A Russian activist explains why he risked arrest to yell ‘Burn in Hell!’ at a Stalin memorial Decommunization Project Evgeny Shuchkov On Tuesday, hundreds of elderly Russians lined up outside the Kremlin’s walls to lay flowers at the foot of a monument to Joseph Stalin, honoring the dictator on the 66th anniversary of his death.

In the United States, the Senator from the state of Arizona, the Republic of Marta, Maksally, said that during the service in the Air Force she was raped by a higher officer. She made this statement at the hearing devoted to the prevention of sexual violence in military service. Maksally said that for many years she was silent about what had happened, and when she felt the need to tell about the experience, the reaction horrified her, and she almost quit.

Alexey Druzhinin / Kremlin Press Service / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Vladimir Putin attends a Federal Security Service collegium on March 6, 2019 What Putin said: “I must note that the number of crimes related to terrorism has been decreasing in recent years; the [FSB] director will certainly mention this in his remarks. In general, over 10 years, this figure has declined dramatically, from 997 to nine last year.

We created a digital equivalent of a city square, but today people want an equivalent of a living room — the ability to communicate privately with friends and not be afraid that someone will see their data. Many do not believe that we want to create such a platform, since we do not have a very good reputation in this area. But the future is privacy, and we will develop our services , like WhatsApp, around the most secure messaging possible.

Telegram urged users to take action against the isolation of the Russian Internet, which are scheduled for March 10. A message with such an appeal was distributed by a bot, with the help of which the messenger usually informs about innovations. An agreed-upon rally in Moscow, organized by the Libertarian Party, is to begin on Sakharov Avenue at 2:00 pm.

On March 5, a court in Sergiev Posad sentenced Rustam Rustamov, a defendant in the "New Greatness" case, to two years' probation. This was reported by OVD-Info, citing lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina, who is defending another defendant in the case, Ruslan Kostylenkov. Rustamov entered into a pre-trial agreement and pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting participation in an extremist community. The trial was held in a special regime - without consideration of evidence.

The United States will impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions for cooperating with the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington considers illegitimate . This was announced by US National Security Advisor John Bolton. The report refers to sanctions for “participation in illegal transactions for the benefit of Nicolás Maduro and his corrupt circle.” Bolton did not mention specific banks or countries.

Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Vida Press Leonid Levin Russia’s State Duma has approved legislation outlawing “fake news” On March 6, lawmakers passed the second reading of a bill that will make it illegal to post “fake news” on the Internet. The final vote tally was 327 deputies in favor, 42 deputies opposed.

Hosters' owners - about the ban on placing them in apartments and about ways to get around this ban on Mikhail Sosonovsky / Shutterstock.com After the tourists left Russia after the World Cup, the State Duma forbade what was collected for a long time: hostels, that is, the most affordable temporary housing in the country. Outside the capitals, they are not used by tourists, but mainly business trips and those who come from small cities to regional centers to study or treatment.

Activist Evgeny Suchkov told how he intervened in the Communist action at Stalin's grave (he wished him to burn in hell) Project "Decommunization" Evgeny Suchkov On March 5, on the 66th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin, the Communists have put flowers to his grave at the Kremlin wall.

Shutterstock.com The British service Revolut, founded in 2015 by immigrants from Russia and Ukraine, is one of the most promising financial startups in the European market. It allows you to make cross -border instant payments without commissions and open multicurrency accounts in the application. At the end of February and early March, the company, the cost of which is estimated at 1.7 billion dollars, was involved in several scandals at once. Update.

At the end of February, The New Arc, a Scottish animal shelter located in Aberdeenshire, announced a collection of mascara brushes. Activists need them to care for their pets. This is what it looks like: Baby animals soothed with mascara brushes Aww! 🐇 Baby animals at an Aberdeenshire rescue center are being comforted using donated mascara brushes.

Fox Searchlight Pictures film studio released a film trailer for the British writer John R.R. Tolkien - the author of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. The director acted the house of Karukoski ("The Heart of the Leo"); The main role was played by Nicholas Holt ("Mad Max: Road Road"). FoxSearchlight The picture will show the school years of the writer, his meeting with his future wife and service at the front during the First World War.

Streaming service Netflix has acquired the rights to Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. The book will be turned into a Spanish-language TV series. Márquez's sons will serve as executive producers, Netflix announced, without revealing any other details. The novel, first published in 1967, has never been adapted for film before. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is one of the most famous works of magical realism .

Arianna Pagani / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta Iraqi military in Mosul The authorities of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan are tortured and unreasonable for the criminal prosecution of minors detained on suspicion of relations with the Islamic State terrorist organization. This was reported by the International Human Rights Human Rights Watch.