Argentinaʼs Security Ministry / AFP / Scanpix / Leta employees of the Argentine special services replace cocaine for flour in December 2016. Photo of the Ministry of Security of Argentina On February 22, Argentina authorities announced an anti -drug operation carried out jointly with Russia - during which 389 kilograms of cocaine were disrupted.

The Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights, presidential candidate Boris Titov, announced the return to Russia of one of the entrepreneurs who left for London due to criminal prosecution, but in February expressed a desire to return. The businessman's name is Andrey Kakovkin, the former director of the Ural-Povolzhskaya construction company. He is accused of embezzlement of borrowed funds. Kakovkin was detained upon entering Russia, but was released on a promise to appear.

Anna Isakova / TASS / Vida Press Three journalists anonymously told about the harassment of the deputy from the LDPR Leonid Slutsky anonymously. Two of them work in a parliamentary pool, and the third is a television producer who invited the deputy on the air; She contacted the rain after the release of the material on the evening of February 22.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. "Do not play with your sexuality." An instructive issue Galya Timchenko, Katya Krongauz and Lika Kremer answer the next portion of life questions of the students: - The child in the garden is being poisoned for refusing to pour cold water for the baptism and tattoos of parents. What to do? (1:40) - Is it ethical to go to work abroad if relatives are against?

The films "Dovlatov" by Alexei German Jr. and "Profile" by Timur Bekmambetov received independent jury prizes at the Berlin Film Festival. Dovlatov won the Berliner Morgenpost Readers' Jury Prize, and Profile won the audience vote of the Panorama program. The winners of the main nominations of the festival have not yet been announced. “I am very pleased, this is very important, because we were shooting a film about wonderful talented people who are very important for Russian culture.

The US Biathlon Federation and the Czech Biathlon Union announced a decision to boycott the final stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which will be held in Tyumen on March 19-26. In a statement from the American organization, the decision of the International Biathlon Union to hold, as planned, the stage in Tyumen is called "completely unacceptable." “For the sake of ‘clean’ sport and for reasons of physical safety, we cannot participate,” the federation said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft amendment to the law on the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

Galina Yuzefovich - about the "snake pass" Bram Stoker and "Awakening" Kate Chopin The Literary critic of “Medusa” Galina Yuzefovich talks about two classic books that first published in Russian: “Snake pass” of the Irish novelist Bram Stoker (author “Dracula”) and “Awakening” by American writer Kate Chopin. Bram Stoker. Snake pass. SPb: Limbus Press, Publishing House of Konstantin Tublin, 2018. Translation by O.

Sasha Sulim tells how the Orthodox lives in Dagestan, where the terrorist shot the parishioners of the church Musa Sadulaev / AP / Scanpix / Leta The funeral of the victims of the terrorist attack near the Cathedral of George the Victorious in Kizlyar, February 20, 2018 On February 18, Khalil Khalilov came to the Church of George the Victorious in Kizlyar, the very Russian city of Dagestan, and began to shoot at the people who left the temple after the evening service.

On the website of the election commission of the Tula region, data on the turnout in the not yet held election of the President of the Russian Federation were mistakenly published. The Dabble Yat telegram channel drew attention to the publication. In the section “Preliminary information about the participation of voters in the elections”, the column was filled with a graph about the turnout in the Soviet district of Tula at 10 am on March 18 - 40.05%were indicated there.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva, in whose doping test was found the banned drug trimetazidine. The result of Sergeeva and her partner Anastasia Kocherzhova, who took 12th place at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, has been cancelled. Nadezhda Sergeeva's positive doping test became known on February 23. The athlete refused to open the control sample and left the Olympic village.

The Czech athlete Esther Ledecka won the gold medal in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom at the Pyeongchang Olympics. A week earlier, she became the Olympic champion in alpine skiing super giant slalom. Ledecka is the first woman to win gold medals in two different sports at the Winter Olympics. She was a favorite in the snowboard competition, but was not considered a contender for victory in alpine skiing.

Russian skiers Alexander Bolshunov and Andrei Larkov won silver and bronze medals in the 50 km race from the general start at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. The first place was taken by the Finnish athlete Iivo Niskanen. For Alexander Bolshunov, this is the fourth medal of the Olympics, for Andrey Larkov - the second. Bolshunov previously placed second in the team sprint and third in the singles sprint. Both athletes won silver medals in the relay.

In Washington, 35-year-old American Jessica R. Ford crashed her SUV into a security fence near the White House. A pistol was found with her. Ford was arrested. As a result of the incident, no one was injured. Over the past year, Jessica Ford was arrested three times for trying to illegally enter the White House, including through a fence, and for violating a court order not to approach the residence of the US President, writes The Washington Post.

Ultra -short reviews (140 characters!) On the main films of the week On Saturdays, “Medusa” comes out ultra -short reviews - about 140 signs each - from the film critic of Anton Dolina, which help to navigate the rental.