The Kostroma Regional Court recognized the ban by the Administration of Kostroma of the procession and two rallies against the local law on the prohibition of propaganda of homosexuality among minors, which was adopted in the Kostroma region in February 2012. Thus, gay activists got the opportunity to conduct a march in the city.

Elena Volkova “And I trudged into another row, where I found myself between two young men, one of whom did not speak, did not drink, did not eat, and the second drank whiskey and incessantly poured out his, so to speak, soul on me. Before I could close my eyes, when I heard a joyful voice: -Have you gone skiing? - No. Thanks for the compliment. I'm going to a conference. - Which one, if not a secret? - On politics and contemporary art. - I'm not interested in politics. I'm happy with everything.

In the Orenburg region, since the beginning of the week, two people have died in police departments after the detention. In both cases, a heart attack is called as a cause of death. On Wednesday, a 38-year-old man was found dead in Wednesday of temporary maintenance of the Oktyabrsky ATS, who was delivered there to serve administrative arrest for a period of 10 days, the official website of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. In the cell, the detainee sat a little over an hour.

“One thing is clear that the Investigative Committee is not a structure that helps establish the rule of law in Russia, but a punitive body used for reprisals. The Investigative Committee closed the case of Magnitsky’s death, despite the fact that there is a report by Valery Borshchev, which indicates that Sergei Magnitsky did not die a natural death. There are witnesses and documents confirming this. Magnitsky's mother's lawyer was not allowed to subpoena these witnesses.

The government working group for the development of housing and communal services proposes to calculate the amount of the subsidy based on the actual area of ​​the premises and strengthen control over the information. Such a rule could put citizens in unequal conditions, independent experts believe. The topic of housing and communal services is one of the most discussed in the government.

In the village of Semender, on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the security forces check information about the whereabouts of the “Gimrin” leader of the militants Ibrahim Gajdadaev: the house of the district deputy Magomedhabib Magomedaliev was surrounded for this.

The number of refugees from Syria reached 1.15 million people, another 3.6 million became internally displaced persons due to armed conflict in this country. Such data were given by the Supreme Commissioner of the UN for refugees Antoniu Gutherresh, speaking at the hearing in the Senate of the US Congress, ITAR-TASS reports. "The numbers are clear: as of yesterday (i.e. Monday, March 18), 1.15 million refugees were in neighboring (with Syria) countries," he said.

The Khamovnican Court of Moscow on Wednesday extended until May 23 the term of home arrest of the former head of the Property Relations Department of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilieva. In addition, the defendant of the case of Oboronservice was allowed to walk no more than an hour a day at the request of her lawyers to allow the client to walk in Moscow parks, Rapsei reports.

After the visit of Valery Semenov, the head of the Krasnoyarsk regional branch of United Russia, 50 members of the party who had previously announced the exit from its ranks, changed their minds and explained this by the fact that they only wanted to "draw attention to the state of affairs in the territory." Semenov commented on this: “All the signathers of the statement clearly and popularly stated that they did not intend to leave the party,” reports Gazeta.ru .

In Kazakhstan, the preparation of citizens under the program of a military-scientific reserve on a paid basis has begun. It is carried out in accordance with the law "On military service and the status of military personnel" of February 16, 2012 and will become a "peculiar alternative to traditional urgent service," the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reports.

The Russian short -range tapes "Arena" and "The second good day" will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Short Film Corner event ("Corner of Short Films"). "The second good day" is the work of the screenwriter Alexei Ovchinnikov and director Igor Levin. This is a short story, which later should become part of a full -length feature film about unexpected meetings in a modern metropolis, the director of the film told Newsru.com.

In Argentina, in honor of the new Pope, they offer to rename the street and name the metro station. The parliamentarians of the Buenos Aires Legislative Assembly made such an initiative on Tuesday. Deputy Daniel Amoroso submitted a bill providing for the renaming of the current Karabobo Avenue to Avenue named after Pope Francis. The avenue passes through the city district of Flores, where the future pontiff Horge Bergolo was born.

Russia is facing the emergence of "new poor", forecasted by the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin. And they will become individual entrepreneurs who close their business due to the inability to pay social contributions increased this year.

In the Republic of Bangladesh, President Zilluur Rahman died. According to Bangladesh's diplomatic mission in Moscow, the leader of the country died at 85 years of life. In the last few years, he had quite a few health problems, ITAR-TASS reports. A three -day mourning has been declared, now the president’s duties are temporarily performed by the speaker of the parliament Abdul Hamid.

Residents of Russia should not yet hope for a fast onset of spring. In the north of the Central Federal District, including in Moscow and the Moscow Region, until the end of this week, abnormally frosty weather will remain, and the average daily temperature will be 7-10 degrees below the climatic norm, the hydrometeorological center reports. The director of the meteorological service Roman Wilfand confirmed to Interfax that spring weather would not come to the center of Russia until early April.