* Security forces in Belarus ++ detained ++ more than 100 people at protests on March 27 , about 70 people ended up in police departments in Minsk. Among the detainees were journalists from Nasha Niva, Tut.by and Belarusians and Rynok. The security forces drove armored vehicles to the center of Minsk two to three hours before the start of the protests and began preventive targeted detentions. The Investigative Committee of Belarus threatened with criminal cases all those who took part in the demonstrations. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country reported on the detention of a 30-year-old "man with a weapon." Under the weapons, the security forces meant gas and flare pistols, a laser pointer and a folding knife. The Ministry of Internal Affairs separately noted that he allegedly was in "destructive telegram chats." The video of the Ministry of Internal Affairs shows that these are Nasha Niva telegram channels, the official Telegram channel, as well as the channel of blogger Anton Motolko. Judging by the video, the man "subscribed" to the channels recently at the same time - at 12:41 on Saturday, March 27. In addition, the security forces detained several people who came on an excursion to the local history museum near Grodno. During the suppression of the protests, Alexander Lukashenko played hockey with the team of the Minsk region.
For the first time in history, Russian figure skaters took ++ the entire podium at the World Championships. 16-year-old Anna Shcherbakova became the world champion in women's singles. 24-year-old Elizaveta Tuktamysheva took second place, and Alexandra Trusova, the same age as Shcherbakova, came third. In total, Russian figure skaters won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships in Stockholm. After the WADA sanctions, the athletes perform as a team of the Figure Skating Federation, and instead of the anthem, a fragment from Tchaikovsky's Concert No. 1 plays for them.
The Russian national football team ++ beat the ++ team of Slovenia with a score of 2:1 in the second round of the qualifying stage of the 2022 World Cup. Artem Dziuba scored a brace at the arena in Sochi, only Josip Ilicic answered with a goal from the Slovenes. Thus, the Russian team retains leadership in group H.
The blocking of the Suez Canal by container ship Ever Given from March 23 ++ could cost ++ global trade $230 billion , according to Allianz insurance company. Stopping traffic through the artery will disrupt the supply chain of goods to different countries, and as a result, global trade growth will fall by about 1.4 percentage points if the container ship remains aground for at least another week. Each new day of blocking the channel costs the global economy about $6-10 billion. To date, experts have already tried to pull the ship with aground tugboats, and now they are deepening the bottom. 10 million barrels of oil remain on the stuck ships, including 2.6 million barrels of Russian crude worth $160 million.
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin and members of the Public Council under the department ++ visited the ++ military parade in the capital of Myanmar, Naypyidaw, and agreed to expand military cooperation between the two countries, and also discussed allied relations. On the same day, March 26, Myanmar security forces killed 64 people in the course of suppressing protests against the military junta in the country. Since the protests began on February 1, the military and police have killed more than 300 people and detained more than 3,000 people.
Poland ++ imposed ++ sanctions against the two vessels Krebs Geo and Krebs Jet, which participated in the construction of Nord Stream 2 , and banned them from entering Polish territorial waters. Both vessels belong to a German company, but are registered in Gdansk. Now they will be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of Poland.