A little backstory and details of the rapidly pardon of Yuri Lutsenko. The text of the decree on the pardon of six convicts, including two oppositionists - the former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuri Lutsenko and the Minister of Environmental Protection Georgy Filipchuk, appeared on the website of the President of Ukraine today at 9.30 in the morning.

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The first of the three programs of Jazz Time, dedicated to the life and work of the American singer Billy Holide, Lady dex. From the days of posthumous glory back to the nightmare of childhood, to loneliness, poverty and violence. From Philadelphia to New York, to Harlem, from a federal prison on the stage of clubs. The power of the Talent of Billy Holide, whose recognition came at the age of 18.

One of the first stories of our picture of the day in the evening was developed: the organizers of the Total Dictation said that they will cancel its results in Ulyanovsk, where, by order of the governor, the text of the dictation was replaced. Fragment of the application - without comment: “One of the main principles of the action was ignored from the governor’s submission in Ulyanovsk.

The organizers on the eve of the Total Dictation action in Russia believe that the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region Sergey Morozov did not have the right to arbitrarily change the text of the dictation. The action, which aims to increase literacy, took place yesterday around the world, in Russia for the first time in 2004. What did Morozov do?

Prison in Schleningen On the first of April, in Serbia, a government decree entered into force, expanding the assistance of the state to citizens of the country, whose affairs are under consideration by the international tribunal in the former Yugoslavia or who are already found guilty and are serving a sentence for war crimes.

In Israel today is the national day of memory of the victims of the Holocaust (the International Day of their memory is celebrated on January 27). This year it is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, which lasted from April 19 to May 16, 1943. Hackers from the Anonymous group attacked last night and this morning dozens of Israeli sites - "as a sign of solidarity with the Palestinian people." Now, however, all government sites are working.

The former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, merry this morning by the President of Ukraine, Yuri Lutsenko, has already performed at an opposition rally in Kiev - by telephone.

And here is already shots from the colony gate, where the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko , who was pardoned today by the presidential decree, was serving his sentence: Yuri Lutsenko The first words said to the journalists : "I am not returning to politics.

Vitaly Komar The American state spends the funds of taxpayers on science and art, although this causes from time to time the dissatisfaction of these same taxpayers, which raises the question of whether it is necessary to allocate for budget money for such goals.

In Moscow and several other cities, LGBT activists entered the campaigns against homophobia. These were “walks with sealed mouths” - the “week against homophobia” annual, this time the main difference in comparison with last year is the adoption of the Federal Law “On the prohibition of propaganda of homosexuality”. The mouth sealed with tape is a symbol of both forced silence of people because of this law and silence of the problems of the LGBT community by the authorities.

The picture of the day today painted, without a doubt, Ukraine. Two events: the liberation from the prison of the former Minister of the Interior and one of the opposition leaders Yuri Lutsenko and the thousands of many thousands in Kiev , whose participants met this news by glee.

In the past presentations, the turnout was OK70%. Today is windy, the weather does not have, only 2 candidates. We do not see #Montenegro. - Olga (@olga_rozanova) April 7, 2013 But the sketch from the Twitter of the observer, accredited by the Russian non -profit association on observation of the Voice elections. For comparison with elections in Russia: