Dmitry Firtash. Photo Newsru.ua In the USA, Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash was charged with giving bribes to Indian officials to obtain permits for the development of titanium deposits in India. This was reported in a press release from the US Department of Justice. In addition to Firtash, in the case of the investigation of the international corruption scheme, there are five people under investigation.

Interview with Viktor Yanukovych Ar. Frame "rain" Viktor Yanukovych admitted that he was "wrong" when he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to use Russian troops in Crimea. The overthrown President of Ukraine said this in an interview with the Associated Press. He promised to try to convince Russia to return the peninsula. Yanukovych said that the annexation of Crimea was a "tragedy". He would have done everything possible to prevent her, if he had remained in power, the ex-president noted.

Logo of the American-Russian bilateral presidential commission The United States has suspended a number of projects with Russia as part of a bilateral presidential commission. This was reported on the website of the State Department in the section on the work of the commission. “In connection with the latest events, the United States temporarily suspended several projects planned under the auspices of the American -Russian bilateral presidential commission,” the report said.

PACE meeting. Photo from the official website of Pase Russia can in a preventive manner to suspend membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the head of the Russian delegation in PACA, chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs of Unicorn Alexei Pushkov.

April 2 at 19:00 at the FOTODOC Center for Documentary Photography (Sakharov Center, Zemlyanoy Val, 57, building 6) will host a presentation of a multimedia project by photographer and journalist Dmitry Belyakov "Test. 70 years later." 70 years ago, the deportation of the Ingush and Chechen peoples began.

Plant in Vsevolozhsk. Photo: Ford.ru The Ford Sollers Automobile Plant in Vsevolozhsk, the Leningrad Region, announced his intention to reduce a third of his staff - 700 workers. This was reported by "Vedomosti". In support of such a measure, the company referred to the fall of the ruble, a reduction in demand and a decrease in sales.

Symbol of Twitter blocked in Turkey The Constitutional Court of Turkey admitted that the blocking of the microblogging service Twitter violates the right to freedom of expression contained in the 26th article of the Basic Law of the country, Hürriyet reports . The highest court sent the requirement to immediately withdraw the blocking to the Telecommunications Department and the Ministry of Transport, Sailing and Communications.

Destroyer. Photo from the site ggpht.com The Pentagon considers the opportunity to send a warship to the Black Sea due to the ongoing tension around Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the statement of a senior Pentagon representative. "Some proposals under consideration involve the possible sending of another US warship to the Black Sea," the Pentagon representative told reporters.

Ayo Benes at a rally in Donetsk. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The activist of another Russia Ayo Benes was detained in Donetsk by the SBU operatives on suspicion of preparing an armed coup in order to overthrow the power and undermine the territorial integrity of Ukraine. This was reported on the party’s website. Benes was detained in the evening of Tuesday in a private house on Lavrenev Street. In the morning on Wednesday, he sent several SSMEMEcs to the one -party people.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev in the Khamovniki court, March 31, 2009. Photo by Yuri Timofeev. Russian bailiffs continue to attempts to recover from the ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev 17.4 billion rubles in accordance with the sentence in the first criminal case. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the head of the capital's department of the FSSP Alexander Stebakov. "At the moment, production is not over by them.

Simferopol airport. Photo: Wikipedia The European Air Navigation Safety Organization (Euro Control) banned flights to Simferopol and Sevastopol airports. "Euro control, strictly following the ICAO Convention (International Civil Aviation Organization.

Beating Alexei Gaskarov. Frame of the video Preliminary hearings in the second "Swamp case" were scheduled for April 14. This was reported on Twitter @gaskarov_info. The meeting will be held in the hall of 403 Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, beginning at 14:00. Judge Natalya Susina will be carried out. According to Kasparov.ru, it was she who in January 2014 amnestied the defendant of the "swamp business" Dmitry Altaychinov . The second "swamp case" was sent to court on March 28 .

Alexander Emelianenko. Photo from a personal site The mixed style fighter Alexander Emelianenko was put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of rape, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the Russian Investigative Committee.

Russian self -propelled installations in Novozybkov. Frame of the video Russian troops are able to achieve their goals in Ukraine in three to five days. According to Reuters, General Philip Bridlav, commander of NATO forces in Europe, stated this.

US Congress. Frame of the TV channel '' Russia '' The House of Representatives of the US Congress adopted a law on financial assistance to Ukraine and sanctions in connection with the Russian annexation of Crimea. It is reported by Reuters. The document was adopted by the vast majority of votes: 378 congressmen voted for, while 34 against - 34. Earlier, the bill was approved by the Senate. Now he will go for signature to President Barack Obama.