The Russian army will accept in its ranks of the military units located in the Crimea and Sevastopol, who will want to join the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, adviser to the Presidential of the Russian Federation in the field of the defense complex, State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlev (member of the United Russia faction) said in an interview with the Sevastopol television channel. The deputy clarified that this will happen in case of joining these territories to the Russian state.

The FSB officer Sergei Martynov, who previously worked as the chief personnel officer of the Smolny and the presidential envoy in the North-Western Federal District (NWFO), may occupy the post of a new head of the SF, Kommersant writes on Saturday. The vacancy of the head of the SF, responsible for the preparation of the decisions of the chamber and ensuring its activities, was released on February 19 in connection with the resignation "of his own free will" from the FSB Vladimir Svinarev.

Forward Nicolas Anelka announced the early termination of his contract with West Bromwich. Earlier, the 34-year-old Frenchman was disqualified for five matches for the Kenel provocative gesture, with the help of which he celebrated the goal against West Ham . Angelka was also fined 80 thousand pounds with her own club and was removed from training the first team. The current situation prompted Nicolas to early care with Khotorns.

The new Ukrainian authorities are preparing for the beginning of negotiations with Moscow, which refuses to recognize their legitimacy. According to the Ukrainian press, the plan of Kyiv is to return to the agreements of February 21, but without the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who had already left his post. The Ukrainian authorities believe that Yanukovych should leave the political arena, writes the Mirror of the Week .

The legendary biathlete Alexander Tikhonov criticized the leadership of the Union of Biathlonists of Russia and expressed the opinion that an open competition for positions at the coaching headquarters of the Russian team would not bring the desired result. “I have no doubt that the leading coaches who are still able to work will not participate in this outrages. The fate of the national team should decide the coaching council, and not the Maygurovs and Barnashovs.

In the Ukrainian Kharkov, there were bloody clashes between pro -Russian activists and unknown people whom Russian agencies call the “militants of the Right Sector”. According to the prosecutor’s office, two people were killed, up to five people were injured.

In Moscow, they promise to consider the numerous appeals coming from Ukraine with a request to protect civilians. In the "Application for events in Ukraine", published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , the Foreign Ministry told about the "Eastern Front", which are ready to open the militants of the "Right Sector", and an urgent order for sewing a Russian military uniforms located in one of the country's factories.

The opposition campaign "Marsh of the Peace" in Moscow has gathered 50 thousand people - this is the assessment of the AFP agency, which makes the event the most massive protest action in a long time. This is close to the estimates of the organizers and participants in the procession. The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the number of participants only at 14 o’clock, when most have not yet passed the framework of metal detectors, counting 3,000 participants.

The twin sisters Masha and Nastya Tolmachevs, who won the Eurovision Council of the 2006 children's, will present Russia at the adult of the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen in May of this year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russia 1 TV channel, which is the broadcaster of the competition in Russia this year.

In Ukraine, several thousand people went to the procession in the center of Donetsk to demonstrate their pro -Russian sentiments. The participants of the action chant: "Donbass - Russia!", "Golden Eagle!", "Fascism will not pass!" And "Putin help!" They also hold Russian and St. George flags, Interfax reports. The column, moving from Lenin Square, where a rally took place at 12:00, walked past the building of the Donetsk regional state administration towards the city hall.

The productive game of Russian attackers Evgenia Kuznetsov and Alexander Ovechkin helped Washington in the home arena Verizon Center to defeat Vancouver with a score of 4: 3 in the NHL regular season match. Alexander Ovechkin already abandoned 45 pucks in the season, strengthening his leadership in the list of the best overseas snipers, and Yevgeny Kuznetsov, for whom this match became the third in the overseas league, made three assists.

The Russian diplomat Konstantin Dolgov, who holds the post of authorized Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, turned to the world through Twitter with an appeal to hold extremists in Ukraine. “Bandera structures in Ukraine should be outlawed as inciting interethnic hatred,” Dolgov wrote on his microblog on Saturday.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Ren-TV said that in Russia a "creative and free society" and "the introduction of unanimity is absolutely impossible." He also stated that the authorities in the Russian Federation are not going to "clamp criticism": "Criticism was, is and will be." (Quote for ITAR-TASS.) The statements of the spokesman sounded on the day when two mass shares were held in Moscow: the “march of the world” and the

The French football club "Paris Saint-Germain" broke up with two cooks after a sharp criticism of the quality of food on the basis of the team. The striker Zlatan Ibragimovich, who was fed for 15 euros per day, was indignant. The Swedish striker was dissatisfied with constantly repeating dishes and the quality of products on the basis, writes Daily Mail .

The State Duma deputy from the Fair Russia faction Ilya Ponomarev claims that he did not submit to the lower house of the Russian parliament a bill on fines for the propaganda of Russophobia in the Russian Federation. In his "Live magazine" he wrote that he did not introduce any law, and if such a law was introduced on his behalf, he will be withdrawn. The incident is “scandal”, “unprecedented” and “creative”.