Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who organized an anti-war rally live on the channel, wrote a letter of resignation. This was reported by lawyer Sergei Badamshin, who represents Ovsyannikova’s legal interests. The application was submitted at his own request due to disagreement with the channel's editorial policy, he added.

How the invasion of Ukraine has turned deadly for reporters covering the war and upended Russian state journalism Oleksandra Kuvshynova (center) and Pierre Zakrzewski (left), the two journalists killed on March 14 near Kyiv. Fox News / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova, two journalists working with Fox News, died this week near Kyiv On Tuesday, March 15, the world learned of the deaths of two more journalists in Ukraine.

Honored Artist of Russia, theater and film actress Natalya Nazarova has died at the age of 72, according to the website of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. Natalya Ivanovna will remain in our memory as an intelligent, talented, sharp-character actress, the embodiment of female kindness and cordiality. Natalya Nazarova was born in 1949 in Alma-Ata.

War. Twenty -second day Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / Scanpix / Leta Military equipment in the Kherson region, March 2022 Russian propaganda speaks of "new authorities" in the occupied territories. It seems that this should not be believed On March 16, Russian state sites of RT and radio Sputnik reported on the “Constituent Congress” of the “new authorities” of the Kherson region - the “Committee for Rescue for Peace and Order”.

Zelensky advisor Mykhailo Podolyak on Kyiv’s ‘cautious optimism’ about the negotiations with Russia The Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak After three weeks of all-out war, Ukrainian officials have begun to show “a degree of cautious optimism” about the talks underway with Russia.

Political scientist Vladimir Gelman explains why everything is not so simple (and evaluates the appropriateness of Putin's comparison with Hitler) Anatoly Maltsev / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Detention for promotions against war, St. Petersburg, March 13, 2022 On March 16, Vladimir Putin made a speech to the Fifth Column. The President announced that “self -cleaning from scum and traitors”, which the West uses to “ruin Russia”, will only strengthen the country. It all looked very menacing.

Mariupol is evacuated. In Chernigov, civilians die. Kyiv is bombing March 17 - the twenty -second day of the Russian war with Ukraine. In Mariupol, which has been in the blockade since the beginning of March, the humanitarian corridor was opened - over the past day, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, more than 43 thousand people were evacuated from the city. In Kyiv, Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian missile, its fragments fell into a residential building.

The Italian authorities will help Ukraine restore the drama theater in Mariupol, which was destroyed on March 16 as a result of an air attack. “The Cabinet of Ministers approved my proposal to provide Ukraine with resources and funds to restore the theater as soon as possible. The theaters of all countries belong to all mankind,” Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini tweeted.

US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a bloody dictator and a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine." He made the announcement at the Friends of Ireland's annual St. Patrick's Day dinner on Capitol Hill. The day before, March 16, Biden described Putin as a war criminal.

The commander of the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, Colonel Sergei Sukharev, died during a "special operation" in Ukraine, the state television and radio company Kostroma reported, citing the military registration and enlistment office of the Kostroma region. Three servicemen of the regiment were also killed - senior sergeant Sergei Lebedev, sergeant Alexander Limonov and corporal Yuri Degtyarev. The circumstances of their death are not disclosed.

25-year-old Polish soldier Emil Chechko, who deserted and asked for asylum in Belarus, was found dead in Minsk. This is reported by Belta, referring to the Investigative Committee of Belarus. “Today, law enforcement agencies received a message about the discovery of Emil Chechko hanged at his place of residence in Minsk,” the UK said.

Zemfira released the video “Do not shoot” with the personnel of the fighting in Ukraine Zemfira posted a new video for the song "Do not shoot." The singer wrote this composition back in 2005, five years later she went out at the Z-Sides collection. In the video, the song is presented in the version of The Uchpochmack, which the artist founded with her nephews.

This is how it looks (rather impressive video) Subscribe to our YouTube throughout Russia, promotions are held in support of the Russian military, the symbol of which made the letter Z. Even children were attracted to the campaign, who, for example, are forced to build in the form of this letter.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it is suspending cooperation with the Russian state corporation Roscosmos in the joint Russian-European project ExoMars to explore Mars. The organization's statement was published on its website.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu demanded that screenings of films featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky be stopped in Russia, as well as the implementation of creative projects by producer and director Alexander Rodnyansky . Shoigu reported this in a letter to the Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova. A photograph of the letter was published by The Insider , which received the photo from a source close to the Ministry of Culture.