A number of Russian Internet providers on Thursday blocked access to the sites of Brani.ru, Kasparov.ru and Ej.ru.

US Congress. Frame of the TV channel '' Russia '' The US profile committee approved a bill for assistance to Ukraine and sanctions against those who are responsible for violating the country's sovereignty, RIA Novosti reports. For the draft law, 14 members of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee voted, there were three against. The bill includes the IMF reform, which allows you to increase funds at the disposal of the fund and expand the share of Ukraine.

SECR logo The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suspended the procedure for joining Russia. Such a decision was made following a meeting of the OESR Council Management Council, according to the organization’s website. The reasons for the refusal of Moscow are not called cooperation. "The OECR member countries also decided that the OECR should respond positively to Ukraine’s request to further strengthen cooperation between the OECR and Ukraine," the statement says.

The flag of the European Union The European Union countries are coordinating a list of Russian officials who will fall under sanctions due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Brussels edition of Euobserver reports . The list of the list is still strictly confidential. According to the publication, on Thursday consultations began as agreed by the list of persons against whom they will take visa sanctions and freeze assets.

Mikhail and Ksenia Kosenko in the courtroom. Photo by the border.ru March 13 at 10:00 in the Moscow City Court will begin consideration of an appeal against the sentence of the Swamp Prisoner Mikhail Kosenko. Facebook event page In October, by the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow, he was aimed at compulsory psychiatric treatment. Prior to the sentence, Kosenko is contained in the Moscow pre -trial detention center.

Leah Akhedzhakova reads letters of "Swamp prisoners." Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru 89 representatives of the Russian intelligentsia came up with the initiative in the coming days to conduct a congress "against the war, against the self -isolation of Russia, against the restoration of totalitarianism." The appeal was published in Novaya Gazeta. “Our country turned out to be plunged into a dangerous adventure.

Logo '' Kommersant '' The release of the publication "Kommersant-Ukraine" is suspended "in connection with the latest events in the country." It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the statement of the general director of the Paul Filenkov Publishing House. "We decided to suspend the publication" Kommersant -Ukraine "until the situation is stabilized. But I do not exclude that there was no such moment - the publication had not yet disappeared.

Air Force of Israel. Photo http://www.darkgovenment.com/ Israeli aviation attacked 29 goals in the gas sector in response to the most intense for a year and a half Palestinian missile shelling, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the official representative of the Israeli Prime Minister of Handelman. According to the calculations of the Israeli military, 42 missiles fell in the south of the country, including at least eight - within the settlements.

Su-27 fighter-interceptor. Photo from the site Mil.ru Six Russian Su-27 fighters and three military transport aircraft flew to the Bobruisk airfield of the Belarusian Air Force in the Mogilev Region, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Dmitry Firtash. Photo Newsru.ua Ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash was detained in Vienna by the Austrian criminal police at the request of the FBI of the United States. He is suspected of bribery and criminal conspiracy, according to the Austrian newspaper Kurier. It is noted that the detention of Firtash has "nothing to do with the current political situation in Ukraine." The FBI since 2006 has led the investigation in the case of one of the richest people in Ukraine.

European Parliament. Photo: europarl.europa.eu Deputies of the European Parliament condemned Russia's actions in Crimea and spoke out in support of the new Ukrainian authorities, the resolution adopted on Thursday said.

"Swamp prisoners" in court. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru The Russian authorities must revise the verdicts issued to demonstrators from Bolotnaya Square. This is stated in a special resolution of the European Parliament adopted on Thursday. The Russian government must end the "campaign of persecution against organizations of civil society and activists," the document says.

Alexander Podrabinek. Courtesy Photo "Hello Mustafa-Aga!" So began a conversation on the phone with the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev, Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was all kind of courtesy, standing and political correctness. The conversation lasted about half an hour. After the victory of the revolution in Ukraine, the Kremlin stubbornly evaded any contacts with Ukrainian politicians.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Barack Obama. Shot CNN Russia still has the opportunity to withdraw troops from Crimea and resolve the conflict with Ukraine with diplomatic methods. According to Voice of America, this was based on the results of negotiations with US President Barack Obama, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. “I want to clearly say, on behalf of the Ukrainian government, we are ready for negotiations.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by the presidential press service Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the largest Russian businessmen and senior officials in connection with the threat of imposing sanctions by Western countries. This was announced on Twitter by Bloomberg correspondent in Moscow Jason Corcoran.