The decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are often politicized, and trust in them is declining, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told TASS.

Crimean border guards have arrested a vessel from Italy that violated the Russian state border, the FSB Border Directorate for the republic reports. The incident involving the tugboat Aran, which was sailing under the flag of Malta, occurred in the Sea of ​​Azov on April 10, but it became known only on Friday. Aran is registered in the port of Valletta, Italy. "On board the stopped foreign vessel were the captain and six crew members - citizens of Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro.

Experts from the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) have compiled a rating of the safest countries in the world for tourists. There are 136 countries in the rating. Finland took first place. As analysts of the forum note, Finland managed to maintain its leading position in the field of security, despite growing concerns in Europe regarding terrorist threats. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) came in second place in the ranking, with Iceland rounding out the top three.

In Chechnya, at a meeting on April 3, representatives of 24 Chechen virds, Islamic theologians and “leaders of public opinion” adopted a resolution “openly and directly” calling for reprisals against journalists, writes Novaya Gazeta.

The head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation (GU MVS) of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Koshelev, will soon resign. This was reported on Friday, April 14, by the Kommersant newspaper, citing sources in the department. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for Russia’s military-technical cooperation, in particular with NATO, CIS and CSTO countries, the publication notes.

The wealth of the family of Governor Alexander Drozdenko increased last year: his wife left Ust-Luzhskaya PTK LLC / E. Kuzmina / Vedomosti Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko earned 5.9 million rubles in 2016 (5.2 million rubles in 2015, 3.5 million rubles in 2014). His wife Irina declared 103 million rubles in 2016 (9.6 million rubles in 2015).

April 14, 2017, 17:16 / Politics Opposition activist Maltsev was arrested for 15 days for disobeying the police undefined Vedomosti The Tverskoy court imposed a 15-day administrative arrest on opposition politician and blogger Vyacheslav Maltsev for disobeying the police at a protest rally in Moscow on March 26 that was not coordinated with the authorities. Maltseva was found guilty under Art. 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a lawful demand of a police officer).

April 14, 2017, 00:35 / Finance Investors are selling French bonds ahead of the presidential elections Although analysts say there is nothing to be nervous about Tatyana Bochkareva The worst option for the market is populists Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon entering the second round / Thibault Camus / AP Since September 2016, yield spreads between 10-year French government bonds and similar German ones have increased 3.5 times to 74 basis points (see chart).

Uber's Lawyers Knew Buying Ottomotto Could Lead to Lawsuits / Ottomotto Uber Technologies began negotiations with engineer Anthony Levandowski to buy his startup to create self-driving cars on the third day after he was fired from Google, WSJ reports, citing a statement from Google's lawyers made on Wednesday, April 12, in federal court in San Francisco.

The Russian Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Lev Kuznetsov, having declared an income of 582 million rubles, topped the list of government members by income level in 2016. The Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev earned the least in 2016 - 5.6 million rubles. According to information on the income and property of federal officials, Kuznetsov's income in 2016 increased 12-fold to 582 million rubles from 47.9 million rubles in 2015.

Based on the results of income declaration for 2016, the wife of the press secretary of the Russian President Tatyana Navka became the wealthiest wife of a Kremlin official - she earned more than 120 million rubles last year. Information on the income and property of employees of the presidential administration for 2016 was published on the Kremlin website .

Firefighters extinguished the fire. According to the media, the flames rose 9-12 m. There are no reports of casualties.

April 14, 2017, 13:08 / Business The Russian Agricultural Center reported the death of half of the winter crops in the North Caucasus Vedomosti The Russian Agricultural Center is alarmed by the state of winter crops in the North Caucasus; this region is one of the major grain producers. There, crops on 45% of the surveyed areas overwintered satisfactorily, “the remaining areas endured the winter poorly,” quotes Interfax .

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin declared 62.129 million rubles in income for last year. He owns two outbuildings, a plot for a summer house, a house, an apartment, a parking space, two guest houses (one of them with three spaces for cars), a greenhouse, two non-residential buildings and a treatment facility. In addition, Volodin rents a land plot of 11,105 square meters.

The Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank has noted a limit on transactions using cards of individuals. “From April 14, 2017, all previously established time limits on cash and non-cash transactions on card accounts of individuals in national and foreign currency are canceled.