Who is to blame for the Chernobyl disaster, people or technology? A brake operating as a gas and a plane at an extremely low height In the second part of the special project dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobel nuclear power plant, Radio Liberty talks about a operation of the causes of the disaster, about the charges made to the operators managing the reactor on the fatal night and the actual culprit of the explosion.

Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" defeated CSKA with a score of 3: 1 in the seventh match of the final series of the Gagarin Cup and became the owner of the main trophy of the KHL. The series ended with a score of 4: 3 in favor of Magnitogorsk.

Andrey Pivovarov The leader of the St. Petersburg Parnassus Andrei Pivovarov on his criminal prosecution and participation in the September election On April 19, the Leninsky District Court of Kostroma considers the case against the co-chair of the Parnassus party in St. Petersburg Andrei Pivovarov. He is accused of unlawful access to computer information and giving a bribe to an official during an election campaign in the summer of 2015.

Evgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov The Ukrainian court found Erofeev and Aleksandrov guilty of conducting an aggressive war and terrorist activity The defense of Russian citizens Yevgeny Erofeev and Alexander Alexandrov, sentenced by the Ukrainian court to 14 years in prison, is not going to appeal the sentence to him. This was reported by Interfax with reference to lawyer Oksana Sokolovskaya.

Switzerland - a general view of the hall where multilateral negotiations are underway on the Syrian settlement The opposition coordinator at the negotiations said that he was leaving Geneva on Tuesday The Syrian opposition, presented in negotiations in Geneva, expressed a sharp discontent in connection with violations of a truce in Syria.

Andrey Kuraev Conversation with Protodiacon Andrei Kuraev. Part 2 Ivan Tolstoy: Our guest today is the protodiacon of the Russian Orthodox Church Andrei Vyacheslavovich Kuraev - missionary, public figure, writer, theologian, author of the official textbook on the basics of Orthodox culture. Today is the second, final part of the conversation. Father Andrei next to me in the Prague Studio of Freedom. How, in your opinion, is the role of art in the origin of faith in man great? Music, for example.

Speech by D.A. Medvedev in the State Duma April 19, 2016 Dmitry Medvedev reported to the State Duma. How? On air, Deputy Chief Editor of the Internet publication "Banka.ru" Semen Novoprudsky and Scientific Director of the Russian Economy Ruslan Greenberg. Presenter Elena Rykovtseva. Elena Rykovtseva: Our current event is Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, who went to the Duma.

Moscow parents are unhappy with the nutrition of children in kindergartens. The authorities answer that everything is fine with this Parents of Moscow preschool children continue to criticize the power system that has developed in kindergartens and schools in Moscow since September 2015.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Primary elections are held among democrats and republicans In the state of New York today there are primary elections of US presidential candidates. The primaries will be held among the supporters of both leading parties - Republicans and Democrats. Among the Republicans, the best chances of winning New York, according to polls , have a racing leader for nomination by a candidate from a billionaire party Donald Trump. He is a native of New York.

The Turkish farmer Akchai Emer, who worked in Syktyvkar for more than 20 years, left Russia. He was deported, although he had a permit for living in Russia until 2020. On the morning of April 19, Akchay Emer said goodbye to his wife, once again drove a 16-year-old son to school, put his bags in the car and went to the airport. In Syktyvkar, he threw a farm, for the next two years he should not come to Russia. His family, friends and work stay here. Akchai Emer hopes to return.

At the building on which the attack was made The aim of the attackers was the building where the National Security Directorate was, the unit responsible for protecting government officials The Taliban attacked the security service building in Kabul, in which at least 28 people were killed and more than 300 were injured.

US Secretary of Defense ASh Carter and Minister of Defense of Iraq Khalid al-Obodeidi April 18, 2016 The United States is ready to provide large -scale support of the Iraqi army in an operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS militants The United States will increase by 200 people the number of American military personnel in Iraq and send Apache military helicopters to this country, representatives of the Pentagon said on Monday.

In Crimea, the FSB interrogated several people in connection with the publication on the website "Crimea. Realities" On April 19, searches were carried out in the houses of several residents of Crimea. Seven people were detained and sent for interrogation to the FSB. Investigative actions were carried out in the framework of the criminal case, initiated by the Crimean department of the FSB on the fact of publication on the website of the Crimea.