Former mayor candidate Astrakhan Trapuross Oleg Shein asked his supporters to suspend pickets. He wrote about this in his blog in the Live Journal. “Now about 12 people in Astrakhan is about 12 people. I asked them in order to avoid provocations to refrain from participating in any public events, and to act as correctly as possible. The goal in the war is victory, not the liberation of hostages, ”said Shein. For the arrested comrades, the reference promised to find lawyers.

Grigory Gritsenko Henry Jackson and Charles Vanik. Photo from the site "Notes on Jewish History" " In recent days, the prospects for canceling the amendment of Jackson-Vannik have been discussing again. This time - in the package with the adoption of the "Magnitsky Law", which limits the possibility of receiving an American visa for Russian officials included in the list of those involved in the persecution of the deceased lawyer.

On Monday, the EU decided to prohibit the import of luxury and equipment to Syria to suppress the opposition, AFP reports with reference to a source in diplomatic circles. This is the 14th package of sanctions against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Another source confirmed the information and noted that the ban on the export of luxury is a symbolic blow personally to Bashar Assad, since his wife is known for his love for the goods of the Lux class.

Since August 2011, 13753 unauthorized dumps of solid waste (MSW) on a total area of ​​3316 hectares were liquidated on the territory of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources said on April 23.

On April 24, a meeting of the party’s asset with the leader of the United Russia, the head of the government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, was outlined, Interfax reports with reference to the Secretary of the Presidium of the General Council of ER Sergey Neverov. On meeting It is planned to discuss wide circle questions related With preparation To Congress parties , intra -party life , reform political systems countries .

The attackers broke the castles and knocked out part of the wall in the Museum of Moscow in Proviant stores on the night of Sunday, April 22. It is reported by RIA Novosti . Now the museum is closed to visiting. According to Life News , several dozen exhibits became the extraction of thieves - 36 icons of the XIX - XX centuries disappeared. Their approximate cost and historical value is not specified.

The habit of explaining everything by simple reasons is the wrong and harmful thing. But even more harmful a combination of simplification and conspiracyology. Three young women performed a certain action in the main temple of the country. How to understand this? There is a dull and uninteresting explanation that this is a relapse of Soviet godlessness. Conspirological theories of history with “Pussy Riot” are also uninteresting, for conspiracy, as you know, “refuge of idiots”.

The authorities of Japan have opened a criminal case on the death of Russian citizen Anna Filimonova - local police believe that the woman was killed, the head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Japan Sergey Kastornov said on Monday RIA Novosti . “The Japanese police launched a criminal case of murder in connection with the death of Anna Filimonova.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev by signing a decree on the pardon of Sergei Mokhnactin, convicted by 2.5 years in 2010 for an attack on a policeman during a campaign on the triumphal square on December 31. The document is published on the portal of legal information.

The judge of the Tagan court, Elena Ivanov, considering, in particular, the Pussy Riot case, an unknown attorney attacked with an ax, reports Gazeta.ru . “The man approached the people who were near the office of the judge, asked how to convey a petition to the judge. Having not received an answer, he went into the office of Ivanova, after some time screams and calls to help began to come from there, ”said the correspondent of the publication.

Again, with incredible power (and to the not last degree due to the girls from Pussy Riot, languishing in anticipation of the trial), a dispute about the ways of spirituality in our state was hardened. On the nineteenth of April, they were extended, allegedly “investigating” some kind of “case”, in a sober gaze, not worthwhile and a vacationy egg, but indicating the fusion of the church, the state and the “independent court” along the line of the self-returning interests of the power elite.

Today, the ex-candidate Mikhail Prokhorov will make a statement today, in which he will tell you about his approaches to party launch. " Kommersant " does not exclude that Prokhorov at this stage will refuse to create a party. As the businessman’s adviser told the newspaper, the headquarters “tests the company's request - to the party or public movement,” noting that Mikhail Prokhorov’s supporters want to unite first of all civilian and public problems.

Oleg Dobroduev will leave the post of General Director of the VGTRK , and Anton Zlatopolsky will take his place as the first deputy and general director of the Russia-1 television channel. This was reported by Lenta.ru with reference to a source in VGTRK. According to the source, Dobrodeev will take the post of Minister of Culture in the new government, which will be formed after the inauguration of Vladimir Putin.

Microbes were found at the International Space Station, which can lead to the failure of equipment. This was announced by the Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Grigoryev, Interfax reports. “We came across this at the Mir station and encountered this on the ISS - with the detrimental effects of microflora on the construction of the station,” Grigoryev explained. He said that these microbes amaze not only metals, but also polymers, and can cause equipment failures.

Anatoly Certyukov dreams of changing the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Finance, says the newspaper Vedomosti in the article "This is not a person, this is a function" (No. 73, of April 23). As the newspaper told several high-ranking officials, some time ago the Minister of Defense even discussed with Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev the opportunity to receive the position of Deputy Prime Minister for Finance.