The former head of Gazprom Media, Mikhail Lesin, died as a result of a blunt head injury. It is reported by The Washington Post with reference to the Department of Medical Examiner's Office of the District of Columbia. On the body of Lesin, wounds were also found in the neck, torso and limbs. Whether Lesin's death was violent, the experts did not establish.

The cause of the explosion in a residential building on 2nd Cable Street in Moscow, according to preliminary data, was careless handling of fire during construction work. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the Investigative Committee Yulia Ivanova. According to her, in one of the apartments during the construction and installation work there was an ignition of vapors of flammable liquids.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetia took under state protection human rights activists and journalists who were attacked on the evening of March 9 on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya. This was reported by the RBC publication, which managed to familiarize itself with the resolution. Mediazona journalist Yegor Skovoroda, who was injured in the attack, confirmed this information to RBC.

Marvel Entertainment has published a new trailer for the film “First Avenger: Confrontation”, in which, in addition to Captain America, Iron Man, a dozen other superheroes and a couple of Russian troops, a spider-man appeared. The video must be watched to the end. Marvel Entertainment Marvel= Captain America: Civil War - Trailer 2 The first trailer for the picture was released in November 2015, and in February a tense 30-second teaser was released.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine offered the defense of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to interrogate him via video link. This is reported by the Ukrainian "Radio Liberty". To do this, Yanukovych is invited to come to "any embassy of Ukraine at the place of his stay." In addition, the department allowed Yanukovych to give explanations through his lawyers. As stated in the department, the defense of the ex-president did not respond to this letter (Ukrainian).

As a result of an explosion in a residential building on 2nd Cable Street in Moscow, one person died. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the RF IC Yulia Ivanova. The man died in the hospital. According to Ivanova, after the fire started in the house, he jumped out of the eighth floor window. Nine people were injured, according to TASS . The Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that 40 people were evacuated from the house and 15 people were rescued.

Photographers in Samara have transferred the city's potholes in epic battle scenes, photographing them up close and populated by toy soldiers and Star Wars figurines. The stunt is an effort to draw attention to the city's terrible roads, which local officials have been slow to repair.

A member of the political council of the Parnassus party, Natalya Pelevina, became a suspect in the case of illegal trafficking in special technical equipment intended to secretly obtain information (Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported to Interfax by her lawyer Sergei Badamshin. No details of the case were given in the agency's report. According to him (lawyer Sergei Badamshin.

At the school of the Chinese city, Kunmin Mourning: the beloved cat of students and teachers named Oreo died. She was eight or nine years old. Schoolchildren decided to honor her memory. They buried Oreo under the pine tree and built a memorial: Photo: Baidu According to Buzzfeed, which restored the cat’s biography on records on social networks, until 2011 it was unknown to the homeless animal. Then the teacher Miss Law, who washed her and fed her, drew attention to the cat.

Russian eighth graders study why men should only marry virgins Image: The Foundation for Morality / YouTube Did you know that your DNA is composed of genes from your mother, your father, and any other men your mother ever slept with? If you're an eighth grader in Krasnodar, there's a chance you're privy to this scientific anomaly, as it's at a school in the region where students are shown a curious film that makes this claim, along with several others that are likely to blow your mind.

The stories of the three Russians who decided to sell the bodies due to debts: "Such things" Photo: Sebastian Kaulitzki / Alamy / Vida Press A huge number of debts are hanging on the Russians: more than three million are paid only mortgage loans. The total debt on loans is about 10 trillion rubles; The Russians have already expired debts for almost trillion rubles. When a person falls into a hopeless situation, he is ready to take extreme measures.

The French Navy spotted a Russian nuclear submarine in the Bay of Biscay, off the French coast. This is reported by the newspaper Le Nouvel Observateur, citing an unnamed source. There is no official confirmation of this information. According to Le Nouvel Observateur, a Russian submarine approached the coast of France in early January 2016. She remained in international waters without violating the border.

The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange on the evening of March 10 again exceeded 80 rubles. In the middle of the day, it dropped to its lowest level since December 2015, but then rose by about four rubles in a few hours. During trading on March 10 on the Moscow Exchange, the euro fell to a minimum of 75.87 rubles - about two rubles below the opening level of trading.

Chief editor "Mediazons" Sergey Smirnov - On the attack on journalists in Ingushetia Photo: Dmitry Korotaev / Kommersant Single pickets against attacking journalists and human rights activists near the President of Russia. March 10, 2016 Late in the evening of March 9, on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya, about 20 people in masks attacked a minibus in which the employees of the “Committee for Prevention of Torture” and several journalists from Russia, Norway and Sweden were traveling.

The staff at Mediazona , a news outlet that reports on Russia's criminal justice system, has announced the creation of a new labor union devoted to protecting the “professional rights of journalists.” The announcement follows a brutal attack yesterday in Ingushetia, where masked men attacked several reporters and human rights activists, before setting their car on fire. “Past attacks on our colleagues have gone unpunished, as is the case with the journalist Oleg Kashin.