The Russian biathletist Olga Zaitseva said that skiing problems prevented her from fighting for the victory in the mass start at the final stage of the World Cup in the Norwegian Holmenkurn. On Sunday, Zaitseva with three blunders on four firing borders finished the fifth, losing 14 seconds to the winner of the race to the Slovak Anastasia Kuzmina, who four times sent bullets past the target. “The race went well, it began well.

NATO noticed a high concentration of the Russian military near the eastern border of Ukraine: enough forces to reach Transnistria, the American general Philip Bridlwa said at the expert Brussels Forum by the United NATO united forces in Europe. "The Russian forces, which are in comparative proximity to the Ukrainian border, differ in high numbers and very, very good readiness," Bridlav said.

In the 22nd round of the Russian football championship, Moscow Dynamo and Kazan Rubin tied at the Khimki Arena stadium. For both clubs now, extra glasses will not interfere, but the attacking teams in Sunday game seemed to have forgotten about it. During the meeting, Dynamo attacked more, but guests defenders coped well with their direct duties. “There was not enough luck,” said Dynamo goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov on the body immediately after the final whistle.

Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a large -scale strike. For the first time in the history of Israel, all foreign representative offices will be closed, including embassies, consulates, representatives of Israel in the UN and other international organizations, Newsru Israel reports. The press release, widespread by the Federation of Trade Unions, states that on March 23, all the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were ordered to leave their jobs.

Julius Mamchur, the commander of the Ukrainian military unit in Belbek, was released in Crimea, Major Valery Pikovets told the Ukrainian television channel 112 . Later, the Ukrainian "Radio Liberty" contacted the colonel’s wife, and she refuted reports of his release, saying that there was no news from the mamchur, and his phone still does not answer.

The police detained the authority of the criminal world suspected of the murder of a “thief in law”, and found an arsenal of weapons from him at home, Interfax reports with reference to a law enforcement source. According to him, on March 20, at about 18:45, a citizen of Azerbaijan, previously convicted of drug distribution, is now a criminal “authority”, temporarily living with his wife in Lobne near Moscow, was detained at the Kashirsky highway.

UK Foreign Minister William Hayig wrote an article in which he told how they will isolate Russia in the international arena in response to the capture of Crimea. He urged Western countries to exclude Russia from some international organizations and accelerate plans to diversify energy - so that Europe does not depend on Russian gas.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, three men killed a friend and burned his body in a heating furnace, the Siberian News Agency reports. A resident of Achinsk appealed to the duty part of the police with a statement about the disappearance of her father. The investigators found that the day before, the missing person met with his friends in the room of the forestry base. A quarrel ensued, which grew into a fight. The man was killed.

The demonstration against the economic policy of the Spanish government in Madrid turned into large -scale clashes with the police, at least 88 people were injured. The peaceful manifestation that was held in the center of Madrid on Saturday evening, after a while, outgrown into a clash with the police. According to some reports, the demonstrators began to throw representatives of security forces with stones, firecrackers and other objects.

At the Rosa Khutor ski resort, an avalanche has left, RIA Novosti told the press secretary of the southern regional search and rescue detachment of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies Rimma Perminov. Two skiers were killed, four more people who were on a dangerous area were not injured. Rescue work is completed. The resort only on the eve opened for tourists after the Olympics and the Paralympic Games there.

The flags of the Russian Federation as of Saturday, March 22, were raised in 189 military units and institutions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed in the Republic of Crimea, ITAR-TASS was told on Sunday to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Arsenal football club suffered a crushing defeat in the London derby against Chelsea in the game of the championship of England with a score of 0: 6. It is funny that this match has become a thousandth for Arsen Wenger as the head coach of the “gunners”. As part of the hosts, an Oscar (42.66) was noted, according to the goal, Samuel Et'o (5), Andre Shurrle (7), Eden Azar (17) and Mohamed Salah (71) were recorded in their asset.

Fedor Konyukhov, crossing the ocean in a funny boat, mistakenly fed a one and a half meter shark. Konyukhov crosses the Pacific Ocean from Chile to Australia on the funny boat "Turgoyak", regularly publishes reports on the trip on his Internet page. The latter message says: "The night passed quietly, without incident. Another companion was added to the birds of the Olusham. I am accompanied by a small shark, about 1.5 meters.

Pittsburgh hockey players in the overtime of the NHL regular home match interrupted the winning series Tampa, winning 4: 3. As part of the hosts, Yevgeny Malkin abandoned two goals. The Russian striker twice even assisted partners, including James Nile, who distinguished himself in extra time. “I feel better with every game,” reports Malkin’s words, which was recognized as the first star of the game day, the official website of the NHL. “I played very well after the Olympic Games.

Hockey players of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv on home ice won SKA from St. Petersburg in the third match of the Cup of Gagarin and are now leading in the series - 2: 1. “Railways” came ahead in the second period, when Vladislav Kartaev distinguished himself, but soon the “Armets” Roman Chervenka restored the balance - 1: 1. However, for the second break, Lokomotiv went in high spirits, which improved markedly thanks to Yegor Averin - 2: 1.