In St. Petersburg, on the territory of JSC "Electropult Plant" on Elektropultovtsev Street, ammunition was discovered - presumably a mine from the Great Patriotic War. According to the press service of the city department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the location of the discovery has been cordoned off. The discovery of ammunition was reported at about 15:00 Moscow time on April 7. Explosive experts arrived at the enterprise.

Czech Defense Minister Alexander Vondra, in an interview with national television, announced the possibility of closing the military training ground in Brdy, where it was previously planned to locate the radar of the American missile defense system (ABM).

OJSC Kolenergosbyt introduced restrictions on power supply for the head branch of the Nerpa shipyard (Murmansk region), which is part of the OJSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center. According to the press service of the generating company, the enterprise regularly does not pay for electricity, and as of April 6 In 2001, its debt amounted to 48.2 million rubles.Nerpa's monthly debt increases by an average of 8.5 million rubles.

An airstrike by the Royal Air Force on the Libyan Sarir oil field, controlled by the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, killed three people and injured several more. In addition, the oil pipeline was severely damaged as a result of the raid. This was reported by Reuters . It is worth noting that the bombed field, located in the Sirte basin, is one of the largest in the country and the world: initial recoverable reserves as of 2008. amounted to 1068 million tons.

At the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant on April 6, 2011. The fourth power unit was launched. At the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant on April 6, 2011. The fourth power unit was launched. The press service of the nuclear power plant reports that the launch was carried out in connection with the completion of a planned overhaul. The capacity of the fourth power unit is currently 500 MW, the report said.

The Soyuz TMA-21 (Gagarin) spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 7 at 3:09:17 Moscow time (April 6 at 23:09:17 GMT), 9 minutes ahead of schedule. The rendezvous and docking process was carried out automatically under the control of specialists at the Flight Control Center (MCC) and the crew.

Oil prices on Thursday, April 7, show multidirectional dynamics. Oil prices on Thursday, April 7, show multidirectional dynamics. Oil Oil futures Light Sweet and Brent are trading sideways on Thursday without a general trend. Brent quotes are currently declining, while Light Sweet quotes are rising.

Following the oil giants, Gazprom also wanted to receive benefits for production in Eastern Siberia - only for gas production. According to the head of the concern’s eastern projects coordination department, Viktor Timoshilov, Gazprom should have the mineral extraction tax (MET) on gas from Eastern Siberia reset to zero. "Improving the tax environment is a significant factor, primarily in relation to the mineral extraction tax.

Two Mercedes cars in which explosives were transported were detained in Moscow. This was reported by the law enforcement agencies of the capital. A Mercedes-GL car was stopped on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, near house 35. A TT pistol, cartridges for it, as well as a homemade explosive device without means of initiation, consisting of two charges of plastic explosive with a capacity of 200 g of TNT each, were found inside the car. damaging elements in the form of bolts, screws and electrical wires.

On the bright feast of the Annunciation, celebrated by Orthodox Christians on April 7, criminals stole four icons from the Church of the Intercession near Moscow. Among the stolen relics were the icons “The Crucifixion with Those Present,” “The Savior,” “The Protection of the Mother of God,” and “The Nativity of Christ,” law enforcement agencies in the Moscow region told RBC. The robbery occurred on the night of April 7. Investigators are searching for the perpetrators.

At the emergency Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, employees of the operator company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began pumping nitrogen into the plant's first reactor. At the emergency Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, employees of the operator company Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began pumping nitrogen into the plant's first reactor. The same measures could be applied to the second and third reactors, NHK said. The nitrogen injection is a "preventive measure," the source said.

The brother of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and the leader of the Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, accuses Prime Minister Donald Tusk of his actions leading to the crash of the Tu-154 near Smolensk. This was reported by Moskovsky Komsomolets. The brother of the ex-president of Poland claims that immediately before the death of L. Kaczynski, the Polish prime minister pursued a “treasonous anti-national policy,” which ultimately led to the tragedy near Smolensk.

The JFC Group of Companies (JSC Group JFC) attracted a bi-currency club loan in the amount of $88 million and 1.5 billion rubles, the organizers of the credit line said in a statement. According to the loan agreement signed on March 15, 2011, JFC was provided with an amortizing credit line for a period of 3.5 years. The loan provides a margin to MosPrime/LIBOR in the amount of 4.25-6.00% per annum, depending on the value of the group’s debt ratio.

Increase in the cost of gas for the population of the Russian Federation in 2012. may be 15% instead of the previously planned 19.2%. Increase in the cost of gas for the population of the Russian Federation in 2012. may be 15% instead of the previously planned 19.2%. Its head, Sergei Novikov, announced this at a meeting of the Federal Tariff Service (FTS). According to him, the FTS in 2012 will index gas tariffs for the population twice: from January 1 - by 5%, from April 1 - by 9.5%.

The driver of the Mercedes, 38-year-old Dzhamshut Buinatov, who was detained on the morning of April 6 on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow, is a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. In the Samara region, the detainee was put on the wanted list on suspicion of forgery of documents, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports. In the trunk of D. Buinatov's car, the Ministry of Internal Affairs found a TNT stick with a capacity of 200 grams of TNT equivalent.