Russian invasion of Ukraine. The fifteenth day. Online "Medus" “Medusa” since February 24, the clocks of the war in Ukraine live around the clock. Read about the events of March 8 here , about the events of March 9 - here . The main thing in the last hours : Facebook and Instagram users in a number of countries were allowed to call for violence against Russians, Russian soldiers or Putin's death. Mars will cease to import their products into Russia.

Updated. The Japanese company Nintendo is also suspending the supply of its products, including the Nintendo Switch game consoles, and software to Russia. Sony has announced that it will stop deliveries of PlayStation game consoles and software to Russia amid the war in Ukraine. It is reported by CNBC with reference to a statement from Sony Interactive Entertainment. The PlayStation Store video game store will also no longer be available in Russia.

The economist Oleg Buklevshev answers. During the default of 1998, he worked in the Ministry of Finance Commercial tents on the territory of the Olympic complex "Luzhniki". Moscow, 1996. Valery Khristoforov / TASS In the second week after the invasion of Ukraine, the International Rating Agency Moody= lowered the sovereign credit rating of Russia from Garborni to the Pravontny. Does this mean that the default can be expected tomorrow?

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow and the Investigative Committee began official checks after reports of beatings of detainees at an anti-war rally on March 6. about this . Interfax Andrey Babushkin, a member of the Human Rights Council, told “Three parallel checks are being carried out simultaneously. The check is carried out by the Moscow Main Department of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the department itself.

Russian troops have controlled Kherson for a week. Here’s what life is like there now. Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Russian troops entered Kherson on March 1. Since then, the southern city has been under their de facto control. Ukrainian politician Ihor Kolykhaiev remains the city’s mayor.

Fired by the maternity hospital and water shortage in Mariupol. Odessa is preparing for Russian invasion The war lasts exactly two weeks. Ukrainian media reported that from the districts of Vorzel, Irpeni, Energodar and Izuma it was possible to take civilians. The authorities of Ukraine talk about 40 thousand people who left their native cities per day. Despite the agreement on evacuation corridors, the shelling continues - Russian aviation struck the territory of the city hospital in Mariupol.

We answer the main question that arose by the end of the second week of the war The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / EPA / Scanpix / Leta In this text, the editorial office is trying to evaluate the combat situation in Ukraine on the basis of available data. "Medusa" opposes the war and for the speedy return of Russian troops home.

One of the largest American companies Amazon stops sending goods to Russia and Belarus, and also closes access to its Amazon Prime Video streaming service to Russian users. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing a statement from the company. Earlier, another division of the company, the Amazon Web Services cloud service, refused to accept new customers from the Russian Federation.

Evgeniy Maloletka / Ap / Scanpix / Leta What happened in the war. The authorities of Mariupol and the Donetsk region reported that Russian aviation struck the territory of the city hospital No. 3. The video from the scene says that the blow came between children's and maternity departments; At the OpenStreetmap cartographic service, these buildings are designated as children's and gynecological departments. According to preliminary data, 17 people were injured.

Inflation in Russia amounted to 2.2% in the week from February 26 to March 4. The week before, from February 19 to 25, this figure reached 0.45%. This was reported by Interfax, citing Rosstat data . The weekly price increase was caused by the weakening of the ruble and increased demand for some goods, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development notes .

Why does the West beat sanctions on ordinary Russians? Interview with the economist Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Mikhail Grebenshchikov / RBC / TASS TOUR TO ATMs at the office of Citibank Bank. Moscow, February 28, 2022 Care-both due to sanctions and of goodwill-Western business from Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine will lead to the collapse of the economy, the scale of which is even difficult to predict.

In the period from February 24 to March 8, during the hostilities in Ukraine, 1,424 civilian casualties were registered, of which 516 people died and another 908 were injured. This was reported in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to the organization, among those killed were 98 men, 60 women, nine boys and five girls, as well as 23 children and 321 adults, whose gender is still unknown.

The head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, instructed to exclude trips of employees of organizations of the rocket and space industry abroad on business trips and on private matters. This was told to RBC by a source in the space industry. According to the publication, Rogozin ordered this on February 26 for the safety of workers and to avoid negative consequences during their stay abroad.

The European Union imposed sanctions against 14 major Russian businessmen, their families and 146 members of the Federation Council, who approved the ratification of friendship and cooperation treaties with the DPR and LPR. This is reported in the Official Journal of the EU.

Russia bombing Kharkov for two weeks - the second largest city in Ukraine. 600 thousand people fled from there. This is what local journalists say Oleksandr Lapshyn / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Street in Kharkov after shelling. March 8, 2022 On February 24, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Kharkov - the second largest city in the country - began to bomb almost immediately; According to the Ukrainian media, on the very first day of the war.