The St. Petersburg Garrison Military Court sent to the pre-trial detention center the head of the radio engineering service of the Navy, captain of the first rank Oleg Lopatiev on charges of receiving a bribe worth eight million rubles (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Kommersant and RBC . It is specified that the measure of restraint Lopatiev was elected on March 17.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a telephone conversation with Donald Trump agreed to stop blows to energy facilities in Russia. This was announced by Bloomberg with reference to the source. Trump himself appreciated the conversation with Zelensky as “very good”. “Most of the conversation was based on yesterday’s conversation with President Putin to coordinate the requests and needs of Russia and Ukraine,” the American president on the TruthSocial social network wrote .

Journalist Dmitry Kovalenko, whom the Ministry of Justice calls the author of the anonymous telegram channels “Nezigar” and Brief, filed a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity for publicist Oleg Kashin and four companies. It was registered by the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow, drew attention to the Mediazon.

Russia and Ukraine conducted exchanged prisoners of war, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky . The parties returned 175 people. At the same time, Moscow “as a gesture of goodwill” also handed Kyiv 22 seriously wounded prisoners who need urgent medical care, the department claims. The exchange took place through the mediation of the UAE. The prisoners transferred to Russia are now in Belarus. “This is one of the largest exchanges.

Great Britain excluded from the sanctions list the former senator and billionaire Farhad Akhmedov. This is stated ( .pdf ) in the publication of the Office for the implementation of financial sanctions of the country. Great Britain imposed sanctions against Akhmedov in March 2023. The country's authorities then said that the billionaire supports the Russian government, as it is conducting a business in the sector, “strategically important” for the authorities.

The Belarusian security forces beat the comedian Artemy Ostanin and cut off his dreadlocks after the detention, found out the Mediazon. During the detention, his lawyer Veronik Polyakova at a meeting in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow spoke about the beating of the Ostanin during the detention, who today imprisoned the comedian.

Several US national security agencies have suspended part of counteracting sabotage, cyber attacks and misinformation by Russia, 11 former and current American officials reported this Reuters .

The Central District Court of Orenburg announced the verdict to the four defendants in the case of riots, excited after protests in the Bashkortostan baymak. The decision is reported by the press service of the court. The court did not name the names of the defendants, they are hidden in the card card. According to Idel . Reali, the verdict was sentenced by Aidar Yusupov, Ilnaz Makhmutov, Zakiy Ilyasov and Vallyam Mutalpov.

The director of school No. 35 in Ramensky near Moscow Galina Laiko decided to quit after a video spread on social networks, in which she reports to the students for being late for listening to the Russian anthem. This was reported "Caution, News" and BAZA . According to BAZA , on the morning of March 19, Laiko wrote in the chat of school staff: “I decided to dismiss. Today is my last working day. You still need to have a lot to have time. We built a success school.

On the morning of March 19, a message appeared in the search group in VKontakte about the loss of a 15-year-old resident of Achinsk Daria Vaseneeva. Later, NGS24 published a video message recorded in the cemetery, in which she apologizes to Wagner. The video was sent by the parents of the girl, to whom she said that her release was required to redeem 500 thousand rubles. According to them, it was recorded on the evening of March 18.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that after the order of Vladimir Putin, seven drones in the Nikolaev region shot down on the temporary termination of attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. The military department explained that drones were aimed at "Ukrainian energy infrastructure related to the military-industrial complex." Six of them were shot down by the PAPRIS ZRPK, another - on duty Russian fighter.

The 2nd Western District Military Court announced sentences for two criminal cases against the five Armed Forces of Ukraine, who participated in the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region. This was reported by the Prosecutor General. Alexandra Dzem, Denis Popov, Alexander Vedernikov, Alexei Pinchuk and Evgeny Khatenko found guilty of the attack by a group of persons with grave consequences (paragraphs “A” and “B” of part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

Photo: Eric Romanenko / TASS The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced to 33-year-old Ukrainian Grigory Sinhenko, accused of preparing explosions in Donetsk and the surroundings, attempts on security forces, espionage and more than 40 other crimes. According to investigators, the man was recruited by the SBU. Sinhenko himself says that he gave confession under torture. The Rostov court sentenced him to 26 years in prison.

The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don appointed 26 years of strict regime to the 33-year-old native of Donetsk Makeevka Grigory Sinchenko on charges of 47 episodes of crimes, including six episodes of sabotage and on the episode of espionage and participation in the terrorist community. This was reported by the press service of the court. Sinchenko will spend the first five years in a prison. The charge in early February requested 27 years in prison for Sinchenko.

US President Donald Trump in an interview with Fox News said that during yesterday's telephone conversation he did not discuss with Vladimir Putin the issue of stopping American military assistance to Ukraine. “We talked about a lot, but did not discuss help,” Trump said.