One hundred years ago, on March 11, 1917, live ammunition was distributed to the troops in Petrograd and the first serious clashes between troops and demonstrators took place. The bloodiest incident happened on Znamenskaya Square, where a company of the Volynsky Life Guards opened fire on the demonstrators. 40 people were killed and 40 wounded. The number of strikers exceeded 406 thousand people. Workers began to erect barricades and seize plants and factories.

Port Tartus. Google Maps space survey Russia has begun modernizing the material and technical support point (PMTO) of its Navy in the Syrian Tartus, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the Council of the Federation Council of the Federation of Defense and Security of Viktor Ozerov. "As for Tartus, I will not hide that even during our visit I was shown the port development scheme - where which structures and berths will be built.

Mevlut Chavushoglu. Photo from the site haberler.com The Government of the Netherlands withdrew permission to land the aircraft of the Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlyut Cavushoglu in connection with the "public danger", which is the visit of Chavushoglu in the Rotterdam. It is reported by the BBC.

Photo: Grani.ru March 11 at 17:00 in the Sakharov Center (Earth Val, 57, p. 5), a charity evening will be held in support of political prisoners. The event will be held in the form of an author’s evening of the writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya. It will be possible to make donations for political prisoners, support for their families or paying lawyers, write to the Political Zapami letters-postcards.

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. Photo with personal FB page Culture figures and human rights activists supported the famous writer Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. Under the appeal, more than 50 people were signed. "We support Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya and consider it completely unacceptable the pursuit of the writer for his works.

Stephen O'Brien. Photo: un.org The world was on the verge of the largest humanitarian crisis since 1945. This was stated by the Deputy Secretary General of the UN for humanitarian issues by Stephen O'Brien, BBC reports . “This is a critical moment in the history of mankind. Already at the very beginning of 2017, the world stands on the verge of the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the UN. More than 20 million people around the world are starving.

Port in Zonguldak. Photo: bilgievi.gen.tr The port in the Turkish city of Songuldak stopped taking ferries and ships that arrived from Crimea, reports the local Deniz Haber edition. Officials explain this to the crews of the Port of Clerance document confirming the customs clearance of goods. Over the past two weeks, neither the Russian nor Turkish ships who came from the ports of the annexed peninsula can moor in the Songuldak.

Sergey Kislyak. Photo: Mid.ru The Ambassador of Russia to the United States Sergey Kislyak performed the usual work of the diplomat, meeting with many American officials. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, the BBC reports . “This is his work. He talked about bilateral relations, he talked about what was happening in the United States so that we had a better understanding in Moscow.

The strip of the Ukrainian military. Photo: mil.gov.ua The scouts captured by the LPR militants really serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is stated in the statement of the command of special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. How many people were captured, is not specified.

Vitaly Churkin in the UN. Photo: Mid.ru The constant representative of Russia at the UN Vitaly Churkin died of a heart attack, criminal versions are not considered. It is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the representative of the city authorities in New York, who has access to the information management of forensic expertise. The official was not authorized to disclose this information and talked with the agency on the condition of anonymity.

Michael Flynn. Photo: Breitbart.com Former US President Donald Trump for National Security, Michael Flynn, led paid lobbying in favor of Turkey. It is reported by The New York Times. According to the publication, Flynn signed a contract in the amount of 530 thousand dollars and registered as a lobbyist last year. He did not stop this work and being appointed presidential adviser to the post. However, he did not apply for registration as a foreign agent before Tuesday.

Nail Mukhitov. Frame of Channel One The leader of the Party of Progress Aleksey Navalny asks the FSB to check the dissertation of the assistant secretary of the Security Council Nail Mukhitov for violation of the Criminal Code of the Criminal Code to disclose state secrets. It is reported by "New Gazeta".