Nazarbayev ‘resigns,’ migrant workers stay home in Yakutsk amid protests, and journalists sneak a peek at Russia Today's NDAs Tuesday, March 19, 2019 This day in history: 63 years ago, on March 19, 1956, Yegor Gaidar was born in Moscow. The architect of the controversial “shock therapy” reforms administered in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Gaidar still inspires praise and criticism to this day. He died in 2009 at the age of 53 from a pulmonary edema.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation refused to allocate a billion rubles to the Russian Academy of Sciences for international projects, the popularization of science and the creation of a strategy for the scientific and technological development of Russia. RBC was informed about this by the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yuri Balega.

Follow Kazakhstan's outgoing president from the Soviet Communist Party Congress to his handshake with Donald Trump Anatoly Ustinenko / KAZTAG / TASS Nursultan Nazarbayev in 1992 Anatoly Ustinenko / TASS Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev with his family, 11 months after the country's first elections.

The autonomous nonprofit organization “TV-Novosti,” which technically owns the Russia Today television network, reportedly requires staff to sign strict non-disclosure agreements that prohibit reporters, camera operators, and other employees from discussing anything happening at RT with outsiders or criticizing the network in interviews or on social media.

In Krasnodar, a fan in a T-shirt with the inscription “Navalny” was not allowed to the match of the Lokomotiv-Kuban basketball club until he changed clothes. This was reported by the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny.

In France, the judiciary has issued arrest warrants for the former head of the All-Russian Athletic Federation, Valentin Balakhnichev, and the former head coach of the Russian athletics team, Alexei Melnikov, AFP and Reuters report , citing sources. The case concerns the concealment of information about doping violations of Russian athletes, follows from the reports of the agencies.

Azizzhan Mamirov / PhotoXPress.ru On March 19, Nursultan Nazarbayev addressed the nation of Kazakhstan and announced that he is stepping down as president — a title he’s held since 1990. “As the founder of the independent Kazakhstani state, I see my future task as ensuring that a new generation comes to power that will continue the country’s ongoing transformation,” Nazarbayev said.

Google is launching cloud gaming service Stadia, CEO Sundar Pichai announced at the San Francisco Game Developers Conference. It will be possible to play through Stadia from different platforms - from phones, computers, tablets and TVs. It will be possible to jump into the game, in particular, from YouTube - for example, by pressing the “play now” button after watching the trailer. The service will run at 4K resolution, 60 frames per second and HDR support.

Anatoly Ustinenko / KazTAG / TASS Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1992 Anatoly Ustinenko / TASS President of Kazakhstan with his family 11 months after the first elections. November 11, 1992 Alexei Boytsov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the RSFSR Ivan Polozkov.

The Federal Penitentiary Service has prepared amendments to the Ethics Code for its employees. Now in it they will prescribe the order of apology to citizens in case of violation of rights and freedoms. Also, “in circulation” with citizens (prisoners) and colleagues, FSIN employees will have to additionally show respect and politeness. At the same time, politeness is already recommended by the quality of “communication” with citizens and colleagues.

Vadim Skryabin / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Yakutsk Mayor Sardana Avksenteva addresses a protest at the “Triumph” stadium against illegal migrants. March 17, 2019. In Yakutsk, where protests against migrant workers have continued for the past two days, between 80 and 90 buses didn’t run their routes on March 19. According to Andrey Sharygin, the director of Yakutsk's Unified Dispatch Service, most of the drivers are foreigners. “With just 420–430 buses in total, this hits us pretty hard.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been President of Kazakhstan since 1990, announced his resignation on March 19 (at 19:19). Now social networks are joking about his successor, the future of the country and the new challenge for Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his resignation on March 19, 2019 - after 30 years of reign of an independent republic. This is the first post -Soviet leader of Central Asia, who leaves the post of his own free will, that is, not as a result of the revolution, and not because of death. For residents of Russia, the departure of Nazarbayev, which seemed eternal, was a complete surprise .

Rosstat will publish data on the income of the population not once a month, but once a quarter, said Pavel Malkov, head of the department. According to him, when calculating monthly data, the department does not have “a significant part of the information,” and “the data sometimes raise serious questions,” reports .

Azizzhan Mamirov / PhotoxPress.ru On March 19, Nursultan Nazarbayev announced in an appeal to the nation that he was leaving the post of President of Kazakhstan, which he had occupied since April 1990. “As the founder of an independent Kazakh state, I see my future task in ensuring the arrival of a new generation of leaders who will continue the transformations in the country,” said Nazarbayev.