80 years ago, on March 17, 1938, the outstanding dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev was born. On June 16, 1961, while on tour in Paris, Nureyev was removed from further tours of the Kirov Theater troupe in London by the decision of the KGB "for violating the regime of being abroad", but refused to return to the USSR, becoming the first defector among Soviet ballet dancers. For treason, he was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in prison.

Alexey Shestakovich. Photo with personal VK page Sevastopol Anarchist Alexei Shestakovich, who announced torture during the detention on March 1, left for the mainland Ukraine. Now he is in Kherson, reports the OVD-info from the words of the activist himself. On March 1, in Sevastopol, the employees of the CPE conducted searches with Shestakovich, the administrator of the VK group "Anarchist Sevastopol" Ivan Prisyazhnyuk, members of the group of Artem and Alena Vorobyevs.

Natalia Goncharova. Photo: vesti.ru The Security Service of Ukraine expelled the employee of the Russia-24 television channel Natalya Goncharov with a ban on entry into the country for a period of 3 years. This was reported by the press service of the SBU.

Ramzan Kadyrov. Photo with personal VK page The Yabloko party recalls observers who were sent on its quota to the elections on March 18 to Chechnya to the headquarters of Alexei Navalny. This was reported on the party’s website.

Logo "New Greatness" In the chronicle of the election repressions going throughout the country, a new "group" business is distinguished. Nine activists of the little -known opposition movement "New Greatness" became his defendants. The raids with searches and detentions took place on March 15 in Moscow. The first to report to them was the Kremlin laundry Telegram channel related to the security forces.

John McDonnell. Photo: HOUNSLOWCHAMBER.ORG.UK Russian politicians and oligarchs must disclose property assets in the UK and be sanctions if they cannot explain the origin of their funds. This was stated by the leaders of the Labor and liberal democrats, reports The Guardian.

Foreign Ministry. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru On a week from Russia, 23 diplomatic employee of the British Embassy in Moscow will be sent. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia also resolves consent to the opening and functioning of the UK Consulate General in St. Petersburg. In addition, in Russia the activities of the British Council "in connection with the unresolved status" are terminated.

Xi Jinping. Photo: "Xinhua" The All -Chinese Assembly of People's Representatives re -elected Xi Jinping by the chairman of the People’s Republic of China and the chairman of the Central Military Council of the PRC, Reuters reports . The deputies unanimously voted for his candidacy nominated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Van Tsishan, who previously held the post of chairman of the Central Commission for checking the discipline, was elected deputy chairman of the PRC.

Andrew McCab. Photo: fbi.gov US Minister of Justice, Jeff Sessnes, fired Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Andrew McCake. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of Sehshns.