The government instructed the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to create a mechanism for reducing the price of barrier contraceptives. Such an assignment is contained in the strategy of the fight against HIV, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Attention to this item was paid by RNS.

The former head of Rosneft Eduard Khudainatov intends to sell at least 25% of the “independent oil and gas company” (NNA), as well as the Khabarovsk oil refinery and several production assets. About this to Vedomosti was told by sources close to the seller and potential buyer. According to the publication, negotiations are held “with a wide circle of investors”, among them there are international ones. The interlocutor of the newspaper could not name the amount of the transaction.

The Russian economy has returned to stagnation. This was reported by experts of the "Center for Development" by the Higher School of Economics, reports RNS. “At the beginning of 2017, the growth of the Russian economy again stalled again. Of course, for now, taking into account the frequent change in the data of Rosstat, this cannot be asserted categorically, ”said the Bulletin“ Comments about the state and business ”.

The emergency regime was introduced throughout the Siberian Federal District due to fires. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the Ministry of Emergencies Vladimir Puchkov. According to him, the emergency mode is introduced in the region from 17:00. As a result of the fire, 59 houses burned in the village of Bubnovka, located in the Kirensky district of the Irkutsk region, said in the Ministry of Emergencies.

The activist of the Yabloko party Natalya Fedorova spilled in the face with a “chemical solution”. This was reported by the leader of the Moscow branch "Yabloko" Sergey Mitrokhin on Twitter. Fedorova’s vision disappeared, he added. The website of the Moscow Party branch reports that this happened near her house. Fedorova turned to the hospital for help. The activist diagnosed chemical burns of the face and eyes. Doctors believe that her vision will recover, Mitrokhin RBC said .

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) applied urgent measures in connection with a complaint about beating the defendant of the “swamp business” Ivan Nepomnyans and two more prisoners in the colony, the “public verdict” reports . According to the decision of the ECHR, prisoners must be examined within 48 hours by independent doctors in the presence of defenders. The court decided to provide evidence that the defenders have unhindered access to prisoners.

The Chinese service goes to Russia. Than besides payments, it is known Jack Ma presented the technology for paying for purchases using a selfie, Hanover, Germany, 2015. Photo: Ole Spata / EPA In Russia, the Alipay payment system is launched - one of the services of the Chinese Corporation Alibaba. Initially, it will be designed for tourists from China (for example, so that they can pay in souvenir stores). In the future, according to Alibaba Russia, it can also be localized for Russian users.

Police officers sealed the building of the International Center for the Roerichs. This was announced by Novaya Gazeta by the Vice President of the Center Alexander Stetsenko. “We had a concert. At the end, the director of the East Museum, together with lawyers and accompanied by special forces, began the capture of the building. They put the guard. They kicked people out, sealed the building, they are not allowed to be allowed, ”said Stetsenko.

The Bank of Russia at a meeting on April 28 reduced the key rate to 9.25% per annum. This was reported in the press release of the Russian regulator. Thus, the rate was reduced the second time from the beginning of the current year. The first time it was reduced from 10% to 9.75% per annum in late March amid the active slowdown in inflation and restoration of economic activity.

On the air of the show "Cactus" showed a video of an attack on the opposition Alexei Navalny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvqna3ycwxe&feature=youtu.be&t=405 Earlier, lawyer of the Corruption Fund (FBK) Ivan Zhdanov published a photograph of the alleged attacker. The press secretary of Navalny Kira Yarmysh noted that the external cameras did not work at the time of the attack.

The prosecutor in the case of the catman Pokemon in the temple of Ruslan Sokolovsky requested for him three and a half years of the colony.

On April 20, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the measures for the implementation of the state strategy to combat HIV, but the document has not yet been published on the government’s website. The contents of the plan got acquainted with Kommersant. The document says that HIV-infected parents will be allowed to adopt children.

Frame from the series "Optimists". Photo: Russia 1 Recently, in Russia they laughed very much at what the CIA called KVN a “powerful instrument of propaganda”. Critics of the Putin regime also laughed: they say, this is a kindergarten, and we’ll get to the mice. Meanwhile, the American straightforwardness, which is often summarized by ignorance of the Russian context, just got to the point here.

The White House published a list of achievements of US President Donold Trump in the first 100 days as head of state. One of the points in the list was the "isolation of Syria and Russia to the UN." The document says that “Successful diplomacy with the head of China Xi Jinping” helped to isolate countries in the organization of Trump. “President Trump managed to resist the countries that threatened our national security after many years of unsuccessful diplomacy,” the White House statement said.

The construction company Titan-2 filed a lawsuit to protect the business reputation to RBC, RNS reports . The holding requires the publication to refute the information about the structure of ownership: in the rating of the “50 fastest growing companies” in 2016, RBC reported that one of Titan-2 co-owners is a former deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Vadim Ryabov. As the head of the press service of the holding Svetlana Kaluga said RNS, this is not true.