The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in an interview with Interfax , said that there was no alternatives to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and suggested thinking about extending his powers in excess of two terms.

The Minister of Health of Russia Veronika Skvortsova said that the approval of the bill of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the sale of medicines in stores without a license is impossible. This is informed by RNS .

Russia considers reports of a chemical attack on the Syrian city of the Duma fiction, the attack itself was fabricated, said the Russian ambassador to London Alexander Yakovenko, Sky News reports. "Why do Damascus use chemical weapons during the evacuation of rebels [from the city]?" - said Yakovenko. According to the ambassador, Syria President Bashar Assad was “elected people” and is the only legitimate head of state.

The President of the International Union of Biathlonists (IBU) Anders Besserberg announced the non -involvement of Russian sports federations to disseminate doping in the country. According to Besserberg, the Doping system was created by the informant of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) Grigory Rodchenkov, the federation did not know about this, he said in an interview with Norwegian TV2.

Anna Sakoyan President Donald Trump and US Minister of Defense James Mattis The White House/Flickr.com The English -speaking media continue to discuss the situation around Syria. The US presidential administration Donald Trump is weighing the question of what measures should be taken in response to rumors about the use of chemical weapons by the Syria government. In parallel with her, the US allies also weigh risks and decide whether they should join.

Denmark Prime Minister Lars Lyokke Rasmussen admitted that his country has no legal opportunities for blocking the construction project of the North Stream 2 gas pipeline, TV2 reports. With such a statement, Rasmussen made an Angel Merkel, Chancellor of Germany. Recall that Germany issued all the permission necessary for the construction of the Northern Stream - 2, Finland also received .

The speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, together with the leaders of all four factions, introduced the bill “On the measures of influence (opposition) to the unfriendly actions of the United States of America and (or) other foreign states” - this is the response to the sanctions that the Donald Trump administration against Russia was submitted to the parliament.

The press secretary of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE) Daniel Holgen called on all European governments to come to a common approach in resolving security issues, confidentiality and freedom of speech. According to RIA Novosti , in this way he responded to reports about the possible blocking of the Telegram messenger in Russia. “European governments need to strive for a general understanding and approach to solving these issues and ensuring the main freedoms.

The State Duma is preparing a bill , which should be a response to sanctions imposed by the United States on April 6 against Russian billionaires and officials. It is proposed to introduce restrictions on the supply of American goods and services to Russia, said the first vice speaker of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov, Interfax reports.

On April 13, 1883, Alexander Alexandrov, a choir conductor, was born. Personal business Alexander Vasilievich Aleksandrov (1883-1946) was born in the village of Plakhino (Ryazan region) in a large family of peasants Vasily Alexandrovich and Anastasia Nikitichna. Parents sang in the church choir, loved and often sang Russian folk songs, ditties, and often spiritual chants. The boy had an absolute hearing and a good voice, he quickly grabbed and remembered the melodies and texts of songs.

The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov installed ICQ to replace the Telegram messenger, through which he previously communicated, including with journalists. “We’re trying for now,” he wrote to reporters of the Radio station “Moscow says”. ICQ in the case of TEELGRAM blocking was previously called by the presidential adviser to the development of the Internet, German Klimenko.

“Imagine, there are fighting and you say:“ When will you start the attack? ” Well, in the near future. When I attack, I will not say, ”said the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov TASS in response to the question of when his department begins to block Telegram. The fact that the Russian state in the person of a single department perceives what is happening with the Telegram through the prism of films about the war is interesting.

Lawyer Pavel Chikov wrote in his Telegram channel that the party representing the Telegram messenger asked the Tagansky District Court of Moscow to postpone the meeting in the lawsuit of Roskomnadzor, which demands to block the messenger in Russia. Recall that the consideration of the claim is essentially scheduled for Friday, April 13. At the same time, Roskomnadzor petitioned for the immediate blocking of the messenger in the case of a positive court decision in the lawsuit of the department.

In 2017, the income of Russian President Vladimir Putin amounted to 18.728268 million rubles. This follows from the declaration of the head of state on income, expenses, property and property obligations, which is published on the Kremlin’s official website. Last year, Vladimir Putin declared income for 2016 in the amount of 8.858 million rubles - so, the indicator increased more than doubled.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov commented on the decision of the Tagansky court of Moscow to block the Telegram messenger in Russia under the claim of Roskomnadzor, RIA Novosti reports. Recall that the corresponding decision was made after refusing the messenger administration to provide the Federal Security Service with encryption keys. The court decision on blocking comes into force immediately.