Pavel Durov, founder of the Telegram, prohibited the lawyers representing him to participate in a court of court in the lawsuit of Roskomnadzor to block access to the Internet resource, said the head of the Agora international human rights group Pavel Chikov. According to him, Durov believes that by their presence, lawyers "legitimize the frank farce." On April 13, the lawsuit of Roskomnadzor to block Telegram will be considered by the Tagan court of Moscow.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation clarified the data on the number of victims of an accident with the participation of the bus transporting children near the village of Tsarevo, Pushkin district of the Moscow region, on the 1st kilometer of the A-107 road (small concrete ring). The representative of the Ministry of Emergencies said that 54 people were on the excursion bus, including 40 children, RIA Novosti reports.

On the eve of the Cosmonautics Day, the Russian Ministry of Defense published unique historical documents dedicated to the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin. The project presents documents related to the life of Gagarin since October 1957-from the moment he awarded him the first officer title “Lieutenant” after the end of the 1st Chkalovsky Military Aviation School of Pilots named after K.E. Voroshilova.

Anna Sakoyan Speech by Xi Jinping Bannedbook.org/flickr.com The media continue to talk about a trade confrontation between China and the USA. Now commentators are most interested in the international context of this confrontation.

The State Duma in the final reading adopted amendments to the Tax Code on the cancellation of the collection of income tax on individuals from monthly payments to families with children, TASS reports. The explanatory note to the bill noted that such payments can be attributed to the category of social payments. In this regard, it was proposed to make a change to the expansion of the list of income not taxed by personal income tax to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

The State Duma is going to approve the candidacy of the new head of the Government of the Russian Federation the day after the inauguration of the president, that is, on May 8, writes Kommersant with reference to its sources in the lower house of the Russian parliament. Similarly, they received in 2008, when the post of prime minister was occupied by Vladimir Putin, and in 2012, when the Cabinet was headed by Dmitry Medvedev.

Only 11 out of 85 Russian regions (13%) have financial reserves. The results of the study, which was conducted by the analytical credit rating agency (AKRA), indicate this, according to RBC. The study is based on open data from the Ministry of Finance. According to this information, in 11 regions on January 1, 2017, the volume of reserves ranged from 0.5 to 28.2% of its own expenses for 2017.

According to the data on April 1, 2018, the external debt of Russia, according to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, reached $ 524.9 billion, by 1.2% exceeding the indicator at the beginning of the year, while the external debt of the private sector has not changed, the Central Bank’s press release on the official website of the regulator said.

The film "Summer" of the Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov is included in the competitive program of the 71st Cannes festival, which will be held in France from May 8 to 19, said the General Director of Thierry Fremo. “Kirill Serebrennikov represents the film“ Summer ”, which tells the story of Rock in the Brezhnev era,” RIA Novosti quotes him. Fremo recalled that Serebrennikov is currently under arrest, but still invited the director to personally present his picture on the Cote d'Azur.

The President of the International Union of Biathlonists (IBU) Anders Besserberg completely rejected the accusations of the Austrian police of possible involvement in corruption schemes and violation of anti -doping rules. He stated this in an interview with TV2.no. Earlier, Western media reported that IBU President is suspected of obtaining money for ignoring cases of doping by Russian athletes: allegedly since 2011, he managed to hide 65 such episodes.

Representatives of Aeroflot airline refuted the information that appeared on social networks that the crews of its aircraft began problems with the extension of American visas, and therefore in June the carrier could stop flying in the United States. Aeroflot refutes the information that the company in June may stop flying in the United States due to the lack of visa for crews.

Sergey Romanchuk Square of exchange offices Kiselev Sergey/AGN "Moscow" The rapid fall of the ruble, which began after the introduction of the United States new sanctions against Russia and continued against the backdrop of reports about the possibility of a clash of countries in Syria, stopped after taking off oil prices.

The General Prosecutor's Office published a draft order for interaction with the media and the public. The document, if accepted, will oblige the prosecutor to carefully check the data for transmission in the media and monitor the protection of confidential data. On Thursday, Kommersant writes on Thursday. All information will have to be coordinated in a special department.

The leaders of the Russian Federation and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan held telephone conversations, the topic of which was the current situation in Syria. Both presidents spoke out to activate the process of political settlement in Syrian territory, the Kremlin website says.

On the initiative of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) regarding the two -time Olympic champion, Russian biathletes Evgeny Ustyugov, an anti -doping investigation was launched. It is reported by Le Monde . The publication reports that the “abnormal indicators” of the doping of the athlete of the Russian Federation have been recorded since 2010, but the International Biathlon Union (IBU) did not conduct an investigation against him.