The British authorities have seized two mansions and an apartment in London belonging to relatives of the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, the BBC Russian Service reports. The property was seized in the spring of 2019, but it was only on March 11 that a judge at the High Court in London allowed the names of the owners to be disclosed.

Employees of the US FBI detained Russian Kirill Firsov at the New York airport, suspected of selling personal data. This is reported by the publication ZDNet, citing a warrant for the arrest of Firsov. RIA Novosti writes that the detention of Firsov is confirmed by court documents. Firsov is called the creator of the Deer.io website, which hosts more than 24 thousand online stores, including those selling hacked accounts and personal information of citizens.

Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The presidential terms of Vladimir Putin may be reset. The State Duma supported the corresponding amendments to the bill on amendments to the Constitution. Now, if the bill passes a long adoption procedure, Putin will be able to participate in the 2024 presidential election, re -elect in six years and, possibly, remain in power until 2036.

The volume of stock trading on the Moscow Exchange on March 10 was a record 257.3 billion rubles, the site's website reports. The volume of currency trading was 1.8 trillion rubles, and derivatives trading was 928.3 billion rubles. Due to the collapse of the markets, the load on brokerage services has increased two to five times, Vedomosti writes , citing representatives of Tinkoff Investments, BCS Broker, Otkritie Broker, Finam and VTB.

Russia’s high court must decide if Putin can legally serve another two presidential terms. Here’s how the decision is supposed to work. Russia’s State Duma adopted the second reading of constitutional reform legislation initiated by Vladimir Putin. When Putin introduced the bill, the plan was described as an effort to prohibit one person from serving more than two presidential terms .

The Special Corps of Medusa Andrei Pertsev found out how this decision was made Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Deputy Valentina Tereshkova at a meeting of the State Duma on March 10, 2020 On March 10, the State Duma voted under the bill on amendments to the Constitution in the second reading.

Sergey Fadeichv / TASS / Scanpix / Leta in the evening of March 10, about 100 people went to single pickets to the monument to Prince Vladimir near the Kremlin, protesting against the possible abundance of presidential terms for the current president Vladimir Putin. According to New Gazeta, the participants take turns going to the monument, handing each other a poster with the inscription "No". Earlier on March 10, the State Duma adopted an amendment to reject the terms of Putin.

Citing public health concerns about the spread of coronavirus, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has banned all mass demonstrations of more than 5,000 people until April 10. According to the news agency RIA Novosti , the mayor issued these orders on March 10. The ban affects “sporting, entertainment, public, and other mass events.” The news outlets RBC and TASS previously reported that Moscow officials had canceled an annual festival to celebrate Russia's annexation of Crimea.

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has banned mass events until April 10 if more than 5,000 people participate in them. This is stated in the mayor's decree ( .pdf ), dated March 10. The ban applies to "sports, entertainment, public and other mass events," the document says.

The Power of Siberia export gas pipeline to China, launched in December 2019, will be stopped for maintenance in the second half of March. This was reported by Interfax with reference to Gazprom. Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation have agreed that the gas pipeline will be stopped for maintenance twice a year: in spring and autumn. The Power of Siberia gas pipeline was launched on December 2, 2019.

Alexey Poltavets confesses to a murder he says was orchestrated by suspects in Russia’s most controversial terrorism case We are publishing the following monologue by Alexey Poltavets, who confessed to Meduza that he is responsible for the murder of Artyom Dorofeyev and says he knows who killed Dorofeyev’s girlfriend, Ekaterina Levchenko (whose body still hasn’t been recovered).

The Moscow authorities canceled the main program of the Crimean Spring festival, dedicated to the annexation of Crimea to Russia. According to RBC and TASS , citing sources, the festive program on Tverskaya Street was canceled due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus infection COVID-19. At other venues, including Gorky Park and Zaryadye, the festival is not going to be cancelled. "Crimean Spring" is scheduled for March 14-22.

The State Duma adopted the bill on amendments to the Constitution in the second reading. When Vladimir Putin introduced the bill, it was about strictly prohibiting one person from being president for more than two terms .

"Medusa" asked scientists and economists Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Against the backdrop of a decrease in oil demand due to an epidemic of coronavirus, Russia and OPEC could not agree to reduce its production and began a price war in the hydrocarbons market. The reason for the disruption of negotiations was presumably the unwillingness of Russia to lose a share in this market.

It seems that Vladimir Putin will remain the president of Russia for many more, long years. During a speech in the State Duma, he said that he would be able to run in the 2024 elections. But only if the citizens of Russia and the Constitutional Court support the amendment to reject the presidential terms (and no one doubts this). All important historical events should undoubtedly have their own soundtrack.