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Boris Paramonov recalls the songs and music of Nikita Theological. Conversation with an employee of the library of the US Congress David Arns. The story of the singer of Nadezhda Palevitskaya. The author and presenter Ivan Tolstoy. For the first time on April 15, 2004.

In Moscow, the 46th International Film Festival ended. The Grand Prix was the Mexican director Miguel Salgado with the film "shame", shot last year. This drama talks about the history of two teenagers who were captured by the bandits. One of them dies, the second manages to escape, but he fights with himself, unable to tell the relatives of his friend about his death. The jury recognized the film "Partners" by the Spanish director Jose Maria Flores.

War in Ukraine *** Anti -Semitism at US universities *** Russia posted a veto on a resolution on weapons in space *** Protest in Armenia against the transfer of villages in the Tavshu region to Azerbaijan *** The results of the All -Belorussian National Assembly.

Kyiv city hospital In Kyiv during the day on Friday, urgent evacuation of patients and staff from two hospitals - adult and children's. This was announced by the city administration of the capital. Urgent measures are caused by the fact that rumors began to spread massively on the Internet that in the near future an artillery blow would be inflicted on these hospitals. The posts claim that Ukrainian troops are located there.

The other day we learned about the existence of pancreatic necrosis. Many probably tried with the help of Google to understand what they were talking about. The New Gazeta Europe published an article “The successor of the Padishah”, from which it followed that the doctors back in 2019 made such a diagnosis of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, that since then his condition has been steadily worsening and he did not stay long.

The associates of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a colony on Yamal in February, announced a concert of his memory in Berlin, which was scheduled for the first days of June. “We continue to ensure that the name of Alexei and his ideas sounds as louder as possible. Putin killed Navalny. But he will not be able to defeat him while we remember Alexei and so as long as there are people who talk about him,” the event says in the telegram -channel “Navalny team”.

The caught Kamchatka crab The court in the Primorsky Territory in absentia sentenced the fish manufacturer Oleg Kan, called the media by the Craft of the King, to 17 years in a strict regime colony in the case of a custom murder. About this writes "Kommersant".

An illustrative photo In Paris, students, participants in demonstrations in support of the Palestinian autonomy, blocked all the entrances to the Institute of Political Research Sciences PO. They demand that the university officially condemn Israeli actions in the gas sector. Students say that they are ready to protest until the Israeli military operation in the gas sector, which they call genocide, stops. The director of the institute Jean Basser condemned the blockade of the university.

The military court in Barnaul sentenced the soldier Vladislav Yarullin to nine years in a maximum security colony for a fight and a three -fold unauthorized abandonment of a military unit. According to the verdict, in April 2023, Yarullin, while intoxicated, had a fight and broke his nose to the victim (his status is not specified). In the same month, Yarullin did not return to the unit from the vacation - later he was detained and took the obligation to turn into a service in May 2023.

Red Army Parade in Moscow Radio Liberty continues the “fork” cycle - a series of publications about the turning points of Russian history, when it could go in a completely different way. What were historical alternatives and why did they remain unrealized? The first part of the cycle: "The Hind of Supers" (1730) - here . The second part: the rebellion of the Decembrists (1825) - here . The third part: the murder of Alexander II (1881) - here . A fourth part: the 1905 revolution is here .

Alexander Beglov during the vote in the presidential election in March 2024 The current governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, will run for a new term. President Vladimir Putin supported his candidacy. The first to report this was Izvestia. According to the publication, during a meeting with Putin, Beglov said that in St. Petersburg he had left the crisis of the auto industry, production was launched and jobs were saved.

Vladimir Dovdanov Deputy Chairman of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people Vladimir Dovdanov was put on the wanted list. Information about this appeared in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When exactly Dovdanov was put on the wanted list, it was unclear - on his presence in the police base on April 26, the Mediazona drew the attention of. In March, it became known about the initiation of a criminal case against him about calls against activities against the security of Russia.

Attack of drones on the Kremlin, May 2023 The military court sentenced the Chelyabinsk streamer Alexei Sidorov to the 2.5 years of the colony for commentary on the attack of drones on the Kremlin in May 2023. The court of OVD-Info drew attention to the court decision. According to the verdict, after the attack of Dronov, Sidorov conducted a stream, during which he turned to the Ukrainians with the words “It is necessary that you get to the Kremlin and Yo*zeros.

In London, two local residents were charged with setting fire to a warehouse belonging to a Ukrainian entrepreneur. The investigation believes that they could act by order of Russian special services, as well as work for Russian intelligence. According to the BBC, 20-year-old Dylan Earl and 22-year-old Jake Reeves were involved in the fire. Reeves received money from Russian intelligence. Earl tried to recruit informants for her.