Reports of the use of toxic substances by government forces in Syria are a hoax, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated . “The purpose of these false conjectures, which have no basis whatsoever, is to shield the terrorists and the irreconcilable radical opposition, which refuses a political settlement, while at the same time trying to justify possible forceful strikes from outside,” the ministry believes.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surrendered to police on Saturday, Reuters reports. He was flown to the city of Curitiba, where he will serve his prison sentence. The politician is currently in a temporary cell at the local police station. Supporters of the ex-president gathered near the building, protesting against his arrest. The protest turned into riots, resulting in several injuries. The police used flash-bang grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.

Since 2002, Moscow has sent requests to the UK to extradite 61 people who are accused or have already been convicted in Russia of committing economic crimes, said Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. The damage from their actions is estimated at more than 0.5 trillion rubles. "This is only the direct damage. But the scale of the funds they have taken abroad is significantly higher," the Prosecutor General said on NTV .

Observers in St. Petersburg reported numerous cases where voters did not find themselves on the lists / Petr Kovalev/TASS The Mobile Voter technology, which allows voting at one's place of residence, could have been used to artificially increase turnout, and the political strategists working on the elections say that the main possible beneficiary is St. Petersburg. According to the Golos movement, which summarized the data of precinct election commissions (PECs), in St.

Pushkina herself said that it is too early to comment on this decision and that it is necessary to wait for the formation of the world team / Sergey Bobylev / TASS Last week, the Duma Council decided to delegate deputy Oksana Pushkina (United Russia) as a special representative to the World Bank initiative group on the development of women's entrepreneurship in the G20. In addition to Pushkina, the group also includes Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko.

Airstrikes in Eastern Ghouta on April 7 (according to the White Helmets) / Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP Nine countries – the three permanent members of the UN Security Council (the US, UK, France), as well as Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Peru, Kuwait and Côte d'Ivoire – have called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to be held to discuss the circumstances of the alleged chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta on Saturday, which the West blames on Syrian government

The Russian Defense Ministry has denied reports that the Syrian army used chemical weapons against militants in the city of Douma (Eastern Ghouta). Russia is ready to send radiation, chemical and biological defense specialists there to collect data after the liberation of Douma, said Major General Yuri Yevtushenko, head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria.

A fire broke out in the Trump Tower skyscraper owned by US President Donald Trump, Reuters reports. One person was killed and six firefighters were slightly injured, emergency services told the agency. The fire broke out in one of the apartments on the 50th floor of the building. The cause of the fire has not yet been reported. The victim was 67-year-old art dealer Todd Brassner, who lived in Trump Tower. He was taken to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save his life.

In Russia, Skripal was sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for British intelligence services / Still from video footage The British authorities will offer former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal to move to the United States under new names in order to "avoid further assassination attempts," the British newspaper The Times reported, citing sources. According to the publication, British intelligence officers MI6 are discussing the issue with CIA representatives.

08 April 2018, 12:49 / Finance Spiegel announced the upcoming change of CEO of Deutsche Bank Vedomosti Deutsche Bank Deputy Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing will become the new CEO of Germany's largest bank, succeeding John Cryan. writes about this The German magazine Der Spiegel , citing sources. According to the publication, a decision on this will be made at an urgent meeting of the bank’s board of directors on Sunday evening.

Inflation was 0.29% in March, Rosstat reported. In annual terms, consumer prices increased by 2.35%. Inflation for the first quarter was 0.81%. The basic consumer price index (excluding price changes affected by administrative and seasonal factors) was 100.1% in March, and 101.8% in annual terms. Food products increased in price by 0.5%, and excluding fruit and vegetable products – by 0.1%. Non-food products - by 0.2%, services - by 0.1%.

A minibus traveling from Sevastopol to Armyansk collided with a commuter train in northern Crimea on Sunday, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic reported. Five passengers of the minibus died in the accident, four more were injured, there were no children among the dead or injured. The accident occurred at an unregulated railroad crossing near Armyansk, the Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified.

Roskomnadzor wants to stop Telegram in Russia / Evgeny Razumny / Vedomosti On April 6, Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit in the Tagansky District Court of Moscow demanding that access to Telegram be restricted in Russia. The messenger failed to provide the FSB with the encryption keys needed to decode users' correspondence, as required by the organizer of information dissemination, Roskomnadzor explained. In June last year, Telegram was already on the verge of being blocked.

There is no evidence that the incident in Munster, Germany, was a terrorist attack, said German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer. However, the perpetrator's motives have not yet been established, he noted. "The incident once again showed that, unfortunately, there is no absolute security. There is now convincing evidence that the perpetrator was alone and had no connection with terrorists," Seehofer said (quoted by Suddeutsche Zeitung ).

On Monday afternoon, the UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the topic of “Threats to International Peace and Security” at the initiative of Russia as a permanent member of the Security Council, said Fyodor Strzhizhovsky, press secretary of the Russian Permanent Mission to the World Organization.