The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the claim of Elena Baturina's company "Territorial Directorate" Setunskaya "" to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for compensation in the amount of 33.6 billion rubles for the seized land plots in Moscow. It is reported by RAPSI. The plaintiff's representatives argued that "the losses for which the claim was filed were caused by illegal actions of state bodies, reports " Interfax .

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said on March 15 that the United States would welcome the continuation of Russian airstrikes against the Islamic State (the organization has been recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation). A video of the briefing is posted on the website of the American cable network C-SPAN. Since the beginning of the truce, Russia has significantly reduced bombing in Syria, Kirby said.

Russians' attitudes about Ukraine change with propaganda, but don't expect Ukrainians to forgive Moscow any time soon Photo: Pacific Press / Sipa USA / Scanpix As Russia draws down its military operation in Syria, many eyes are turning back to eastern Ukraine, where an unsteady peace has hobbled along for months. Since last November, Turkey—not Ukraine—has been the main antagonist in Russia's national news cycle, but antipathy between Russians and Ukrainians remains sky-high.

During the anti-terrorist operation in Brussels, the police shot dead one of the suspects. The search for two more alleged terrorists continues, according to Reuters, citing local media. According to the TV channel RTBF, the suspect was killed during the storming of the apartment where the alleged terrorists had barricaded themselves. His identity has not yet been established, reports AFP. Four police officers were wounded during the operation. Two casualties were initially reported.

Military attachés of the British Embassy, ​​allegedly illegally inspecting military installations in North Ossetia, were subjected to "all the checks that the Russian authorities demanded." This was announced to the BBC Russian Service by the British Foreign Office. The trip of diplomats across the Russian Federation was carried out within the framework of "universal rules", the newspaper reports.

The Dissernet community has compiled a database of universities whose employees are involved in the unjustified award of academic degrees. The project was called "Disseropedia". Each section devoted to a particular educational institution lists the professors under whose supervision the defense of the stolen dissertations took place, and the names of the people who thus received a degree.

Disney has announced a new movie about the adventures of Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford will reprise his role. The fifth part will be released in summer 2019. The director, as in all previous films, will be Steven Spielberg. In December 2015, Steven Spielberg said that another actor would never replace Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. Ford himself also noted that he would be glad to take part in the filming of the sequel again.

Photo: Wenn Ltd / Vida Press At the Chertem festival held in the UK, a horse was shown in a tweed three-tint suit. The horse named Moristed in full: trousers, jackets, vests, shirt, tie and cap. The costume was created by Emma Sandem King, a student of the famous fashion designer Alexander McQueen. “Some models can be capricious, but Moristed was calm; It's nice to work with him, ”the fashion designer said.

Joseph Kobzon - about theft in the Ministry of Culture Photo in the announcement: Viktor Korotaev / Kommersant Quote on Lifenews . On March 15, Deputy Vladimir Medinsky Grigory Pirumov was detained on suspicion of embezzlement of 50 million rubles . Money from the budget was allocated for the reconstruction of the Novodevichy Cathedral, Hermitage and other objects.

Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Pirumov is involved in the case of embezzlement of at least 50 million rubles. In the case file, Pirumov is named as the organizer of a criminal group that concluded state contracts for the restoration of monuments at inflated prices. The materials of the case were announced at a court session, which chose a measure of restraint for another defendant in the case, the director of the BaltStroy construction company, Dmitry Sergeev.

The Russian Ministry of Communications sent a negative review of the law on news aggregators to the State Duma, which proposed requiring aggregators to check all published information. The department concluded that it was impossible to comply with this requirement. In addition, as stated in the review, the entry into force of the law would lead to the closure of aggregators, which would reduce the number of clicks on media sites and thus reduce their advertising revenue.

The football player Cristiano Ronaldo went to the cafe, ordered tea and sat at the table. He agreed to take a picture with everyone who asked him about it. In the video, it is proposed to compare how many sips of tea and how many photographs a football player took at the same time. The photos won with a clear advantage. Ronaldo - Roc Live Life Loud Cristiano Ronaldo Was Just Going Out Tea and This Happened ...

The Ministry of Finance of Russia and the Central Bank proposed to introduce a voluntary funded pension system, in which, however, all citizens will be included by default. It will be possible to “check out” from the voluntary system by submitting a special application. The idea of ​​the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank is that the employer, in addition to the usual pension contributions, transfers up to six percent of the employee's salary to the funded pension.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has decided to withdraw from sale in its official online store T-shirts with a map of Russia without Crimea. This was reported by the FIFA press service in response to a request from the R-Sport agency. Aleksey Sorokin, General Director of the Russia-2018 Organizing Committee , explained that the T-shirts went on sale due to a sales operator's mistake.

The terrorists promised to launch an offensive in Syria within two days in connection with the withdrawal of Russian troops. This statement was made by one of the commanders of the al-Nusra Front, a division of Al-Qaeda (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned). “It is clear that Russia has been defeated,” said the commander of the group (Eng. lang.). The Daily Telegraph Russia began withdrawing troops from Syria on March 15.