The United States called on Russia to use its influence in the east of Ukraine to conduct a full investigation about the death of an American citizen in the explosion of an OSCE car near Lugansk. This was reported on the website of the US State Department. Washington noted that the news of the death of a US citizen, who worked as a paramedic at the OSCE mission in Ukraine, shocked the country's leadership.

The Ministry of Finance proposed to amend the Budget Code and introduce a new budget rule, according to which the freezing of budget expenditures in nominal terms will be determined. This was reported by Vedomosti, who got acquainted with the draft amendments to the Budget Code. The new rule will fully work by 2019, the Ministry of Finance notes. According to the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, a fork according to the budget rule “by and large”.

Teresa May. Photo: Stefan Wermuth / Reuters On April eighteenth, British Prime Minister Teresa May announced his intention to hold early elections on June 8, 2017-three years ahead of schedule. Before that, the prime minister has repeatedly said that she was not going to hold extraordinary elections. The unexpected statement was by surprise voters, the political elite of Great Britain and, above all, the main political rivals of May - the Labor.

On Bastille Square in Paris, protests were held against the results of the first round of the presidential election. It is reported by Le Parisien. The protest was held after the first election results were announced. Representatives of the Anti -Fascists entered the Bastille Square. There were about 300 of them in total, the publication reports.

The Bank of Russia proposed to change the law on auditing activities. This was told by the director of the Department of Corporate Relations of the Central Bank Elena Kuritsyna, reports RBC. The Central Bank will complicate the market entry for audit companies. Now for their registration you need to provide information about three auditors with diplomas that work in the company.

The Ministry of Health proposed to be prescribed on bottles of alcohol, how much you can drink per day. This is stated in the strategy developed by the department for the formation of a healthy lifestyle of the population, reports RNS. The modified version of the document prescribes “Legislative secured placement on the labels of alcoholic products about the dangers of its excess consumption indicating the maximum permissible dose in milliliters per day”.

Metro station "Technological Institute", St. Petersburg. Photo: Grigory Dukor / Reuters The explosion in the subway in St. Petersburg on April 3 is the first terrorist attack in Russia, committed by immigrants from Central Asia, mainly Uzbeks from the south of Kyrgyzstan.

The Human Rights Group “Agora” sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) the first complaint in the case of detentions at mass rallies against corruption that took place in Moscow and other cities of Russia on March 26. It is reported by Kommersant. The complaint was filed on behalf of a resident of Sochi, the coordinator of the public movement "Open Sochi" Vitaly Nijaydze, who was accused of organizing an illegal rally. He spent eight days under administrative arrest.

The Moscow Arbitration Court recognized the requirement of the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service) of Russia on the recognition of Kogalymavia bankruptcy bankruptcy. The corresponding decision was published in an electronic file of arbitration cases. According to the court decision, the CoGalymavia debt on contributions to the Pension Fund and the Social Insurance Fund in the amount of 155 million rubles is included in the register of creditors' claims.

The government will make for Rosneft the only exception to the payment of dividends. This was reported by Vedomosti. The Government Directorate sets a level of 50% of the profit of all state -owned companies in IFRS or RAS (from a larger one). Rosneft will be able to send 35% of net profit to the payment. The company confirmed this information.

The commander of the 1st battalion of the 2nd Operfal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, the victim during the rally “He is not Dimon”, Valery Gonikov was a victim in the “Swamp case”. “Open Russia” drew attention to this. In the application of force to Gonikov at rallies on March 26, Alexander Shpakov is accused.

Ivan Nepomnyans, convicted in the “swamp business”, was beaten in a colony. This was written on Facebook by the lawyer of the Public Verdict human rights fund Irina Biryukova. According to her, in addition to the non -reflectors, convicts Evgeny Makarov and Ruslan Vakhapov were also beaten. “Everyone is beaten in a colony, someone is very strong, someone is tolerant, if I may say so.

The leader of the French National Front party, Marine Le Pen, announced that he was leaving the post of head of the party during the election campaign. It is reported by the BBC.

The story of the chief candidate for the president of France. And what to expect from him Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Thrith Posit to photographers in Le-Tuka, France. Photo: Benoit Tessier / Reuters The head of the French National Front, Marin Le Pen, is experiencing a situation reminiscent of the career of her father, Jean-Mari Le Pen. In the 2002 elections, he entered the second round of the presidential election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Geographical Society became interested in personnel, in which Mollusk called the sea angel eats Mollusks of a different species - sea devils. It is reported by Interfax . “Sea angel, and he eats the devil, right? The president asked. - What I do. It will be necessary to get to know your results better. We have to watch all the time so that (and) no one ate us. Look around. It is very useful to see what happens in nature.