Angel Merkel. Photo: bundestag.de Bundestag chose the Angel Merkel by the Federal Chancellor of Germany for the fourth time in a row, the German wave reports . The candidacy of the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDS) was supported by 364 deputies of the Bundestag. 315 parliamentarians voted against, nine more abstained.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. Photo: dsmsu.gov.ua The Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Igor Zhdanov signed an order to ban the speeches of members of Ukrainian teams in any competitions held in Russia. The official reported this on his Facebook page.

Disinfection in Salisbury. Photo: SolentNews.co.uk Democrat Senator Robert Menendes called on President Donald Trump President to include Russia in the list of terrorism sponsors due to the poisoning of the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. It is reported by The Washington Examiner. "The Trump administration called North Korea a sponsor of terrorism after the poisoning of a relative Kim Jong -un in Thailand.

Czechoslovak delegation with portraits of Gotvald and Stalin. Budapest, 1949. Photo: Bundesarchiv 65 years ago, March 14, 1953, Clement Gotvald, President of Czechoslovakia and the leader of the Czechoslovak communists, responsible for falsified processes over the "Bezrodny Cosmopolitans" in the late 40s and early 50s, died. Gotvald caught a cold at Stalin's funeral on March 9 and two days after returning from Moscow died of aorta rupture.

Jose Carlos Barrios Sanchez. Photo from personal WhatsApp The person who, introducing himself as a dispatcher Carlos, working at the Borispol Kiev Airport, distributed information that the Malaysian Boeing-777 attacked two Ukrainian aircraft in the sky above Donetchina, was Spanish, Jose Carlos Barrios Sanchez, judged in his homeland and arrested for fraud in Romania. This was reported in the joint investigation "Radio Liberty" and the Romanian journalistic group Rise Project.

Vladimir Balukh before the announcement of the sentence. Photo: Grani.ru The judge of the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea Timur Sluzko reduced to the Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, who was convicted of the fabricated case of the storage of cartridges and TNT checkers, a term of 2 months - from 3 years of 7 months of a colony -settlement up to 3 years 5 months. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group.

The logo of the Telegram messenger “Roskomsvoboda” on behalf of 35 users of the Telegram messenger filed a collective lawsuit in the Meshchansky District Court with a request to recognize the actions of the Federal Security Service, which insists on providing keys to decipher users. This was reported on the website of Roskomvoboda. "The collective lawsuit on behalf of 35 users of the Telegram messenger was filed with our lawyers to the Meshchansky court.

UFSB in the Kaluga region. Photo: wikimapia.org The FSB announced the disclosure in the Kaluga region of the "sleeping cell" of the "Islamic state". The message is published on the special services website. It is claimed that four members of the group were detained on Wednesday. All of them, the publication says, are residents of the Yamalo -Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

After a search at the headquarters of the left block. Photo from VK pages of movement In Moscow, after a search at the headquarters of the left bloc, all three activists of the movement were detained there: Vadim Timergalin, Grigory Sineglazov and Denis Avdeev. This was reported by the ATS-Info. The organization said that activists were delivered to the police department. The security forces seized all the equipment from the headquarters, and also sawed the safe.

Stephen Hawking. Photo: nasa.gov In Cambridge, at the 77th year of his life, the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died. It is reported by the BBC. “We are deeply saddened by the fact that our beloved father died today. He was a great scientist and outstanding person, whose works and heritage will stay with us for many years,” the Hawking family said. Hawking was born in Oxford on January 8, 1942.

Employees of the SBU special forces. Photo: ssu.gov.ua The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, exposed the anti -Ukrainian network, which prepared provocations and sabotage by order of Russia. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.

Kyazim Ametov. Photo with personal VK page The judge of the Kiev District Court of Simferopol, which was controlled by Russia, Denis Didenko extended the Crimean Tatar activists Asanu Chapuhu, Bekir Degertenji, Kyazim Ametova and Ruslan Trubach, who are accused in the fabricated case of extortion ("Vedzhe Kashka"), the terms of detention in a pre -trial detention center for another two months - until May 15.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo It was different with Litvinenko. The British discovered Polonium almost by accident, and if they had not found it, then his death would remain a mystery to this day and an apolitical citizen of Lugovoi awarded the secret order would still freely go to London for personal and official needs.

Police break the door of the apartment of Vladimir Zhuravlev. Hard video In Moscow, early in the morning, a group of police officers came with searches to the headquarters of the left bloc and home to activist Vladimir Zhuravlev. This was reported in the telegram channel of movement. “The security forces asked to open the door, otherwise it will be worse, they talked about the criminal case and the“ people's ”article (excitement of non -unity or enmity.

Ilya Kapustin. Photo: Iltalehti.fi The witness in the case of the fictional terrorist anarchist group "Network" Ilya Kapustin left Russia and asked for asylum in Finland. It is reported by Iltalehti. Kapustin left Russia legally, receiving a Finnish visa. According to him, he was afraid of persecution by the FSB after his story about torture by special services.