Türkiye has banned the entry of the Dutch ambassador, who is currently out of the country. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus. He also stated that Turkey is cutting off high-level contacts with the Netherlands until its demands are met. Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised that the country would appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in connection with the ban on Turkish ministers from entering the Netherlands.

The US Congressional Budget Office has published an analysis of the Republican proposed health care system, which is proposed to replace Obamacare. According to the department's calculations, in the event of the reform in 2018, 14 million more people will not have health insurance than now. By 2026, the number of uninsured people will reach 52 million, 24 million more than the agency estimates will be by then under current laws.

In the Volyn region of Ukraine, activists occupied the premises of the regional state administration, demanding the release of participants in the railway blockade of separatist-controlled territories of the country, who were detained on March 13.

In the Budennovsky district of Stavropol, a combine harvester and an ambulance collided. As a result, five people were injured - the driver of the car and four patients. The collision took place on a bridge near the village of Arkhangelsk, reports . Stavropol.TV According to the local traffic police department, the driver of the agricultural vehicle did not have a driver's license to operate the harvester.

The ex-wife of Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin, Natalya Potanina, filed a lawsuit to recover compensation from the businessman in the amount of 215 billion rubles. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of claim. Potanina asks the court to “divide the jointly acquired property”, namely 15,249 shares of KM Invest, the former joint company of Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, to which Norilsk Nickel, Interros and their other joint assets were registered.

The administration of St. Petersburg agreed to hold a rally on March 18 on the Field of Mars called "March in Defense of St. Petersburg." This was reported by the opposition deputies of the city legislature participating in the organization of the event. Deputy Maxim Reznik told Fontanka that the authorities had agreed on the participation of no more than 200 people in the rally. According to him, if the number is exceeded, the organizers will pay a fine.

Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes Andrei Makarov On March 13, the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes suddenly began to discuss the amendments, which give relief to those who fell under sanctions. Under certain conditions, these people will not be able to pay income tax in Russia. The proposal has already been approved, but even the deputies did not tell why such measures are needed - and in whose interests they are.

The Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Ivanovo Region opened a criminal case against police officers who ignored the woman's statement about beatings and threats from her ex-civil husband. Two and a half weeks after filing the application, the man killed the woman. The case was initiated under the article “negligence, negligently resulting in the death of a person” (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

In the Oryol region, a court fined three Baptists, Orlovskiye Novosti reports. They must pay five thousand rubles each. The defendants were accused of "illegally distributing religious literature and inviting people to their religious meetings." In August 2016, the Oryol court sentenced American Donald Ossewaarde, who was also accused of Baptist sermons, to a fine of 40 thousand rubles. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the so-called "Yarovaya package" on July 7.

How the first gentlemen differ from the first ladies Photo: Chris Ratcliffe / AFP / Scanpix / Leta leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain Teresa May and her husband Philip John May - two days before her head of the Government of Great Britain During the recent presidential race in the United States, many thought about how to turn to Bill Clinton in case of victory Hillary Clinton - however, after the election the question temporarily lost relevance.

At the Norway Championship in hockey, the match between Storhamar and Sparta lasted 8.5 hours. And this is a new world record for the duration of the hockey match. Marko Virtanen Storhamar - Sparta The teams spent 217 minutes of clean time on the ice - these are as many as 11 periods! The match, which started on Sunday evening, ended only by three in the morning of Monday in the eighth overtime. Storhamar won with a score of 2: 1. “Blessed saints! And the holy mothers (hockey) of the gods!

Photo: Matt Rourke / AP / Scanpix / Leta In the American states of New Jersey and Ohio, the government began to distribute cardboard boxes (with solid mattresses) for young parents, in which babies should sleep. According to Associated Press, doctors believe that this will lead to a decrease in the risk of sudden children's death. Medical journalist Daria Sargsyan retells the article AP and briefly talks about how sudden children's deaths are fighting in other countries.

The chairman of the board of Rosnano, Anatoly Chubais, decided to file a complaint with the police against the head of his former company SFO Concept, Ilya Suchkov, and "a group of Chechen comrades working for him." Chubais accuses them of extortion and slander. SFO Concept owns a house in Peredelkino near Moscow, which, as Forbes wrote in the fall of 2016, was built for Chubais. The house was seized at the suit of creditors of SFO Concept.

Ewan McGregor on March 12, as part of the advertising campaign for the film "T2 Trainspotting", answered questions from Reddit users. Most often, he was asked about the film itself, shooting, Scotland and motorcycles (the actor is fond of motorcycling). There were also reports about Star Wars, but McGregor ignored them. But he gladly answered strange and funny questions. "Medusa" has collected the most interesting answers of the actor. an0mn0mn0m Hey Yuen!

Former police officer Ruslan Nurtdinov, who organized car races inside the Kazan airport terminal in December, will not be prosecuted. This was stated by the deputy head of the traffic police department for Tatarstan Rustam Ibragimov at a meeting of the republican parliament. Nurtdinov was deprived of his driver's license and sentenced for possession and transportation of narcotic drugs to administrative arrest for 15 and 12 days, respectively.