The problem of human rights violations in Chechnya has been recognized as greatly exaggerated Rumors about massive violations of fundamental rights of citizens in Chechnya are greatly exaggerated, in which human rights activists and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) played an important role.

The creator of MMM was found guilty, but he has almost served his sentence In the Chertanovsky Court of Moscow yesterday, the announcement of the verdict against Sergei Mavrodi, the founding father of the largest financial pyramid "MMM", began.

The Japanese automaker became the world's sales leader for the first time in history. The global car market has seen a new leader: the Japanese Toyota Motor Corp. According to the results of the first quarter of this year, it was possible to push the American General Motors , which had maintained its leadership for 76 years, into second place. The Japanese corporation, having increased by 9.2% the figure for the three months of last year, sold 2.35 million cars.

The Wildlife Foundation (WWF) was forced to clarify its data on the number of Far Eastern leopards. A recent census of predators showed that from 25 to 34 individuals survived in the south of Primorsky Krai. But last week, someone killed one of the females: the dead animal was discovered on April 19 in the Barsovy federal reserve. According to the foundation, the leopard was seriously wounded by a shot from behind and then finished off with blows to the head.

Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. NBA. Playoffs. 1/8 finals. "East". “Detroit” – “Orlando” – 98:90 (series score 2-0). "West". “Houston” – “Utah” – 98:90 (series score 2-0). Both matches of the third game day of the playoffs ended with the same score, repeating the results of the first meetings of these series. Detroit relied on shots from behind the 3-point line, and eight of their 19 attempts were successful.

In the next 24 hours, the stormy cyclone will move to the northeast, bringing the cold with it. In the rest of the European territory of Russia, the western anticyclone will establish power over the weather. In the northwestern and central regions, near the center of the anticyclone, atmospheric pressure will increase, no precipitation is expected and it will become warmer (in the northwestern district by 2-4 degrees, in the central district by 5-8 degrees).

Türkiye has begun construction of the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline bypassing the straits The governments of Russia, Greece and Bulgaria are just planning the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, and Turkey has already begun implementing its project bypassing the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits - a 550-kilometer oil pipeline from the Black Sea port of Samsun to the Mediterranean Ceyhan.

Mortgage is one of the priority areas of Sobinbank's retail activities. The bank offers a whole line of products developed taking into account the characteristics of specific real estate segments.

India has joined the club of “space drivers” On Monday, the Indian PSLV-C8 rocket launched from the Sriharikota spaceport, located 80 km from Madras (Chennai) in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It launched into orbit the Italian space agency's Agile satellite, a small space laboratory for studying X-rays and gamma rays from the Universe. This was the first commercial flight in the history of the Indian space program.

Installation by Irina Korina at Winzavod The XL Gallery, which recently settled in the Winzavod contemporary art center, opened an exhibition of Irina Korina, one of the most interesting artists of the young generation. Irina Korina perceives the dead world of things not so much as alive, but living. In her new project ":-))" - smile, "smile" - she continues to talk about the emotions of the objective world.

Alexey Kudrin promises Russia long-term financial stability Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is confident that the changes to the budget system developed on his initiative and supported by the government and the State Duma will help maintain financial stability in the country for many years.

Financing of high-tech medical care is faltering Since the beginning of April, the domestic system of compulsory health insurance (CHI) has not provided citizens with high-tech types of assistance , which include almost all complex and expensive surgical interventions and some types of examinations. This is due to a banal budget problem.

CLUBS Dog Korolenko . “OGI Project” , 22.00. DJ Flashback . Disco, rock and roll. Gogol` , 20.00. Anatoly Gerasimov (saxophone), DJs ZigZag , A. Nikolaev , Dima Yaponets . Soul, house, techno, disco, funk. "Propaganda" , 20.00. CONCERTS "The Triumph of Artistic Taste" . Ensemble of soloists "Hermitage" , conductor Alexey Utkin , Alexander Fillipenko . House of Music , 19.00.

The liquidators announced a list of claims against the authorities On the eve of the 21st anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, liquidators of the consequences of the accident tried again to remind the authorities of their problems . Moreover, immediately in an ultimatum form.

Venezuela will secure friendship between Minsk and Moscow The annual message to parliament, which President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko delivered yesterday, was in fact a detailed action plan for Minsk in the face of rising prices for Russian energy resources . In a condensed form, the Belarusian president’s proposals boiled down to maintaining the previous course with minor amendments.