An employee of the St. Petersburg metro became a defendant in the criminal case after the attack on April 3. This was reported by the Fontanka publication. During the preliminary investigation, it was found that 43-year-old Konstantin Ippolitov, senior inspector of the control service at the subway (SCM), on the day of the attack was put at the entrance to the station instead of a sick inspector of two trains who did not have admission to the radial inspection installation.

Venezuela leaves the organization of American states. Venezuela’s diplomatic mission to the OAG was awarded to the General Secretary of the organization Luis Almagro a letter signed by the President of the country Nicholas Maduro, to initiate the Venezuela exit procedure from the organization.

As a result of a landslide gathering in Kyrgyzstan, according to preliminary data, 24 people were killed. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic. The incident occurred in the village of AYUU in the Osh region in the south of Kyrgyzstan. A powerful landslide went into six one -story residential buildings. Initially, the Ministry of Emergencies reported that four of the 24 people in buildings were killed.

In the center of Moscow on Saturday, the inconsistent campaign “Tired” ended with the “Open Russia” by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This was reported on the website of the metropolitan police. The action began at 14:00 on Slavyanskaya Square.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov announced the refusal of Interpol to declare, at the request of Russia, the international wanted list of the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine and the leader of the Popular Front party Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

In Turkey, access to the world's largest Internet encyclopedia "Wikipedia" is blocked. It is reported by the building Hürriyet . It is impossible to go to the site from the territory of Turkey without using the so -called virtual private network (VPN) from 8:00 Saturday by local time. When users try to go to Wikipedia through Turkish providers, the inscription "The connection time is expired." It is noted that the decision to block was made by the National Telecommunications Regulator of Turkey.

The Russian air defense system in the Far East has been translated into a state of increased combat readiness. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of Defense and Security of Viktor Ozerov. “Russia is extremely closely monitored by what is happening in the DPRK (...) we control the airspace in the area of ​​responsibility of the air forces of the Russian Federation,” the Senator agency quotes.

On April 29, the American aircraft carrier cruiser entered the Japanese Sea through the Tsushima Strait. This was reported by NHK . The aircraft carrier takes part in the joint exercises of the US Navy and Japanese self -defense forces that began on April 23. In the near future, South Korean forces will join the exercises. As noted, the joint maneuvers of the armies of the three countries are designed to put pressure on the DPRK, which continues to develop their missile and nuclear programs.

Grigory Golosov We publish a transcript of a lecture held as part of the second cycle of an educational project "Citizen political scientist" with participation Grigory Golosov , Doctor of Political Sciences, University Professor of Comparative Political Science of the European University in St. Petersburg . Grigory Golosov: Citizens are political scientists, I am endlessly glad to speak in front of you today, but I feel somewhat awkward.

The DPRK took the next test of the ballistic missile, which ended in failure. This was reported by Yonhap Agency with reference to the statement of the United Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of South Korea. According to the South Korean military, the test was carried out on the morning of April 29 by local time (23:30 p.m. in Moscow) in the Pukchhan area of ​​the Pyhenan-Namdo province. The rocket exploded a few seconds after takeoff.

In the Crimea, unknown activists “fulfilled” the promise of the head of the republic Sergey Aksenov to unload garbage under the doors of the houses of officials of local governments responsible for cleaning illegal landfills. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Crimea.

Burning grass agenda-u.org In the Siberian Federal District, an emergency regime was introduced due to forest fires. The area of ​​fires here is already more than 330 thousand hectares. Experts predict a further deterioration in the fire hazardous situation, in particular in Buryatia. The authorities call the main cause of the disaster the human factor. On the evening of April 28, the village of Bubnovka burned in the Kirensky district of the Irkutsk region.

Maria Blokhina Rocket protection in North Korea Photo: DailyCallerNewsfoundation.org. On Saturday morning, North Korea once again tested a ballistic missile, the launch was made at 5:30 local time from the Pyongyang region, presumably from the Pukchkhan air base. This was reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap with reference to the United Committee of the Chiefs of Staff.

President of Montenegrin Filip Vuyanovich called the “historical” ratification in the parliament of the protocol on joining NATO. This was reported by the Vijesti newspaper. “A historical decision was made in Cetin,” the president said on the air of state national television.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova lost Kristina Midenovich from France in the semifinals of the tournament of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the German city of Stuttgart. It is reported by Tennis.com . The meeting was held on April 29 and ended with the victory of Mladenovich in three sets - 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4. Tennis players spent a total of 2 hours 38 minutes on the court.