Vladimir Putin and Francois Fillon. Photo: kremlin.ru French presidential candidate Francois Fillon received 50 thousand dollars for organizing a businessman's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is reported by RFI with reference to the French edition of Le Canard Enchaîné. According to the newspaper, 2015, the consulting company 2F Conseil, owned by Fiion, organized a meeting with Putin and CEO of Total Patrick Puyanna for the Lebanese billionaire Foid Makhzumi.

The main building of the RND. Photo: nlr.ru The Ministry of Culture is currently not considering the unification of the Russian State Library in Moscow (former State Library of the USSR named after V.I. Lenin) and the Russian National Library (former Public Library) in St. Petersburg. This is stated in the response of the head of the department of Vladimir Medinsky to a request from the State Duma deputy Sergei Boyarsky, TASS reports .

Nikita Belykh. Photo: Belyh.ru A new case was instituted against the former governor of the Kirov region, arrested on charges of bribery, also qualified in part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale). This was reported by Interfax, this was stated by the investigator of the Investigative Committee of Roman Mukhachev at the hearings of the extension of the arrest for another three months in the Basmann District Court of Moscow.

Danis Safargali. Source: Idelreal.org Judge of the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan Ildar Salikhov began hearing on the merits of the case of extremism, excited against the leader of the Tatar Patriotic Front Altın Urda ("Golden Horde") Danis Safargali. This was reported to the "Franes" by the lawyer of the political prisoner Irina Gontsova. After the prosecutor of the indictment of Safargali, in response to the question of Salikhov, announced that he did not plead guilty.

Verkhovna Rada. Photo from the site kolo.poltava.ua The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted an appeal to the US Congress with a request to conclude a bilateral defense agreement and provide Kyiv with the status of the main ally of Washington outside NATO. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. 232 votes were given to the document , led by 12 deputies, led by the leader of the radical party, 232 votes with 226 necessary.

Truckers announce the beginning of the strike. Frame of the faces The interregional trade union of professional drivers announced the beginning of March 27 of the All-Russian strike of carriers under the slogan "You can’t live like that!". Such information is reported by the correspondent of "faces" with a press conference arranged in the Sakharov Center in Moscow.

Paul Manafort. Shot CNN Former head of the campaign headquarters Donald Trump Paul Manafort worked for Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, promoting the interests of the leadership of Russia. It is reported by Associated Press.

One hundred years ago, on March 22, 1917, the abdicated Emperor Nicholas II, upon his arrival from Tsarskoe Selo, was arrested by order of the Provisional Government. The royal family was arrested the day before. Before leaving Mogilev, the tsar issued the last order for the army, which said: "This unprecedented war must be brought to complete victory.

Varvara Karaulova to announce the sentence. TASS broadcast frame The Supreme Court recognized the as legal as the former student of Moscow State University Barbara Karaulova (Alexander Ivanova), sentenced to 4.5 years of general regime for an attempt to join the Islamic State organization banned in Russia. This is reported by Interfax.

Council of the Federation. Photo: cousil.gov.ru The Federation Council approved the law prohibiting “undesirable” organizations in Russia to create legal entities, Interfax reports .

A year ago, on March 22, 2016, there was a series of terrorist attacks in Brussels - two at the airport and one at the Malbec metro station. 35 civilians and three suicide bombers were killed. The number of wounded exceeded 340. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks. The main targets of the attacks were citizens of Israel, the United States and Russia.

Mahmoud Velitov. Photo: islamrf.ru The case of the Imam of the metropolitan mosque "yard" Sheikh Mahmud Velitov was transferred for consideration on the merits to the Moscow District Military Court. This was reported by RAPSI with reference to the lawyer Dagira Khasavov. The lawyer intends to invite as witnesses the defense in the case of high-ranking Islamic religious figures and conduct an additional comprehensive psychological-linguistic examination.

Yussi Ninisto and James Mattis. Photo: Defmin.fi The Pentagon Head James Mattis discussed with Finnish Minister of Defense Jussi Ninisto "A number of security issues, including Russian aggression." This was reported on the website of the American military department. The ministers affected the interaction of Finland and NATO, as well as bilateral cooperation in the field of security.

Ilya Bulavinov. Photo with personal FB page The chief editor of Vedomosti will be Ilya Bulavinov, the publication reports . This decision was made by the board of directors of the publication. Bulavinov will take the editorial office in mid -April, the contract with it will be signed for two years. The current chief editor Tatyana Lysova remains in the Council of Directors of Vedomosti at least until the end of this year.

Vladimir Putin performs in the State Duma. Photo: kremlin.ru The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading a law that will allow individuals-nani residents of other countries to submit applications for non-recognition of themselves by tax residents of Russia, Interfax reports . 322 deputies voted for the document, against 85, one deputy refrained. To reject the amendments to the Tax Code, the LDPR, the Communist Party and the Fair Russia failed.