TOP-5 news March 7

Listvyanka village in the Irkutsk region

Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today.

1. The policeman shot down pedestrians near Irkutsk and committed suicide

The driver, who shot down people near Irkutsk the day before, committed suicide. According to police, there was a 42-year-old local resident who served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He hit pedestrians standing on the side of the road. As a result, one of them - an ATS officer who was not in the service at the time of the accident - died. How many people suffered and how much, the police did not specify.

The body of the alleged culprit of the accident was found in the area where the accident occurred. Over the past night, the driver’s search groups of the PPS, the traffic police and employees of non -departmental security were engaged in the search for the driver.

Editor comment: according to Lifenews , the driver of a foreign car shot down four police officers who were not in execution. As a result of the incident, an ATS employee died, two more police officers (woman and man) were hospitalized. Two more employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were released home.

At the wheel was the senior inspector for special instructions for the traffic police department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region, Major of the police Alexei Tarbeev.

After the accident, he disappeared from the scene, after which he committed suicide. Why he ran into his colleagues, most of whom were women is unknown.

2. The day of the accession of Crimea was offered to make a holiday

Deputies of the State Council of Crimea propose to make the day of joining Russia by the All -Russian holiday. With such a proposal, parliamentarians of the republic and deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol intend to turn to the State Duma.

The Duma Committee on Social Policy is ready to consider the initiative of the Crimeans as soon as the corresponding bill has received. “On March 18, de facto has already become a memorable day,” said the head of the committee Olga Batalina. She added that the accession of Crimea "played such a significant role in the development of our country that the new festive date does not have to attach some new meaning."

By decision of deputies of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, on March 18 it became a day off on the peninsula.

Editor commentary: On March 18, the Kremlin signed an agreement on the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia and the formation of two new constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Local deputies hope that by 2016 this date will become an official holiday of Russia.

On March 16, it will be celebrated on the peninsula as "The Day of the General Crimean Referendum 2014." This day will be considered festive, but it will not be a weekend.

According to the Vice-Spiker of the State Council, Konstantin Bakharev, the Flag Day, which was still celebrated on January 19 “by analogy with the Ukrainian” holiday, will also be postponed in Crimea, Kommersant writes. Now the flag will be honored on September 24 - on this day in 1992, the Crimean law on state symbols was adopted.

“We have been celebrating the day of the republic on the day of the first referendum in the USSR on January 20, 1991, when the Crimeans voted for autonomy. This day is a worker, we celebrate it with solemn events, awards. Therefore, they decided to make the day of the referendum on March 16 as a memorable date, and postpone the weekend on March 18, when the Crimea was adopted to Russia, ”said the first vice speaker of the State Council.

3. Black heroin was seized in Moscow

A batch of black heroin worth 6 million rubles was seized on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow region. The distributors of this drug were also detained.

According to FSKN, black heroin in the capital was seized for the first time. “Presumably, it is made of an unpeeled raw opium and is very toxic, since various chemical components are used for its manufacture that are not removed from the drug completely and fall into the body,” the department explained.

All detained participants in the criminal group arrived from Tajikistan and were illegally in Russia. In the metropolitan district of Novo-Pedelkino, a 20-year-old girl was detained, in the backpack of which there was a batch of black drug. She received heroin for packaging and resale.

In addition, two men 21 years and 28 years old were detained in Skhodne near Moscow. During their inspection and during a search in a private house, another 23 bundles with heroin were found and seized.

Editor commentary: In total, 6 kilograms of heroin worth 6 million rubles were discovered during searches. According to FSKN, the organizers of the supply of drugs, are in Tajikistan.

The detainees said that they “arrived in Moscow for the purpose of easy earnings and agreed to engage in drugs through bookmarks. They received all the instructions on the implementation of criminal activity from the organizers in Tajikistan, ”the FSKN said in a statement.

Choice of the editorial office

Two suspects in the murder of Nemtsov were detained

The head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, informed the President of Russia about the detention of two suspects in the case of the murder of opposition Boris Nemtsov. He stated this on the air of Channel One.

“As a result of the work, two suspects of this crime were detained today - this is a certain Kubashev Anzor and Dadaev Zaur, which the head of state is informed,” Bortnikov said.

He added that "at the moment, operational and necessary investigative measures are ongoing." According to the source of the Interfax agency, it is assumed that the detainees were the executors of the murder. The petitions for their arrest will most likely be submitted on March 8.

Editor commentary: Later, the fact of detention was confirmed in the Investigative Committee, which conducts the case of the murder of a politician. The detention was carried out during the joint operation of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the UK. The detainees are immigrants from the Caucasus, they are “involved in the organization and execution of the murder” of the politician, the investigative committee said in a statement.

Boris Nemtsov was shot dead in the center of Moscow at 23:30 on February 27. For valuable information that will be useful for the disclosure of the crime, the Investigative Committee announced a award of 3 million rubles.

The trick of the day

Apple has created a secret laboratory for the development of applications to Apple Watch

Apple created a closed laboratory in Cupertino (California, USA), which develops Apple Watch smart watches.

Bloomberg notes that the laboratory has specialists of companies whose applications will be available on Apple Watch from the moment the clock enters the market. Among them are Facebook, BMW, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and others.

To prevent information leakage, enhanced precautions were taken. So, at the entrance to the premises of the laboratory, everyone is obliged to hand over their smartphone. In addition, there is no access to the Internet in a closed territory and it is forbidden to use the brought paper.

Representatives of the company refuse to comment on the process of developing the device. It is noted that the Smart Watch will be the first new Apple gadget since 2010, when the company released the iPad.

Editor comment: Apple's presentation should take place on March 9, the start of sales is expected in April 2015. According to The Financial Times , the gadget will cost at least $ 350. The head of Apple Tim Cook announced the Apple Watch in September last year.

Cook previously stated that the Apple Watch watches "are designed so that they can replace the car keys." In addition, Apple previously patented the ability to open the lock on the doors of the car using the iPhone.

The “smart clock” from Apple only work with the iPhone, while on the smartphone itself for working with Apple Watch it will be necessary to install a new version of iOS 8.2. She should also go out on March 9th. It has already included a special companion application for Apple Watch, reports iguides.ru .

A survey of the day

Readers "Polit.ru" chose Nemtsov by a man of the week

In the final poll “Polit.ru” about the most memorable person of the leaving week, the majority of readers' votes were received by politician Boris Nemtsov, whose farewell took place on Tuesday March 3.

The voting results look as follows:

Oksana Dmitrieva - 3.1%

Alexander Maslyakov - 0.8%

Boris Nemtsov - 68.5%

Matteo Renzi - 4.6%

Nadezhda Savchenko - 5.4%

Harrison Ford - 10%

Alexander Khoroshavin - 6.2%

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