Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, commenting on the cancellation of mass actions in Germany with the participation of Turkish government ministers, said that the actions of the German authorities "do not differ from the actions of the Nazi era." Erdogan said that Germany "has nothing to do with democracy." “I thought that Germany had left [the practices of the Nazis] in the past. We made a mistake,” Hurriyet Daily News quoted the president as saying.

The Life publication reported the release from prison in Montenegro of the leader of the Metal Corrosion group, Sergei "Spider" Troitsky, who was sentenced in October 2016 to 10 months in prison for arson.

Russian skier Sergei Ustyugov won a silver medal in the 50 km freestyle marathon at the World Ski Championships, which took place from February 22 in Finland. Ustyugov lost 0.6 seconds to the winner - Canadian Alex Harvey, who covered the distance in 1 hour 46 minutes and 28.9 seconds. Biathlon - Cross-country skiing MARATHON (skate) 50 km. MEN. Ski World Championship. Lahti 2017. Eurosport HD [full race] The medal was the fifth for Ustyugov in the championship.

Krasnodar and Spartak played a 2-2 draw in one of the central matches of the 18th round of the Russian Football Championship. During the match, the hosts - a club from Krasnodar - twice recouped. In the first half, Spartak defender Serdar Taski scored an own goal, and in the second half, Fedor Smolov converted a penalty kick awarded for the demolition of Andreas Granqvist by Dmitry Kombarov. Spartak scored Fernando from a free kick and Luis Adriano, who converted one-on-one.

Update. According to The New York Times, FBI chief James Comey urged the Justice Department to formally refute Trump's allegations of wiretapping by the Obama administration. US President Donald Trump has asked the US Congress to look into whether the Obama administration abused its powers in its investigations ahead of the 2016 election. This was stated in a statement released by the press service of the White House.

In Moscow, three activists were detained for hanging a banner on the bridge near Komsomolskaya Square with the text “Putin is war. Putin is death." This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to the detainees. Protocols were drawn up against the activists under the article “violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a public event” (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). One of them, Pavel Kuznetsov, was accused of repeated violation.

On the evening of March 4, the first episode of the new season of the show “Pro -PotterShilton” with the former presenters - Ivan Urgant, Garik Martirosyan, Sergey Svetlakov and Alexander Tsekalo was released on Channel One.

In 2017, the service will release the Fincher series about serial killers, as well as films with Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton Photo: Francois duhamel / Netflix At the end of February, the Netflix streaming service received an Oscar for the “White Helmets” documentary, telling about vulture rescuers in Syria. This is only the beginning: for 2017, the service was planned at once by several prime ministers with the participation of star artists and directors.

The US Football Federation has ordered national team players to "respectfully stand" during the playing of national anthems. The decision was made in February 2017, but it became known on March 4. What punishment is proposed to be applied to players for not following the rule is unknown. In 2016, a number of athletes in the US stopped standing during the American anthem.

Ryan Reynolds laid out on Utube the first trailer for the film “Deadpool 2” with him in the title role. In the video, a superhero tries to help the city dweller who is in trouble, but is a little late, because at first he needs to wear a suit. Ryan Reynolds No Good Deed Did you notice all the references to the Logan in this trailer?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has amended its charter to allow the chairman to serve three consecutive three-year terms rather than two. The innovation means that if the LDP maintains a majority in parliament, its leader will be able to head the country's government for three consecutive terms. This will allow the current Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, subject to continued support, to remain at the head of the country until 2021, and not until 2018.

Every month we select the main notes that must be listened to, and briefly explain why. Our playlists are available in the Apple Music Streaming Service. The playlist can also be listened to in Google Play Music . The heroes of the playlist Sampha. The new star of Souldon Samfa Sisey is not like a beginner in music - his voice can be heard on the records of Kanye West, Jesse War, Drake and Frank Ocean. Process is his debut album, and Samfa finally shows what is as a solo artist.

Russian hockey player Nikita Kucherov, playing for the Tampa Bay Lighting team, abandoned one of the most unusual shootings this season. The main time of the match and overtime in the duel between Lighting and Buffalo Seibrs ended with a score of 1: 1, therefore, in order to identify the winner, the teams performed a series of shootouts.

Director Olivier Assayas - about "Personal Buyer" with Christin Stuart and Ghosts Photo: Niviere / Villard / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta director Olivier Assayas, holder of award for the best directing at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes, May 21, 2016 A painting by Olivier Assayasa “Personal Buyer” with Christine Stewart was released in Russian rental. In 2016, this film brought Assayasa a prize for the best directing at the Cannes Film Festival.

In Nigeria, pirates released seven Russians and a Ukrainian who were captured from the BBC Caribbean ship in early February, Pavel Butsay, human rights ombudsman in Sevastopol, said. According to him, at the moment the sailors are in Frankfurt, they are all "alive and healthy." Butsai did not report on the circumstances of the release of the hostages.