The American Corporation SpaceX postponed at least two days the first test flight of the most heavy in the history of the Starship missile. The launch was supposed to take place on April 17 from a new private cosmodrome to Boka-Chick in the south of the United States. The broadcast of preparation for the flight was carried out in the UTUB of the corporation, more than 500 thousand people looked at it at once. The reason for the cancellation of the launch was problems in the first stage.

Vladimir Kara-Murza (archive photo) The Fund for Support for Family Political Personents was created in Russia by associates of Vladimir Kara-Murza, sentenced to 25 years in the colony. This was reported by the Medusa publication with reference to the social network of Kara-Murza.

The Moscow City Court sentenced the 25 years of the maximum regime of the opposition Vladimir Kara-Murza. He was accused of state treason, of the spread of fakes about the Russian army and in cooperation with an undesirable organization.

The pianist Ahmad Jamal, who was called by one of the most influential jazz musicians for 60 years, died in 93 years of life from prostate cancer, - his daughter Sumaya told The Washington Post. Starting professional performances in 1944, he influenced several generations of jazz musicians, developing and forming the style of jazz music, experimenting with electronics and hip-hop performers.

The Gulagu.net project published a video in which two people who call themselves former prisoners who fought in Ukraine as part of the Wagner PMC and subsequently pardoned by the decree of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, claim that they were witnesses and accomplices of numerous war crimes. Azamat Uldarov and Alexei Savichev "Gulag.net" calls the ex-commanders of the Vagner PMC units. It is argued that decrees on their pardon were signed in August and September last year.

An illustrative photo Last year, under the article on the so -called discrediting of the army on Russian citizens, fines were imposed on a total of 151,257,500 rubles. This follows from the report of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court. According to the statistics, which is cited by the Medazon publication, in 2022, 5622 administrative cases of "discredit" of the military were received in the courts. 4439 fines were assigned to them and one warning was issued.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of April 17 Good morning! Germany turned off its last three nuclear power plants and said goodbye to a peaceful atom; In Finland, on the contrary, the largest atomic reactor in Europe was commissioned . Who is right here will tell time. News so far: On Easter night, Russia fired at several Ukrainian churches; In the Zaporizhzhya region, two teenagers became victims of shelling.

An illustrative photo In Belgorod and the Belgorod Region, fires occurred at two civilians. This was announced by the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov. What objects are we talking about and the reason for the fire was not specified. After 40 minutes, he wrote that fires were extinguished, there were no injured. Earlier, local telegram channels reported explosions in Belgorod and published a video of fires. According to preliminary data, we are talking about the attack of drones.

The Slovak authorities on Monday introduced a temporary ban on the import of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine. This is done in order to protect local manufacturers. Earlier, such a ban was introduced by Poland and Hungary. Now the introduction of the same measures is being considered by Bulgaria. In May 2022, the European Union abolished import duties and quotas for the import of grain from Ukraine as a measure of support for the economy of the warring country.

The Ministry of Transport of Russia warned of a possible increase in the cost of air tickets to internal flights by 15-30% in connection with a decrease in transportation subsidies in the summer season of 2023. This was announced by the deputy head of the department, Igor Chalik, reports Interfax. According to the official, it has not yet been made to allocate subsidies by analogy with the year 2022, in which the air carriers received 100 billion rubles from the budget.

Smoke over Hartum International Airport after Aviation raid. April 15, 2023 In Sudan, the tension growing all over the past months between rival military leaders develops into an open civil war. The battles are already going on throughout Sudanese territory, including historically long -suffering regions of Darfur and South Cordofan .

The Russian authorities accuse the politics and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza of three crimes at once . Firstly, this is the distribution of "fakes" about the army-for the performance in the House of Representatives of the state of Arizona of the United States with an anti-war position.

Vladimir Kara-Murza (archive photo) On April 17, the Moscow City Court sentenced the opposition policy Vladimir Kara-Murzu, who was accused of state treason, of the spread of fakes about the Russian army and in cooperation with an undesirable organization, to 25 years in a maximum security colony. Commenting on the verdict, the opposition said: “25 years are the highest score that I could get for what I did, what I believe in as a citizen, as a patriot, as a politician.

State Duma The State Duma has amended the introduction of a new article in the Criminal Code - "assisting in the execution of decisions of international organizations in which the Russian Federation does not participate, or foreign state bodies." She involves punishment up to five years in prison, -reports OVD-info . It is not clear from the text of the amendment whether its action will apply, for example, to interaction with the ECHR, where complaints of Russian citizens are still considered.

The writer Alexander Arkhangelsky left the Higher School of Economics, where he held the post of orderly professor. He wrote about this on his Facebook. Arkhangelsk also added that he is no longer a member of the Scientific Council and the Locum leader of the Higher School of Education. “I’m leaving by agreement of the parties, so I won’t comment on anything.