About 70 participants in the protest shares were detained on Saturday in Armenia. These are the latest police data. The Armenian police stated that "unauthorized meetings" would stop. In Yerevan, as well as other cities of the country on Saturday morning, massive anti -government protests resumed. This is the ninth day of protests against the appointment of former President of Armenia Serge Sargsyan Prime Minister. Protesters block car travel along the main streets and government buildings.

For protests by representatives of trade union organizations of Ukraine What is the secret to the success of the Prozorro public procurement program? Vitaly Portnikov: Prozorro state procurement program is considered one of the most successful reforming projects of the Ukrainian authorities. What is the secret of success? This is our broadcast today, but at first the plot of my colleague Vladimir Ivakhnenko .

At the place of use of chemical poisonous substances, April 7, the city of Duma, Syria (screenshot) The mission of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons visited on Saturday, April 21, one of the districts in the city of Duma, in Syria, to collect samples in connection with suspicions that chemical weapons were used on April 7. According to the results of today's trip, OPCW will analyze the situation and decide on a possible new trip to the Duma.

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In the Kyiv studio of Radio Liberty we discuss Ukraine after the Maidan. Will Ukrainians be able to build a democratic European state? How are the relations of Ukraine and Russia developing? Is a full dialogue possible between different regions of the country? We discuss all these and many other issues with politicians, journalists and experts.

LGBT action in St. Petersburg (archive) In St. Petersburg, on the art Square, HIV-infected LGBT activist Boris Konakov chained himself with a chain to the oak and doused his hawthorn. He spent the performance in response to the words of the deputy Peter Tolstoy, who on the air of the Russia-1 channel proposed to be treated with folk remedies if the import of drugs from the United States is banned in Russia.

The British police and special services identified the main suspects in the poisoning in Salisbury of the former GRU agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. They are located in Russia. This is written by The Telegraph newspaper with reference to sources. The newspaper does not name the names of the suspects, but emphasizes that recently in the investigation of the attempt on the Skripals there has been a "breakthrough".

Why did Jesus forbade people to call people fools? There is a commandment in the Nagoric sermon: do not call your neighbor a fool. The scripture does not say that the value of a person is in the strength of his intellect - it is in something else. The word sometimes does not just hurt, but can kill psychologically: a person can carry this load all his life. The main thing is that a person is in his place. People with not very high intelligence should not solve state problems.

Hall of meetings of the European Parliament in Brussels The governments of Iceland and the UK announced that their representatives would not go to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This decision was made in response to the poisoning in the English city of Salisbury of the former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. On Saturday, April 20, 60 euro deputies published an open letter calling for governments of all EU countries not to visit the championship.

Director Eldar Ryazanov and composer Sergey Nikitin Sergey Nikitin in the program Leonid Velekhov Leonid Velekhov : Hello, on the air, freedom is a radio that is not only audible, but also visible. In the studio Leonid Velekhov, and this is a new issue of the program "Cult of Personality", which, in addition to our Internet channel, you can watch on the TV channel "Present time". This program is not about tyrants, it is about real personalities, their fate, actions, their views on life.

The head of the Karelian "Memorial" historian Yuri Dmitriev was arrested in December 2016. The reason for the initiation of the case under articles about depraved actions and the manufacture of children's pornography was photos of the naked adopted daughter in his computer. Dmitriev said that he recorded the physical development of the girl in case of claims from the guardianship authorities.

Kim Jong -un with his wife in the theater On Saturday, the European Union, Great Britain and China welcomed North Korea’s refusal from nuclear missile tests, which was announced the day before by the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In a statement by the head of the EU foreign policy, the decision of the DPRK authorities is called a "positive step." Britain’s authorities expressed the hope that this step means Pyongyang's desire for "honest" negotiations on the abandonment of nuclear weapons.

The political system of Russia is a very centralized and authoritarian, dominant role in it is played by President Vladimir Putin. The military occupation and an attempt to the annexation of Crimea negatively influenced the situation with human rights on the peninsula. Russia continues to arm separatists in eastern Ukraine, as well as provide them with military assistance. Many citizens of Ukraine in Russia are political prisoners.

In the studio of the new release of the “personality cult”, the composer, author and performer of religious songs Sergey Nikitin. Author and presenter - Leonid Velekhov.

The UN Security Council held a meeting in the town of Bakara in the south of Sweden. The possibilities for overcoming internal disagreements between members of the Council on the termination of the war in Syria were considered. The authorities of Sweden, which participates in the work of the Council on the Rights of the Provisional Member, invited 15 diplomats representing their states in the Council, and UN Secretary General Antoniu Gutherrisha.