On April 21, the Civil Platform sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to deprive the deputy mandate of the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, RIA Novosti reports. The party asks Zhirinovsky to bring to criminal liability " for inciting hatred in relation to the social group" Women-journalist ". " The party leader Irina Prokhorova demanded to deprive the Zhirinovsky mandate for unworthy behavior, rudeness, insulting and propaganda of permissiveness.

Moscow, most likely, will not send observers to the presidential elections to Ukraine as part of the OSCE mission, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in the Foreign Ministry. According to the ministry, Russia received an invitation from the Ukrainian side in the same way as all the OSCE member states, but most likely refrain from sending observers to the elections. Moreover, the reason for this step is not specified.

In addition to the local analysis of private events and configurations in Ukraine and in connection with it, on the agenda there is more generally the question of what is happening - and what this can lead to a more global level. Researchers and analysts are trying to offer some conceptual framework. With this text, we begin their review.

The State Duma deputy from United Russia Mikhail Markelov sent a request to the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin with a request to conduct an investigation into the acquisition of firearms by oppositionist Alexei Navalny, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the party’s press service. Markelov asks to verify the information that in court Navalny provided a certificate from the neuropsychiatric dispensary about his incapacity.

British science and culture figures wrote a letter on The Telegraph with accusations against Prime Minister David Cameron. He was checked in the fact that he incites a religious role in the country. Under the letter, 55 writers, playwrights, professors and scientists signed.

Participant of the Britain's Got Talent show, Lettis Roubotham said that she had earned 200 pounds for a performance at the wedding of the youngest daughter of President Vladimir Putin, writes The Daily Mirror . “The guard carried us so quickly ... Then it was a top secret, we could not inform anyone about what we were doing,” the violinist noted.

The energy loss of the fourth unit of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in the Sverdlovsk region may move for several months due to delays in the supply of Ukrainian equipment. This was announced by the deputy general director of the Rosenergoatom concern Pavel Ipatov, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the official, we are talking about reinforcement for the engine room of the nuclear power plant, which is produced in Ukraine.

I.O. The prosecutor of Crimea Natalya Poklonskaya gave an interview with Rossiy Gazeta , in which she disowned the accounts on social networks, spoke about the transition of the peninsula from Ukrainian to Russian criminal law and urged guests to “come and not be afraid of anything”. “I know that there are several dozen pages that are supposedly on my behalf. But I can officially say that all this is a fake or, as it is now fashionable to say, Fake.

The man who captured the hostages of the Bank “West” in Belgorod was detained, he handed over weapons, Interfax reports with reference to the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier it was reported that three employees of the department were seized by a local resident, 46-year-old Alexander Vdovin. He had a bank of 23 million rubles in a bank. It is reported that the invader has a family, he has a wife and two children.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that representatives of the Russian Embassy do not inform the Russian Foreign Ministry about Kiev’s activities to comply with Geneva agreements, UNIAN reports with reference to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrei Doshchitsa. “We are surprised that Minister Lavrov does not know what is being done in Ukraine regarding the Geneva agreements .

In the Belgorod branch of the Bank "West", three men, one of whom is armed with a saiga carbine, captured hostages, reports RIA Novosti with reference to a representative of the FSB and an unnamed employee of power structures. As one of the interlocutors of the agency said, the invaders hold four hostages. According to him, attackers demand to give them 25 million rubles, negotiations are underway with them. Another source told the agency that the invader is alone.

The official Tokyo sent a note to Beijing in connection with the arrest of the Chinese authorities of the Baosteel Emotion of the Mitsui OSK Sukhograz is reported by China.org.cn . The ship with a displacement of 226 thousand tons was detained in the port of Zhejiang Province. In the near future this ship can be sold at auction. Beijing explained his actions by the need to resolve the conflict that occurred about 80 years ago.

In the United States, the production and sale of seven types of powder alcohol under the Palcohol brand (“Powdered Alcohol” - “Alcohol in Powder”) was allowed. According to The Independent , in American stores, Palcol will appear this fall. To get an alcoholic drink from dry vodka or rum, it is enough to add water. As indicated on the manufacturer’s website, the technology for the production of sticks is a secret. “If we tell you, we will have to shoot you,” the creators of the powder warn.

The holding of the presidential elections in Syria on June 3 contradicts the Geneva Communist, reports ITAR-TASS with reference to the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Duzharrik. On Monday, the speaker of the People’s Council (Parliament) of Syria Muhammad Gihad al-Laham said that the elections in the country will be held on June 3. On Monday, April 21, the country began the official registration of candidates for the post of head of state.

The leadership of the city of federal significance Sevastopol appealed to the Russian Ministry of Finance with a request for an additional allocation of 600 million rubles. According to Elimdar Akhtemov, Deputy Chairman of the Sevastopol City Administration, this money will go to solve current problems, ITAR-TASS reports. “The Russian banking system in the city only gets to our feet, and we may not have enough means that we collect.