In Strasbourg, the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is opening today. On the first day of her work, deputies will consider the report of the PACE observers of the PACE observers following the elections of the President of Russia, held on March 4. The head of the mission, the Dutch parliamentarian Tini Cox, will make a report. It is possible that the session will be given attention to the situation in Russia after the elections.

In the Ryazan region, the village in Kadom, due to the spill of the Moksha River, has already flooded more than a thousand houses with a population of three and a half thousand people. It is reported that the personnel of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies is given in the number one readiness state. About 300 local residents are evacuated, the rest refused to leave their homes.

In Moscow, several dozen people gathered today at a civil conference dedicated to the results of the so -called “snowy revolution” - a series of protest actions that passed throughout Russia after parliamentary and presidential elections. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, the upcoming protests scheduled at the beginning of May also discussed. The list of speakers includes the leaders of the Russian non -parliamentary opposition - Harry Kasparov, Alexei Navalny, Evgenia Chirikova.

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UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon Speaking on World Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22 under the auspices of the UN, the Secretary General of the Organization of Pan Hi Moon said that this holiday is a manifestation of respect for "our common and only planet and places of residence of people on it." In the application made in a public statement, the head of the UN emphasized that in the next 20 years the world will need more food, energy, drinking water, as well as jobs.

In Moscow, civil activists are conducting today as part of the so-called “White Week” Flash-Mob “Day of Documents Verification”. About 25 people gathered at the 1905 street metro station, divided into small groups and went for a walk along the streets of the city, simultaneously asking police certificates and special badges that they met. According to the Law on Police, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia are obliged to show them at the request of a citizen.

In Bahrain, four British journalists were arrested on Sunday. According to Channel 4 News, the correspondent Jonathan Miller and his film crew were detained by the police during the filming of mass protests conducted by local Shiites. It is not yet clear what exactly the journalists are accused of, but Miller managed to convey that the security forces behaved “very aggressively”. On Sunday, the Bahrain Grand Prix rally took place as part of the Formula-1 Class-1 Auto Railway Championship.

The actor President Nicolas Sarkozy during the election rally in Nice In France, where the first round of the presidential election is held today, polling stations have opened. About 44 and a half million voters are registered to participate in the vote. Yesterday, about 800 thousand people - the inhabitants of the overseas possessions of France gave votes for one of ten candidates for the post of head of state.

In Astrakhan, during the rally in support of the former mayor's candidate from Oleg Shein, 5 people were detained. On a rally, Oleg Shein expressed his willingness to stop the hunger strike if the authorities were released his three supporters, detained the day before during the Flash Mob and placed on Saturday under 3-day arrest. To stop the hunger strike, which Shein has been holding for more than a month, he was publicly asked by the leader of Fair Russia Sergey Mironov.

In the south of Yemen, today, 17 alleged militants died in the city of Al-Kaida in the city of Al-Qaeda in the city of Al-Caida. As noted on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Yemen, over the past three days, 57 radical Islamists have been killed during flights in the south of the country. The France-Presse agency reporting this notes the inability to check the number of dead by independent sources.

The election speech of the candidate from the Socialist Party Francois Hollande. 19 April 2012 In France, April 22 is the first round of the presidential election . Two main rivals are a candidate from the Socialist Party Francois Hollande and the current president Nicolas Sarkozy. In many ways, the outcome of the elections will depend on how many votes candidates will receive from the extreme left and ultra -right forces.

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