The Tver Court of Moscow fined the activists of Roman Roslovtsev and Yuri Merzlov, who participated in Putin masks in Putin Masks, according to the Grani.ru. On April 20, the Genus and frozen were put on masks and entered the protest in the center of Moscow.

Iraq authorities closed Al Jazeera Bureau in Baghdad, forbidding media networks to cover events in the country. The decision of the Commission on Communications and the Media is reported by Al Jazeera. On April 27, the commission notified Al Jazeera about the recall of the license to work in Iraq. The reason was called violations of the official Code of conduct, as well as the norms and rules of broadcasting.

The State Employment Service of Ukraine suspended the process of canceling the permission to work as journalist Savik Schuster. This was reported on Facebook by the department. This decision was made by the central apparatus of the civil service after Schuster's written appeal to his leadership. “I received a statement by citizen S. Schuster and, responding to this document, we will suspend the decision of the order until the circumstances are clarified.

Russia approached the launch of a benchmark for its own oil in order to untie the cost of Urals from the quotes of the North Sea Brent, as well as get away from prices in US dollars. It is reported by Bloomberg. The agency indicates that this year the St. Petersburg International Production and Railway Exchange (SPBMTSB) plans to start a trade in futures for Russian oil. As the President of St.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the start of the Soyuz-2.1a missile, announced reprimands to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov, writes Kommersant. According to the publication, Rogozin received a reprimand, and Komarov - a strict reprimand.

Millions of euros stolen from banking storage facilities and ATMs of Lugansk and Donbass tried to exchange in Moscow. Forbes told about this by sources in the banking sector. According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, bankers asked for the exchange of large amounts of cash marked with blue paint.

The founder of Telegram messenger Pavel Durov and Google General Director Sundar Pichai met in May 2015 to discuss the messengers market. At this meeting, Google rated Telegram at $ 1 billion, the “secret of the company” reports with reference to a source close to Telegram and several investors in the venture market. Two friends of Durov confirmed this information of RBC, adding that Google considered the possibility of buying a messenger.

For the first quarter of 2016, Facebook earned $ 5.38 billion, the net profit of social networks exceeded $ 1.5 billion. This is stated in the company's report . The company's revenue, compared with the same period in 2015, increased almost three times. Facebook received the main income (about $ 5.2 billion) from advertising, which is 57% more compared to the first quarter of last year.

The first launch of the Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle was committed from the Vostochny cosmodrome, Interfax reports. The launch video is published on the website of Roscosmos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rus2ljzf6q The rocket will bring three satellites into orbit: “Lomonosov”, “AIST-2D” and SAMSAT-218. The missile was insured for 1.8 billion rubles, the starting complex - for 24 billion rubles. Prior to this, it was reported that it was not planned to insure the launch.

The National Assembly of France supported the resolution calling not to extend anti -Russian sanctions. The voting results are reported on Twitter of the lower house of parliament. The vote was supported by 101 deputy out of 577, while 50 parliamentarians spoke “for” the resolution, 44 were “against” and two abstained. The resolution of the National Assembly is exclusively advisory.

The Meshchansky court of Moscow recovered 500 thousand rubles from the blogger Artemy Lebedev as moral compensation for the claim for the protection of honor and dignity. It is reported by Interfax . The plaintiff was a veteran of the Battle of Stalingrad Marina Mikhalitsyna. The lawsuit was filed for 1 million rubles, but the court partially satisfied it. Mikhalitsyna herself was not present at the meeting.

The rector of the Saratov State University Alexei Chumachenko asked the heads of university units to limit the contacts of foreigners with employees and students of the educational institution. The corresponding letter was at the disposal of the publication “Saratov version”. “According to available information, in April 2016, the federal judge of the Western District of the US Oklahom state Stephen Freita and an employee of the US Embassy in Moscow took place.

The Chinese alcoholic drink "Maotai" (Moutai) has become the most expensive alcoholic brand of the world, taking first place in the Brand Finance rating . According to researchers, this brand costs $ 5.7 billion. In second place is the Johnnie Walker whiskey, which Brand Finance estimated at $ 4.6 billion. Closes the first top three Hennessy cognac with an estimate of $ 2.8 billion. In the 2015 ranking, Johnnie Walker ranked first place and cost, according to researchers, $ 5.6 billion.

Stalin's rehabilitation under Brezhnev was incomparably more modest than even in our time, when monuments and museums open in the provinces, apologetic books are published by hundreds, and civil society regularly collects money for its Stalinobuses.

The largest US cable operator, Comcast will buy Dreamworks Animation studio for $ 3.8 billion, CNBC reports . The transaction will be made by the broadcasting company NBCUNIVERSAL, 51% of which belongs to Comcast. It is expected that the deal will be closed by the end of 2016. On April 27, The Wall Street Journal announced the purchase of an animation studio of Stephen Spielberg for $ 3 billion.