In the Mytishchi district of the Moscow region last night there was an attack on collectors. As RIA Novosti reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies of the Moscow region, the incident occurred at about 1:15 Moscow time, on Altufevskoye Highway near the Leroy Merlin store. Four unknown armed people in a Gazelle car blocked the car of collectors transporting large proceeds and tried to take the money.

Restrictions on cash withdrawal from ATMs in Cyprus should not apply to citizens who have accounts in foreign banks, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of one of the world's largest payment systems, MasterCard. According to the agency's interlocutor, we can only talk about limits on one-time cash withdrawals established by the conditions of a particular credit institution; otherwise, depositors can withdraw money without restrictions.

French actor Gerard Depardieu, who renounced French citizenship and became a Russian citizen at the beginning of the year, gave an interview to Belgian television in which he spoke about the reasons for his decision, which caused a scandal in the artist’s homeland.

American visas may become more expensive in the near future, writes The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the increase in visa fees is due to changes in immigration legislation, the plan of which will be considered by the US Senate in early April.

The Cyprus government may not have enough votes in parliament to pass a controversial law on taxes on bank deposits, reports the BBC . The pro-government Democratic Party has 20 seats in the legislative chamber out of 56, and at least 29 votes in favor are needed for the law to be passed, so the party in power will need the support of other factions.

The leader of the Cypriot opposition, Social Democrat George Lillikas, called on supporters in parliament not to vote for the introduction of a tax on bank deposits. By proposing the relevant law, the country's President Nikos Anastasiades “betrayed the people's trust,” the BBC politician quotes . Let us remind you that the discussion of the scandalous bill, which would tax all bank accounts in Cyprus, should take place next Monday .

A unified history textbook may appear in Russia within a year, the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov said in an interview with Vladimir Pozner, the author of the “Posner” program on Channel One. This period, according to the minister, should be enough to prepare a textbook that can replace all currently existing ones.

RIA Novosti Over the course of 11 years, St. Petersburg restaurateur Evgeny Prigozhin has gone from organizing Vladimir Putin’s status dinners to becoming the largest contractor for the Ministry of Defense and food supplier to Moscow schools. In the fall of 2010, Vladimir Putin’s motorcade stopped in Yanino, a suburb of St. Petersburg. The new, newly built Concord - Culinary Line plant greeted the prime minister with sparkling clean pavilions.

The President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, said that he will leave politics in 2014, when his current powers expire. This was reported by the Belgian TV channel VRT . The official will not take part in the parliamentary elections that will be held in Belgium later that year, but Van Rompuy promised that members of his family will be on the list of candidates. The 65-year-old politician has held the position of head of the European Council since 2009.

Photo by RIA Novosti By thoughtlessly granting tax benefits to new oil and gas projects, the state assumes all the investor’s risks News about large oil and gas projects has become increasingly monotonous lately. Typically, the only thing that is discussed in connection with them is the provision of large tax breaks to these projects.

A Russian citizen has been detained in Poland on suspicion of triple murder, RIA Novosti reports citing Barbara Svorobovich, a representative of the Gdansk prosecutor’s office. According to the agency, the suspect's name is Samir, he is 32 years old, he lives in the city of Elblag in the north of the country and is engaged in the sale of antique weapons. He is charged with the murder of a family of three: a man, a woman and their one and a half year old child, who lived in the same city.

Three children died as a result of a fire in the Saratov region, Interfax reports , citing a source in the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the region; another child was seriously injured. According to the local department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire occurred at about 6 a.m. Sunday in a private house in the village of Bykov, Balakovo district of the region.

photo REUTERS 2013 High inflation is eating up deposits, and now new risks have been added - banks have lost their former reliability, and officials can “cut off” part of your money at any time On the night of March 16, the Council of Ministers of Finance of the eurozone decided to reduce its initially promised assistance to Cyprus from €17 to 10 billion, and to find the bulk of the missing money by “haircutting” deposits in Cypriot banks.

United Russia deputy Andrei Isaev accused Ekho Moskvy journalists of “harassing” State Duma deputies, members of the Federation Council, the President of Russia, as well as himself and his family. The parliamentarian wrote about this in an open letter published on the radio station’s website.

Two people died due to a car racing accident in the US state of California, reports the Associated Press . The tragedy occurred in the city of Marysville, at the California Sprint Car Civil War Series competition. During the warm-up race, one of the drivers lost control, flew off the track into the pit stop area and hit two people watching the race. One of them, a 68-year-old man, died on the spot; another victim of the tragedy, a 14-year-old teenager, died a few hours later in the hospital.