Bayern Munich, which is considered one of the Champions League favorites, lost the first leg of the ¼ final of the tournament to Porto. The match in Portugal ended with a score of 3:1, the second leg will take place in a week. To qualify for the semi-finals, the Germans need to win by two or more goals. For Porto in this match, Ricardo Quaresma scored twice (once from the penalty spot) and Jackson Martinez, for Bayern - Thiago Alcantara.

The Moscow Chamber of Lawyers has stripped Andrei Stebenev of the status of a lawyer, the former defender of Svetlana Davydova, who was accused of treason. According to lawyer Henry Reznik, the chamber came to the conclusion that Stebenev did not provide proper legal assistance to his client. “The Chamber saw in the actions of Andrey Stebenev a violation of professional ethics and deprived him of the status of a lawyer,” Reznik said.

Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz called a provocation a motorcycle race, which is going to be held by the Night Wolves biker club. She promised to take action against the bikers if the bike ride would in any way threaten the safety of citizens.

Photo: Greg Hewgill / Flickr The scientific publication N+1 compiled a guide to beautiful, but rare clouds. For example, the material tells about aspilatus asperatus, which in 2015 can be added to the international atlas of clouds - then the Atlas will be renewed for the first time in 60 years. Alex Schueth undulatus asperatus Another beautiful meteorological phenomenon is a superior. To form this type of thunderstorm, several atmospheric phenomena must coincide at once.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that a "front of the forces of evil" was formed against his country, and Pope Francis "joined this conspiracy." Thus, Davutoglu commented on the statement of Francis about the Armenian genocide. “I tell the Pope, those who fled from the Catholic Inquisition in Spain found peace in Istanbul and Izmir. We are ready to discuss historical issues, but we will not allow anyone to insult our nation,” the Turkish prime minister said.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky approved the creation of an artistic council at the Pskov Academic Drama Theater named after Pushkin, whose artists complained about the play "The Bath attendant". “On the one hand, we are all against censorship. But someone today correctly noted that the conflict should be on stage, not in the hall, ”Medinsky said at a meeting with the troupe.

The Russian veterans’ group Combat Brotherhood is opening a new museum in the Krasnodar region dedicated to the Soviet Union’s WWII victory. The facility includes an exhibit that displays a fragment of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was downed over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine in July 2014.

Frame: Living Petrozavodsk / VKontakte In Petrozavodsk, the janitor forced the young man to throw the garbage bag, which he tried to leave at the entrance. To do this, the janitor threw the bag left by him and hit about five meters. In addition, he said something to his interlocutor, but what exactly is unknown-a video without sound.

The body of the murdered documentary filmmaker Tamara Yakzhina was found in the Moscow region. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Yakzhina was killed on March 12. One of the detainees met her on the street and offered her a lift. On the way, “a quarrel arose between them on the basis of personal hostile relations,” after which the suspect killed the director.

A Finnair passenger plane en route to Moscow returned to Helsinki due to a rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The airspace of Sheremetyevo Airport was closed. The airline told Fontanka that Finnair received a warning in advance of the temporary closure of Sheremetyevo airspace in connection with parade rehearsals.

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Employees of the Pacific Most -Building Company (TMK), who wrote an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the roofs of construction wagons, repaid the salary debt. TMK is one of the largest subcontractors working on the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome. The transfer of funds necessary for the payment of salaries, the shareholder of the TMK Sergey Yudin informed the director of the special construction of Russia Alexander Volosov.

The Daily Dot publication asked the doctors whether Kuku Kube’s game was harmful, in which you need to peer into the squares of bright colors in search of a site with a small difference in a shade. Dr. Joel Schuman said that when playing this game, you could not injure eyes. At the same time, according to him, Kuku Kube can lead to fatigue of the eyes and headache.

The Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky spoke critically about the American film "Number 44", which was removed from distribution in Russian cinemas, and condemned the distributors who initially allowed the film to be shown.

Arizona police officer Michael Rapiezhko neutralized an armed man by crashing into him in a company car. The incident occurred on February 19, 2015, but law enforcement agencies distributed video recordings of the incident only 2 months later. The footage shows Rapiezhko driving around another police car driving in front of him and knocking down a man in a white T-shirt, who has a weapon in his hands. The police car then crashes into the fence near the house.