The Interfax-Ukraine news agency sued the Ukrainian News website " Phrase " for the April Fool. This was announced by Interfax himself on Friday, April 1. Today, the “phrase” published a “duck” about the dismissal of Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov, referring to Interfax-Ukraine.

On the night of Friday, April 1, the Soviet partisan Vasily Kononov, condemned by the Latvian troops for the murder of civilians during the Second World War, died in Riga. He was 89 years old, writes Rosbalt . In 1998, Kononov was arrested in Latvia on charges of war crimes. He was charged with participation in the murder of nine residents of the village of Maly Bata, suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1944.

On Friday, April 1, the Libyan rebels first refused to release journalists from Addabia. It is reported by Reuters. Departure from the city is allowed only to those who have weapons. Civil persons without weapons can only leave ademia, accompanied by officers. The rebels and troops of Gaddafi were on a narrow section of land about 370 kilometers between adj and West Mars-El-Breys. It is not yet known whose troops are now controlling the approaches to Mars-El-Brega and the city itself.

At least 10 people were killed and more than two thousand were forced to leave their homes as a result of floods in the Papua province in the east of Indonesia. Catastrophic floods were caused by prolonged pouring rains, reports the Air Force . According to the authorities, the harvest of sweet potatoes and livestock breeding of the region suffered from the elements, and people living in the disaster zone need food and humanitarian assistance, as they were cut off from the rest of the world.

Activists of the War art group, detained on March 31 in St. Petersburg during the marsh of the disagreement, are currently interrogated by operatives from the EC department. This was announced by the “salt” by the released activist Oleg Vorotnikov. Vorotnikov, in turn, received information from the anarcho-activist Irina Putilova, who was among the detainees.

In Russia, the All -Russian campaign "Against Homophobia" is coming to an end. For a whole week homosexuals, transgender and sympathetic defended their rights with the slogan "Love is stronger than hatred." The chairman of the Russian LGBT network (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders) Igor Kochetkov told Salt, which for the sake of gays started a protest week, what political forces are behind them and why the proper-propelled man Nikita Dzhigurd is not a friend, but a homophobic.

On holidays, after the third quarter, I was asked to "bring ninth graders to the event." I am afraid of children whom I do not know, but I still couldn’t refuse. "Hooray! We are going to vocational schools for a fashion show! ” At the same time, my buds were taken away from my news - which means that there will be other nine -graders there! But nowhere to go. Morning at the school porch: Half, there are no SMS from unknown numbers - “I am waiting for a call”. We get acquainted.

The head of Libyan Jamahiria, Colonel Muamar Gaddafi, sent his representative to London to negotiate. Such information appeared on Thursday, March 31, in The Guardian newspaper. The number of supporters of Gaddafi is 15–20 thousand people. Photo: EPA / ITAR-TASS The Guardian reports that the British capital, where in the last days there are negotiations between the Western Coalition countries in Libya, was visited by the senior assistant to the son of Colonel Saif al-Izlam Mohammed Ismail.

Yesterday in St. Petersburg, for the first time in three years, the march of disagreements passed - with Nemtsov, riot police, plush pigeon and police helicopter. Video: channel Videosaltter The St. Petersburg opposition is divided into those whom riot police are packed in buses and auto-zats at the Gostiny Dvor, and to less radical, which rally on Palace Square in a “calm setting”. The first are the guys stronger: activists of another Russia and former National Bolsheviks, anarchists and Antif.

A year ago, designer Ilya Besedin and his friends - the Glack Borodov brothers - for the sake of launched the Maatlook parody site ( lookatme, on the contrary). On it, any anonymous user could leave some gossip about the Moscow “near-hipster party”. In less than a few days, the site has become scandalously known.

For almost two weeks, fashionistas of the whole world are closely watching the cultural life of the capital. Now it will always be like this: Moscow has been included in the “large seven” of the hot spots of the cult British magazine Dazed & confused. Rather, his new Satellite Voices project. Paris, Moscow, Rome, Shanghai, Munich, Dubai, Santiago - seven megacities that Satellite Voices equalized in their news stream.

Despite his tender age, the two-year-old Casper, the son of activists of the War Art group Oleg Vorotnikov and Natalia Sokol, managed to participate in all the high-profile “military” promotions. At socio-political events, parents also always take him with them: “Casper from childhood should have a worthy example before his eyes.” Yesterday's St. Petersburg march disagreed on Nevsky Prospekt was no exception. Oleg Vorotnikov has no doubt that Kasper is trying to pick up from the family.

In the African Republic, the cat d'Ivoire seems to be soon ending with the period of two -voltage. The troops of the winner of the presidential elections of Alassan Wattara (which recognized the international community) conduct fierce battles in the largest city in the country of Abidzhan. The guard of the ex-president of the ivory of ivory Loran Gbagbo, who refused to put his powers after the election, defends the presidential palace.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev removed ten generals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from his post. Among the dismissed are eight heads of regional internal affairs departments. In particular, the head of the Perm Central Internal Affairs Directorate Yuri Gorlov is not reassigned to his position. President Dmitry Medvedev famously treated the generals.

Last night in Japan, a 27-year-old motorist drove into the territory of Fukushima-2 NPP and crashed into the station building. Initially, his goal was the emergency “Fukushima-1”, but they didn’t let the car to it-then the unknown hero went to the first block located nearby (that is, in the radioactive zone). The young man survived - he was arrested by the police, who are now trying to get to the bottom of the causes of the incident.