Gennady Rusakov, poet and translator Gennady Rusakov became the winner of the Poet Prize. Its themes are an injury to Russia's non -participation in world history, Russia as a "world orphan" In Moscow, the Russian National Prize "Poet" was awarded, established 10 years ago by the Society for the Promotion of Russian Poetry. It is awarded for the highest achievements and merits in the field of modern literature.

Former US Minister of Defense Donald Ramsfeld - among prominent critics of American tax legislation This year, the Americans calculated with the state according to the new rules April 15 in the United States is a tax day, the deadline for sending tax returns. According to the American Federal Tax Administration, about a quarter of American taxpayers delayed the laborious procedure for filling out declarations until the last day.

White House spokesman Jay Carney The United States considers various types of assistance to Ukraine. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House Jay Carney on Friday to journalists accompanying the US president on a trip around the country. He also clarified that the United States is studying various requests from the Ukrainian government for help, but not military assistance. However, Carney evaded the answer to the question of which types of assistance are considered.

Slavyansk. April 16, 2014 The armored vehicles under Russian flags surrounded the building of the city council in Slavyansk, the Radio Liberty correspondent reports in the Donetsk region. Earlier in Kramatorsk, pro -Russian activists blocked six Ukrainian armored vehicles that entered the city as part of the anti -terrorist operation declared by the authorities in eastern Ukraine.

Nuclear power plant in the Temelin, Czech Republic Along with the "gas", Russia plays a "atomic" map in Europe. The European Union does not yet have a single circuit How to escape from the Russian pipe, more precisely, from the political risks that excessive energy dependence on Russia carries with it? As the Ukrainian crisis deepens, this topic is increasingly discussed in the European "top". The main ways to get rid of this dependence are three.

Vitaly Mutko, Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko said that the state should strengthen its position in sports. According to Mutko, given by the R-Sport agency , this position is shared by the country's President Vladimir Putin. Vitaly Mutko once again touched on a very painful problem for Russian sports - the separation of the spheres of the authorities.

The gas substation in Slovakia on the border with Ukraine in the Kapushana Velka, where the Slovak-Ukrainian negotiations are held Reverse supplies directly depend on the price difference In Slovakia, through which almost half of the exports of Russian gas to Europe, the next negotiations on the organization of reverse supplies to Ukraine began on Tuesday.

In Mariupol, in the south -east of Ukraine, on Wednesday, an attack was attacked on the local military unit number 3057, UNIAN reports with reference to Gromadska TV. According to this information, unknown people tried to break the gates and demanded that the head of the unit leave for negotiations. In the hands of the attackers was firearms and Molotov cocktails. There was a shootout, there is information about 12 wounded, writes UNIAN.

Commissioner of the European Union on the Extension and Policy of the neighborhood of Stefan Fuel The head of the European Union’s Department for Expansion, Stefan Fules said that the EU could expand sanctions against Russia if Moscow continues to take part in the destabilization of the situation in Ukraine.

Reversible supplies directly depend on the difference in prices in Slovakia, through which almost half of the exports of Russian gas to Europe passes, on Tuesday the next negotiations on the organization of reverse supplies to Ukraine began. On the same day, the German energy company RWE announced the resumption of such gas supplies from the territory of Poland, suspended last fall. The signing of the Ukrainian-Slovak memorandum is scheduled for April 28.

The aircraft of the Jordan Air Force on Wednesday struck several cars that tried to go to the country across the border with Syria. The report of the leadership of Jordan says that the vehicles disabled as a result of air strikes were military type. The fire on them was opened when people who were in cars ignored the demand to stop. Information Minister Mohammad Mamani in an interview with France-Presse did not rule out that the equipment belonged to weapons.

Russian soldiers in East Prussia. September 1914 From now on, access to the Russian archives of the First World War reminds how international crises arise The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the beginning of a large project-the creation for the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, which will be celebrated on July 28, a special site "Memory of Heroes of the Great War" , where information from Russian and foreign archives will be available.

In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the editor -in -chief of the Panorama newspaper Evgeny Polozhy is brutally beaten. As Anna Polozhy wrote on Facebook, late on Tuesday evening Eugene arrived home and put the car in a garage. There, unknown people were waiting for him, who hit him on the head when he was still in the car. Then they threw them on the floor, broke their hands and beat. The journalist - an open fracture of her left hand, wrote Anna Polozhy.

Football players "Manchester City" According to the study by Sporting Intelligence, the London Football Club "Manchester City" for the second year in a row becomes the owner of the highest salary statements among sports teams in the world. The 2012 England champion pays each player of the first team on average 5.3 million pounds a year, or 102.6 thousand pounds per week.