More than 6 thousand people take part in the mourning events dedicated to the memory of Boris Nemtsov in the northern capital, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg told Interfax on March 1. “More than 6 thousand people take part in the mourning events dedicated to the memory of Nemtsov, the procession and rally on the Field of Mars,” the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The majority of residents of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic trust the current government and do not want to live as part of Ukraine. TASS reported this on March 1, citing data from a survey conducted by a group of sociologists at Donetsk National University. Its results were published by the Donetsk News Agency.

The administration of the Luhansk region, subordinate to Kyiv, announced the detention by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of members of a gang led by a fighter from the Aidar battalion. RIA Novosti reported this on March 1. The gang is accused of planning provocations in the Ukrainian capital. According to the administration, the group was preparing weapons to be sent to Kyiv.

Operation of the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be stopped on March 1 from 23:00 local time (22:30 Moscow time) for two months for maintenance. As the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran stated in connection with the suspension of operation of the enterprise, the decision was made due to the need to carry out maintenance and preparation of the nuclear power plant for connecting it to the national grid in the summer of 2015, when electricity consumption reaches its annual peak, TASS reports.

People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, Alexey Goncharenko, said that he was detained on March 1 in Moscow during a march in memory of oppositionist Boris Nemtsov. He wrote about this on his Facebook page. “The police detained me. They took me to a paddy wagon and took away my passport. Then they returned my passport and took me out of the paddy wagon and hit me. Now they are holding me near the paddy wagon and won’t let me go.

More than 21 thousand people took part in the funeral procession in memory of the murdered co-chairman of the RPR-Parnas party Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, the capital’s GUMVD reported on March 1. “According to the police, a total of about 21 thousand people took part in the procession,” the message says. “The mourning event dedicated to the death of Boris Nemtsov is currently coming to an end.

The UK authorities said they would not approve the sale to LetterOne (L1, owned by the Russian Alfa Group, led by businessman Mikhail Fridman) of 12 oil and gas fields in the North Sea, where the German RWE Dea operates. Interfax reported this on March 1. As stated in a statement by the British government, the British authorities fear the possible extension of sanctions to the Russian L1 in the future, which could affect the development of fields in the North Sea.

A rally demanding the adoption of anti-crisis measures and in defense of the constitutional rights of citizens was held on March 1 in Orenburg. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Orenburg region reports that the agreed rally took place near the monument to Musa Jalil. “The number of participants in the rally was 120 people. 25 police officers are involved in law enforcement. There were no violations of public order,” the statement says.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the detention by security forces of a US citizen pilot who allegedly carried out espionage activities in the South American country. “In recent days, we have identified and detained an American who was trying to recruit people in towns along the Venezuelan coast and in villages,” RIA Novosti quoted Mr. Maduro on March 1. According to the head of Venezuela, the arrest was carried out in the state of Tachira.

On March 1, mourning events were held in many Russian cities in memory of the murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. What posters did people take to the streets with - in the Kommersant photo gallery. Actions in memory of Boris Nemtsov were held in many cities of Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi, Chelyabinsk. In addition, mourning events were held abroad: in London (at the Russian Embassy), Mariupol, Minsk and Vilnius.

Six people died in a fire in a house in Nizhny Novgorod, a source in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region told Interfax on March 1. “Preliminarily, on February 28 at about 11:00 p.m., a fire broke out in a two-story building on Belinsky Street. Six people died,” the press service said. An operational investigation team is working on the spot.

Debts for housing and communal services and communication services may cause a loan refusal. Information about late payment will be recorded in the credit history of individuals and taken into account when issuing a loan by banks. Kommersant FM's interlocutors note that, on the one hand, innovations can lead to an increase in the loan rate, on the other hand, additional information will help banks identify solvent clients.

Russian Semyon Pavlichenko won gold at the European Championship and the final stage of the Luge World Cup, which takes place in Sochi. TASS reports this on March 1. Based on the results of two attempts, he showed a result of 1 minute 44.020 seconds. The second was another Russian Alexander Peretyagin (1:44.252), the third was the German Felix Loch (1:44.339).

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, speaking on Channel 10, called the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov tragic and senseless. “This is a tragic, senseless murder. Many say that the murder has signs of a political one,” RIA Novosti quoted the head of the diplomatic department as saying on March 1. “This is a tragedy for Russia. This is a tragedy for democracy,” Ms Bishop said.

In Omsk, on March 1, in the park named after the 30th anniversary of the Komsomol opposite the Omsk State Transport University, a civil memorial service was held in memory of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. At the entrance to the square, people installed a photo of Mr. Nemtsov and laid flowers. It is estimated that about 50 people took part in the civil funeral service. Anastasia Mitkovskaya, Omsk