International Center for Roerichs in Moscow. Photo: icr.su The intelligentsia congress made a statement in support of the International Center for the Roerichs. The document is published on the congress website and is open for signatures.

Picket of students of Moscow State University. Photos provided by the organizers of the action At the University metro station, several dozen students, graduate students and graduates of Moscow State University participated in the picket against the Vorobyevs of the rally-concert on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. This was reported in a press release from the organizers received by the editorial office of the "faces".

Lyudmila Putin. Photo from the site peoples.ru The metropolitan city hall annually distinguishes the Fund "Center for the Development of Interpersonal Communications", which is patronized by Lyudmila Putin, subsidies in the amount of several tens of millions of rubles. As the rain reports , the decree on the allocation of the financial assistance to the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed back in 2015.

Flags of the DPR. Photo: tsn.ua The Kremlin does not consider scenarios on the integration of the DPR and LPR into Russia. This was stated by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports . “There are no such scenarios, some written,” said Peskov. “You know that there are different discussions. You know the mood that representatives of the Donbass have repeatedly voiced.

Vladimir Balukh in court, 03/16/2017. Photo from the FB page Alexandra Krylenkova The Razdolnensky district court of the annexed Crimea began consideration on the merits of the case of the Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, who was accused of illegal storage of ammunition. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group. Before the hearing began, Judge Maria Bedritskaya explained to the Baluh that he could declare divets.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua The First Deputy Head of the Synodal Department for the relationship between the Church with society and the media, one of the leading secular ideologists of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexander Shchipkov, called the proposal to reburial Lenin’s body extremely untimely.

Konstantin Zatulin. Photo: Er.ru The State Duma supported the protocol order on the verification of the activities of Russian services "Voice of America", "Radio Liberty" and CNN for compliance with Russian law. This is reported by Interfax. The first deputy head of the State Duma committee on CIS CIS Constantine Zatulin made such an initiative.

Stretching "NOT ROC" on the colonnade of the Isaac's Cathedral. Photo: @Merr1k Judge of the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg Tatyana Matusyak refused to consider the collective lawsuit of thirty Petersburgers against the city committee of property management on the illegality of the transfer of the St. Isaac's Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the city court.

Maria Zakharova. Photo: Mid.ru Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych really turned to Vladimir Putin with a request to introduce troops. This was written on her page in the FB, the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. At the same time, she emphasized that we are not talking about a letter, but a statement. In 2014, it was this statement that Vitaly Churkin read to the UN Permanent Representative of Russia.

25 years ago, on March 17, 1992, a car bomb was detonated near the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. The explosion killed 29 people and injured 242 people. The Hezbollah group later claimed responsibility for the attack. According to Israel, the attack was organized by Iran, and the Argentine authorities did nothing, despite warnings received from Israeli intelligence agencies.

Igor Konashenkov. Photo: Arms-expo.ru The Ministry of Defense criticized international reports on the situation in Syria.

Frigate La Fayette. Photo: korabli.eu The Black Sea was a missile frigate of the French Navy La Fayette. According to Interfax, a ship with low radar visibility passed and went to the Bulgarian port of Varna. The frigate, built using the Stealth technology, is equipped with modern anti-ship missiles of exoset with a range of 70 kilometers and the Noval-Croaty anti-aircraft missile system. The last time the frigate went to the Black Sea in 2015. Then he, in particular, visited Odessa.

State Duma. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru State Duma deputies will not ask Dmitry Medvedev about the investigation of the Corruption Fund dedicated to the real estate of the Prime Minister. As the rain reports , in the written issues of deputies sent to the government before the report of the head of the Cabinet in the Duma, this topic is not raised. Also, there will be no oral issues during the report itself.

AMNESTY International logo In Crimea, the situation with human rights is rapidly deteriorating. This is stated in the report of the international human rights organization Amnesty International, dedicated to the third anniversary of the Russian annexation of the peninsula. "The situation is aggravated by the lack of an effective international observation mechanism that would have access to the peninsula.

Grenatometric body. Photo: Gazetaingush.ru In Ingushetia, unknown people fired from a manual grenade launcher building of the Malgobek department of the FSB in the republic. According to TASS, this was reported in law enforcement agencies of the republic. The incident happened at about one in the morning. The building caused insignificant damage. As a result of shelling, no one was injured. Investigative actions are currently being carried out.