“All of this (as someone on Twitter quite accurately noted) makes sense only as a forerunner, the first step before the second: the creation of a white sheet (well, or a black sheet - it doesn’t matter) of sites. Say, is the site registered with Roskomnadzor? Welcome . No? Ban. The great Chinese firewall in a crooked Russian version. For everything else - information collection, monitoring, etc. - this is absolutely unsuitable.

February 27, 2014 in Russia officially launched sales of the Peugeot 2008 car. The initial price for a compact city crossover is 649,000 rubles. Having become a bestseller in Europe and the laureate of many prestigious car awards, the Peugeot 2008 is going to conquer the hearts of Russians with the same success, the Avtawro website writes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree "On the acting governor of the Pskov region." After the expiration of his governor's powers, Andrei Turchak was appointed temporarily acting head of the region "before taking office as a person elected by the governor," the Kremlin website said.

The Ministry of Finance will increase the support of banks with temporarily free budget funds. The Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov proposed to reduce the volume of the treasury account of the treasury.

The Central Bank of Ukraine did not consider and does not consider the application of any restrictions on the access of the population to bank deposits, UNIAN reports with reference to the press service of the country's National Bank. On Wednesday, the hryvnia collapsed to a historical minimum against the dollar.

The Commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAC) completed the investigation of the crash of the Mi-8 Angara Airlines on May 6, 2013, as a result of which nine people died.

In the turbulent Crimea, the fate of which the inhabitants of the peninsula will decide in a referendum , representatives of the State Council of Tatarstan headed. The authorities of the republic called on the Crimean Tatars not to support either the supporters of the Maidan or the separatists, but to "go their own way", necessarily peaceful, while maintaining friendly relations with the people of Ukraine.

The position of Russia when voting in the IMF to provide a loan to Ukraine will depend on the program under which the Fund will allocate money, but Moscow does not intend to be removed from discussing this topic, the director of the Department of International Financial Relations of the Ministry of Finance of Russia Andrei Bokarev said in an interview with the Prime Agency. “The position will be formed, including taking into account the conditions under which this program will be made. ...

Russian Dmitry Chudinov became a full-fledged holder of the temporary weight of the World Boxing Association (WBA), ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the promoter Vladimir Khryunov. Last night, the WBA leadership deprived of a temporary title, as well as the status of a compulsory applicant for a full-fledged belt of 31-year-old British Martin Murray.

In India, as a result of smoke on the Sindoratna diesel-electrical submarine built in Russia, two sailors were killed the day before during tests during tests in the water area, The Hindustan Times reported. Seven more people were injured. The day before it was reported that two officers were listed as missing. On Thursday, in the Naval Forces of India, they confirmed that the military were found dead.

The rallies of the warring supporters and opponents of the Crimean branch from Ukraine forced the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic to decide on a referendum on the issue of expanding the powers of Crimea and its status. The Crimean parliament appointed a popular vote for May 25, reports Newsru.ua .

In the capital of the state of Sinaloa Kuljakan, the townspeople staged a mass action, protesting against the arrest of the influential drug lord of Hoacin Gusman nicknamed El Chapo (shorty). About a thousand people along with the orchestra walked the streets, shouting slogans with a demand to free the leader of a powerful drug cartel. In the Husman, they see the key to their economic prosperity and stability, writes El Economista .

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov on March 1 will officially cease to be the head coach of the Russian hockey team. The further fate of the mentor must decide on March 5 at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Russian Federation of Russia (FCH), where the results of the speech of the national team at the Sochi Olympics will be summed up and evaluated the work of the coaching staff. - Diary of the 2014 Olympics.

American astronomers working with the Kepler space telescope confirmed the detection of 715 new planets that make up the systems around 305 stars. "Four of them exceed the size of the Earth by no more than 2.5 times and rotate in the inhabited zone of their stars," ITAR -TASS quoted the NASA report. Astronomers define this zone as a conditional area where the thermal effect of the star allows water on the surface of the planet to be in a liquid state.

From this year, instead of apartments, military personnel will receive funds for their acquisition . If earlier housing for officer families built a Ministry of Defense, now the military will decide which apartment to buy and in which region of the country. The new system, according to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, will almost eliminate the problem of queues.