Russia will not leave international organizations in order to prevent self -isolation, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Direct Line program. The corresponding question was asked by the member of the board of the organization "Opora Russia" Evgeny Artyukh. “The international world is developing intensively. If someone wanted to make it unipolar, then it is unlikely to be able to do it, ”Putin said.

Bulgaria dismantled the pipes of the South Stream oil pipeline on its territory. This was reported by the local publication " BOV ". On the dismantled pipes in October 2013, the symbolic first weld was made . By purpose, they were not used. On April 17, the European Parliament will consider the resolution providing for the termination of the implementation of the South Stream project.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine refused to consider a bill that allows the presidential and parliamentary elections in emergency or martial law, UNIAN reports. 183 deputies voted for the inclusion of the issue on the agenda with the required minimum of 226 votes. The document provided for amendments to the laws “On the legal regime of emergency” and “On the legal regime of martial law”.

Residents of Sevastopol asked questions to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the air of the Direct Line program. The temporary studio in Sevastopol is located near Primorsky Boulevard in Sevastopol. More than a thousand inhabitants of the city gathered there. The first question from Sevastopol touched the work of the Black Sea Fleet. Putin promised to support the work of the shipyards served by vessels of the Black Sea Fleet.

The State Duma Council did not make the issue of the early termination of the powers of the Fair Russia deputies Ilya Ponomarev, Dmitry Gudkov, Valery Zubov and Sergey Petrov after a “non -poatriotic” vote on the accession of Crimea, Interfax reports. Ponomarev was the only deputy who spoke out against. Gudkov, Zubov and Petrov did not take part in the vote.

In the Fund for the Development of Civil Society (Forso) of Konstantin Kostin, a round table "electoral legal practice and legitimacy of elections" was held. At it, political scientists, lawyers and representatives of the parliamentary parties agreed on the creation of a public organization.

Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged acquaintance with representatives of large businesses who fell on the US sanctions list. “Yes, these are my friends ... and I'm not ashamed of them,” Putin said on the air line program. The corresponding question was asked by the presenter Kirill Kleimenov. “My good friends, some of them earned their capital even before meeting me. They are in no way connected with the Crimea.

April 09, 2014 Interfax published an article “The Ministry of Education and Science on the issue of compiling a list of textbooks took a tough but completely understandable position - experts.” The article sets out the opinion of a number of persons (S. Volkova, L. Dukhanina), presented as representatives of the expert community in the field of education.

The Federal Court of Hawaii’s Federal Court had been a lawsuit against the Hollywood director Brian Singera, known for the X -Men franchise. The plaintiff accuses Singer of rape, reports Reuters . According to the statement of claim, in the late 1990s, Singer, taking advantage of his fame and resorting to drugs and alcohol, committed violent acts of a sexual nature in relation to a teenager.

Ilya Karpyuk Pavel Durov photo: Pavel Durov/vk.com The general director and founder of the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov told his readers that law enforcement agencies persistently demand from him to close opposition political groups, as well as to disclose the registration data of their participants. Durov himself refuses to do this for ideological reasons. “On December 13, 2013, the FSB demanded that we issue the personal data of the organizers of the Euromaidan groups.

Lifenews correspondent Kristina Babaeva disappeared immediately after a shootout in Mariupol, which began during the assault on the military unit, according to the channel’s website. The report said that Lifenews journalists witnessed random shooting from the military. For the past few hours, the correspondent Kristina Babaeva stopped in touch, her phone is not available. The fact that Babaeva disappeared after the shooting began, said the operator of the channel Maria Povalyaeva.

The city hall of Gorlovka, Donetsk region of Ukraine, began its work again after the capture of the building on April 14, the press service of the City Council reports . A meeting with the heads of structural units of the City Council was held by the mayor Evgeny Klep. According to him, the main thing is now necessary is to correct the “interruptions that have occurred in two days” the capture of the building by pro -Russian activists.

The representative of the state prosecution demanded the sentence of publicist Boris Stomakhin to 10.5 years in prison for calls for extremism. It is reported by ITAR-TASS . He also demanded that the defendant engage in journalistic activities within 8 years after serving a sentence . According to him, the wine of the publicist is confirmed by the testimony of the witness of Novikov, the data of the examination and other evidence.

The Ukrainian army is equipped with uniforms at the level of 30-40%, said Arkady Stuzhuk, deputy head of the Office of the Supply of the Military Property of the Ministry of Defense, Interfax-Ukraine reports. According to a military official, the most lack of army ammunition - body armor and helmets.

Upon trying to storm the military unit of the national guard, committed in the evening on Wednesday in Mariupol, Donetsk Region, one person died, another 12 were injured, reports the “ website of the city of Donetsk ”. At the moment, the police help the military detain especially active activists who participated in the attack.