Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States from signing an Iran agreement, which provides for the restriction of the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for the gradual removal of Western sanctions. Speaking in the US Congress, Netanyahu said that the contract would lead to a “nuclear nightmare”. According to the Israeli prime minister, the agreement will not only not prevent, but, on the contrary, guarantees Iran nuclear weapons.

Photo: Toronto Police Service Canadian police established the reasons why a mysterious tunnel appeared in Toronto. It was discovered back in January 2015, although the press was reported only at the end of February. Photo: Toronto Police Service The police asked for public assistance in the investigation of the origin of the tunnel. Thanks to this assistance, two men from 20 to 30 years old were installed, who dug an underground structure 10 meters long and two meters high.

The artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov called for an end to the persecution of director Timofey Kulyabin and the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, where Kulyabin staged Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. According to Tabakov, one cannot threaten criminal prosecution for performances, books, paintings and music. “Leo Tolstoy had a wonderful term “energy of delusion”. The artist has the right to be wrong.

How the funeral of Boris Nemtsov passed and who came to them. Photo gallery Moscow said goodbye to Boris Nemtsov: the mourning ceremony was held on March 3 in the Sakharov Center, and the politician was buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery. To say goodbye to Nemtsov, killed by unknown people from the Kremlin, many people came, but among them there were neither President of Russia Vladimir Putin nor Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Photo report by Denis Sinyakov .

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the attempt by Latvian MEP Sandra Kalniete to fly to Russia for Boris Nemtsov's funeral was provocative. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Latvia was given advance notice of the entry ban for Kalniete. The deputy was included in the sanctions list in response to the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the European Union.

Report "Medusa" from the funeral of Boris Nemtsov Photo: Denis Sinyakov / "Medusa" On March 3, Boris Nemtsov was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. He was the Nizhny Novgorod governor, the first Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Duma deputy and co-chair of the Union of Right Forces, the non-systemic opposition, a member of the "Solidarity" and the Party of the RPR-PROMNAS.

Of all the alcohol sold to the public in January 2015, the share of vodka and other spirits dropped from 44.4 percent to 41.5 percent, when compared with consumption in January 2014, according to the Federal State Statistics Service ( Rosstat ). The total share of beer, meanwhile, rose from 33.7 percent to 40 percent.

Norway has replaced the chairman of the Nobel Committee, which awards the Peace Prize. Thorbjørn Jagland, who held the post for six years, stepped down and was replaced by the former leader of the Conservative Party of Norway, Kasi Kullman Fieve. The resignation of Jagland, a representative of the Workers' Party of Norway, is associated with its defeat in the 2013 parliamentary elections. Then a coalition of right-wing parties led by conservatives won.

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas accused 23-year-old MP Jaak Madison of justifying Nazi crimes in connection with the publication of entries from his blog. Three years ago, Madison wrote that fascism had "positive nuances." “It is depressing that a young politician uses vulgar language to justify the Nazi crimes that brought suffering to a huge number of people. The text in the blog in question absolutely contradicts my system of values,” said Rõivas.

Russia's only Gulag memorial shuts its doors. A photo series The museum Perm-36 is the only building complex from the Stalinist Gulag still standing in Russia today. In the Soviet era, many dissidents found themselves between its walls: Vladimir Bukovsky, Sergey Kovalev, and hundreds of other political prisoners. For almost 18 years after the collapse of Communism, the building was independently operated as a museum by a nongovernmental organization.

The official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Vladimir Markin, complained about "a large amount of various kinds of disinformation" that hinders the investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov. “Believe me, all the necessary information of the investigation and the results will come only from us, from an official source. Everything else just gets in the way. The investigation loves silence,” Markin said.

Indian bus driver Mukesh Singh, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a student in 2012, told the BBC that the victim herself was to blame for what happened. “A woman is much more responsible for rape than a man,” the perpetrator claims. According to Singh, "a decent girl won't roam the streets at 9 p.m.". The rapist said that women should do housework, and not go to discos and bars "in inappropriate clothes." He called good only 20 percent of the girls.

The complete decoding of the dialogue of Mikhail Kozyrev and Dmitry Revyakin Photo: Anna Gruzdeva / "Open Library" Medusa presents the video and the complete decryption of the third of the February dialogs that took place in the Mayakovsky library on February 28. It was attended by musician Dmitry Revyakin and journalist Mikhail Kozyrev. The theme of the conversation is “a note of protest”. Open Library Mikhail Kozyrev and Dmitry Revyakin.

History of an ordinary enemy of the people of a new formation Photo: from the archive of the family of Peter Parpulov The arrest and accusation of the state resident of Sochi Peter Parpulov occurred exactly a year ago - March 4, 2014. For a whole year, the family believed that it was better to behave quietly and not talk about it about it. It did not help.

Photo: Thomas Peter / Reuters / Scanpix The island of Aosima (Aoshima) is one of the dozens of “cat islands” of Japan. 120 cats live on it, which is six times more than people. Thanks to the pictures taken by the Reuters photographer, Thomas Peter, the island became famous on the network, which entailed the influx of tourists to Aosima. More photos are available in The Atlantic .