In France, they organize an international competition among architects to restore the spire of the Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God, destroyed by the fire, RIA Novosti reports. The corresponding statement was made by French Prime Minister Eduar Philip after a meeting of the Council of Ministers on April 17. Recall that the largest fire in history in the Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God occurred on the evening of April 15.

The Russian authorities have developed a draft law on the deprivation of the powers of members of the State Duma and the Federation Council for an inaccurate declaration of income. About this, as Kommersant writes, said Alexander Anikin, deputy head of the Presidential Department for Combating Corruption. It is assumed that the document will be considered on April 19 at a meeting of the working group.

April 17, 1894, actor Boris Schukin was born Personal business Boris Vasilievich Schukin (1894-1939) was born in Moscow in a family of an employee. He spent his childhood and youth in Kashira of the Tula province, where his parents moved shortly after the birth of his son. After graduating from the elementary school, Boris was taken to Moscow, where his father arranged him at the Private Real School of Voskresensky.

The Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God can close its doors for visitors for five to six years. This was reported by Associated Press with reference to the abbot of Notre Dama Patrick Shove. The abbot noted that “part of the cathedral was very damaged” as a result of the fire without specifying what exactly was being discussed. He also noted that it is still unclear where 67 Notre Dame employees will work during the restoration of the cathedral.

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, by the end of 2018, only four Russian regions reached targeted indicators for state employees salaries, which Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to increase in his May decrees of 2012. We are talking about the Vladimir, Leningrad and Penza regions, as well as the Republic of Buryatia, reports RBC . In all other regions - and there are 81 of them - decrees are not formally executed at least one category of state employees.

“Kommersant” in the article “Speakers to make these people” writes that Valentina Matvienko already had a probable successor-ex-speaker of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin. “ Switching to unemployment ”: the intensive growth of the Russian economy can release up to 10 million employees. “ Airports are clamped in the zones”: the dispute around the protective territories resumes. “ The Central Bank will call banks ”: the regulator is trying to fight the substitutions of numbers.

Employees of the FSB in the Chelyabinsk region conduct operational-investigation actions at JSC Special Design Bureau Turbina, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation, Interfax reports. It is clarified that the events are held as part of a criminal case of fraud with the funds of the state defense order. We are talking about the theft of more than 300 million rubles (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). There are no suspects in the case yet.

Against the background of the news that oil reserves in the United States decreased by 3.1 million barrels, the price of Brent oil stamp increased. According to Kommersant , this happened for the first time since November 8, 2018. As of 8:31 Moscow time, the cost of June Brent oil futures amounted to $ 72.01 per barrel. At the same time, WTI oil cost $ 64.47 per barrel. Recall that the price of Brent oil was exceeded a psychologically important mark of $ 70 per barrel in early April.

Great Britain prepared the regulations of sanctions against Russia. As stated in the document on the website of the local government, he must enter into force immediately after Brexit. One of the points of the regulations says that for violation of the sanctions regime can threaten up to ten years in prison. If the UK exit from the European Union, the British will be obliged to comply with the requirements of sanctions not only in their country, but also abroad.

In the Trans -Baikal Territory, in final reading, a bill was adopted, which gives the right to candidates to the regional governors to go to the elections with self -nomination, Kommersant writes. As noted, the amendments were supported by deputies of the Legislative Assembly unanimously.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said Pulse on the TOK show on the 112 Ukraine television channel that in case of winning the election of the head of state, he was going to resign governors of all regions of the country. “Immediately after the second round, after my victory in the presidential election, I want to note that this is the requirement of the Constitution - they all resign,” Poroshenko said.

The US Department of Finance announced the imposition of sanctions against the son of President Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and the vice president of this country Rosario Murillo.

The writer and journalist Dmitry Bykov was hospitalized in the Ufa city hospital. About this with reference to the editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow Alexei Venediktov reports Interfax . According to Venediktov, in the evening the day before, Bykov felt poorly and was taken to the hospital. He also said that the situation is already known in the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and in the regional Ministry of Health of Bashkortostan.

Three -time world football champion as part of the Brazilian national team Pole, discharged from the hospital after the operation, said his good health. “Dear friends. I am glad to report that everything is in order with me. I would like to thank the medical staff of the hospital named after Albert Einstein and you for prayers and positive energy. I returned to the field, the thirst for achieving new life goals, ”wrote 78-year-old Pele on his Twitter.

In the next six years, the tax burden in Russia will not increase. About this, as RIA Novosti reports, speaking to the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “We made a fundamental decision - in the next six years, the tax burden cannot be increased,” the prime minister said. According to him, the tax system and VAT rate, in particular, were adjusted for this.