Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska received Cypriot citizenship. This was reported on March 2 by the Center for the Study of Corruption and Organized Crime ( OCCRP ) and The Guardian, citing documents from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Cyprus, which came into the possession of journalists.

On March 2, a private screening of a new cartoon series about Prostokvashino took place. A little later, Ivan Okhlobystin, who voiced the postman Pechkin, showed an excerpt from it on his Instagram. Here he is: The cat Matroskin in the cartoon is voiced by Mikhail Efremov, and the dog Sharik is voiced by Garik Sukachev.

Ksenia Sobchak proposed arranging “primaries for liberal candidates” “inside” the presidential elections in 2018. So at a meeting with voters in Samara, she answered the question about the possible unification of “democratic forces”. “In these elections, the [candidate from Yabloko Grigory] Yavlinsky and [candidate from the Boris Growth Party] Titov participate in these elections. <...> Let's do it in this way: let the strongest win.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the rules of football, has approved the use of video replays. We are talking about the VAR system (Video Assistant Referee, “video assistant referee”), which in recent years has been tested at various tournaments, including the Confederations Cup in Moscow. Judges will be able to use the system to address the following issues: Was a goal scored? Should a penalty be awarded? Should a player be removed? Who exactly broke the rules?

The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that on March 4, heavy snowfall with a blizzard and wind with gusts of up to 15 meters per second are expected in Moscow. Earlier, the Hydrometeorological Center reported that on March 3-4, about 14 centimeters of snow would fall in Moscow, that is, more than 40 percent of the monthly norm. It is expected that the snowfall will stop by the morning of March 5. The temperature next week will be 4-7 degrees below normal (-4 degrees Celsius).

In Luzhniki, a rally concert was held in support of Vladimir Putin. Report "Medusa" Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On Saturday, March 3, in the large sports arena of the Luzhniki stadium, a rally-concert “For strong Russia” was held, organized by the pre-election headquarters of Russian candidate Vladimir Putin. A few days before the rally, it became known that students and state employees were driven to him.

The project of a cruise missile with a nuclear power plant has been “polished and completed,” Interfax reports, citing a “Russian military-diplomatic source.” “We did not say anything about work on a nuclear-powered cruise missile and took steps to maintain secrecy. But all the necessary tests on this weapon were carried out in full, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

Emoji Film received the Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of the year. The picture also won the nominations “The Worst Scenario”, “The Worst Director” and “The Worst couple on the screen”. Sony Pictures "Emoji Film" “Fifty shades are darker”, who also claimed the title of worst film, was recognized as the worst continuation. Kim Basinger, who played in this picture, received a reward for the most second -plan female role.

In Moscow, at Luzhniki, during an election rally in support of Vladimir Putin, several supporters of oppositionist Alexei Navalny were detained. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to the coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Korolev, Moscow Region, Alexei Golyshev. It is reported that Elena Zakharova, who came to the rally with a poster about Syria, and Alexander Goltsov, who came with “stickers and badges,” were detained. Zakharova was taken to the Khamovniki police station.

In St. Petersburg, the Smolninsky District Court on March 2 arrested the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, Denis Mikhailov, for 25 days for participating in an uncoordinated rally on January 28. Mikhailov was detained at the exit from the detention center, where he spent 30 days under arrest for organizing that action. In both cases, he was found guilty of part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“repeated violation of the procedure for holding a rally”).

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the pre-election rally “For a Strong Russia” at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, which was organized by his headquarters. Putin gave a welcoming speech and sang the Russian anthem together with pop singers and athletes present at the rally. "We all saw and remember how our hockey players sang the anthem after winning Olympic medals, but for some reason we did not hear the music. Let's do it together to the music of our national anthem!" Putin said.

The Prosecutor General’s Office posted in her telegram channel a video with an apology of Andrei Olshansky, a driver who, during a road conflict in St. Petersburg, threatened pedestrians, claiming that he was an employee of the prosecutor's office. “I declare that I have never had relations with the prosecutor's office, I don’t have a consistent in the prosecutor’s office, I apologize for my deviant behavior. I ask you to illuminate this appeal in the media, ”he said.

EVERT ELSINGA / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Unusual for the beginning of March, low temperatures in Europe led to the fact that in Amsterdam , for the first time in six years, channels froze. And the Dutch again appeared their favorite winter entertainment: skating canals on skates! The Economist magazine wrote in mid -February that fewer Dutch people stand on running skates, since global warming led to a decrease in the number of cold days.

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The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of negligence against a former district police officer from Serpukhov, who was considering the application of Margarita Gracheva about a death threat from her husband. For a month, the policeman was engaged in checking on Gracheva's statement and, as a result, without taking all the necessary measures, refused to initiate a criminal case. Three days later, Dmitry Grachev took his wife to the forest and chopped off her hands.