The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved the bill on financial and technical assistance to Ukraine, promised earlier this week by Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to Kyiv. The purpose of the emergency packet, in particular, is to reduce Ukraine’s dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia. It is also supposed to help Ukrainian business find new export markets, adapt to pressure in the retail sector and increase energy efficiency.

Independent gas manufacturers require access to the future Siberian Power gas pipeline, according to which Gazprom is going to export the gas and Kovyktinsky deposits to China. According to Kommersant , this topic was discussed at a meeting of the Government Commission on TEK on February 25. The idea itself was proposed by Rosneft and the Irkutsk oil company (INC), they would like to take at least 20 billion cubic meters to the gas pipeline. m of gas per year.

An explosion occurred in the West Siberian CHP in Novokuznetsk, which died one employee of the power plant and four more received burns. Interruptions with the supply of heat and energy in the city of an emergency did not cause. As the press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region clarified the Interfax , the “cotton” occurred in the boiler at the West Siberian TPP in Novokuznetsk.

In Russia, sales of the Range Rover Evoque model with a nine -speed automatic gearbox began. For the title of the first car with such an advanced checkpoint, the crossovers Range Rover Evoque and the Jeep Cherokee of the new generation argue - both debuted last year. But in the Russian market, the British became an unconditional leader: he can already be bought from official dealers, and “Cheroki” is still on the way, notes Wromo .

Members of the European and American mathematical societies made a statement in support of the Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the President of the Moscow Mathematical Society, Viktor Vasiliev, detained on February 21 at a rally in support of the convicted defendants in the “swamp case” near the building of the Zamoskvoretsky court and later fined by the same court for 10 thousand rubles.

“I go into the school library. At one time she received the youth magazine “Wings,” a completely pro-Kremlin magazine published by the Russian School Library Association (RSBA) and intended for teenagers. Some members of the Elf Literary Club, which I led in 2007, also published there. 2010 I ask the librarian to give me 2-3 issues of the magazine.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved the bill for assistance to Ukraine, which provides for government guarantees for the provision of loans in the amount of $ 1 billion. In support of this document on Thursday, March 6, 385 congressmen spoke, 23 voted against. The Senate is expected to consider the bill next week. After that, in case of approval, he will be transferred to the signature of US President Barack Obama.

In 2015, 45.6 billion dollars will be required to ensure national intelligence of the United States in 2015, although in the future this amount may increase taking into account unforeseen emergency operations abroad. The administration of Barack Obama requested such a volume of financing from Congress.

The Parliament of Ukraine will initiate the dissolution of the Supreme Council of Crimea. This was stated in a television show to the people of the acting President of Ukraine, speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Turchinov in connection with the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

At the appeal of the spiritual administration of the Muslims of Crimea on Friday, in all Crimean mosques, Dua - prayers for a peaceful settlement of the situation around the status of a peninsula are performed. According to the press service of the muftiyat, prayers for the world began immediately after Friday prayer, the Interfax-religion portal reports.

Closing access to voter lists in Crimea and Sevastopol, the decision on which was made by the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, will not affect the referendum planned on March 16 on the accession of these entities to the Russian Federation. This was announced on Friday by the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Grigory Ioffe, who heads the working group of parliament to prepare for the referendum.

Despite the protests of the West regarding Russian intervention in the affairs of Ukraine, the prospect of the complete exit of Crimea from subordination to Kiev is becoming more and more real. Expert opinions were justified that sanctions could not become a means of deterring Moscow.

The government offers to pay young mothers starting their own business to a grant of up to 400 thousand rubles, Interfax reports with reference to Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. “This issue is currently being worked out together with the Ministry of Economic Development.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov criticized the actions of the leadership of Western countries against Ukraine, accusing the West politicians of inaction against the backdrop of the coup in Kyiv. According to the head of the Kremlin press service, Vladimir Putin is doing everything possible for the situation in the Ukrainian state to improve, but is faced with inaction and misunderstanding of the West.

The world champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Mexican Carlos Molina was arrested in the USA for a warrant issued seven years ago. This happened two days before the title battle with the American Jermella Charlo, ITAR-TASS reports citing local media. The boxer was arrested in Las Vegas. The warrant for his arrest was discharged seven years ago in the state of Wisconsin.