The French government has decided to amend the legislation, according to which sex with a child under 15 years old will be considered rape. This was stated by Secretary of State for Equality Marlene Schyappa. Under current law, such an act is regarded as child molestation and is punishable by five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros, just like sexual assault against adults. The punishment for raping a child under 15 in France is 20 years in prison.

Farida Rustamova, one of the journalists who previously came forward anonymously to the TV station Dozhd , is now speaking openly about sexual harassment by State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky. The BBC reporter says Slutsky groped her in March 2017, and she has an audio recording of the encounter. Rustamova came to Slutsky’s office a year ago to get a comment about Marine Le Pen’s visit to Moscow.

The crash of the An-26 transport aircraft in Syria killed 27 officers, including a major general, as well as ensigns and contract servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The department did not release the names of the dead. Earlier, the telegram channel Wargonzo wrote that Major General V. V. Eremeev was among the dead. RBC sources report that his name was Vladimir Yeremeev.

The transcript of the conversations of the pilots of the An-148 that crashed in the Moscow region, published in the media, is not genuine, said Sergei Izvolsky, a spokesman for the Federal Air Transport Agency. “The presented“ transcript ”disinforms the public about what happened in the cockpit. The dialogues of the aircraft commander and the co-pilot are mixed up in it, there are words and phrases that are not in the authentic recording of the negotiations, ”he said.

Christophe Archambault / AFP / Scanpix / Leta organization Handicap International arranged a promotion in Paris as part of a charity campaign #bodyCantwait. Its goal is the widespread prostheses made using 3D printing. According to the organization, about 100 million people around the world need prostheses.

Disney studio released the teaser trailer for Christopher Robin, directed by Mark Forster. The picture tells about the matured Christopher Robin, who again meets Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Disney Russia Duplicated version of the trailer Christopher Robin was played by Yuen McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars). The bear was voiced by Jim Cummings-Winnie-Pooh's voice in several animated series.

Alexander Koryakov / Kommersant Former Directorate of Police of St. Petersburg Andrei Artemyev, November 2015 A St. Petersburg police officer killed a man in his office. And never explained why On the morning of November 11, 2015, an unemployed 37-year-old resident of St. Petersburg Dmitry Demidov went to kindergarten for a holiday for his three-year-old daughter. He raised her together with his mother (the girl’s mother committed suicide in 2015).

March 6. An-26 disaster in Syria and the poisoning of the former GRU colonel In Syria, the Russian An-26 crashed , on board of which there were 39 people. All of them died. According to the Ministry of Defense, the transport aircraft landed on the basis of Khmeimim and fell, not reaching the runway about 500 meters. The main version of the crash is the technical malfunction - the military excludes that the aircraft could be shot down. All the dead were military personnel.

What was former GRU Colonel Sergey Skripal's treason against Russia? RTR / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Sergey Skripal’s arrest On March 4, a 66-year-old former colonel in Russia’s Military Intelligence Directorate was hospitalized in critical condition in Salisbury, England, about eight miles from the Stonehenge monument. In 2010, Sergey Skripal was traded to Britain for a group of Russian spies discovered in the United States.

As a result of the crash of the An-26 transport aircraft in Syria, 39 people died - 33 passengers and six crew members. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. All the dead were military personnel. The Ministry of Defense previously reported 32 victims of the disaster. The cause of the crash has not yet been established. The Ministry of Defense claims that the plane was not shot down. According to the preliminary version, it crashed due to a technical malfunction.

BBC Russian Service journalist Farida Rustamova said that State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky harassed her in March 2017 in his office. Rustamova came to Slutsky's office to comment on Marine Le Pen's visit to Russia. All the time she was in the room, she had a voice recorder on. The recording of the conversation between the journalist and Slutsky has been preserved.

Dalogo / Shutterstock.com Residents of Europe found that the electronic clock in their household appliances suddenly broke: the time on them began to lag behind the real for several minutes. For example, the Slovak forum Slotech reports on failures in watches installed in radio receivers, oven and alarm clocks. One of the users said that he even thought to change his alarm due to problems.

British emergency workers who visited the site where former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal was poisoned complained of eye irritation and shortness of breath. A source in the UK government told Sky News about such symptoms in the victims. Police had previously confirmed that "a small number of emergency personnel" required medical attention. All of them, with the exception of one person, were soon discharged from the hospital.

Igor Dvikimedia Commons (CC by-SA 3.0) An-26 The An-26 aircraft crashed when the Khmeimim was landing at the military base. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the plane did not reach the runway about 500 meters. Initially, it was reported that there were six crew members and 26 passengers on board the aircraft, but then the Ministry of Defense clarified that there were 33 passengers. All of them died.

In the Soviet district of Rostov-on-Don, the police detained a man who attacked passers-by with a knife. According to Interfax, before being arrested, he managed to injure several people. Initially, the man threw himself at passing cars and beat them with his fists, and then, threatening with a knife, took one of the passers-by hostage, writes Life. When law enforcement officers arrived on the scene, the man released the hostage and threatened to commit suicide.