Kim Jong -un on missile tests. Photo Tsak North Korea managed to achieve progress in improving the missile control mechanism. This was reported by CNN with reference to a source familiar with the intelligence data of the representative of the US administration. According to the source, against the backdrop of warming relations with South Korea before and during the Olympics in Pyeongchang, the DPRK continued its missile developments.

One hundred years ago, on March 3, 1918, Soviet Russia concluded a separate peace in Brest-Litovsk with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. Moscow recognized the independence of Finland and Ukraine, with which the Central Powers had previously concluded a separate agreement and sent their troops there. Poland, most of Belarus and the Baltic States, as well as the Pskov region remained under the occupation of the German troops. Russia returned Kars and Batumi regions to Turkey.

Illustration with FB page "Naftogaz" The critical situation that arose in Ukraine in connection with a decrease in Gazprom is overcome. This was stated by Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, “The difficult situation that arose due to the actions of Gazprom was overcome thanks to the coordinated actions of Ukrainians and the authorities. As of Saturday morning, we have a sharp increase in gas supplies from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary,” Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.

The victim in the clashes of the Verkhovna Rada. Frame of the video In Kyiv, during the dispersal of the tent camp near the Verkhovna Rada, the police detained more than 100 people. This was reported in the press service of the National Police. “Residents of the tent town of disobedience to the legal requirements of police officers and inflicted bodily harm to law enforcement officers.

Donald Trump. Photo: Whitehouse.gov US President Donald Trump signed an executive decree on the extension of sanctions imposed in 2014 against Russia for the annexation of Crimea. The document is published on the White House website. The actions and policy of Moscow in relation to Crimea "still represent an extraordinary and extreme threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States," the decree notes.

Oleg Deripaska. Photo: deripaska.ru Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska bought Cyprus citizenship. This is reported by The Guardian and the Center for the study of corruption and organized crime (OCCRP) with reference to the documents. Deripaska was one of several hundred people who filed a petition for the provision of Cyprus citizenship. According to the documents, his application was approved last year. According to the publication, the Russian businessman received a passport no first time.

Before the rally in Luzhniki. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru In Moscow, at a rally in support of Vladimir Putin, held in the Luzhniki sports complex, the police detained the activist Maria Zakharov. This was reported by the OVD-Info. Zakharova came to an action with a poster about Syria. The detainee was taken to the police department in the Khamovniki district, but then released without drawing up a protocol.

140 years ago, on March 3, 1878, in the town of San Stefano near Istanbul, occupied by Russian troops, a peace treaty was signed between Russia and Turkey. The treaty recognized the independence of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, which received territorial increments. South Bessarabia passed to Russia, and in the Caucasus - the cities of Ardagan, Kars, Batum and Bayazet with districts. Bosnia and Herzegovina became autonomous.