The school teacher and poet Alexander formerly sentenced to 330 hours of compulsory work for the publication of VKontakte a poem called “Independence of Ukraine”. Such a decision was issued by the Kromsky District Court of the Oryol Region, Brani.ru reports. Alexander Formoshev was given 330 hours of compulsory work for writing the poem "On Independence of Ukraine". His comment immediately after the announcement of the sentence.

About the Kuzbass as a model of Russia - politicians Konstantin Borova, the Party "Blag Choice", Nikolai Kovalchuk, "Yabloko", Ksenia Pakhomova, FBK.

Lee Mön Buck The prosecutor's office of South Korea brought on Monday the charges of corruption to the ex-president of the country Lee Med Baku, who headed the country in 2008-2013. He was charged with bribery, assigning funds, evasion of taxes, abuse of power, violation of electoral legislation, the report said. Immediately after the issuance of the warrant, the ex-President was taken into custody and placed in the preliminary detention center.

The fall in the ruble continues. On Tuesday, the Euro exchange rate - for the first time in two years - exceeded 77 rubles, and the dollar - for the first time since the end of 2016 - rose above 62 rubles. On the stock exchange, a collapse of quotes occurred. On Monday, the capitalization of the Russian stock market decreased by more than 2.7 trillion rubles, or 7 percent.

Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M. Berieva Vladislav Shulga, who was suspected of poisoning employees of the aviation scientific and technical complex in Taganrog, could force the guilty. As the lawyer of the Agora human rights group Alexander Popkov stated, this may indicate that Shulga was placed under administrative arrest a week before the detention in the case of poisoning. Then he was accused of petty hooliganism.

US President Donald Trump, having performed in the White House today, warned that Washington would find out the details of the attendance committed on April 7 in the Syrian city of a crime against the civilian population and “punish” the perpetrators. "We will take the decision within 24–48 hours, Trump said, but the journalist said to the clarifying question that the decision may appear" until the end of this day.

Using the Assad regime of poisonous substances in Syria, the “Skripals case” in the UK, new US sanctions against Zamremlin officials and businessmen translate the conflict of Vladimir Putin with the West to a new level of confrontation? What will be the answer of Moscow? We discuss with Professor Valery Solovy, Syrian political scientist Hassan al-Khuri. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Video and text are available on the link: https://www.svoboda.org/a/29154244.html

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

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Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban at negotiations in Budapest, August 2017 The parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 8 ended with the expected victory of the ruling Party of Fides, headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. He secured himself 4 years in power, which he uses for the gradual transformation of Hungary into "non -Beliberal democracy" - the prime minister announced this intention a couple of years ago.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations. The leaders of the countries discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine and the next chemical attack in Syria. This was reported both on the Kremlin’s website and on the Bundestag website . Details of negotiations are unknown. On whose initiative, the conversation took place, is also not specified.

Oleg Deripaska The Russian company "Rusal" Oleg Deripaska on Monday warned about the risk of technical defaults on credit obligations due to US sanctions introduced on April 6. After this message, the fall of the Rusal shares on the Hong Kong Exchange exceeded 50 percent. The value of the shares of the main assets of Deripaska continued to fall and at the beginning of trading on Monday on the Moscow Exchange, they write Vedomosti. They fell into a third.

New sanctions against a number of Russians and companies close to the Kremlin were introduced on Friday April 6, and in full their effect, the list members felt on themselves only on Monday, when exchange trading began again.

Mikhail Reva “What angels look like, no one knows ... We will stop recognizing them without wings ... We will recognize them around the light in the shower when they go to work if they look for a place in it. Personal place,” this is what his old friend, the famous Russian journalist and photographer Yuri Rosta say about Mikhail Reva.