The press secretary of the head of Chechnya Alvi Karimov rejected the information about the forcing people to participate in a rally for the Crimea, which was held on March 18. “This is an absolute lie, no one forces anywhere. People came from other regions of Russia, no one forced them, ” said Karimov RBC. The inhabitants of Grozny previously complained to the "Caucasian knot" that they were forced to come to the rally on March 18.

The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg deprived the European University. This was announced on the university page on Facebook by the head of the recreetate Alla Aimletova. “This is a very dry residue: the license is canceled. The decision comes into force after a month or after consideration of the appeal, which we, of course, will submit, ”she wrote. Thus, the court granted the lawsuit of Rospotrebnadzor.

British physicist Stephen Hawking is going to fly into space on the ship of Virgin Galactic. He reported this in the program of Good Morning Britain, reports The Times. “I thought no one would take me [into space], but Richard Branson [owner of Virgin Group] offered me a place on Virgin Galactic, and I immediately agreed,” Hawking said. The scientist added that the flight into space can make him happy.

Every year, Russian cash registers print 50 billion checks - 341 pieces for each resident of the country. By the middle of the summer of this year, they will look a little different. According to the amendments to the law adopted last year, the cash desks of the new generation should be able to print checks with QR codes and send them to customers in electronic form.

The main beneficiaries of money laundering according to the “Moldavian scheme” was the owner of Russian Railways contracting companies, Alexey Krapivin, co-owner of the Marvel IT Holding Sergey Gerdin and the owner of the Lanin group George Hens. The New Gazeta came to this conclusion in the investigation . Kapivin is indicated by the only beneficiary of Redstone Financial Ltd and Telford Tradition SA in Panama archives, the new one said.

The Kremlin is not engaged in the “linguistic analysis” of the statements of the American president, said press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov. So he answered the request to comment on the words of Donald Trump, who called Putin a “strong nut”. “Both Russian and English are quite rich, and, of course, some politicians prefer to use all the wealth of their native language,” Peskov quotes Interfax quoted.

The Kotlas City Court sentenced Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years in prison. This was announced by activist Tatyana Pashkevich on Facebook. “Mokhnatkin was given for 2 years under article 321 and 2.6 years in aggregate. He barely stood, the tremor was strong at his feet, although he walked confidently, ”Pashkevich wrote. The press service of the prosecutor's office of the Arkhangelsk region "Interfax" reported that in order to serve the sentence of Mokhnatkin, they will transfer to another colony.

Dmitry Aristov, who previously held the post of deputy minister of justice of the Russian Federation, was appointed the head of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP). This was reported by the Kremlin press service. The former head of the FSSP Arthur Parfenchikov in February was appointed acting head of Karelia instead of Alexander Khudilinen.

The FBI Director James Komi confirmed that the bureau is investigating possible ties of the Donald Trump campaign with Russia, The Guardian reports . The same applies to the investigation of the Russian "intervention" in the American elections. “Usually we do not confirm the current investigations, but given unusual circumstances and public interest, we are now doing this,” Komi told Komi at a public hearing in Congress dedicated to the Russian “intervention” in the US president’s election.

The lawyers of the ex-head of the Cosmos NPO Andrei Chernyakov appealed to the police demanding to institute criminal proceedings against the managers of the Moscow Bank. About this writes "Kommersant". The appeal was prepared after his own investigation conducted by the defense of Chernyakov.

Rosneft “considered it unprofitable” the construction of an oil refinery in Grozny, and the Ministry of Energy supported the company's position. This follows from a letter to the Government of the Deputy Minister of Energy Kirill Molodtsov, whom RBC got acquainted .

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the new members of the Public Chamber (OP) on the presidential quota. The text of the decree is posted on the official portal of legal information. Re -entered the chamber 17 public figures, and 23 people were replaced. Among the new members of the chamber were chess player Sergey Karjakin, sculptor Andrei Kovalchuk, editor-in-chief of expert magazine Valery Fadeev and Yandex vice president Marina Yanina.

The case of the Stateizer of the FSB was instructed to investigator Mikhail Svinolup. It is reported by RBC. The pig was conducted by the case of a large mother Svetlana Davydova, who called the Ukrainian embassy and said that the military unit opposite her house was empty. The case of the Stateizer of Russian intelligence officers in favor of the United States was initiated in December 2016.

Uber President Jeff Jones leaves his post due to problems in the company. This was reported by the Recode publication. According to a source in the company, the departure of Jones is also associated with accusations of sexism and sexual harassment against company employees. Jones admitted that he could not cope with the situation. He worked in Uber for about six months.

Alexey Kudrin at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Photo: Ilya Talev / RIA Novosti Family psychotherapists have a jargon expression "fix the child to us." It denotes a popular request from customers: there was a good child and suddenly “broke”, began to receive deuces, rude, lie, steal, smoke. Make it good again, repair it. Experienced psychotherapists hate this request. Because the children themselves do not break.