The number of appeals on the television program “Direct Line” with Russian President Vladimir Putin exceeded 3 million. One of the leading programs reported this on the air. The program lasted 3 hours 57 minutes, while the Russian president managed to answer 74 questions. The previous record for the number of issues received in 3 million was reached according to the results of the “Direct Line” of 2013. Then the president performed 4 hours 47 minutes and managed to answer 85 questions.

Journalist Sergei Sukhobok was killed in Kiev, the publication of the regional committee reports. The murder occurred on the night of April 13. There was no official confirmation of this information yet. Details are also not reported. Sukhobok was a co-founder of the Internet publications Proua and the “regional committee”. According to the Ukrainian publication " Today ", a suck is the author of hundreds of articles on socio-political, social, legal and economic topics.

The international raw material trader Gunvor Group sold its share of 30% in the Yakut coal company Kolmar. This was reported in the group’s press release. The assets were purchased by the structures of the co-owner of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Andrei Bokarev. The Kolmar company runs several mines at the East Siberian and Denisovsky coal deposits and has licenses for open and underground mining.

The passage to Crimea should be cheap for Russian citizens. Vladimir Putin said this on the air of the Direct Line. Aeroflot will reduce prices from 50 cities of Russia to 7,500 rubles for a round-trip ticket, we hope that other airlines will do the same, Putin said, answering a question from a resident of Crimea, who complained about the high price of air travel. According to her, the cost of a ticket to Kazan is 17800 rubles.

The real reason for the searches that took place in the Moscow Open Russia office is the filming of the film about the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and what place he occupies in the vertical of the Russian government, said the founder of the organization Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The real reason for the search in open Russia is the shooting of the film about the place of Kadyrov in the current system of power. The obvious question is: who is the power?

The leader of the gang group neutralized in Nalchik was preparing terrorist attacks on May holidays. This was reported by TASS with reference to the information center of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee (NAC). According to the agency, the militant prepared terrorist attacks in places of mass accumulation of people. Including he planned attacks on representatives of authorities and employees of law enforcement agencies.

The special representative of the UN Secretary General in Yemen Jamal Benomar resigned, the press service of the international organization said, AFP reports. According to the official representative of the head of the UN Stefan Duzharrik, the successor of Benomar will be called "in the prescribed manner." On the eve of Benomar, he said in an interview with The New York Times that he intends to resign and already announced his desire to the UN General Pan Gi Muna.

The majority package of shares of the Canadian company Cirque du Soleil will be sold to investment groups from China and the USA. It is reported by CBC . According to unofficial data, the shares will be acquired by the Chinese investment company Fosun and the American investment fund TPG Capital, moreover, the transaction amount may amount to about $ 1.5 billion.

The vice-president of the Continental Hockey League and HC SKA Roman Rotenberg denied reports that he received a proposal to buy the Sport-Express newspaper from the editorial office. He announced this to TASS , and the former chief of the newspaper Dmitry Kuznetsov confirmed this information. According to Rotenberg, some people are waging an information war against him. In confirmation of his statement, the businessman responded with a quote from the Persian poet Omar Khayyam.

There are many foreign specialists in the management of state -owned companies who cannot be forced to publish data on their income. This was said by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the “direct line”, answering the question of the leader Kirill Kleimenov. Putin explained that these experts work “not on the first lines”, as, for example, in Ukraine, where foreigners work in the government.

In Moscow, the police sear the office of the public network “Open Russia”. This was reported on the organization’s website. Law enforcement officers are engaged in the search for campaign materials, which were supposedly prepared to distribute the opposition to the promotion on April 19. This was reported to the rain by the press secretary of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Olga Pispanen. “Open Russia” is a socio-political network movement organized on the initiative of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Andrei Kabanov, President of the City without drugs Foundation, announced millions of thefts in the fund, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, a significant part of the funds allocated by the Fund by businessman Mikhail Prokhorov was stolen. 15 million rubles Prokhorov arrived in three tranches. “It is impossible to say that the entire amount of 15 million has disappeared. But the huge amount disappeared, ”Kabanov said.

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, after a “direct line” with the President of the country Vladimir Putin, said that Russia could get out of the crisis, but under the current economic policy it is impossible to overcome, RIA Novosti reports. Previously, Kudrin predicted the Russian economy at least five years of stagnation. In his opinion, this cannot be avoided even if structural reforms are launched.

The Berlin authorities refused to give permission to the Russian bike club “Night Wolves” to hold a motorcycle in the city in honor of the celebration of victory in the Second World War, Die Welt reports, citing sources in German law enforcement agencies. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the German quittraries have not yet received requests from the club about the passage of Russian bikers through Berlin. However, if he acts, then a negative answer will be given to him.

Director Nikita Mikhalkov created the charity fund of social support and assistance to the cultural and moral development of the 12 Society, Izvestia reports. According to the publication, Mikhalkov is the only founder of the fund, named after one of the director’s films. The basis of the fund specialization is financial mediation.