The Association of Printing Products (ARPP) asks the Ministry of Finance to include subsidies in the budget-2017 for the delivery of signature circulations of newspapers and magazines. This follows from the letter that the organization sent to the head of the department Anton Siluanov (a copy is at the disposal of RBC). According to the publication, we are talking about the amount of 6 billion rubles.

On the night of April 24, the Armenian military took a tank attack in Nagorno -Karabakh. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. “Armenian tanks at night approached the positions of the Azerbaijani army and began to be shelling. With the involvement of additional manpower, the Armenian side tried to go on the attack. However, the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan prevented this attempt by destroying one enemy tank with personnel, ”the report said.

The number of victims of the earthquake in Ecuador reached 654 people, reports Reuters with reference to the authorities. Another 16,600 people were injured, 58 are officially missing. Seven thousand buildings were destroyed, more than 25 thousand left their homes and remain in shelters. The earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador occurred on the night of April 17, its magnitude exceeded 7.8.

Great Britain can send their troops to Libya to fight terrorists of the Islamic State group. This was announced in an interview with The Telegraph by the country's foreign minister Philip Hammond. “It makes no sense to exclude anything, because you never know how events will develop. But if the issue of Britain’s military participation in any form-on Earth, in water or in the air, will ever be considered by the House of Commons, ”said the head of the British Foreign Ministry.

Nagorny Karabakh unveiled documents confiscated from the place of the fall of the Azerbaijani helicopter. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the republic. The military department explained to the agency that the documents found indicate that the leadership of Azerbaijan planned a military operation in advance.

In the Samara region, the deputy head of the headquarters of the Main Directorate of the Samara Region and his relatives were killed. This was reported by the IC of the Russian Federation. “This morning, in one of the houses in the village of Ivashovka, the Syzran district of the Samara region, the bodies of three men and three women with signs of violent death were found.

During the last telephone conversation, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed on the preliminary deadlines for the return of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. Poroshenko told about this in an interview with Ukrainian television channels, Interfax reports. “For the first time during this conversation, we received light at the end of the tunnel.

The Sunday Times published an annual rating of the richest residents of Great Britain. The list, as last year, included two Russians - the owner of the Metalloinvest Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich. Usmanov, who last year in the ranking of fourth place, sank to the tenth position: his fortune decreased by £ 2.22 billion over the year and now amounts to £ 7.58 billion. Abramovich, who lost £ 890 million in a year, with a fortune of £ 6.4 billion lowered from 10 to 13th place.

In Turkey, on April 24, the Dutch journalist of Turkish origin Ebru Umar, who criticized the president of the country of Recep Erdogan, was detained. It is reported by Hurriet. Some time ago, Umar wrote a critical article about Erdogan and Turkish-Holland relations for the Dutch newspaper Metro, and then laid out quotes from the material on her Twitter. The Netherlands Foreign Ministry has already stated that they are in close contact with the journalist and the authorities.

From the Olympic champion of games in Sochi, the skater Ekaterina Bobrova, convicted of Meldonia, removed the disqualification. She herself wrote about this on Instagram. “I am glad to share information that ISU (International Union of Skaters. - Slon) removed a temporary disqualification from me,” Bobrova wrote. The athlete noted that she would provide more detailed information when she receives the protocol of the final decision of the Union of skaters.

The DPRK placed about 300 new volley systems along the border with South Korea. About this with reference to military sources is reported by Renhap. According to the agency, Pyongyang placed 122-mm grenade launchers north of the demilitarized zone, which shares two Korea. Systems have an estimated range of 40 kilometers and can affect a large territory. The military source noted that North Korea unfolds new missile units with regimental units along the demilitarized zone since 2014.

The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption, Alexander Hinshtein, compared the murder of the police colonel and his family in Syzran with a massacre in the village of Kushchevskaya. Hinshtein posted the corresponding entry on his twitter . “The situation resembles Kushchevka, especially since Syzran is a very criminal area,” Kinshtein wrote.

In the case of UK exit from the European Union, London will need 10 years to negotiate a new trade agreement with the United States. This was in an interview with the BBC channel by US President Barack Obama. “The UK will not be able to agree on any agreements with the United States faster than the EU. <...> And perhaps five, ten years will pass before we achieve anything, ”the American leader said. A referendum on British membership in the European Union will be held on June 23, 2016.

Mikhail Prokhorov does not negotiate on the sale of RBC holding. This was announced by Gazeta.Ru by the official representative of the ONEXIM group, controlled by the Russian billionaire. “ONEXIM” refutes negotiations on the sale of a media holding of RBC and [energy company] “Quadra”, ”RBC reports a statement by Andrei Belyak, director of public relations. Earlier, sources of Gazeta.Ru reported that Prokhorov was negotiating his assets.

The Serbian Progressive Party of Prime Minister Alexander Vuchich (SPP) leads in early parliamentary elections. The prime minister has already announced the victory of his supporters, reports Reuters . “Citizens of Serbia again honored us to be [by the majority] in parliament,” he said. The ruling party of Vucich received 52% of the vote, AP reports with reference to preliminary results of the vote count from the center for free elections and democracy (Cesid).