The discovery of a new group of giant viruses again made us think about the question of where such unusual viruses came from. The authors of the work lead to significant arguments in favor of the fact that these viruses come from smaller viruses and with a smaller genome, but in the course of development they managed to acquire new genes, kidnapping them in other organisms.

Frame from the film "Baby and Carlson" director-multiplier Yuri Butyrin Soyuzmultfilm The Russian Union of copyright holders (RSP) and the National Support Fund for copyright holders (NFPP) allocated to him by the Soyuzmultfilm film studio for a total of more than 9 million rubles to pay off the debts to the authors in two years. The representative of Soyuzmultfilm confirmed this.

On Saturday, it became known about the initiative from the American Congress: the senators prepared and introduced a bill on the creation of a “hybrid tribunal”. According to Gazeta.ru, citing the text of the project, lawyers from different countries who have invested war crimes against humanity committed by the Syrian authorities and the Assad regime be included in the tribunal. The reaction to the initiative followed immediately.

On the night of April 8, at the age of 85, the Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Grechko died. This was reported on the website of the journal " Cosmonautics News ". Last Friday, April 7, the TASS agency with reference to the source reported that George Grechko was taken to the hospital (the 81st clinical city hospital of Moscow named after Veresaev, - ed.) In serious condition. In turn, the daughter of the astronaut Olga denied information about the hospitalization of her father.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, said that the US arguments in support of Syria’s strike were false. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry. On Saturday, Sergey Lavrov, by telephone, discussed the situation in Syria with the German colleague after the US government strike of the Shayrat government air base.

In the case of a 25-year-old teacher of mathematics from Moscow, Dmitry Bogatov, arrested on suspicion of organizing riots in the capital, an article appeared on calls for terrorism (205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). It is reported by " Medusa " with reference to the parents of Bogatov. Materials on a terrorist article were allocated from an existing case.

On April 8, 1972, Sergey Magnitsky was born, the auditor of the Hermitage Foundation, who died in the Sailor Silence pre -trial detention center. Personal business Sergey Leonidovich Magnitsky (1972-2009) was born in Odessa in the family of Leonid Maksimovich and Natalia Nikolaevna Magnitsky. He had Russian citizenship, lived in Moscow. In 1993 he graduated from REA. G.V. Plekhanov, specializing in finance and credit.

Cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, George Grechko, died of heart failure. This was reported by RBC with reference to the daughter of the astronaut Olga.

Supporters of the Ukrainian Party “National Corps”, created on the basis of the Azov National Basis, blocked the entrance to the building of Rossotrudnichestvo in Kyiv on Saturday morning. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine Oleg Grishin. About 30 people blocked the entrance to the building, because of which no one could get inside. The audience also shouted offensive slogans addressed to Russia.

The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a caricature of US President Donald Trump after the US missile strike in a military base in Syria. On the caricature published on the Facebook publication, the American president smiles in his characteristic manner, and makes a naive gesture with his hands. At the same time, his fingers are drawn in the form of missiles, one of which started. "In April, do whatever you want!" - It is said in the signature to the drawing.

Employees of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti -Corruption (GUEBIPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia detained the former owner of the VISMA group of companies Valery Geregov in Moscow. About this on Saturday writes " Kommersant " with reference to sources close to the investigation. Geregov is suspected of the theft of Sberbank loans for 1.8 billion rubles.

The frigate of the Navy of the Russian Federation "Admiral Grigorovich", equipped with Caliber cruise missiles, returned to the constant connection in the Mediterranean Sea. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, the captain of the first rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev.

In Yekaterinburg, a criminal case was instituted on extortion on the fact of beating a disabled boy with men who demanded the payment of debt from his mother. This was reported by the press service of the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). According to the investigation, on April 5, three unknown men were beaten in the elevator of a fifth grade student of a correctional school.

Maxim Russo Pandoravirus Salinus igs Cnrs-amu The discovery of a new group of giant viruses again made us think about the question of where such unusual viruses came from. The authors of the work lead to significant arguments in favor of the fact that these viruses come from smaller viruses and with a smaller genome, but in the course of development they managed to acquire new genes, kidnapping them in other organisms.

The State Central Museum of Modern History of Russia, the branch of which is the Katyn memorial complex, commented on the statement of the Poland Foreign Ministry regarding the unreasonable emergence of information in Katyn about those who died in the 1920s in the Polish captivity of the Red Army. The corresponding answer is published on the museum’s website .