Verkhovna Rada of Crimea. Photo: rada.crimea.ua The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a draft resolution on early termination of powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Vesti.ua reports. The corresponding bill was supported by 278 deputies out of 296 registered at the meeting. Including for the dissolution of the ARC parliament, 19 deputies of the Party of Regions voted. Deputies of the Communist Party did not take part in the vote.

"Ambulance" at the office "is" captured ". Frame video Maria Ruban In Kharkov on Friday evening, militants with St. George ribbons attacked the office of the Enlightenment society named after Taras Shevchenko ("Privita"). According to Media Port with reference to the Kharkov prosecutor, two people were killed as a result of clashes with shooting, five were injured, including one policeman.

The emblem of the US State Department The United States is deeply concerned about the advance of freedom of speech in Russia. This was announced at a briefing on Friday by the official representative of the State Department of Mary Harf. As recent examples, it gave the closure of RIA Novosti, changes in the leadership of Lenta.ru and other publications, as well as the blocking of independent websites and blogs.

Ilya Ponomarev on Pushkinskaya Square 12/29/2011. Photo by Veronica Maximyuk The State Duma deputy from Fair Russia and the candidate for the mayors of Novosibirsk Ilya Ponomarev stated that he did not submit a bill of fines for Russophobia for consideration of the lower house of parliament. The automated system for ensuring legislative activity on the State Duma website states that the corresponding bill signed by Ponomarev was submitted on Friday in the evening.

Russian helicopters over Strelkov. Frame of amateur video In the Kherson region, a Russian landing landed on the Arabat Strelka on Saturday, UNIAN reports . At about 13:30 near the village of Riflekovo, from 40 to 70 infantrymen of the Russian troops were landed, according to various sources. They captured the village with the support of 4 combat helicopters and 3 combat armored vehicles. The gas distribution station "Chernomorskneftegaz" was also captured.

Photo: Grani.ru In the center of Moscow on Saturday, a “march of peace and freedom” was held - an agreed anti -war procession along the boulevards. This is a protest against Russian aggression in Ukraine, is disconnected by hatred, stripping free media . According to our correspondents, from 30 to 50 thousand people took part in the action. The procession started on a passionate boulevard, a rally took place on Academician Sakharov Avenue.

Simultaneously with the anti -war march in Moscow, the "marriage march" was held - an agreed Pro -Putin action in support of the occupation of Crimea, organized by the movement "essence of time" by Sergey Kurginyan. March 15, 2014. Video Andrei Novichkov.

"Marsh of Peace and Freedom" in Moscow gathered several tens of thousands of participants. March 15, 2014. Video Dmitry Zykov.

Poster of supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from Tymoshenko page on Facebook The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine began a pre-trial investigation against the judges of the Pechersky and Shevchenkovsky district courts of Kyiv, who made decisions in the case of the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, Interfax reports.

Flags of the DPRK and Russia. Frame of Channel One The DPRK believes that the events taking place in Ukraine indicate neglecting the principles of international law by Western countries. According to Interfax, the Ambassador of the DPRK in Moscow Kim EN Je said.

OSCE logo The OSCE cannot send observers to the referendum to the Crimea without receiving a request from the Ukrainian authorities, the representative of this organization Katy Berton said on Saturday. "OSCE observers and OSCE BDIPC can come to the elections when they receive a request from the country in which these elections are held. In this case, from Kyiv. We do not observe a referendum in the Crimea," she wrote in her microblog.

Ilya Milstein They don’t particularly remember this episode from recent history, and they do not like to remember - neither in the West nor in the East. Is that the memorable Putin in his Munich speech asked with rage: what, they say, "became with those assurances that were given by Western partners after the dissolution of the Warsaw Treaty? Where is these statements now?" However, no one answered him and did not quench the thirst for knowledge.

Dmitry Medvedev. Frame Russia Today Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the rules and provision of subsidies to non-profit organizations in the framework of the federal target program "Strengthening the unity of the Russian nation and the ethnocultural development of the peoples of Russia (2014-2020), RIA Novosti reports.

On March 15, a coordinated anti -war procession through the boulevards will be held in Moscow. Collection from 13 hours at the beginning of passionate boulevard. A rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue should begin at 15:00. Participants in the action will protest against Russian aggression in Ukraine, bend hatred, stripping free media. On March 2 and 4, hundreds of anti -war gatherings were detained in Moscow, eight activists were sentenced to administrative arrests for a period of 5 to 15 days.

Hall of meetings of the UN Security Council. Frame EURONEWS The UN Security Council could not adopt a resolution against a referendum in the Crimea. Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, took advantage of the veto’s right and blocked the adoption of the resolution, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vitaly Churkin, Russia will respect the choice of the people of Crimea.