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28th of April, hip-hop musician Andrei "KUBA" Kravchenko was kidnapped by police in Moscow in university, where he was about to pass his final exams in faculty of PR. He was handcuffed and taken to police station of "Bogorodskoe", from where he was further sent by airplane to his hometown, distant city of Chita in Siberia.

30th of April, Andrey was interrogated in criminal case against local anti-fascist activists, and eventually released court pending. Case dates back to September of 2010, when a group of local Nazis, lead by Semen Murzin, claimed to local polcie that they had been beaten up by anti-fascists. Five anti-fascist were charged with "hooliganism", but eventually three of them have been requalified from suspects to witnesses.

From 2nd of 9th of April 2011 and after, actions to defend “Khimki hostages”, Alexei Gaskarov and brothers Maxim and Denis Solopov were organised in six countries and
25 cities. Alexei Gaskarov and Maxim Solopov are currently out from jail, in court facing charges following from a demonstration, which was organised 28th of July 2010 in Moscow suburg of Khimki against construction of Moscow-St. Petersburg toll road, and the gross human rights violations against its opposers. Denis Solopov has been granted an UNCHR refugee status in Ukraine, but in beginning of April he was detained and is currently waiting his deportation court in Lykyanovka prison of Kiev.

Presentation of the new organization took place at a concert in support of Barnaul anarchists, which was held on April 16. Group ACHK-Irkutsk acted as the organizer of the show, and some of us have been involved and in the music program. Seven groups and projects from Irkutsk and Angarsk presented a wide palette of musical styles - from dub to noise.

For details and photos see the blog ACHK-Irkutsk

April 16, activists of the Movement for Khimki forest again gathered at the clearing near the village of Vashutino where, according to their information, work began on deforestation.   All in all a place of deforestation came about 50 ekoaktivistov who opposed the 25 guards Chop Vityaz. According to activists, the guards did not show any permits for work in the forest, but their actions have suffered at least three defenders of the forest.

5 arrests in Bologna, 7 banning orders, 60 raids all over Italy. On April 6 more than 300 officers were employed in an “anti-terrorism” operation named ‘Outlaw Operation’ that specially targeted anarcho-insurrectionalist activists. The operation was carried out in 16 different cities including Bologna, where police arrested 5 activists close to the squatted social centre Fuoriluogo and shut down the place. Another person was arrested in the nearby town of Ferrara and released straight after interrogation. 7 other people are under banning orders which restrict their movements and are also being investigated (just for your information, these measures are normally adopted when there is serious circumstantial evidence of guilt AND at least one of the following: risk of escape, risk of acquisition or of the genuineness of the evidence and risk of the offence being repeated).

British Professor Chris Busby, criticizing the official methods of assessment, predicts 420 million additional cases of cancer in 200 kilometers of Fukushima in the next 50 years. Scientists are trying to estimate the total emissions of Japanese radiation disaster, using a global network of military nuclear monitoring. Meanwhile, the Japanese establishment in a hurry to declare that the contamination is reduced and not a threat to the Japanese.

April 12 anti-fascists passed a petition to the consulate of Ukraine in Saint Petersburg. In support of Dennis Solopova activists were gathered around a hundred signatures. The petition contained a request not to extradite to Russia party's anti-fascist movement Denis Solopova being in jail in Ukraine and is suspected of organizing attacks on the administration building near Moscow Khimki 28 July 2010 in protest against plans to cut down forests Khimki.

People who once had a high standard of living, educated but deprived of the economic crisis and unable to pay the rent below the poverty line. Until recently, prevailed among the homeless drug addicts, former prisoners, have no relatives or abandoned mentally ill people, but last year the situation has changed completely. According to unofficial information provided by a nonprofit organization Klimaka, the number of homeless people in Greece has doubled and amounts to 20 thousand people.Most of these people live in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras.

April 9 at the center of Volgograd hosted a single picket in front of the Volgograd Regional Court in support of "Khimki hostage" by Dennis Solopova, who is in custody in the Kiev prison.

April 9 in Moscow parties campaigning for Khimki hostages, held a rally near the monument Griboyedov, then went to picket the Embassy of Ukraine. At the meeting gathered about 200 people. "Khimki hostage Maxim Solopov brother is in the Kiev prison Solopova Dennis, told the audience about the circumstances of the conclusion of Dennis, and then expressed his hope that Ukraine is still there adequate officials, who will contribute the exit Dennis freedom.

Evening of April 5 were detained two suspects in a series of murders and attacks on residents of the city of Irkutsk (near Akademgorodok): Artem Anoufriev born October 4, 1992, medical student University and Nikita Lytkin, born March 24, 1993 The point is cluttered political details.

April 7 in one of Irkutsk university, passed an open exercise called journalism, freedom of speech and extremism. " The event was timed to the day of united action in support of "Khimki hostages . Session organized by anarchists and anti-fascists of Irkutsk. Among the speakers were representatives of the lecturers of the independent media center "Indymedia Siberia," Autonomous Action-Irkutsk and others.