go to the football and hockey platform,” Lukashenko suggested.