The United States tested the intercontinental ballistic missile Minuteman III. She was launched from the VDS base Vandenberg in California. The rocket did not carry the battle. As stated in a message on the US Air Force website, a missile for a trial launch was randomly chosen from the Arsenal of the Warren Air Force base in Wyoming. The purpose of the launch is to check the readiness of missile forces.

The son of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych Jr. is buried at the memorial military cemetery in Sevastopol. As an employee of the administration of the Nakhimovsky district of the city told Interfax, the cemetery was cordoned off by security during the ceremony. The ceremony participants arrived in 20 cars with tinted windows. According to the Kryminform agency, the funeral was attended by the father of the deceased, Viktor Yanukovych, and members of his family.

Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Denisenko called on the residents of the city to come out on the evening of March 25 to the Heroes of Maidan Square to oppose President Petro Poroshenko. “The time has come to convene a national assembly in Dnepropetrovsk. I hope that this will be a popular veche for national unity, against the degeneration of the entire democratic regime into an authoritarian and totalitarian regime, against revenge and attempts to split Ukraine,” the deputy said.

on the criminal liability of legal entities has been submitted to the State Duma A draft law . The explanatory note to this document mentions 38 articles of the Criminal Code, according to which it is proposed to hold companies and organizations accountable. Among these articles are incitement to hatred or hostility, riots, armed rebellion, violent seizure of power, encroachment on the life of a statesman, terrorist attack and sabotage.

Photo: ADAM LAU / Knoxville News Sentinel / Ap / Scanpix On March 21, the Day of Star Wars was held in the Zoo of the city of Knoxville (Tennessy). In honor of this event, the territory of the zoo was flooded by imperial attack aircraft, Darths Vader and other heroes of the cinema saga. Chimpanzees living in the zoo were also participated in the Day of Star Wars. They were given blue and pink “light swords”.

The number of Russians who support the territorial expansion of Russia has fallen, according to polls conducted by independent polling and research agency Levada Center. In March 2015, 32 percent of those polled claimed they want Russia to expand into the territories of former Soviet republics. One year earlier, in March 2014, 58 percent of those polled expressed this sentiment. In 2013, 49 percent voiced support for territorial expansion.

The Supreme Court of Russia recognized that the decision of Rostelecom to pay the former president of the company Alexander Provotorov a reward (“golden parachute”) in the amount of 200.88 million rubles was illegal. Alexander Provotorov was fired from the post of president of Rostelecom on March 27, 2013, although his contract was valid until July 2015. He was rewarded for his early retirement.

The Tagansky Court of Moscow fined the public center named after Andrei Sakharov 300 thousand rubles in connection with the violation of the law on NGOs. At the court hearing, the organization's lawyer stated that the center received money from foreign organizations, but emphasized that all funds were spent in full accordance with the charter - therefore, the center asked not to fine him.

Shot: The Verge / YouTube At the beginning of 2015, Mercedes-Benz introduced the concept of a car of the future-F 015 Luxury in Motion. Three months later, by car they let reporters ride. Among those who were allowed to the car were the journalists of The Verge. They swept to F 015 and shot a video report about this. The video shows how the reporter sits in a driver’s place with his back to the steering wheel and windshield: the car can go on its own, so the driver's chair turns 180 degrees.

Psychologist Marina Harutyunyan - about folk depression and learned helplessness Photo: Evgeny Shulepov / TASS / Scanpix In the last year in Russia there is practically no good news. Prohibitive laws, courts, war in Ukraine, a country in the ring of enemies, enemies within the country, rallies against war, rallies against those who are against the war - this is the information agenda.

Ukraine will suspend gas purchases from Russia from April 1. This was announced by the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Vladimir Demchishin. According to him, the need for gas decreases with the end of winter. In addition, Ukraine sees no point in buying gas from Russia at a higher price than from European countries. Demchishin said that a new agreement on gas supplies could be signed on April 13-14.

Why will the ideas of Lee Kuan Yu survive the creator of the Singapore "Economic Miracle": Foreign Policy Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP / Leta Lee Kuan Yu did not live literally a few months until the 50th anniversary of the independent Singapore, which became precisely thanks to his efforts the most successful postcolonial country in the world.

The Russian Interior Ministry is planning to fire 110,000 people in order to reduce budget expenditures. This was announced to Vedomosti by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev at a closed meeting with deputies, a source in the United Russia faction in the State Duma told. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not officially announced the scale of the staff reduction.

The Ukrainian Party of the Regions has confirmed information about the death of the son of ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. The political council of the party has expressed condolences to the parents, the widow and the son of the deceased. On March 20, the life of our colleague, a former people’s deputy of the Party of the Regions, was tragically cut short. He was one of the youngest deputies of the Ukrainian parliament under Viktor Yanukovych.

An application has been submitted to the mayor's office of Novosibirsk to hold a rally for freedom of creativity, which is scheduled to be held on April 5 on Lenin Square. According to Taiga.info, the activists expect to gather about 2.5 thousand people for the rally. The organizer of the event, Stas Zakharkin, said that the action was directed in the city.