
The second round of negotiations led to agreements on humanitarian corridors, but shelling in certain parts of Ukraine continued: the most noticeable was the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which caused a fire.
The publication of Republic (declared by the "foreigner") also decided to refuse to cover the war with Ukraine.
Roskomnadzor announced the beginning of Facebook blocking in Russia.
The STORYTEL audio service has stopped the production of content in Russia.
The Bell also abandoned the coverage of war with Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned the clerk of Germany Olaf Sholts. According to the Kremlin’s website, Putin “recalled that the Western partners turned a blind eye to genocide for eight years, arranged by the Kiev regime against residents of the Republics of Donbass” and called the “military formations of neo -Nazis” the main danger now.
The BBC announced that she temporarily stops working in Russia and will act from abroad.
In Moscow, politician Julia Galyamin was detained , she was delivered to the police department in the Airport district. The reasons for the detention are not yet specified.
The results of the vote of the State Duma deputies for the law on criminal punishment for "fakes" on the actions of the military appeared. As the former parliamentary correspondent of Farid Rustamov notes , the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, skater Irina Rodnina and former television journalist Timofey Bazhenov did not vote from United Russia for the law. Of the “new people”, the former mayor of Yakutsk Sardan Avksentiev, actor Dmitry Pevtsov, and Oleg Leonov from Lisa Alert, did not vote.
The New Gazeta announced that due to the threat of criminal prosecution under the new law, it would be removed from the site and from social networks about the war with Ukraine. The publication explained that the punishment could threaten for any information about the conflict, different from the press releases of the Ministry of Defense. In the "New" they promised to talk about the consequences of the invasion.
The next round of negotiations may take place on March 5 or 6, they told Kiev.
Senator Narusov did not receive an answer to her question about the reliability of information about Ukraine.
UN: 331 civilians died in Ukraine, another 675 people were injured
When the Georgia Bank, when opening an account, began to demand from the Russians a subscription that they agree with the statement that Russia attacked Ukraine, reports Moscow Times.
Microsoft has stopped selling goods and the provision of services in Russia.
The Michelin guide, which in October 2021 first gave stars to Russian restaurants, withdrew his recommendations in Russia.
The Revolut service stopped working with Russian and Belarusian banks.
“Go to the square. Do not go to IKEA, not to Apple. Go out to your cities square, ”the host of the“ eagle and the Tails ”Lesya Nikityuk turned to the Russians.
The UN Human Rights Council advocated the investigation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Only Russia and Eritrea opposed the members of the council.
The editors of Echo of Moskvy announced that due to the decision of the board of directors, she was forced to disconnect the site and official accounts in social networks.
The General Director of Victory Andrei Kalmykov announced to the employees that he was leaving the company: “I made a difficult decision to leave our project. Believe me, it hurts for me! ” Earlier it was reported that after the start of the war, Kalmykov flew to Switzerland, but then returned .
The Federation Council unanimously adopted the law on criminal liability for "fakes" on the actions of the Russian troops.
The only question in the hall sounded from Senator Lyudmila Narusova. She asked if there would be criminal liability for quoting statements by officials (apparently, Ukrainian officials were meant). The speaker refused to answer the question, saying that the investigation will solve this.

In the Federation Council, the meeting also began with a minute of silence in memory of the dead Russian military. But unlike the State Duma, there we turned on the song “Stand” of the performer Shaman to the whole hall.
The Kremlin did not accept Vladimir Zelensky’s proposal for a direct conversation with Vladimir Putin. “Yesterday the second round of negotiations took place. Now the turn is for these negotiations. There is an opportunity for a delegation without unnecessary intermediaries to convey to each other all elements of positions, ” said the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
The authorities are closing TV2 not for the first time. When the television company, founded in 1991, was killed in early 2015, we managed to go online, learn how to work in a new way and in this new quality to continue the tradition of an honest story about what was happening in Tomsk, in Siberia, in the country. We still perceive the current shutdown as a temporary suspension of work. Let's get back when it becomes possible to work according to our rules. Apparently, when something will seriously change in the rules of the life of our country.
Editor -in -chief TV2 Victor Mushchik
RT said that his telegram channel before was available in Austria, France, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Ibelgi.
The head of the Kherson regional administration, Gennady Laguta, wrote that a staged pro -Russian rally is being prepared in the city. For this, according to the laguta, they brought "about 60-80 Crimeans."
Obty: TASS agency canceled the news.
The Swiss consortium for the construction and work of the Northern Stream 2 filed for bankruptcy.
The Moscow City Hall refused to coordinate the anti -war procession on March 12, referring to coronavirus restrictions. Earlier, Moscow completely refused to verify QR codes and other coronavirus restrictions. Of the mandatory requirements, only a mask regime remained.
The aircraft of the Ural Airlines, which arrived from Krasnodar, was detained in Dubai to verify documents.
Smartavia has stopped international flights - until March 19.
The estimates of Russian oligarchs confiscated in the UK can use refugees from Ukraine, said Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.
The Energoatom concern said that during the battle, three Ukrainian military were killed for the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, two more were injured. The staff of the station was not injured.
RBC : Due to the sanctions, the government will allow operators to not increase the volume of storage of user data according to the “Yarovaya Laws”.
Robert Widdy: I dream that these words appear in the sky over Ukraine, while Putin’s humiliated army recedes.
The return of passengers from abroad will take place on flights of partner companies.
The Chernihiv regional administration published information about the consequences of Russian bombing March 3: 47 dead and 18 wounded.
The cover of Novaya Gazeta.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the shelling of the training complex of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The department claims that from there the Ukrainian sabotage group opened fire on Russian troops. She, as claimed, set fire to the building. “Now the personnel of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant continues to operate normally, serves the station facilities and tracks the radioactive situation. The radioactive background in the area of the power plant is normal, ”the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Meanwhile in the State Duma.

The platform for creating sites Tilda disabled the DOXA publication, which was previously blocked by Roskomnadzor and changed the domain.
The Village issued the editorial office to Warsaw and continues to work from there. The Moscow office of the capital's city edition is closed.
The publication Znak.com stopped work.
They came to the Moscow office of the liquidated Memorial with a search. The search also takes place in the office of “Civil Assistance” (declared a “foreigner”).
The Russian Channel One showed the plot about the destruction of the largest aircraft in the world of An-225 Mriya in a suburbs of Kyiv. They claim that he fell under the shelling of Ukrainian artillery.
First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov offered foreign companies three options for actions:
The following amendments are on administrative responsibility for “discrediting the use of the Armed Forces”. Also unanimously accepted, also immediately sent to the Federation Council. His meeting will begin today at 15:00.
After the vote, Volodin harshly criticized Russian artists who opposed the war, but supported the conductor Valery Gergiev - he was fired from the Munich Philharmonic for refusing to distance himself from the actions of Russia.
Volodin promised that today the bill would submit to the Federation Council, and then immediately on signature to the president. According to the speaker, tomorrow the document will enter into force.
The second (formally in order of the third) question is the amendments to the Criminal Code of Punishment for Fakes regarding the actions of the Russian troops. Without any discussion, the bill was immediately adopted in the second and third reading.

The first question - about sanctions against foreigners - was accepted instantly without discussion. Unanimously.
Introductory word Volodin, brief retelling:
If we had not started the “operation” in Ukraine, the next day, Bandera would enter the Donbass. Western IT companies are used against us as a weapon, carry off and lies, we must do them in the first place. And next week we will deal with stabilization of the economy.
The first meeting began in the State Duma after the attack on Ukraine. Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin began him from a minute of silence in memory of those who died Russian soldiers. You can watch the meeting here .

The largest developer of software for the construction and engineering of Autodesk stops working in Russia, TASS reports .
American actress Mila Kunis, who was born in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi,, together with her husband Azhton Katcher, announced a fee for humanitarian aid and temporary housing for refugees. The couple will donate three million dollars and hopes to collect 30 million.
“I always felt like an American <...> but now I’m more proud of being a Ukrainian,” Kunis said.
The area of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was captured by the Russian military, says the State Inspectorate of Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine.
The station employees control the state of power units and monitor their operation, assure the department.
The Central Bank decided to reduce the commission for individuals for the operation to buy currency through brokers from 30% to 12%, and will also establish the same commission for legal entities.
Airbnb suspenses all operations in Russia and Belarus, said the CEO of the company Briani.
Firefighters were nevertheless allowed to the burning corps of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, at 5:55 (local time) the fire was localized on an area of 2 thousand square meters, the State Emergencies Ministry reports . By 6:20 he was finally extinguished, there were no injured from fire.
Tomsk TV channel TV2 was blocked, said the editor -in -chief of the television channel Viktor Muchnik on Facebook.
“In the evening the second warning came, they chopped it off at night. I must admit, yesterday I had already decided that I would announce the termination of work, because it became impossible to work as we consider necessary, and we will not work as the authorities of the Russian Federation consider it necessary. The state of the Russian Federation facilitated the choice. Good luck to everyone, ”he wrote.
Energodar mayor Dmitry Orlov said that there are wounded at the nuclear power plant, some in serious condition. But there is no way to take them to the hospital yet, UNIAN reports .
The IAE report that the fire at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has not touched on the “main equipment”, RIA Novosti reports .
Energoatom, to which the nuclear power plant refers, said that the fire arose in the training building. The emergency service reported that the fire affected the 3-5 floors of this building, but the Russian military did not give them the opportunity to start extinguishing the fire.
However, the acting director of the station Igor Murashov believes that nuclear security was violated and reactors are still in danger.
After yesterday’s conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the French leader Emmanuel Macron, the latter came to the conclusion that the “worst in front” and the Russian military were going to “take control” of all Ukraine.
In the second round of negotiations, Ukraine and Russia agreed to organize humanitarian corridors.
The Prosecutor General of Russia, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs warned the Russians against participating in protests against the war, threatening criminal liability for this.
The Parliament of Ukraine approved the presidential decree on the mobilization and nationalization of assets of Russian companies and individuals that are in the country.
Gazprom decided to eliminate the Echo of Moscow radio station, and the rain TV channel suspended broadcasting. "Medusa", "Radio Liberty", "BBC" and Deutsche Welle blocked; Like Twiitter and FACEBOOK.
At night, shelling in the area of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant began. As a result, a fire began. When the tanks entered the station, a new firing series began, which led to an even greater fire.
Photo: Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant