The owners of the office rented by Open Russia asked the participants in the movement to move out before March 16, said the head of the organization, Alexander Solovyov. According to him, this happened after people who identified themselves as security officials came to the owners of the office on March 13. Solovyov suggested that they intimidated the owners of the premises. “You understand everything, we don’t want problems,” he quoted them as saying.

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The White House has fired Steve Goldstein, the US under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. The statement he made after Rex Tillerson's resignation contradicted the position of the Donald Trump administration, the Associated Press reports, citing two unnamed officials. A White House source also confirmed this to NBC. Goldstein said Trump did not inform Tillerson of his resignation; the secretary of state allegedly learned of it from the president's Twitter feed.

The FSB, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, detained 60 foreign citizens in Moscow and the Moscow Region. They are suspected of crossing the supporters of the “Islamic state” to participate in hostilities in Iraq and Syria, as well as illegal legalization of migrants from Central Asia in Russia. As a result of searches, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB discovered three laboratories for the manufacture of fake documents.

On the evening of March 13 , the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, emotionally commented on the statements of the British authorities in connection with the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, including the ultimatum issued to Russia and the reports of the poison "Novichok", on the air of the "60 Minutes" program on the "Russia 1" TV channel. Here is a brief summary of her speech. Verbatim quotes are in quotation marks.

Amid talk that London might ban the Russian state media outlet RT over the nerve-agent attack against Sergey Skripal in Salisbury, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova threatened on Tuesday that Moscow will ban all British media in Russia, if RT ’s press credentials are stripped in the UK. “Not a single British mass media outlet will operate in our country, if they close Russia Today ,” Zakharova told reporters.

March 13. Who and how poisoned the double agent Sergei Skripal? British Prime Minister Teresa May said last night that former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned by a “novice”-a neuro-paralytic substance created in the USSR. According to May, Russia most likely stands behind the attempt (today Donald Trump supported this version). The Russian ambassador was summoned to the British Foreign Ministry - they demanded an explanation.

The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, in the 60 Minutes program on the Russia-1 channel, commented on the UK's ultimatum addressed to Russia in connection with the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Russia 24 60 minutes. Novichok trace: Russia is accused of poisoning Skripal.

On March 12, the Ministry of Justice included two European organizations involved in election observation on the list of "undesirable" in Russia. The first is the German-based European Platform for Democratic Elections. It was created in 2012 in Warsaw by representatives of 13 public organizations from different European countries. Its coordinating council includes, in particular, the founder of the Golos association, Lilia Shibanova.

Nikolai Glushkov, a friend and business partner of businessman Boris Berezovsky, who received asylum in the UK after criminal prosecution in Russia, died in London. Glushkov’s death was announced by Demyan Kudryavtsev, a member of the board of directors of Vedomosti. Nikolay Glushkov. 1949-2018. Published by Demyan Kudryavtsev on March 13, 2018 Kudryavtsev told the radio station “Moscow Speaks”: “We have mutual friends, they reported the death.

Studio Warner Bros. released the first teaser trailer for the film “Fantastic creatures: crimes of Green de Wald”, continuing the painting “Fantastic creatures and where they live” 2016. The plot of the new film develops after the events of the first part: the dark wizard Gellert Green de Wald (Johnny Depp) was able to escape. Albus Dumbledore (Jud Law) calls for the aid of his former student Newt Salamander (Eddie Redmain). Warner Bros.

The American TV presenter Winfrey on the James Corden show “The Late Late Show” said that she loves to take a bath. So strong that she has a handmade bath - and is carved from a stone specifically under her body. Korden tried to find out how difficult it is to choose gifts for Winfrey, and she admitted that taking a bath is her hobby, so everything that is connected with this is suitable for her.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Rex Tillerson has long been conflicting with Donald Trump The former head of the oil company Exxonmobil Rex Tillerson was perhaps one of the most qualified and famous members of the US President Donald Trump. Like many people from Trump’s entourage, Tillerson did not have experience in public service, but this did not bother him.

Russia is often accused of lacking a functioning democracy, but just try saying that with a straight face after participating in the Russian Defense Ministry’s online voting to name three next-generation weapons announced in Vladimir Putin’s recent state-of-the-nation speech. Interested patriots can help name Moscow’s new weaponized laser system, a nuclear-powered underwater drone, and a nuclear-powered, “unlimited-range” cruise missile.

The Oss Society / YouTube Gina Haspel was appointed to the post of director of the Central Intelligence Directorate (CIA). She became the first woman in history to lead American intelligence. Haspel in the early 2000s led the “secret prison” of the CIA in Thailand, where they kept suspects in terrorism and subjected them to torture. On March 13, US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Gina Haspel.