Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said he was not going to leave the post of president of the International Chess Federation, despite the demand of the FIDE Council. This was reported by R-Sport. Earlier, 14 out of 15 members of the FIDE Council turned to Ilyumzhinov demanding ahead of schedule “in the interests of the organization” ahead of schedule. “Do not wait for my resignation! I'm not going to resign, ”Ilyumzhinov said. - I will run for.

Many Russian media biasedly covered the presidential election, which indicates a pre -planned and agreed political campaign. This is stated in the report of the Voice movement, which is quoted by Vedomosti. Throughout the campaign, the media has prevailed positive reports about Putin (46%), while there were no negative mentions of the current president at all.

Lufthansa canceled 800 flights on April 10 due to strikes at the airports of Munich, Cologne, Bremen and Frankfurt-on-Main. The website of the German airline reports that this can affect about 90 thousand passengers. “Lufthansa is not a participant in this conflict, but it is on us and our customers that the consequences of the strike are affected,” the report said. Struggles are carried out by the Verdi trade union on the eve of the new stage of tariff negotiations with employers.

In the north of India, in the state of Himala-Pradesh, the school bus fell into the gorge. According to preliminary data, 29 people were killed, 26 of them were children. The police report that the age of dead children is under 10 years old. In addition to them, two teachers and a bus driver were killed. Rescue work is underway at the crash site, TASS reports. At the time of the accident, about 60 schoolchildren were in the cabin, many of them still remain blocked among the debris of the bus.

After the United States imposed sanctions against a number of Russian companies and businessmen, the ruble exchange rate in relation to the euro and the dollar fell to the level of 2016. Mosbirzhi and RTS indices also continue to fall. Oleg Deripaska, Rusal, warned of a possible default - its shares on the exchange in Hong Kong fell by more than 40 percent. Investors sell Russian assets.

The operator of the free Wi-Fi in the Maxim Telecom metro will strengthen measures to protect personal data of users, TASS reports . “The vulnerability in question was eliminated several weeks ago after the appearance of the article on the industry resource. We immediately encrypted the transfer of relevant data, such as the phone number, gender, age group, and also turned off the storage of data on the movement of users between the metro stations.

Natalya Shagulina, teacher of the Perm school No. 127, on whose students in January of this year were attacked by two teenagers, was awarded the medal "For Courage". As reported on the official Internet portal of legal information, the corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that on April 9, two F-15 Air Force aircraft of Israel released eight missiles along the Tifor airfield in Syria. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the statement of the department. It is noted that the blows were inflicted from the territory of Lebanon. Aircraft did not go into the airspace of Syria. The air defense troops were able to destroy five of the eight missiles, the remaining three missiles reached the western part of the airfield.

Fragments of the bodies of the AN-148 died in the disaster of the AN-148 aircraft are still not removed from the crash site in the Ramensky district of the Moscow Region. According to Medusa, the daughter of one of the victims of the catastrophe Julia Sinitsyna told about this. According to the woman, she found fragments of bodies in the field near the village of Stepanovskoye, Ramensky district, where the plane fell.

Annino, which is located in the Ruzsky District of the Moscow Region, was recorded at the closed landfill of the solid waste. It is reported by Interfax. “The training ground was recorded. To extinguish there, a car with soil and construction waste of the fifth hazard class went there, ”the agency quoted the regional administration quoted.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the government to develop measures to support Russian companies that fell on the new US sanctions list. It is reported by TASS. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers added that Russia reserves the right to take response. Earlier, the Government of the Russian Federation promised to help companies that fell under American sanctions. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich.

The Board of Directors of Saratov Airlines JSC at an extraordinary meeting decided to terminate the powers of the General Director of the airline Alexei Vakhromeev. An employment contract with Vakhromeev will be terminated. The chairman of the board of directors Yuri Davydov, until April 11, needs to find candidates for the position of general director of the company.

Since the beginning of 2018, the FSB and Roskomnadzor have strengthened control over foreign citizens and organizations participating in the work of communication networks in Russia. This was reported by RBC with reference to two top managers of companies operating in the field of telecommunications.

A resident of the Oryol region, Alexander formerly, was sentenced to 330 hours of compulsory work for publishing the poem “On the Independence of Ukraine” on his VKontakte page. According to the publication "Grani.ru", Thamshev was convicted under an article on inciting hatred and enmity. The prosecutor demands to put him to 2.5 years in a colony-settlement.

In St. Petersburg, the man went on the ice by the Egyptian bridge, turned the poster with the inscription “Putnnusos” and doused himself with gasoline. He promised to arrange an act of self -immolation if the authorities do not talk to him, the Fontanka reports . After the conversation, he surrendered to the rescuers. The man told Portal 78.ru that he wanted to draw the attention of the authorities to the criminal case against his son.