The new policy of Facebook and Instagram will be allowed only on the territory of Ukraine. in a statement. said vice president Nick Clegg , Meta's of global affairs, “We will apply this policy only in Ukraine. We will not tolerate Russophobia or other discrimination on our platform. If we were to apply our normal policies now, we would have to remove content from ordinary Ukrainians expressing their protest and rage at the invading military, which would be unacceptable,” Clegg added.

The United States is introducing sanctions against 12 State Duma deputies, the wife of the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov and his adult children. this at a briefing . announced State Department press secretary Ned Price The names of the deputies were not mentioned; Price clarified that the parliamentarians “led efforts to recognize the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics.”

Residents of Kemerovo and Belovo were fined for “discrediting the Russian army.” This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Protocols were drawn up against a 41-year-old resident of Kemerovo and a 59-year-old resident of Belovo under the new Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation).

Video hosting site YouTube announced the “immediate blocking” of channels “associated with Russian state-funded media outlets around the world.” “This change is effective immediately and we expect our systems will take time to get up and running,” it said. The platform has also suspended all methods of monetizing content in Russia.

Photo: Emin Jafarov / Kommersant Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the ruble exchange rate is rapidly falling. To save their savings, Russians hastily transfer money to dollars and euros. When the authorities limited manipulations with currency, a black market began to appear in Russia: Mediazona discovered several chats in a telegram, where people agree to buy or sell currency, meeting on the streets and near the metro stations.

The judge of court district No. 20 of the Krasnoflotsky district of Khabarovsk sentenced the teenager to 80 hours of compulsory labor in the case of insulting a police officer (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). This is reported with reference to lawyer Vitaly Tykhta. The prosecutor's office asked to assign him 150 hours of compulsory work.

US President Joe Biden has banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia, according to the White House website. It is prohibited to “export, re-export, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by a person of the United States, wherever located, banknotes denominated in U.S. dollars to the Government of the Russian Federation or to any person located in the Russian Federation,” it says in the release.

Teachers of Moscow schools were invited to a video conference with the participation of the head of the Russia Today Agency Margarita Simonyan and representatives of the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. This “Mediazone” was reported by one of the participants in the meeting, publications about this also appeared on social networks. According to the interlocutor, Simonyan was the first.

Rapper Oxxxymiron (Miron Fedorov) announced on Instagram a series of anti-war concerts abroad Russians against war , the profits from which will be transferred to a Polish fund helping Ukrainian refugees. The first concert was scheduled for March 15 in Istanbul. The rapper promised to broadcast the concert on YouTube, Instagram and Twitch. Other cities and tour dates are not provided.

In St. Petersburg, since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 748 administrative arrests and 2,098 fines have been imposed on participants in anti-war protests. This was reported by the press service of the city courts. 81 protesters were assigned to mandatory labor, 125 administrative cases were dismissed by the courts, and 259 cases were returned to the police to correct mistakes.

The head of the Fifth Service of the FSB, Sergei Beseda, and his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, were placed under house arrest. , citing sources, by This is stated the publication Agentura.ru , created by researchers of the Russian special services Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. The fifth service of the FSB, according to the agency’s website , is also called the Service for Operational Information and International Relations.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a 26-year-old resident of Feodosia because of graffiti with “offensive” inscriptions regarding the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. The Crimean citizen is suspected of vandalism motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code).

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee opened a case due to Meta’s decision not to delete posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the “death of the Russian invaders.” This is reported on the department's website. The case was opened under articles on calls for extremism and promotion of terrorism (Articles 280, 205.1 of the Criminal Code).

The Prosecutor General's Office demanded that Roskomnadzor block Instagram and filed a lawsuit to recognize Meta as an extremist organization. This was reported in the department’s telegram channel. Meta today announced a decision, due to the war in Ukraine, to keep posts that violate their rules, including “calls for the death of Russian invaders.” This will not apply to calls for violence against Russian citizens who did not participate in the invasion.

The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent Igor Maltsev to a pre-trial detention center, who is suspected of burning an effigy in military uniform on Maslenitsa. This was reported by Apology with reference to lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov. Maltsev is charged with an article about hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred, committed by a group of people (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code).