Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the annexation of Crimea to Russia was caused by the desire to save the inhabitants of the peninsula from the "skating rink of nationalists." Putin spoke about this in an interview that was included in the film “Crimea. The Way to the Motherland, filmed by the Rossiya 1 TV channel. The TV channel showed a fragment of the film on March 9.

Apple Corporation will start selling its first smart watches, Apple Watch , April 24th. A pre -order on the devices can be issued two weeks earlier. The company announced this at the presentation on March 9. The price of Apple Watch will start with $ 349-this is the 38-mm Apple Watch Sport with an aluminum case. A similar model with a diagonal of 42 millimeters will cost $ 399.

For the first time in the history of the NHL, a league match will be officiated by a Russian referee, Evgeny Romasko. He will work on the game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Edmonton Oilers, which will take place on March 9 (on the night of March 10 Moscow time). Romasko will become only the second European referee in NHL history. Before him, only Swede Markus Winneborg worked in the league. In 2010, he was named to the Dallas Stars' game against the Anaheim Ducks.

"Medusa" followed the presentation of Apple live On the evening of March 9, Apple held another presentation, the content of which could only be guessed in advance. All the media agreed that the main characters of the event would be the Apple Watch watch - and did not lose. The company finally announced prices and called the start date of the watch. In addition, the event was presented with a new MacBook - even thinner, easier and more innovative (and more expensive, of course).

The artistic director of the Lenkom Theater Mark Zakharov defended the opera Tannhäuser staged by director Timofey Kulyabin, which received a complaint from Metropolitan Tikhon of Novosibirsk and Berdsk.

On March 7 and 8, the second Cup of Britain in Quiddich (BQC) was held - a game of books about Harry Potter. Competitions-the largest in the country-took place next to Walloon Hall, a palace near Notting. Walllaton Hall is known as the residence of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the film "Dark Knight: Renaissance of the Legend". The organizers of the Quiddich competition hope that the use of a well -known place will increase the authority of this sport.

The insurance company INTOUCH launched the “Responsible Driving Marathon” in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The rules are simple: every kilometer that the driver drives without speeding counts towards the overall score. When all participants accumulate a million kilometers in total, INTOUCH will transfer a million rubles to help those who suffered in accidents. It turns out that every kilometer that you drive without exceeding turns into a ruble for a good cause.

Tanks and BMP from the USA arrived in Latvia. Photo report "Medusa" Photo: Andrejs Strokins / "Medusa" On March 9, the American ship Liberty Promis (“Promising of Freedom”) entered the Riga Port. On board the transport - more than 100 units of armored vehicles sent to the United States to Eastern Europe as part of the NATO Operation Atlantic determination.

France has arrested four alleged accomplices of terrorist Amedee Coulibaly, who took over a kosher grocery store in Paris in January. The detainees are three men and one woman. According to unofficial data, she served in the police until early February, when she was suspended from duty. Among those arrested was also her friend, who maintained close contacts with Koulibaly.

The Japanese False Manufacturer Uha Mikakuto built a rocket, for which Puccho chewing sweets are fuel. According to the video filmed by the company, the rocket with the "candy" engine took off 248 meters. Uha 味覚糖公式チャンネル Candy Rocket Project！ The Japanese manufacturer of sweets is not the first to think of using sugar -containing products as a rocket fuel.

On February 27, opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow. Many media outlets reported that President Vladimir Putin took personal control of the murder investigation. Soon, the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov, denied this information, saying that the heads of law enforcement agencies - the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB - took personal control of the case.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law reducing the minimum fines for taking bribes. The document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. In accordance with the amendments, officials who receive a bribe will be fined 10 times the amount of the bribe. Previously, the law provided for a 25-fold fine. Alternatively, a fixed fine of 1 million rubles has been set.

Interactive map: what objects on the peninsula were interested in "polite people" Photo: Gregor Fischer / Demotix / Corbis / Vida Press On the medals “For the Return of the Crimea” (according to unofficial photographs), the dates are indicated: “02/20/2014–18.03.2014”. In the first week of this period, preparation took place - in Crimea “polite people” appeared only at the end of February.

In the Indian city of Dimapur, Nagaland state, 42 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a rape suspect. Those arrested were charged with participation in riots and arson. Some of them, according to police, were directly involved in the murder - later they will face additional charges. After the riots, hundreds of police officers came out to patrol the streets of Dimapur. A curfew was declared in the city (English).

Frame: Dean Smith / YouTube Dean Smith from the city of Scottsale (Arizona) every day during the year offered his girlfriend Jennifer to marry him - but he did it secretly from herself. While Jennifer has not seen him, he shot himself on a camera with a sign in his hands: a declaration of love and date were written on it. Filming took place in different situations - in the car, in the soul, at breakfast, during work, reading and so on.