Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived on a two -day visit to the self -proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia and took part in the opening of the so -called embassy in Sukhumi. Georgia sharply criticized Moscow in connection with a visit to Abkhazia of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The arrest of Abror Azimov until June 3 was authorized by the Basmanny Court of Moscow. At the hearing, the suspect stated that he was given teams, but he himself did not know that he was participating in preparation for the explosion.

In Turkey, a state of emergency was extended for another 3 months - it was introduced after the failed attempt by a military coup last year. Meanwhile, the OSCE criticized the referendum on the expansion of the presidential powers of Recep Erdogan. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Istanbul under the slogans "This is not the end."

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Nikolai Semen at the trial in Simferopol, April 3 In the Crimea annexed by Russia, the next meeting was held in a criminal case against Radio Journalist Freedom Nikolai Semena. The witnessed, participating in the inspection of the Internet page with a journalist column, was interrogated . She could not answer questions about the circumstances of this inspection.

The Russian low -cost airline "Victory" will fire an employee who refused to put aboard a mother with a child suffering from children's cerebral paralysis. This was reported in the airline after verification by the Federal Air Transport Agency.

Military, police and firefighters in the place where the police detained two suspects in preparing a major terrorist attack In France, two men suspected of planning a terrorist attack on the eve of the presidential election were arrested.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (right), commander of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia at the Riyad air base, April 18 The American military continues to work on the prevention of incidents in the air with the Russian military in Syria, but there is no talk of any coordination of offensive operations. This was stated by US Minister of Defense James Mattis.

Russian strategic bomber Tu-95 US Air Force fighters F-22 climbed the air to accompany two Russian strategic Tu-95 bombers who flew near Alaska. This was announced on Tuesday by Fokss-Neus television channel with reference to sources in the Pentagon. According to them, Russian distant bombers flew on Monday evening in Alaska 160 kilometers from the island of Kadyak. Fighters and a farthest radar detection of the E-3 from the Elmendorf-Richardson air base were sent towards them, near Anchorij.

Air Base Shayrat after the US Navy missile strike. Photo from space. April 7 The independent investigative group Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) , using the photos of the Prochremlian mass media, found that the objects found at the Syrian air base , which were previously assumed, were containers with chemical weapons, turned out to be somewhat different containers, also Russian -made - for prohibited international conventions of cassette ammunition.

Former "personal friend of Vladimir Putin" and "Orthodox banker of the Kremlin" Sergey Pugachev on the air of Radio Liberty. The program involves the deputy editor of the journal "Profile" Alexey Mikhailov and the regional editor of Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Schleinov.

Zenit Arena stadium in St. Petersburg The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of St. Petersburg announced poor construction of the Zenit Arena stadium, on which the city authorities spent almost 45 billion rubles. According to the FAS, repair work will be required to eliminate the shortcomings at the stadium, the cost of which was not called the department. The construction of the Zenit-Arena began in 2007.

US President Donald Trump praised the role of China in a situation with North Korea, which recently threatened America with a preventive nuclear blow. In an interview with Fox News, Trump emphasized the strengthening of Beijing relations in their new dimension, noting that it was completely wrong to wage a trade war with this state, which was a powerful lever of pressure on Pyongyangs in the context of a sharp exacerbation of tension on the Korean peninsula.

Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova The Presnensky court of Moscow accepted for consideration a civil lawsuit of the Internet publication of Mediazon to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, related to the department’s refusal to answer questions about the contacts of employees of the Russian embassy in the United States with representatives of the election headquarters Donald Trump. This was announced by lawyer Pavel Chikov.

The constant representative of the United States at the UN Nickei Haley called on the authorities of Chechnya to immediately investigate reports of abductions, torture and killings in the republic of suspects in non -traditional sexual orientation.