Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to create a working group of the State Council of the Russian Federation to counter the spread of coronavirus infection. The working group, Interfax reports, citing the Kremlin press service, will be headed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The working group included deputy prime ministers, ministers and representatives of ministries and departments.

Claudio Furlan / Lapresse / Zuma / Scanpix / Leta in Italy due to the coronavirus epidemic introduced hard quarantine measures , they apply to church masses. So, the Vatican announced that all the services preceding Easter would have to be carried out without believers. In the commune, the Protir-Rubbano (Lombardy) found a way out.

Russia’s Science and Higher Education Ministry is calling on universities nationwide to move all class instruction to online and remote learning, according to orders issued by Minister Valery Falkov. The ministry wants in-person classes suspended by Monday, March 16. Within the next three days, the Science and Higher Education Ministry is expected to release a list of online courses that will be made available to university students for free.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education recommends that universities organize training for students “outside the location of universities” from March 16 using e-learning and distance learning technologies. The corresponding order was signed by Minister Valery Falkov, according to a statement received by Meduza from the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Aeroflot Airlines has announced a temporary suspension of flights to 13 European cities. In particular, flights between Moscow and Warsaw are canceled from March 15, flights to/from Thessaloniki are suspended from March 16, from March 17 to/from Copenhagen, from March 18 to/from Oslo, and from March 19, Aeroflot aircraft will not will fly to Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich.

As of March 15, Russia maintains open borders with three contiguous neighbors: Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Finland. Various restrictions are in place at Russia’s borders with its other 11 neighbors: Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, North Korea, Ukraine, and Estonia. For example, effective on March 16, Russia is closing its border with Georgia with exceptions being made only for citizens returning home.

As of March 15, without restrictions, you can cross the borders of Russia with three countries - Azerbaijan, Belarus and Finland. On the borders with another 11 countries - Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, North Korea, Ukraine and Estonia - there are certain restrictions. So, for example, from March 16, the border between Russia and Georgia is closed, an exception will be made only for citizens returning to their countries.

Russia’s Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) has reportedly confirmed that three of the 14 new coronavirus infections recorded on March 14 were contracted within the country, according to a report by the news agency Interfax . Health officials previously confirmed Russia’s first locally transmitted COVID-19 case on Friday, March 13.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Coronavirus gives more emotions than the entertainment park. Why do everyone scold the “dream island” and is there really something good in it? In February, Moscow opened the amusement park “Dream Island”. It is considered the largest in Europe, and the Russian authorities compare it with Disneyland.

In St. Petersburg, more than 10 people were detained during the action "funeral of the Constitution", the participants of which protested against amendments to the basic law, reports "Mediazona". Among the detainees is Anastasia Burakova from Open Russia. The protesters came to the building of the Constitutional Court and laid flowers. After that, a series of single pickets began on the Senate Square, some of the participants of which were detained by law enforcement officers.

Over the past 24 hours, four cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in Russia — three in the Moscow region and one in the Tyumen region, according to a report from the operational headquarters received by Meduza. In total, as of March 15, 63 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in the Russian Federation, of which 60 were Russian citizens, 2 were Chinese citizens, and 1 was an Italian citizen.

At a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, among other measures, the possibility of extending the high alert regime to the entire country was discussed, RBC writes, citing sources. The interlocutors of the publication stressed that many other scenarios were considered on how to act in a situation of a coronavirus pandemic. No decisions have been made yet, one of RBC's sources emphasized.

Three out of 14 cases of coronavirus infection recorded in Russia on March 14 are associated with contacts within the country, Interfax reports with reference to Rospotrebnadzor. Rospotrebnadzor reported the first confirmed case of local transmission of the disease in Russia on Friday. Prior to this, cases of coronavirus infection were recorded only in those who had recently returned from abroad.

Maybe we are slowing down, but. It seems that the meaning of the strange counting in the song “Uno”, with which the Little Big group is going to go to Eurovision, has been unraveled. There, the numbers do not go in a row, but like this: uno (one), dos (two), cuatro (four). The meaning becomes clear when you start to bend your fingers. If it's still not clear You need to bend from the little finger.

Fragment of the biography of Philip Dick - about why he decided to talk about philosophy with the help of science fiction Warner Bros / Everett Collection / Vida Press Frame from the Running Blade - the film based on Roman Philip Dick "Do Androids about electricovians dream?" The publishing house Eksmo published a biography of the famous science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Life and Almighty invasions ” - from the author of Lawrence Sutin, written in 1989 (translator Efim Berenstein).