The deal with OPEC to reduce oil production did not meet the interests of Russia. This was announced to TASS by the press secretary of Rosneft Mikhail Leontiev. “All the volumes of oil that were retired as a result of the repeated extension of the OPEC agreement were completely and fairly quickly replaced on the world market by volumes of American shale oil,” Leontiev said.

Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta More and more Russians returning from abroad, upon arrival, are sent to home quarantine due to a new coronavirus infection. Earlier there was news that for violation of his conditions, one can receive punishment, up to criminal. "Medusa" was versed in what requirements should comply with those who were sent to quarantine in Moscow, and what will be for their violation.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Soviet music will bring good money. Why was the Melody company so cheaply and who will now work on legendary records In February 2020, the company Melody, the same Soviet recording brand, bought Formax from the state for 330 million rubles. Formax won the auction of the Union Studio, taking only one step on the auction.

Robin Van Lonkhuijsen / EPA / Scanpix / Leta on March 9 in The Hague will begin the court in the case of the crash of the Boeing of the Boeing in the Donbass in 2014. In the case, four accused , but not one of them will appear in court. On the eve of the beginning of the hearing, relatives of the victims of the plane crash conducted an action against Russia's refusal to cooperate with the investigative group in the MH17 flight craft.

Low-cost airline Pobeda will cancel all flights to Italy from 11 to 31 March. This was reported on the company's website. The cancellation of flights is connected with the decision of the Italian government to close a number of areas in the northern and central part of the country for free entry and exit. Customers who bought tickets for canceled flights will be offered a refund or a flight with Aeroflot flights. Pobeda flies from Moscow to Bergamo, Rome, Rimini, Pisa and Treviso.

Vladimir Pirogov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta police and participant in the action against violence against women. Bishkek, March 8, 2020 On March 8, in Bishkek - the capital of Kyrgyzstan - the march of feminists against violence against women was torn. This is an annual action organized by the Bishkek feministic initiative. The next march of the feminists announced February 25.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree defining the powers of Dmitry Medvedev as deputy chairman of the Security Council. The document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The deputy chairman of the Security Council, in particular, informs the president on national security issues, coordinates the annual report of the council and explains its decisions, and also participates in the development and implementation of Russia's foreign policy.

Three more people infected with coronavirus have been detected in Russia over the past day. Interfax writes about this with reference to the operational headquarters for combating the virus. The diseased were detected in the Moscow, Kaliningrad and Belgorod regions. All three have visited Italy in recent weeks. Now they are in infectious boxes. Thus, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Russia has increased to 17.

Doctors recommend doing several simple things to prevent infection with a new coronavirus infection. Including thoroughly wash your hands and give up the habit of touching your face. "Medusa" has already written that the advice not to touch the face is very difficult to fulfill. Experts themselves do not follow - even when they make a speech that contains the very recommendation.

A fragment of the classic Irish novel “Cemetery Dirt” - about corpses that speak with each other in the cemetery Marekxcz / Shutterstock.com For the first time in Russian, one of the most famous Irish novels is published in Corpus - “cemetery mud” by Martin OQaynya. It was first published in 1949 - a book consisting of corpses in the Irish cemetery is considered one of the best examples of Irish modernism.

Eight Russians were discharged from the infectious diseases hospital in Kazan, who were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Three evacuees were previously diagnosed with coronavirus. They have recovered. “All patients were discharged in a satisfactory condition without any remarks,” said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.

Saudi Arabia cut prices for all grades of oil across the board after Russia's refusal to agree on a new deal to cut oil production within OPEC. It is reported by Reuters. Saudi Aramco, the state oil company of Saudi Arabia, cut April oil prices for Asia by $4-6 per barrel, for the US by $7 per barrel, and for northwestern Europe by $8 per barrel. Bloomberg sources said that Saudi Arabia also announced plans to increase oil production in April.

The management of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg opened a case on the murder of a 14-year-old teenager. The body was found at the entrance of one of the houses on Izhora Battalion Street in Kolpino. The teenager was shot in the head. It is assumed that he was killed with a hunting rifle, said . a TASS source According to the interlocutors of TASS and Fontanka , the body was found near the apartment of the judge of the Third Cassation Court of St. Petersburg.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips - take the best - or at least the most noticeable - and talk about them in an ultra -short format. This release in honor of March 8 is entirely composed of songs written and spent women. Subscribe to our updated playlists in Apple Music and Yandex.Musik !

Interview of the writer Alexei Salnikov: About the play and the film "Petrova in the flu" and the new "Funny" novel Fedor Telekov for "Medusa" The bestseller of Alexei Salnikov “Petrovs in the flu and around him” - about the life of a simple Yekaterinburg family, on the eve of the New Year of the flu - in 2020 went far beyond the borders of bookstores.