In prison, Vladimir region, 2013 A disabled child of vision Peter Petrov never studied at school, he cannot read and write. The remnants of vision allowed him to navigate in the familiar space, but after four months there was no left in the pre -trial detention center - from the disabled person of the second group, he turned into a disabled person of the first group.

An illustrative photo In Roskomnadzor, against the backdrop of the prohibition of the Telegram messenger, they explained the lack of claims to WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. The department claims that these social networks are not in the register of the organizers of the dissemination of information, since law enforcement agencies have not yet treated such a requirement. This was reported by the online publication vc.ru.

Over 7 years in Russia, the number of convicts under extremist articles has increased four times. Among the accusations are calls for violence, the excitement of enmity and growth, the organization of an extremist community, Kommersant writes . Human rights activists note that mainly the accused are regional activists, who are attracted to "unpleasant, but non -hazardous" statements.

OSCE employees in the sheated area of Lugansk, where equipment is being prepared to participate in the Victory Parade on May 9. April 17, 2018 In Donetsk and Mariupol, a night cannonade has been heard for a week again, in Dokuchaevsk residents spend the night in the basements, the cities of Donbass are again without water.

On the 75th anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto-Alla Gerber, Kristina Kurchab-Medlikh, Alexander Osovtsov, Semyon Chal. On April 19, the 75th anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, when young Jewish fighters took up weapons to defend their right to die with dignity. Of the 750 fighters, several dozen people survived, but they preferred to die in battle than to go to the Treblin death camp.

The third day of a stupid game in cats between the Russian Roskomnadzor and the Telegram messenger: users, even those who have not connected the proxy server and were too lazy to find out what VPN is not experiencing special difficulties. Many lost access to telegram in the first hours after the start of locks on Tuesday, but by dinner of the same day, the connection has returned to almost everyone.

In St. Petersburg, a collection of articles "Soviet prisoners of war during the Second World War on the Polish lands" was presented at the Polish Institute. It was published by the Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Consent . From June 1941 to the end of World War II, according to various estimates, from 4.5 to 5.7 million Soviet prisoners of war fell into German. After the Jews, this is the second largest group of people doomed by the Nazis into mass and conscious destruction.

On Thursday, opponents of the Volovichi garbage training ground were detained in Kolomon near Moscow. They stood at a pedestrian crossing, trying to prevent the passage of trucks with garbage, which came from another area. The member of the initiative group "No landfill. Kolomna" Vyacheslav Egorov, who was also detained today, told Radio Liberty that eight activists had been delivered to the police. Egorov is accused of violating the order of the organization of a public event.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the introduction of a new preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions, including, in particular, car management, phone calls and the use of the Internet. Such a measure can be applied by a court decision in relation to suspects and accused. By the decision of the judge, these prohibitions may be assigned one by one or combined.

Minister of Information of Belarus Alexander Karlyukevich The lower house of the Parliament of Belarus in the first reading adopted amendments to the law on the media that tighten the regulation of the media and the Internet in the country. “For” 98 deputies voted, two opposed. This was reported by the Belarusian Radio Liberty Service.

At the monument to the heroes of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto In Poland, on April 19, memorial actions dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, when thousands of young Jewish fighters took up weapons against the occupation of the Nazi troops during the Second World War.

Egor Chernyuk In Kaliningrad, the coordinator of the headquarters of oppositionist Alexei Navalny Egor Chernyuk was detained. This was reported on Twitter by the manager of the Navalny campaign Ekaterina Moshonkina. According to the police and the EC center, the activist opened a criminal case for evading the army. Now he was brought to the military registration and enlistment office for a physical examination, she wrote.

Miguel Dias-Kangel The United States called on the new leader of Cuba Miguel Dias-Kanel to “put an end to repression” against his people. Such a statement was made by the representative of the US State Department Heather Neurt. According to her, in Washington they are disappointed that the new head of Cuba was approved by the National Assembly, and not elected in the elections.

In Yerevan, the police detained at least 20 demonstrators who tried to block the entrances to the building of the Armenian government, where the first meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers under the leadership of Serge Sargsyan should take place today. It is reported by Radio Azatutyun. The leader of the protests, the head of the opposition parliamentary faction "Elk" Nikol Pashinyan called on his supporters to disrupt this meeting.

US President Donald Trump will cancel a meeting with the North Korean leader Kim Jong -un or interrupt negotiations with him if it becomes clear that his diplomatic efforts will not be successful. Trump said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whom the president invited to his Florida residence in Mar-A-Lla. One of the reasons why the summit may not take place is that North Korea continues to keep in the arrest of three US citizens.