Valentina Matvienko. Photo: Er.ru At least two members of the Federation Council will put their powers after the adoption of the law on the ban on civil servants to have foreign accounts. According to RIA Novosti, the speaker of the upper house of parliament Valentina Matvienko stated this. According to her, it will be "their open decision, open choice", thereby they will show themselves as people respecting law.

Konstantin Lebedev. Photo: Grani.ru The oppositionist Konstantin Lebedev, who is under house arrest, was seized into an electronic bracelet connected to GLONASS and GPS systems.

Sanno-Bobslene route in Sochi. Photo: Championat.com Officials of the Olympstroy state corporation created the conditions for unreasonable rise in the cost of Olympic objects by 15.5 billion rubles. According to RIA Novosti, such a conclusion was made by the Accounts Chamber in the report for 2012, submitted in the Federation Council. The audit was carried out on behalf of the President’s control department.

Yunus-Bek Evkurov. Frame "Vesti" The Kremlin wants to cancel the direct elections of the heads of Ingushetia and Dagestan. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to a source in the presidential administration. Earlier, Kremlin officials expressed concerns to the publication that direct elections could destabilize the situation in the North Caucasian regions. In the fall, elections are planned in nine constituent entities of the Federation, including Ingushetia and Dagestan.

Evgenia Vasiliev in court as they stop. Photo of the press service of the Khamovnichesky Court The investigation refused to return the values ​​seized during the search and the main accused of theft in the military department, Evgenia Vasilyeva. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to her lawyer Hassan Ali Korukova, who received a resolution on Wednesday.

Hugo Chavez. Photo by ar The chairman of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov considers it possible to name one of the streets of Moscow by the name of the deceased president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, Izvestia reports . A proposal to name several streets in different cities of Russia, including Moscow, the Communists performed in honor of Chavez. “This is not about renaming the streets, but about assigning the name of Chavez to new streets and avenues in several cities.

How to behave when communicating with a police officer and what to do if you have undergone illegal violence by law enforcement officials? The video "Committee against torture".

85 years ago, on March 6, 1928, the Colombian writer, Nobel laureate of 1982, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born. The Nobel Prize was awarded to him "for novels and stories in which fantasy and reality, combining, reflect the life and conflicts of the whole continent." His most famous novel “A Hundred Years of Loneliness” is considered an outstanding work of “Magical Realism”.

Valery Khisamutdinov. Photo: 02.mchs.gov.ru The investigating authorities opened a criminal case against the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Colonel Valery Khisamutdinov, the press service of the Investigative Committee. He is suspected of unreasonable payment of almost 21 million rubles under construction contracts.

Sergey Udaltsov. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru The Moscow City Court recognized the home arrest of the coordinator of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov in the case of Anatomy of Protest - 2. This was reported on Twitter Udaltsov, which is now being conducted by his associates. The court rejected the complaints of his defense, which asked to cancel the decision of the Basmanny court on a change in preventive measure.

"Swamp prisoner" Alexander Margolin and his wife Elena in court. Photo by D. Borko/Grani.ru On March 8, mothers, wives and sisters of the "swamp prisoners" will go to the picket. According to the "Committee of May 6", the Moscow authorities agreed on the action from 13 to 15 hours in the square of the Maiden Field near the Frunzenskaya metro station. "The white symbolism of the participants on this day will be a sign of sorrow and a sign of hope.

Georgian wine. Photo from the website Wineworld.ru The manufacturers of Georgian wine "Kinzmarauli and Borjomi Mineral Water" are included in the list of enterprises to which Rospotrebnadzor, following the results of the first inspection in Georgia, allowed to submit documents for registration of products in Russia. As RIA Novosti reports, this is stated in the department of the department.

Hugo Chavez after a course of chemotherapy. Photo The Florida News Journal Venezuela vice-president Nicholas Maduro announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, who was treated for cancer for more than a year, reports the Air Force. Chavez suffered several operations in Cuba, he was not seen in public after returning to Karakas in February.

Accident on Leninsky Prospekt. Frame of the Vesti TV channel A preliminary investigation was resumed in the case of an accident on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow with the participation of the Vice President of the oil company Lukoil Anatoly Barkov, the press service of the capital's head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports . The end of the investigation is scheduled for April 5.

Vladimir Lukin. Photo: '' Russian newspaper '' The Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin appealed to the Presidium of the Moscow City Court with a petition to cancel the sentence to Pussy Riot punk groups. This was reported by Kommersant, at the disposal of which there is a copy of the document.