Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed by telephone with the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron, the situation in Ukraine and the upcoming referendum in Crimea. According to the Kremlin press service, Putin assured that measures taken by the leadership of Crimea are based on international law and are designed to ensure the interests of the population, RIA Novosti reports.

Grigory Revzin “Once again, there are no Ukrainians, but there are Banderaites, who are fascists, who are actually Americans. We are fighting with them. We fight very well. We occupied Crimea from them, cunningly, as if it weren’t us, we disguised ourselves and occupied it. What did they say in response? Nothing. Sanctions, bullshit - they have a small intestine, and again it will backfire on them, so. They eat wherever they go. By the way, this is not even a war at all.

In the center of the working village of Tugulu in the Sverdlovsk region, a grenade exploded at the cafe on the site of a mass fight of young people. 14 people were injured, including three - hard, as a result of the explosion in the city of Tugulu in the Sverdlovsk region, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the region told Interfax .

In the 20th round of the Russian Championship, Dynamo players at the Arena Khimki stadium lost after the first half of CSKA with a difference of two goals, but after the break they managed to turn the meeting and win. The army team went to a break in an excellent mood. The grounds for this were: Seydu Dumbia (12, 43) designed a double, and the defense played on zero.

In Moscow, two days in a row, a record high temperature remains. At the same time, the Russian hydrometeorological center predicts the continuation of the March warming in the capital, although at the beginning of the working week the probability of records of records will decrease.

The Swedish biathlete Bjern Ferry won the mass start at the World Cup in Pokluk. Scandinava did not allow a single miss on four firing lines, showing the time 35 minutes 19 seconds. Five seconds later, the Frenchman Martin Fourcade finished, who shot also flawlessly, and soon the Russianman Yevgeny Ustyugov finished the race, who on this day also boasts of impeccable shooting. “Today is a wonderful sunny day, the wind was quiet. It was clear that the one who shoots clean was on the catwalk.

Members of the Russian “Kino -Union”, the largest filmmakers of Russia responded to the appeal of Ukrainian filmmakers, who asked not to allow a military conflict between the two countries. “We read your letter with pain and listened to your appeal. We, like you, categorically against lies in the coverage of fateful events for Ukraine, and even more so against Russian military intervention in Ukraine. We are binding too much that we believe the fascinated propaganda.

In the Championship of Spain in football, Valadolid unexpectedly beat on his field "Barcelona" in the match of the 27th round with a score of 1: 0. The only ball in the middle of the first half was scored by the Italian midfielder Fausto Rossi. The Catalans have already suffered the fourth defeat in the Spanish championship and now occupy only the third place in the standings, lagging behind the capital's clubs (Real and Atletico) for one point.

The NHL Club "Washington Capitals" and the Russian striker Yevgeny Kuznetsov reached an agreement on the two -year contract for the beginner. The ex-captain of the Russian youth team will already be presented today as a player of the "capital", the NHL official website reports. And the debut of the striker, who will play under the 92nd number at the Washington, may take place on Monday in the game with Pittsburgh Penguins.

Russian skiers occupied the entire pedestal of honor at the Paralympic Games in Sochi in a ski race for 15 km in the category "Sitting". Roman Petushkov, who had previously won “gold” in the biathlon race 7.5 km, again finished first, showing the time 40 minutes 51 seconds. “I would not compare yesterday’s and today's races. Still, two different sports,” the Soviet Sports triumph reports. “So you can’t say, it’s easier for me or heavier.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova went to the third round of the tournament in the American Indian Wells, whose prize fund is almost $ 6 million. Sharapova, who missed the first circle, in the starting match, did not feel serious resistance from the German Julia Herges. The meeting lasted a little more than an hour and ended with a score of 6: 1, 6: 4 in favor of the fourth racket of the tournament.

The State Duma commented on the possible adoption of Western sanctions against Russia due to a tense situation in Ukraine. The head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov, is convinced that restrictive measures may turn out to be "mutual" for the Western countries. The parliamentarian believes that the West may suffer from the adoption of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which, in his opinion, do not at all stand victims.

Unknown people threw a man with firearms and knife wounds from a car in the center of Moscow, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement. According to the source, at about 05:30 a.m. on Sunday, unknown people from the Nissan Teana car were thrown out a man’s body in Bolshoi Kozlovsky Lane, near the house number 13 (near Myasnitskaya Street and the Red Gate metro).

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who arrived in Ukraine, who on Monday, March 10, should read a lecture on the topic "Man and Freedom" at the National Technical University "Kiev Polytechnic Institute", on Sunday evening arrived at the Maidan of Nebulia. Accompanied by one of the leaders of the Euromaidan, the ex-head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Yuri Lutsenko, he talked with the protesters.

A military unit of the military unit from the Vladimir region on Sunday seriously wounded his wife, killed her relatives and shot himself, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.