Rescuers warn of worsening weather on Wednesday, April 12, and expect thunderstorms, hail and strong winds in Moscow. Sobesednik.ru previously wrote that April 11 was the warmest day since the beginning of the year in Moscow. The website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Moscow says that on Wednesday in the capital, rain, sleet, thunderstorms, hail, as well as strong winds with gusts of up to 12-17 m/s are expected in places.

Photo: Competition prizes from the Sobesednik Publishing House // Sobesednik.ru The Sobesednik Publishing House, with the support of the Romani Gypsy Theater and the EKSMO publishing house, announces an Easter creative competition. All you need to do is take a photo of the Easter egg you painted.

Well-known journalist Mikhail Taratuta spoke especially for Sobesednik.ru about what the US strike on Syria would lead to. Photo: Donald Trump // Global Look Press Famous journalist Mikhail Taratuta spoke especially for Sobesednik.ru about what the US strike on Syria would lead to. In connection with the American missile attack on a government air base and the events preceding it, today there are two versions.

The Kazakh authorities are preparing to transfer the Kazakh alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin. The head of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, spoke about the transition from the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet in his article published in the magazine “Egemen Kazakhstan”. “By the end of 2017, after consultations with scientists and members of the public, a unified standard for the new alphabet and graphics in the Latin alphabet should be developed.

The Moscow traffic police is studying a video recording of a girl driving along the Moscow Ring Road at a speed of 320 kilometers per hour. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the capital's State Traffic Inspectorate, on Tuesday, April 12, a video appeared on Instagram that attracted the attention of law enforcement officers. The owner of the account majorka_63 published a video from inside a Mercedes AMG car.

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Forecasters called last Tuesday, April 11, the warmest day in the capital since the beginning of the year. The Moscow Meteorological Bureau told Interfax that the air temperature last Tuesday in the capital approached the absolute maximum for April 11. The record was recorded in 2008, when the thermometer showed 20.6 degrees Celsius. Thus, April 11 became the warmest day since the beginning of the year.

The Ministry of Health denied information that self-employed citizens will be deprived of compulsory medical insurance policies. Sobesednik.ru previously wrote that information appeared in the media about the intention of the Ministry of Health and the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund to deprive self-employed and unemployed Russians of free compulsory medical insurance policies.

Photo: Elena Pinjoyan // from personal archive Sobesednik.ru spoke with Elena Pinjoyan, thanks to whom “Fidgets” were born and became so famous. The fame of “Fidgets” resounds not only in our country, but also far beyond its borders. Over the 26 years of its existence, the young artists were applauded in Paris, London, Rome, Athens, and New York. There are 270 children studying in the Moscow studio, and how many cities dream of a branch of the famous group appearing!

Parliamentarians proposed banning petting zoos and mobile dolphinariums in Russia. Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection Vladimir Panov told TASS that the corresponding clause will be included in the bill “On the Responsible Treatment of Animals.” Panov explained the ban on mobile dolphinariums by the fact that when transporting marine animals it is impossible to create the necessary conditions for them.

US President Donald Trump , explaining the goals of the missile strike on Syria , accused the Russian Federation of aggravating the situation. Sobesednik.ru previously wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin compared US actions in Syria with the events of the war in Iraq. Donald Trump, in an interview with Fox Business, said that the aggravation of the situation in Syria was due to Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Russian scientists have developed a unique method for diagnosing genetic diseases in a short time. Researchers from the North-Eastern Federal University have created a biochip that can be used to identify as many as five genetic mutations observed among residents of Yakutia in 4 hours. In particular, the chip searches for these mutations in short stature syndrome, SOPH syndrome, tyrosinemia, methemoglobinemia and congenital non-syndromic deafness.

Rosobrnadzor proposes to conduct certification of teachers every four years. As the Parliamentary Gazette reports with reference to Anzor Muzaev, deputy head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science, the department is currently developing a new model for the certification of teachers within the framework of the “teacher growth” system. According to Muzaev, the teachers themselves take an active part in the creation of new testing and measuring materials.

Yuri Kuklachev Photo: Andrey Strunin / “Interlocutor” On April 12, cats' best friend Yuri Kuklachev will turn 68 years old. Sobesednik.ru spoke with the artist on this occasion. The legendary circus artist, creator of the only Cat Theater in Russia, in an interview with our publication, spoke about how faith in God saved his father from the Nazis and how prayer helped him return from Canada to Russia, avoiding gang violence...

The Investigative Committee is establishing the circumstances of the murder of three people in the north-west of the capital. On April 11, senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the capital, Yulia Ivanova, told the Moscow city news agency that two people without a fixed place of residence came to the police and said that they had witnessed a murder. Investigators found skeletons at the suspected murder site.