The websites of Deutsche Welle and BBC , as well as the social networks Facebook and Twitter, have stopped opening for some Russian users, according to data from GlobalCheck. It is also reported that the App Store and Google Play app stores are being blocked in Russia. In addition, readers of the publication in several regions of Russia reported problems with access to the Radio Liberty website. Some Meduza readers also reported that our website was not opening for them.

Update: Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal censor, confirms that it is now requiring Internet service providers nationwide to restrict access to Meduza, the news outlet you are reading right now. The agency says it is enforcing an order issued by the Attorney General’s Office on February 24, 2022.

A charter plane with two Russian citizens on board was detained at Yellowknife Airport in Canada's Northwest Territories. It is reported by CBC with reference to the Minister of Infrastructure of the region Diane Archie. According to her, the plane with passengers was heading to Resolute in the province of Nunavut, where the Russians had planned an Arctic expedition.

Update. Roskomnadzor has confirmed that it has restricted access to Meduza. A corresponding entry is available in Roskomnadzor's service for checking access restrictions to websites and website pages. The service's materials say that access is "restricted to the page" due to a decision by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation dated February 24, 2022. The Meduza website has stopped opening for some users in Russia. This was noticed by readers of the publication.

The Rain TV channel, which has been broadcast in Russia since 2010, announced the suspension of work on March 3. According to his general director Natalya Sindeeva, to continue to work after the adoption of the so -called fake law in Russia will become impossible (this law implies up to 15 years in prison for the dissemination of false information about the actions of the Russian military).

The main thing about the eighth day of the war Roman Zakrevskyi / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Residential building in Chernigov after shelling, March 3, 2022 The second meeting of the negotiators took place. Before its start, the Russian delegation said that they intend to discuss the “military-technical, humanitarian-frenzy and political” aspects, and in the Ukrainian they called the program a minimum of discussion of humanitarian corridors.

Interview (still) the editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow Alexei Venediktov Evgeny Feldman editor -in -chief "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov On March 1, a few days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the Echo of Moscow website at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office - for “calls for extremist activity” and “Publishing false information” on the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has been going on for eight days. More than a million residents of the country, according to the UN, became refugees. In cities that continue to be sheated, the situation is close to a humanitarian disaster. During the second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations that took place on March 3, the parties agreed to create humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians, as well as for the delivery of drugs and food. Medusa shows the eighth day of the war. Carefully!

The US authorities announced sanctions against members of the Russian elite, their families and companies. Their American assets will be frozen and their property blocked, according to the White House website.

Police officers came to the editorial office of the Dozhd TV channel in Moscow. The journalists themselves reported this. "Two police officers came to the Dozhd editorial office. One of them is in uniform, the other is in civilian clothes. They are waiting for a lawyer to arrive," the report says. It is not yet known for what purpose the police officers came. Updated.

Putin announced multimillion-dollar payments to the families of fallen soldiers. "Rain" suspended work. The second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations has ended. Good evening, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is Meduza's daily mailing list.

The second round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations ended in the Brest region of Belarus. Assistant to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said that the parties had agreed to create a humanitarian corridor for the withdrawal of civilians. The recording of his speech was distributed by the press service of the Ukrainian president.

Belgorod region - in fact, frontline district. That's what is happening there now. Report "Medusa" and "7 × 7" Maxim Polyakov / "7 × 7" residents of the Belgorod region are loaded in the car products for the Russian military On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine. On the border, in the Belgorod region, Russian troops appeared a few months ago.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all members of the families of servicemen who died during the war in Ukraine will be paid benefits provided by law - 7.4 million rubles. He spoke about this at a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council. The President also announced additional one-time payments in the amount of five million rubles to the relatives of the victims.

A criminal case was opened against an artist from St. Petersburg, Sasha Skochilenko, because she replaced price tags in a store with information about those killed in Mariupol. She is accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army. There are already dozens of such cases, and even more administrative cases of “discrediting” the armed forces.