Nikita Belykh The health status of the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh worsened after theths of the "sailor silence" from the Lefortovo investigative insulator from the hospital. According to lawyer Andrei Grokhotov, the White Hospital took tests and examined, but the treatment was not carried out. Medicines to lower the pressure and reduce blood cholesterol were transferred to the ex-governor only now. Nikita Belykh was detained in June 2016 in Moscow.

The leadership of the International Center for the Roerichs, where the search was recently held, was accused of the Ministry of Culture of Russia of the "systematic destruction" of the museum, and the investigating authorities in its "armed capture". At a press conference on Thursday, representatives of the Center said that the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky and his deputy Vladimir Aristarkhov have been pursuing a policy aimed at capturing the museum since November 2013.

Deputy Agdray Palkin The Arbitration Court of the Arkhangelsk Region began to consider bankruptcy against the State Duma deputy from United Russia Andrei Palkin. The court introduced the debt restructuring procedure and appointed the arbitration manager. It is reported by TASS. According to the Office of the Federal Tax Service in the Arkhangelsk Region and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the debt of Palkin on taxes exceeds 147 million rubles.

The Constitutional Commission of the Spanish Parliament this week decided to reburied the former dictator of the country, General Francisco Franco . This initiative of socialist deputies was approved by most of their colleagues, representing different left-wing opposition Spanish parties in parliament. The ruling liberal people's party voted against. The polemic on the need to reburial Francisco Franco, as an odious historical person, has been going on in Spain for many years.

Oil production in Texas On Thursday, the price of oil produced in the United States fell below $ 50 per barrel for the first time since the beginning of December last year, despite the attempts of large manufacturers outside the United States to reduce production volumes. On Wednesday, oil fell by 5 percent, on Thursday the price dropped by more than 2 percent. The oil of the Brent reference brand has also become cheaper, but it is still a little more than the American, $ 52 per barrel.

The Ural foundry workers began casting from the bronze of the work of Ernst Unknown "Mask Sorrow" dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Stalinist repressions. A group of three sculptures was supposed to be installed in the early nineties in Vorkuta, Magadan and Yekaterinburg - three unspoken capitals of the Soviet Gulag. But the project was implemented only in Magadan. The money allocated in 1991 to the Ural monument disappeared.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the bill deputy of the State Duma Irina Yarova on criminal liability for declension or assistance in committing suicide. Putin called the spread of sites that propagate suicide. According to him, "criminals are aimed at a teenage and youth audience with a fragile psyche." On March 9, Yarovaya introduced a bill on criminal punishment for declining to suicide.

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Alexander Khoroshavin The City Court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk refused to hold a hearing in the case of the accused of corruption of the former Governor of Sakhalin Alexander Khoroshavin in closed mode. It is reported by "Interfax." At the same time, the petition of Anatoly Osadchy to conduct interrogation in closed mode, the judge satisfied the application of one of the witnesses. Earlier, Osadchiy complained about calls and SMS messages with threats to his address.

Russia's decision on the constant placement of Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad means a step backward for European security. This was stated in an interview with "Interfax" German Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel. Last year, Russia transferred ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons to Kaliningrad and launched the S-400 missile defense system there and claimed that the deployment was part of ordinary exercises, but Western military officials fear that placement could become constant.

In St. Petersburg, investigators refused to initiate a criminal case for a protest against the transfer of the Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church). It is reported by "Interfax." On January 28, several activists held a picket inside the St. Isaac's Cathedral. After that, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St.

Oppositionist Leonid Volkov Oppositionist Leonid Volkov appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) a sentence issued to him in the so -called "microphone case". This was reported by the publication "Vedomosti" with reference to the lawyer Irina Khrunova. At the end of August, the court in Novosibirsk found Volkov guilty of impoverishing the journalist’s activities and sentenced him to a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

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