For the first time in its history, the Russian national team did not win a single medal at the Biathlon World Championships. In total, at the World Championships, which ended on March 13 in Holmenkollen, Norway, 11 sets of medals were played. Most of all - six gold, four silver and one bronze - were won by French biathletes. In second place are the Norwegians (four golds, two silvers and three bronzes), and the Germans are in third (one gold, three silvers and three bronzes).

The explosion in the center of Ankara killed 27 people and injured 75 others. This was reported by the city authorities. The explosion occurred in a place where there are 10 bus stops. Turkish authorities have confirmed reports that a car bomb went off. None of the terrorist groups have yet declared their involvement in the explosion. The US Embassy in Turkey on March 11 issued a warning about a possible terrorist attack in Ankara.

The explosion in the center of Ankara killed at least five people. This information was spread by the Turkish agency Dogan. Wounded people are also reported, but their number is still unknown. According to the Turkish television channel NTV, a car bomb was blown up in Ankara. On February 17, a terrorist attack was carried out in Ankara, as a result of which 29 people were killed and 81 were injured. A car bomb was blown up next to a bus carrying Turkish soldiers.

An explosion occurred in the center of Ankara near the Turkish Ministry of Education. There are reports of dead or injured, but there is no exact data on casualties yet. Several cars caught fire at the site of the explosion. Turkish television channel NTV reported that a car bomb had blown up in Ankara. On February 17, a terrorist attack was carried out in Ankara, as a result of which 29 people were killed and 81 were injured. A car bomb was blown up next to a bus carrying Turkish soldiers.

The host of the news program "Today" Vasily Maksimenko, due to a reservation, reported on the "atrocities" of the Turkish military in the south-east of Ukraine. Presenting a story about the shooting of the RT channel in Turkey, the NTV host said: “Today, shocking documentary evidence of atrocities committed by Turkish troops against the civilian population of southeastern Ukraine has appeared.

The Syrian human rights organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that one of the leaders of the "Islamic State" (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned), the Chechen field commander Abu Umar al-Shishani was seriously injured and has been in a state of "clinical death" for the last few days .

The football club PSG in the match of the championship of France beat the away team "Troyes" with a score of 0:9 and became the winner of the tournament ahead of schedule. The match of the 30th round was held on March 13 in Troyes. By the 19th minute of the match, PSG were winning 0-3 - goals were scored by Edinson Cavani, Javier Pastore and Andrien Rabiot. In the second half, Troyes conceded another six goals, four of which were scored by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and one by Cavani.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Ren-TV, said that Turkish troops are in Syria. “According to our information, they are already ‘digging in’ a few hundred meters from the border inside Syria,” Interfax quoted the minister as saying. Lavrov explained that Turkey "began to declare its sovereign right to create some kind of security zones on Syrian territory", opposing the strengthening of the positions of the Syrian Kurds.

Opposite the former KGB building in Lithuania, a bust of Pavlensky was installed in Lithuania Photo: Trend Photo Agency / Handout / Reuters / Scanpix Promotion of Peter Pavlensky “Show” in support of Pussy Riot. July 23, 2012 On March 11, the Lithuanian sculptor Gintoutas Lukoshaita installed the sculpture “I am an ideal citizen” in front of the former KGB building in Vilnius: a pedestal on wheels with a bust of the Russian actor-activist Peter Pavlensky.

As TV presenter Jimmy Kimmel for 13 years, he has been mocking Matt Damon Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube Jimmy Kimmel Live is one of the most famous talk shows that gave us, in particular, a wonderful section “ Stars read ugly tweets about themselves ”. And for more than 10 years, the host of Jimmy Kimmel has been mocking his program over Matt Damon. This is not to say that the Hollywood actor is not offended - he is still as angry - but despite this, Damon continues to attempts to get to the show.

In Moscow, police detained participants in the anti-war exhibition “Not Peace.” This was reported by one of the detainees, artist Katrin Nenasheva. “On Kurskaya our {NOT THE WORLD} was surrounded by paddy wagons. We managed to make it to Winzavod - and it was also surrounded. The exhibition ended at Baumanskaya and continued in the paddy wagon,” Nenasheva wrote on Facebook. Nenasheva told Mediazona that there are 13 people at the Basmanny police station.

The Federal Security Service did not find signs of illegal actions in the video from the Instagram of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, where politician Mikhail Kasyanov was depicted in the crosshairs of a sniper scope. Kasyanov announced this on his Facebook. “Such a response from the FSB means that the head of the special services and all other power structures, President of the Russian Federation V.

The French Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation and Analysis (BEA) published a report on the causes of the Germanwings plane crash in the Alps in March 2015. The investigation confirmed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had been consulting doctors since December 2014 due to depressive symptoms, vision problems and sleep problems. One of the doctors diagnosed him with signs of psychosomatic and anxiety disorders.

The KGB of Belarus confirmed the information about the detention of the owner of the Triple group of companies, Yuri Chizh, who is suspected of large-scale tax evasion. It is reported by Interfax. on the detention of Chizh and other leaders of Triple, On March 11, the Belarusian media reported citing informed sources. Yuri Chizh is called "one of the main sponsors" of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Interfax writes.

Excerpt from Umberto Eco's book - about how he created his novels Photo: AWAKENING / GETTY IMAGES In the publishing house Corpus, the collection of an essay on the literature of Umberto Eco, which is called - “Umberto Eco On Literature”, is published. In the final of the book, the author of “Name of Rose” and “Baudolino” talks about how his own works were written. The Italian writer, like a journalist, asks himself questions and answers them himself.