On March 8, at 13 o’clock on Independence Square in Kiev "Women's Hundred" of the Maidan holds the action under the slogan "Freedom, equality, female solidarity!". "We, the activists of the Maidan, invite all caring women to express support to the women of Crimea. We are going to the main square of Ukraine, under the Independence Monument (Stella), to write postcards about the support of Crimea women.

Poster of supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from Tymoshenko page on Facebook The ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine, the leader of the Fatherland party, Yulia Tymoshenko, arrived in Germany for treatment in the Berlin Hospital Complex "Sharit", RIA Novosti reports with reference to Berliner Zeitung. Tymoshenko flew to Berlin from Dublin, where she took part in the congress of the European People's Party.

The coordinated procession of the feminists passed in Moscow from a gravity to Suvorovskaya Square and gathered about a hundred participants, a correspondent of "faces" reports. The march took place under the slogans in defense of women's rights, against discrimination, domestic violence, for reproductive freedom. Immediately after the start of the procession, the police demanded to turn rainbow flags, but posters with slogans against homophobia remained.

Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Photo from the site of the airline Malaysia Airlines announced a loss of communication with the Boeing 777-200 aircraft, on board of which there were 227 passengers, including two children, and 12 crew members, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Malaysian and Vietnamese media. The connection with the plane flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was lost on Saturday night.

At an anti -war rally in St. Petersburg. Frame Grani-TV In St. Petersburg, an anti -war meeting was held on the Marse Field. According to the correspondent of "faces", about one and a half thousand people took part in it. The authorities refused to coordinate the action of the anti -war committee, announced on March 2 during the acceleration of the national gathering on Isaac's Square . The applicants were explained that at that time, festivities would be held on the Marse Field.

70 years ago, on March 8, 1944, according to the decision of the State Defense Committee, adopted three days earlier, the mass deportation of Balkars to Central Asia and Kazakhstan was launched on charges of collaborationism.