The application for a referendum on the de facto ban on the transfer of St Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church does not comply with federal legislation / E. Egorov / Vedomosti The initiative group's application to hold a referendum on the de facto ban on the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church does not comply with federal legislation. This conclusion is contained in the draft resolution of the Legislative Assembly of St.

Law enforcement officers detained a 34-year-old man who is suspected of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hooliganism). According to investigators, the detainee did not let a children's ambulance pass, which was driving with special sound and light signals turned on.

Tomsk football club Tom lost to Orenburg in the match of the 24th round of the Russian Football Premier League. The meeting took place in Tomsk and ended with a score of 1:2 in favor of the guests. The goals against the Tomsk team were scored by defender Adesoye Oyewole in the 22nd minute of the match and midfielder Blagoy Georgiev in the 73rd. The only goal against Orenburg was scored by midfielder Alexey Pugin in the 36th minute.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann believes that negotiations with Turkey on its accession to the European Union must be stopped. He stated this in an interview with the magazine Bild . "I have always been categorically against Turkey's accession to the EU. It is time for the EU to stop the accession talks with Turkey. Not pause or suspend. Stop! We must stop pretending: the EU and Turkey under [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan have no common perspective," Herman said.

The bronze medal match of the World Ice Hockey Championship for teams under 18 ended in Poprad, Slovakia. The Russian team beat the Swedish team with a score of 3:0. Goals against the opponent were scored by Danila Galenyuk, Dmitry Samorukov and Kirill Maksimov. These are the first medals for Russia at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships since 2011. The final of the tournament, which will take place today, will be played between the Finnish and US teams.

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen from the National Front party voted in the town of Henin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais department). She arrived at the polling station accompanied by the mayor of the commune, Steve Briois. The candidate from the "En Marche" movement, former French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, also took part in the vote. French media noted that he looked calm and willingly communicated with other voters.

Polling stations are still open, they will work until 20:00 Moscow time, and in some large cities an hour longer. The turnout as of 18:00 Moscow time was 69.42%, the French Interior Ministry reported.

With the arrival of Sergei Sobyanin as Moscow mayor, the city has proposed to set up a park and parking lot instead of a hotel on the site on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street / Marina Lysceva / TASS Read also: Vesper invests 30 million euros in a Berlin project Developer Vesper has acquired a controlling stake in the financial and construction company Russkoe Zoloto – Stroyinvest, which owns the rights to build a 27,000 sq. m.

In the next round, Rubin will host Terek from Grozny on April 26, and Krylia Sovetov will play away against Arsenal from Tula on the same day.

April 23, 2017, 21:06 / Politics Anti-Semites have re-qualified themselves as nationalists Anti-Semitism is on the decline, radicals are switching from Jews to migrants, Israeli experts have found out Elena Mukhametshina In the post-Soviet space, experts note, there is a relatively low level of violent anti-Semitism / E. Shirinkina / for Vedomosti The number of violent crimes motivated by anti-Semitism in the world decreased by 12% - from 410 cases in 2015 to 361 in 2016.

Average gasoline prices in the United States in the first quarter of 2017 were lower than in Russia, reports Bloomberg. The unit of measurement was the American gallon (3.785 l). In the USA, a gallon of gasoline in January - March cost an average of $2.57, in Russia - $2.58. The agency notes that in 61 countries where research was conducted, prices rose by an average of 1.4% in the first quarter.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop responded to the North Korean threat, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. According to her, North Korean missiles "pose a threat to our neighbours and, if Pyongyang is not contained, to countries in the wider region, including Australia."

A collapse occurred at a gold mine in the Plastovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region at a depth of 700 m, Interfax reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. As a result of the incident, two miners died and 133 people were evacuated. “The rescuers worked quickly. At the moment, apart from one person, there are no more victims who would require special assistance,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

The detainees were taken to the Basmanny police department. According to one of the activists, Vitaly Serukanov, the police have not yet decided whether to draw up reports under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of the procedure for holding a public event) or limit themselves to preventive conversations.

More than 66,000 polling stations opened in France on Sunday morning, with 11 candidates in the first round of the presidential election. France's 45 million registered voters are expected to vote, but pollsters fear turnout could be low. The elections are taking place in an environment of high terrorist threat. Last week, two people were arrested in Marseilles planning attacks on the elections, and on April 20, a 39-year-old Frenchman shot dead a policeman on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.