European leaders indicate that the implementation of Northern Stream-2 may have "potentially destabilizing geopolitical consequences." Brussels checks the project for compliance with the EU rules. Eight countries of the European Union opposed the construction of the Russian North Stream-2 gas pipeline.

The Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory decided to include new categories of citizens in the list of those who have the right to participate in the “Housing for the Russian Family” program. The corresponding document was published on the ZSK website.

In Kyiv, they fear “the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the Crimean peninsula” and believe that Moscow is pursuing the goal of “destructing Ukraine and seizing its territory.” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko approved a new concept for the development of the “security and defense sector of Ukraine.” This is stated in a statement on the website of the head of state on Wednesday, March 16, published after the signing of the corresponding decree.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the need to create a list of "troubled" countries, for the departure to which the Russians will have to provide justification for the need for such a trip. It is about the fight against extremism. With his proposal, the deputy chief of the Main Directorate for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Major General Vladimir Makarov, spoke at the seminar at the Federation Council, the RIA Novosti agency reports.

In March, organizations' overdue wages amounted to 3.3 billion rubles. Rosstat reported this on Thursday, March 17. The total amount of wage debts has decreased by 1.02 billion since February 1. The statistics do not include small businesses. More than 95% of debts arose due to the lack of organizations' own funds. The debt due to late receipt of funds from budgets amounted to 140 million rubles.

Public debt of the Krasnodar Territory as of March 1, 2016. reached 150.26 billion rubles, which is 3.4% more than the data as of January 1 of this year, according to the materials of the regional Ministry of Finance. The growth of public debt is associated with an increase in the volume of the region’s obligations on budget loans. During this period they grew by 5 billion rubles. up to 71.27 billion rubles. At the same time, the regional authorities are increasing the volume of public debt.

Based on the results of the investigation, the agency’s journalists came to the conclusion that over the past two days, only about 15 Russian military aircraft left Syria. Russia, in the two days since President Vladimir Putin announced that the main Russian forces were leaving Syria, has withdrawn slightly less than half of its combat aircraft from this country.

Responsibilities for “strengthening the material base of institutions” were assigned to parent committees in accordance with legal acts. In a number of educational institutions in the Kushchevsky district of the Krasnodar Territory, school management allowed extortion from the parents of students. Moreover, this was officially stated in the legal acts of schools.

The head of the “Committee against torture” Igor Kalyapin was thrown into eggs and flour in the center of the Chechen capital. The Human Rights Council called the incident extremism. In Grozny, an attack was attacked on the head of the “Committee against torture” Igor Kalyapin.

On March 20, Novorossiysk will host the third rally against the destruction of the Suzhduk Lagoon natural monument and the Malaya Zemlya memorial complex, which is occurring as a result of the illegal construction of a giant temple complex . The rally will take place on Sunday, March 20, at 11:00 at the fountain on Chernyakhovsky Boulevard. The rally has been agreed upon with the city administration; the organizers expect that the event will be attended by about 500 people.

The fatal accident occurred on December 10 last year, but details about it only became known now. According to the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory, the female deputy was driving a Mazda-3 along the street. Oktyabrskaya village of Starominskaya. At the intersection of equivalent roads, she did not give way to a motorcycle moving on the right, and a collision occurred.