On April 20, the seventh time in the center of Moscow was detained by a civil activist Roman Roslovtsev. He goes to Red Square in Putin’s mask and with a poster "I'm not afraid of 212.1." The activist is trying to prove the absurdity of the new article of the Criminal Code, which provides for up to five years in prison for participating in inconsistent street protests. On April 20, activist Yuri Merzlov joined the novel in Putin’s mask, but passed by another route.

Kaliningrad region without a special status - is a showcase of Russia in Europe or a horror story with Iskanders? April 1 ceased to exist the status of a "special economic zone" for the Kaliningrad region. What will replace him is not yet clear. Two options are discussed-the status of "territory of ahead of socio-economic development (TOR)" and the idea to make the Kaliningrad region a "free port".

In Transbaikalia, the court began in the case of the mayor of the city of Mogoch, Evgeny Krasnov, who is accused of beating a neighbor. This was reported by lawyer Roman Sukachev. According to investigators, on November 20, 2015, 54-year-old Viktor Ustin complained to the mayor's wife that they were flooded by his apartment.

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In Moscow, a monument in the style of constructivism is demolished to build elite housing Excavators began the destruction of the Taganskaya PBX on Pokrovsky Boulevard - a building in the style of constructivism, which was built in 1929 by architect Vasily Martynovich. In its place, an apart-hotel will be built-an elite residential complex with an investment cost of 1.3 billion rubles.

Moscow, Road Traffic jam, 2015 To combat strands, the government offers to declare roads with paid Maryana Torocheshnikova: The Russian government recently introduced a bill to the State Duma, offering regional authorities to fight traffic jams, including announcing them with paid (temporarily).

Anna Sharogradskaya In June 2014, border guards detained Anna Sharogradskaya at Pulkovo Airport and seized her computer, tablet and flash cards The head of the Institute of Regional Press (IRP) Anna Sharogradskaya appealed to the European Court of Human Rights with a complaint against the actions of Russian customs officers and border guards, who in the summer of 2014 detained her at the airport and seized her a computer. It is reported by Kommersant.

Dina Garina Dina Garina is known in St. Petersburg as an active participant in eco- and city-protection shares In St. Petersburg on Wednesday, employees of the E-E Center searched the activist-ecologist Dina Garina. Details are reported by Radio Liberty correspondent Viktor Rezunkov. On Tuesday morning, in the apartment of the famous St. Petersburg activist, leader of the ultra -right organization of Russian St.

Vladimir Bukovsky In April 2015, the Cambridge Royal Prosecutor's Office charged Bukovsky with the manufacture and storage of "obscene children's photographs" Former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky, whom the British prosecutor’s office suspects the manufacture and storage of children's pornography, announced a hunger strike in protest against his criminal prosecution. He reported this on Wednesday on his blog on the Echo of Moscow website.

Owners of biometric passports will be able to use new opportunities The European Union made a proposal to provide citizens of Ukraine with a visa-free regime for visiting EU member countries. The head of the EU department for domestic affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said on Wednesday that in this way Brussels fulfills the obligations regarding the proposal of Ukraine of visa -free short -term trips for up to 90 days, in the presence of biometric passports.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky On Wednesday, the Gaaga District Court abolished the decision of the arbitration court to pay $ 50 billion to former shareholders of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky believes that the court decision in the Hague to cancel the payment of $ 50 billion in the suit of the shareholders of the Yukos indicates that "the West decided to weaken the pressure." The ex-head of Yukos wrote about this on Twitter.

Alexey Kudrin "I am sure that we are on the verge of new changes that have been risen," said former Minister of Finance Former Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin took the post of chairman of the Center for Strategic Development (CSR) under the Government of Russia. He announced this at the International Scientific Conference organized by the Higher School of Economics. According to him, in the coming days, his appointment will be officially announced.

The telephone conversation of the leaders of Russia and Germany took place against the backdrop of the growth of violence in the east of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel discussed a crisis in Ukraine by phone. This was reported on Wednesday by the Kremlin press service.