Two planes touched each other's wings while being towed on March 28 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. This was reported to TASS by the official representative of the airport, Roman Genis. “Two aircraft - one empty, the other with passengers on board - touched each other with their wings while being towed at the airfield,” he said. According to Mr. Genis, the incident, as a result of which no one was injured, occurred at 15:20 Moscow time. Both aircraft belong to Aeroflot.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, in his address to the heads of state and government of the member countries of the League of Arab States (LAS), said that the Palestinians have the right to create an independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem. Russia will continue to contribute to achieving this goal by acting in multilateral formats, according to a message posted on the website of the President of Russia .

The Kurgan carriage section, which is the South Ural branch of JSC Federal Passenger Company (FPK), has been abolished, the media relations department of the corporate communications service of the South Ural Railway reported. “On March 25, the employment authorities of Kurgan and the Kurgan region and the primary trade union organization were notified about the abolition of the Kurgan carriage section.

On Saturday, there will be no trains running on the central section of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line - from Kurskaya to Kievskaya. Track repairs will take place at the site, writes the website M24.ru. The Smolenskaya, Arbatskaya and Ploshchad Revolyutsii stations will be closed to passengers. From Kievskaya and Kurskaya it will be possible to transfer to the Circle Line. The next one-day closure of a section of one of the subway lines will take place on April 25.

Details of the testimony of the main accused in the murder of Boris Nemtsov have become known Kommersant has become aware of the testimony of ex-officer of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Zaur Dadaev, the main accused in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. The Investigative Committee subsequently based the charges against both Mr. Dadaev himself and four of his alleged accomplices on them. However, yesterday, instead of the lawyer appointed by Mr.

International rating agency Fitch has downgraded Greece's long-term issuer default rating from 'B' to 'CCC'. The agency cited Greece's lack of access to borrowing markets, as well as liquidity problems in the state's banking sector, as the main reasons for the downgrade, the agency said in a press release .

At least 21 people suffered varying degrees of injuries when a subway train collided with a car in Los Angeles on March 28. This was reported by the Los Angeles Times . Firefighters and paramedics arrived at the scene of the accident. The driver of the car is in critical condition at a local hospital, where the train driver was also taken.

The defense of Russian Nikolai Doroshenko detained in Cambodia is seeking his release, The Cambodia Daily writes on March 27. The businessman is accused of putting signatures on forged documents. Military police arrested Mr. Doroshenko at his family restaurant because he missed a trial where his case was supposed to be heard without a valid reason. The injured party in the trial is the scandalous businessman Sergei Polonsky. Nikolai Doroshenko's lawyer is seeking his client's release on bail.

The Russian side filed a protest with UEFA due to the fact that the match of the 2016 European Football Championship qualifying tournament with Montenegro was not stopped, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on the Russia-2 TV channel. “We can file a protest with this match until 19:00, which was done. Reason: the match was not stopped. I hope UEFA will make the right decision,” said Mr. Mutko. Read about how our team was received in Montenegro in the Kommersant article “Fire Match”.

VTB Bank does not plan to take part in financing the contract of the head coach of the Russian national football team, Fabio Capello, said Andrei Kostin, President and Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank. The RFU repaid its eight-month debt to Capello on February 6, a targeted loan in the amount of 400 million rubles. provided by Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov. “No, we did not discuss this (payment for Capello’s contract), no one asked us,” Mr. Kostin told RIA Novosti.

What are you looking forward to in the coming week? Dmitry Gramotin, Director of the Department of Sports and Youth Policy of the Tyumen Region: — Next week, a whole series of major biathlon competitions at the All-Russian and international level will be held in the Tyumen arenas. The Russian Championship will take place in the “Pearl of Siberia”, in which the strongest athletes of our country will take part.

The trial of Russian serviceman Valery Permyakov, who admitted to the murder of seven family members in Gyumri, is expected to take place on the territory of Armenia, said in Yerevan the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Oleg Lebedev (United Russia). “Russia has done everything possible to ensure that the investigation takes place - and it is underway - on the territory of Armenia.

The Legislative Assembly of the Astrakhan Region temporarily reduced the salaries of a number of officials Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Astrakhan Region on Friday, at a regular meeting, in order to save money, adopted a law on a temporary reduction in salaries for a number of officials by 10%. “This will apply to deputies working on a permanent basis. This will, naturally, be the chairman, deputies (of the Duma), and heads of committees.

Labor leader Miliband loses televised debate to David Cameron The election campaign in Great Britain has entered a decisive phase. Six weeks before the parliamentary elections, the two most likely contenders for the post of prime minister - Conservative leader David Cameron and Labor leader Ed Miliband - took part in an absentee televised debate. Viewers preferred the current Prime Minister Cameron, who is seeking a second and final term.

Russia has decided to participate in the capital of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, RIA Novosti reports with reference to First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government announced the decision at an economic forum taking place in Boao. AIIB was created in 2014 at the initiative of China. The bank's goal is to finance infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region (APR). The authorized capital of the bank will be $100 billion.