To the two hundredth anniversary of Konstantin Aksakov Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov, who was born in 1817 on Easter, is one of the Russian-Slavophil heroes-gods. He was the youngest in the numerous Aksakov family - and it seems the healthiest. He did not recognize the fur coat and hats. Fate clearly prepared first place for him among this powerful Slavophil.

Lieutenant General Herbert McMaster-US Presidential Assistant for National Security Advisor to the US President in National Security, General Herbert McMaster, said that the United States seek to defeat the Islamic State extremist group (prohibited in Russia) in Syria and achieve the removal of Syrian President Bashar al -Assad.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Russia has not fulfilled the obligation to destroy chemical weapons in Syria. According to Tillerson, Russia was either an accomplice, or its experts were incompetent. In any case, the Russian side was not able to fulfill its obligations by agreement of 2013 to identify and destroy chemical weapons in Syria.

The Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg, whose condition is estimated at a billion dollars, created in Eastern Europe the emissaries network from among former leaders and top managers of his companies. With their help, he effectively circumvents the sanctions imposed against him by the United States and the European Union after the annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in the east of Ukraine.

In Odessa, at the monument to the unknown sailor, there was a brawl between pro -Ukrainian and pro -Russian activists. More than 20 people were detained, not reported about the victims, UNIAN reports. The conflict occurred during the laying of flowers on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Odessa from the fascist invaders.

Yuri Pivovarov Russian scientists, journalists and public figures defended the former head of the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION) Yuri Pivovarov, in respect of which the fraud case was instituted. The authors of the open letter insist that the criminal prosecution of Pivovarov is an attempt to put pressure on the scientist who criticized the Russian authorities and their intervention in culture and science.

An illustrative photo Roskomnadzor began blocking the Zello service, claiming a violation of the law on information. The Russian regulator accused the service of not providing information to include information in the register of information distribution. Roskomnadzor gave Zello three working days to eliminate violations. The fact that Roskomnadzor warned the blocking service became known on April 8.

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny was released from the Konkovo police department after 15 days of administrative arrest for an anti -corruption action in Moscow on March 26. Navalny was taken away from the special detention center No. 2, where he was serving his arrest, in the AVD of Konkovo and released there.

It happened! The long -awaited news came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs : "On April 4, in Vellington, an agreement was signed between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of an independent state of Samoa on mutual cancellation of visa requirements for citizens of the Russian Federation and citizens of an independent state of Samoa." Now in Samoa, as in Krymnash, you can go without visas!

The fate of Esperanto and its author. Book Review of Marina Efimova *** “Master and Margarita”. To the 50th anniversary of the first publication. Paramonov: History of reading *** orchids in Bronx - and in poetry. Spring music. Pictures from the exhibition

Director and playwright Mark Rozovsky about fascism, Stalinism, War The creator and artistic director of the theater "At the Nikitsky Gate" Mark Rozovsky on March 3, 2017 turned 80 years old. Mark Rozovsky, having created during the years of the Thaw in 1958 the first student theater of Moscow State University "Our House", closed by the authorities in 1969, as they say, "went for the truth" and all past years is so on this path.

USS Porter destroyer, Andria Sryu, congratulations from US President Donald Trump for her and a team for a blow to the air base in Syria Most Americans support the decision of President Donald Trump to strike missile strikes against military facilities of the Syrian government army. This is evidenced by the data of a new survey of public opinion conducted by CBS News. The same survey showed the surge of the Trump approval rating, which rose to 43 percent after missile strikes last week.

The US missile blow to the Syrian military base is fraught with the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. This was stated today by Iranian President Hassan Rukhani. He also noted the need for reforms within the Syrian leadership. Tehran is considered the main regional ally of Damascus.