Corpus publishes Russian translation by Elizabeth Kolbert “The sixth extinction. Unnatural story. " Journalist and writer Elizabeth Kolbert devoted a book to thirteen species of animals, or already extinct, or on the verge of disappearance. “Very rarely in the distant past, the land was changed so strong that the variety of life was sharply reduced. Five of these ancient events had quite catastrophic consequences to be distinguished in a special category - the so -called large five.

And the materials announced in the Moscow City Court, which on April 12 examined the arrest of ex-Minister of Open Government Mikhail Abyzov and the general director of RU-COM Nikolai Stepanov, it follows that the FSB officers checked whether the funds raised by his companies SIBECO and RES as utility payments for energy resources, RBC reports.

On April 13, 1883, Alexander Alexandrov was born, choir conductor, author of the music of the anthem of the USSR and the anthem of the Russian Federation. 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 performed Russian folk songs, ditties, and often spiritual chants.

The unknown opened fire in the area where the Embassy of Ukraine is located, Interfax reports. According to one of the eyewitnesses, the unknown opened fire from the car, driving along the road Holland Park. According to other sources, the car crashed into the car of Ukraine, after which the police opened fire. Both sides of the Hollande Park road in the capital's Kensington district are currently numb, armed law enforcement officers are cordoned off at the scene.

The European Union exclude 9 people from the sanctions list, which he introduced in 2014 against people close to former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, the German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag reports. According to the publication, this happened due to a lack of evidence in relation to the defendants in the list. Currently, the EU sanctions list contains 170 people and 44 organizations. They are considered guilty of causing damage to the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

The leader of North Korea Kim Jong -un said that he was ready to hold a third meeting with US President Donald Trump, Interfax reports.

Former State Duma deputy, Olympic champion Dmitry Nosov told the Radio Says Moscow that a member of the public observation commission Pavel Pyatnitsky fired on his birthday.

Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks revelations site , who has successfully avoided meeting with representatives of British justice since 2012, as a result, nevertheless went to bars - in a maximum security prison, which usually contains suspects in terrorism. Recall, on April 11, the authorities of the Ecuador, which gave Assange the political asylum on the territory of their embassy in London, withdrew him.

Ford workers in Vsevolzhsk held a coordinated picket with a request to revise the conditions of voluntary dismissal proposed by the leadership. Trade unions require the payment of two annual salaries to all employees of the company. The leadership of the plant, which is planned to be closed in June, is not in accordance with. 120 workers took part in the action, TASS writes with reference to the administration of the Vsevolzhsky district.

The head of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) of Moscow Vadim Gorshenin denied reports of the suspension of membership in the commission of Pavel Pyatnitsky, RIA Novosti reported. Previously, sources said that Pyatnitsky was detained after shooting in Moscow. Following this, rumors appeared that he was expelled from the PMC. However, Gorshenin noted: “I have no information about whether Pavel Pyatnitsky has suspended the membership of the PMC.

Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kiev Photo: Embrus.org.ua The National Police of Ukraine confirmed that an explosion occurred near the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kiev, RBC reports. The explosion, according to the police, occurred due to the rupture of the high-voltage cable belonging to the South-Western Railway. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, the pavement was damaged.

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov spoke about the plan that Russia is preparing to counteract possible sanctions against state banks and Russian public debt, RIA Novosti reports.

A year after the Tagansky court of Moscow, the decision to block Telegram remained in the top three most popular messengers and increased the audience, RBC reports. The growth of the Telegram audience in Russia has been observed since September. Prior to this, the jump in the messenger's audience occurred on April 2018. In February 2019, the daily audience of the messenger reached 4.4 million users.

Today in Upper Sald there is a farewell ceremony with the Ural philanthropist, the founder of the unique clinic and the ex-director of the VSMPO Avism Vladislav Tetyukhin. “Farewell and the civilian memorial service will take place on April 13 from 12:00 to 15:00 at the Agarkov Palace of Culture,” RIA writes a new day . According to the Tagil-City portal, people in the recreation center worked all night so that the Sverdlovsk residents could apparently say goodbye to Tetyukhin.

More than 70 British parliamentarians appealed to extradite the founder of the WikiLeaks website of Julian Assange to Sweden, Associated Press reports. The letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Great Britain says: “Do everything to ensure the possibility of issuing Assange of Sweden if the Swedish authorities send a request for extradition.” Recall that Assange was arrested in London after the authorities of Ecuador withdrew the right to asylum from him.