In the Kamchatka Territory and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, presidential elections in Russia began. At 8:00 am on March 18 local time (23:00 March 17 Moscow time), polling stations opened there. On the video broadcast site, you can watch what is happening at a number of sites (for example, at one of the sections of Anadyr ).

The Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow arrested nine people in the case of organizing an extremist community (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), OVD-Info reported on the evening of March 16, citing lawyer Maxim Pashkov. The court remanded them in custody for two months. It follows from the message that the meeting took place on March 16. The Investigative Committee and the court's press service have not yet reported on the case.

At nashvybor2018.ru, a portal for video broadcasts from polling stations has been launched. The site launched at about 21:20 Moscow time, that is, an hour and 40 minutes before the start of voting in the easternmost regions of Russia. The broadcast from the polling stations should start one hour before the opening of the polling stations local time.

On March 14, giraffe Audrey gave birth to a girl at the Santa Barbara Zoo (California). The newborn’s height is 1 meter 85 centimeters and she weighs more than 80 kilograms. Adult giraffes of this subspecies grow over five meters. The cub's name has not yet been chosen. Voting is underway on the zoo's website, in which four finalists have already been determined: Amira, Makena, Nugget and Quintin.

In St. Petersburg, the court arrested Daniil Ken, a municipal deputy of the Sea Gates district, who was detained on March 17 in the Territorial Election Commission (TEC) No. 22, for 12 days. Ken said that he was found guilty of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Ken came to the TEC to file a notice of appointment as a member of the commission with an advisory vote.

Memory of Stephen Hawking March 14, on the day of the pi and on the birthday of Albert Einstein, one of the most famous scientists of our time Stephen Hawking died. We loved (and we will love) him not only for his exceptional mind, but also for the stamina and sense of humor. In this letter, we have collected several films, books and articles that will allow you to understand a little better what Hawking was.

In the United States, hacker Adrian Lamo, who handed over WikiLeaks informant Chelsea Manning to American authorities, has died at the age of 37. Lamo's relatives reported his death. There is no information about the circumstances of the incident. For the rest of his life, Lamo was a man reviled by most of Manning's supporters and admired by some for exposing her.

British Council (CC by-NC-SA 2.0) in the office of the British Council in Moscow, 2013 What is the British Council The British Council is a public organization under the patronage of the British Foreign Ministry. She is engaged in cultural and educational projects, its branches are almost everywhere - in 110 countries of the world.

British police released a photo of the car of Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned in Salisbury on March 4, and asked those who saw it to contact the authorities. “We need to establish the movements of Sergei and Yulia that morning, before they went to the city center,” the message said. As part of the investigation, about 400 witnesses have already testified.

On March 17, employees of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters and his supporters were detained in several Russian cities. In Novokuznetsk, police took volunteer Fyodor Atamanchenko away from his headquarters, also seizing several dozen leaflets. In Voronezh, headquarters coordinator Pavel Potashov was detained near the Territorial Election Commission (TEC).

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. "If you yield to me, what will you tear you?" Issue with personality Galya Timchenko, Katya Kronhaus and Lika Kremer answer the life questions of the audience: - How to accustom neighbors to greet when meeting? ( 1:30 ) - What to answer to friends who have left and now scold the "rashka"? ( 9:00 ) - The girl does not let me go to another country. Only three weeks! ( 15:20 ) -What about a friend who asks you to repent something inappropriate?

Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant Nikolai Glushkov after a meeting in the Aeroflot case; He was released in the courtroom, March 12, 2004 Nikolai Glushkov was a friend and ally of the entrepreneur and politician Boris Berezovsky. The economist by education, Glushkov worked in the foreign trade association "Pridintorg", and then in the State Committee of the USSR on computing equipment. They met Berezovsky in 1989, when he created his first large company - Logovaz.

What to do with garbage training grounds? Says the leading researcher of HSE Nina Korobova Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Korgashino training ground in Mytishchi, February 21, 2018 In early March, in several cities of the Moscow Region, protests were held against garbage training grounds and garbage plants - both against the construction of new and overloads of the old ones.

The Yabloko party announced that it was withdrawing the dispatches of observers sent by Alexei Navalny's headquarters to polling stations in Chechnya.

Russia has declared 23 diplomatic staff members of the British Embassy personae non gratae, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. Also in Russia, the activities of the British Council , as well as the work of the British Consulate in St. Petersburg, are being terminated “due to the unresolved status”.