The focus of the fire on the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation - the Moscow missile cruiser - was localized, TASS reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The military department also emphasized that the ship retains buoyancy, the explosions of ammunition on the cruiser were stopped, and the crew was evacuated to the Black Sea Fleet “located in the area”.

The Russian -speaking National Geographic left Russia. The publication website redirects visitors to another project. The editors of the publication at the moment did not comment on the situation. The main owner of National Geographic is Disney Corporation. She suspended activities in the Russian Federation in early March due to a special operation in Ukraine. From the moment the special operations began from Russia, more than 300 large Western companies have left.

The Kavalerovsky District Court of the Primorsky Territory sentenced three former police officers to real terms of imprisonment for abuse of authority with the use of violence ( paragraphs “A, B” of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ). This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office.

April 21 at 19:00 in the club "Club" (Pokrovsky Boulevard, House 6/20) as part of the project "Public Lectures Polit.ru"-a new speech by the scientist-economist, president of the Institute of the National Model of Economics Vitaly Nayshulya. The Butovo training ground and a black square is the third, final lecture of the cycle “What to do in the next 40 years”.

US President Joe Biden said that military assistance to Ukraine is approved in the amount of $ 800 million, the statement published on the White House website said. On the eve of Biden held telephone conversations with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

Since February 24, Ukraine has been there a military special operation, which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian army is 50 days on the territory of Ukraine and fulfills orders for denacing and demilitarization of entire cities. More than 11 million people have already become refugees in Ukraine. After the start of the special operation, Russia became the leader in the number of sanctions imposed against it. She went around Iran and North Korea.

Since February 24, a special operation has continued on the territory of Ukraine, announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He explained its need for denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. During this time, more than 11 million people have already become refugees in this country. After the start of a special operation in Ukraine, Russia became a leader in the number of sanctions imposed against it. She went around Iran and North Korea.

The European Commission came to the conclusion that the calculations for Russian gas in rubles, as the Russian authorities require, will be considered bypassing sanctions. This is written by Bloomberg with reference to the source. The European Commission also conducted a legal analysis, which showed that this will be a violation of supplies for deliveries - they do not provide for a change in the payment currency.

The head of the media services of this corporation Artem Savinovsky was appointed General Director of Yandex, Interfax reports . “ Yandex NV, the Dutch company with limited liability and one of the largest Internet companies in Europe, as well as a leading supplier of search and ordering services in Russia, today announced the appointment of Artem Savinovsky, General Director of Yandex LLC, our main operating company in Russia, the appointment enters into force on April 15, 2022.

In the state of Fiji, in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean, a yacht was arrested, which is associated with the Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, the local FBS television channel reports . The cost of the vessel is $ 325 million. According to FBS, Amadea entered the exclusive economic zone of Fiji without appropriate authorities. The police started an investigation.

Researchers of Hisashi Hayakawa from the University of Nagoi and Marinus Antoni Van der Sleys from the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology of the Pennsylvania University discovered in the Chinese chronicle a mention of the polar radiance, observed in 977 or 957 BC. Until now, famous ancient references to polar radiance were contained in cuneiform texts from ancient interfluve and dated to the 7th century BC.

The court in Gorno-Altaysk arrested the publisher of the Altai newspaper Listov Sergey Mikhailov for two months under an article on fakes about the RF Armed Forces, the UK according to the region. SK believes that since March, Mikhailov has published information on the network with knowingly false data on the special operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine.

The White House is not going to return their assets arrested due to sanctions to Russian businessmen, TASS reports with reference to the assistant to the US president on national security, Jake Sullivan. “Our goal is not to return them. Our goal is to use them better than in this, ”Sullivan said. On February 24, President of the Russian Federation Putin personally ordered a military special operation in Ukraine.

The Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) of Russia has stopped accepting letters sent from foreign domains. This is stated on the website of the department. “Reception of electronic letters from domains-sending, the countries of the origin of which are the United States and the countries of the European Union, are now blocked,” the department said.

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.