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The railway message between Moldova and the self -proclaimed Transnistrian Republic was resumed. On Thursday, in the Moldavian city of Rybnitsa, the first commodity train was launched since 2006, thereby the commodity message was resumed on the territory of Transnistria.

In the Kemerovo region today, 63 miners were evacuated from the Kiselevskaya mine due to smoke. This was reported to Interfax in the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. There are no victims. Employees of the City Rescue Service and Fire Department work on the spot.

The Moscow authorities did not repair the organizers "side on the side" of the festival any obstacles. In Moscow, on April 26, they began-and will last until the end of the week-the shows of the Fifth International Film Festival "BOK O BOC" with the theme of the LGBT community. The festival program includes shows of gaming and documentaries, discussions about gender censorship, on raising children in single -sex families, about the attitude of society to the problems of sexual minorities.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup. 1/8 finals "Boston" - "Washington" 1: 2 (in overtime) Account in the series 3: 4

In Perm today, court hearings begin in the case of the co -owner of the Perm Club "Lame Horse" Konstantin Mrykhin. The fire in the club occurred on the night of December 5, 2009. 156 people were killed. At the time of the fire, Mrykhin and his wife were in a cafe, he managed to escape. The wife in serious condition was taken to the hospital. A few days later, Mrykhin left Russia and was wanted. He was detained in August 2010 in Barcelona and later extradited to Russia.

The propaganda of homosexuality is becoming more and more punishable The ban on the propaganda of homosexuality among minors approved the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region in the first reading. The final penalty for propaganda is still - from one to 50 thousand rubles. However, the authors of the bill insist on increasing fines. Meanwhile, representatives of the LGBT community (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals) report on increasing cases of violations of their rights.

Lawyer Dagir Khasavov The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia saw signs of extremism in the statements of lawyer Dagir Khasavov about the need to introduce Shariah courts in the country. The examination of the statements of Khasavov, who recently sounded on the air of the REN television channel , was conducted by employees of the Russian Institute of Cultural Studies.

What changes await the party "United Russia" ? Vladimir Putin suggested heading the party Dmitry Medvedev. The Lyubov Sliska and Alexei Chadaev claimed the exit from the United Russia party . The conversation on this topic will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Thursday, April 26, from 8 to 10 hours (Moscow time). You can take part in the conversation by calling 8-800-200-22-12 (a call from Russia is free).

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, in response to the statements of his Russian colleague Dmitry Medvedev, said that he was ready to resign immediately if Russia recognizes the self -proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia part of the Georgian territory.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with journalists from leading Russian television channels, summed up the results of his presidency. The conversation greatly concerned domestic policy, and the meeting format was different from the usual one: in addition to representatives of the first television channels, VGTRK and NTV, the issues of Ren-TV and rain asked questions. Questions concerned winter Russian protests, Pussy Riot shares and reforms of the judicial system.

LGBT promotion at the State Duma in Moscow The news that regional parliaments adopt or intend to adopt all laws on the prohibition of propaganda among minors of sexual relations do not cause anything except bewilderment, and sometimes rather sharp issues in the Russian blogosphere.