The United States laid out the tests of a new ballistic missile scheduled for the next week. The American military considered that the launch of such a rocket can be incorrectly interpreted by North Korea. The order of the abolition of testing last Friday was given by US Secretary of Defense Chuck Heigel. According to him, the launch of Minitman-3 can significantly exacerbate the Korean crisis and encourage the DPRK to launch its own missiles.

The book of Archpriest Mikhail Ardov "Cistern" belongs to the type of literary works that are difficult to read, but they want to re -read them. The matter, as academician M.L. rightly noted Gasparov in a letter placed on the cover in the language. The language that the book is written is its main dignity. The fact is that, after the appearance of writers-runs, Russian prose gradually began to lose its special language and its binding to the roots.

About 120 tons of radioactive water flowed on the eve of a special cooling tank at the Japanese NPP Fukushima-1. About this with reference to local media writes Interfax . Also today it became known that the water continues to go outside. On Sunday, about 50 tons of water flowed from the underground tank. At the same time, representatives of the company serving the nuclear power plant reported the possible infection of the environment, Reuters said.

Ex-Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko, pardoned today by the president of the country Viktor Yanukovych, left the Mensky colony in the Chernihiv region, where he was serving his sentence. According to Interfax , now Lutsenko is communicating with reporters. “Today, the event for me is the victory of Ukrainian democracy, world democracy, Ukraine begins to take the right steps to stop political repression,” Lutsenko told reporters.

The chess player and public figure Harry Kasparov left the leadership of the opposition movement "Slavicity". About this " Interfax " was told by a member of the political council of the organization Alexander Ryklin. This Sunday, the IV Congress of Solidarity was opened in Moscow. In it, in particular, it is planned to hold elections to the governing bodies of movement.

The criminal case was instituted against the head of the maternity ward of the hospital in Vladikavkaz, who tried to sell a newborn child. This was reported on Sunday by the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia. “The investigating authorities in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania initiated a case against the 56-year-old head of the maternity ward of the Republican Clinical Hospital. She is suspected of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art.

On April 6, a rally was held in support of political prisoners in the Novopushkinsky square. The Polit.ru correspondent visited the action. According to the GUVD, 600 participants took part in the rally. The organizers talk about one and a half thousand people. One way or another, the Novopushkinsky square was almost filled. This action resembled somewhat more a concert than a rally. Many speakers read out poems - both their own and prisoners of “swamp business”.

Chromosome Konstantin Popadin Photo: Natalya Chetverikova Konstantin Popadyin , a researcher at the Institute of Problems of Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of biological sciences, told Boris Dolgin, Dmitry Iskovich and Anatoly Kuzichev in the Science 2.0 program - the joint project of the Polit.ru and Vesti portal.

Alexey Muravyov Mikhail Ardov Photo: RFE/RL The book of Archpriest Mikhail Ardov "Cistern" belongs to the type of literary works that are difficult to read, but they want to re -read them. The matter, as academician M.L. rightly noted Gasparov in a letter placed on the cover in the language. The language that the book is written is its main dignity. The fact is that, after the appearance of writers-runs, Russian prose gradually began to lose its special language and its binding to the roots.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia Andrei Belousov said that inflation in the country in 2013 will be no more than 6%. The forecast of the minister gives Interfax. “I think that we will leave inflation in the region of 5-6%, and according to preliminary estimates it can be even below 6%this year,” Belousov said, adding that this indicator may enter the specified corridor (5-6%) already in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

At least 120 members of the Special Coldstream Regiment guarding Britain's Queen Elizabeth II fell ill with scabies. We are talking about the guard soldiers, famous for their red uniforms and tall bearskin hats. It is not yet clear who exactly brought the disease to the guards’ barracks. It is only reported that the guards fell ill after training in Germany. “Perhaps one of them came into contact with dirt.

The Chinese government sent the authorities of North Korea an official requirement to ensure the safety of employees of the diplomatic mission of China located in the DPRK. This is stated in the statement of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the text of which is quoted by Interfax.

A resident of a private house in the Krasnosulinsky district of the Rostov region was taken to the police for the illegal maintenance of a brown bear cub. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “The on -duty remote control received a message that one of the local residents illegally keeps a bearish in his courtyard. The police arrived at the place saw that a small bear cub was calmly walking around the yard, ”the report said.

The Russian women's hockey team on the ice entered the semifinals of the World Cup. In the quarterfinal match, the Russians beat rivals from Switzerland, reports Sport-Express . The match between the Russians and the Switzers took place in the Canadian Ottawa and ended with a total score of 1: 2 (for periods: 0: 1, 1: 0 and 0: 1). Now the Russians have to compete for going to the final with the Canadian national team.

Law enforcement officers came with an audit to the branch of the Memorial human rights organization in Murom (Vladimir Region). The head of the Agora interregional organization Pavel Chikov wrote about this on his Twitter . “In Murom, the prosecutors came to the Memorial branch. All employees are 75-80 years old. The theses of the performance at the rally of the memory of the repressed were demanded, ”Chikov explained.