The Ministry of Finance said that as of March 1, 2015 amounted to 4 trillion 720.74 billion rubles, the FNB - 4 trillion 590.59 billion rubles, the TASS agency reports. The volume of the reserve fund decreased by February by 19.5% (against 5.865 trillion rubles as of February 1, 2015), the Federal Tax Service - by 10% (against 5.1 trillion rubles). Since the beginning of 2015, the reserve fund has decreased by 4.5%, the Federal Tax Service - increased by 4.6%.

On March 3, the eruption of the Villarrik volcano, located in the southern part of Chile, at 3:00 local time (9:00 Moscow time), and lasted, according to some sources, 20 minutes began. In nearby cities - in particular, in Villarik, Puon, Konarip, Kurareue - the Aracania, where the volcano is located, a "red" level of anxiety was declared.

The chairman of the department of the Moscow Patriarchate on the interaction of the Church and the Society (Owning), Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, believes that it is possible to criticize and create caricatures for clergymen, but you cannot touch the symbols of faith. He stated this on the air of the "Russian News Service" . So he commented on information about the production based on the story of A. S. Pushkin "Metel", which goes on the stage of the Russian Drama Theater in Izhevsk.

The cost of supplies in April of Texas light oil (WTI) decreased on Monday at auction in New York by 0.17 cents (0.34%), to $ 49.59 per barrel, TASS reports. At the auction in Europe, oil also fell in price. On the London Exchange of futures transactions, the cost of contracts for the supply of Brent mixture decreased by $ 2.56, to $ 60.02 per barrel. On Monday, the price of oil Brent was higher than $ 62 per barrel, but during the day it dropped below $ 61.

The Indian state of Maharastra, where the financial capital of the country is located - Mumbai, introduced a tough legislative ban on the use of beef. According to the newspaper Financial Times, violators are facing a imprisonment for up to five years. The state parliament approved the bill about 20 years ago, but for its entry into force it was required by the president of India. The current head of state Pranab Mukerji agreed on Tuesday, the Interfax-religion portal reports.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny accused the authorities of Russia and President Vladimir Putin of involvement in the murder of the co-chair of the RPR-Parnas party Boris Nemtsov. Navalny, who is now in a special -reception, and therefore could not visit the funeral of a deceased friend, indicated that Nemtsov could be killed by special services. Earlier, the chairman of the Democratic Choice party Vladimir Milov expressed a similar assumption.

In February, OJSC AvtoVAZ sold 23,639 cars in Russia in February, which is 23.5% less than in February 2014, the vice president of sales and marketing of the company Denis Petrunin reported on Tuesday. At the same time, in February, sales of LADA cars increased by 35.1% compared to January 2015, TASS writes with reference to the AvtoVAZ press center. "In February, a total drop in car sales in the Russian market continued to observe.

The revival of the capital's club Spartak, which will take part in the championship of the Continental Hockey League of the 2015/16 season, will be announced on April 21 at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of society. This was reported by TASS with reference to several independent sources familiar with the situation. This year marks the 80th year of Spartak.

A special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine reported on Monday that she watched on Saturday and Sunday the discharge of four convoys of weapons of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) near Donetsk, two convoys in the Bezyme and Torez.

Speaker of the State Duma, Sergei Zheleznyak, announced the need to adopt laws that stimulate writers to create in the name of strengthening spirituality and morality in society. The United Russia made his statement, speaking at a round table on the support of the authors of fiction. The main goal of the meeting was expert work on the preparation of possible amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, as well as the introduction of the “writer” profession into the register.

Police officers of the Moscow region neutralized the gang, whose members are suspected of robbery on the bank. We tens of millions of rubles became the prey criminals. Criminal punishment faces a 36-year-old resident of the Moscow region, a 39-year-old Muscovite and two natives of the republics of the North Caucasus aged 37 and 40, the official website of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

In the American state of New York, the court found a woman guilty of killing her five-year-old child, writes The Huffington Post . The attacker deliberately poisoned the boy with salt to conduct an Internet blog about the history of his serious illness. According to one version, in pursuit of popularity, the blogger introduced a deadly dose of sodium chloride. 27-year-old Leisi Spears, the jury made a verdict on Monday after a three-day meeting. The verdict will be read to her on April 8.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told President Vladimir Putin yesterday that business activity in the capital increased last year. Experts are surprised - official statistics indicate the opposite. RBC writes about this. Tax rates on real estate have become “optimal,” the Moscow mayor said at a working meeting with Putin.

Members of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs of Finland do not believe that Russia is leading special observation for Finland, Yle reports. So they commented on the note received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation the day before, in connection with the decision of the Finnish authorities, to allow the supply of laser rangefinders to Ukraine.

The head of the government of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the two chambers of the US Congress. As expected, his speech was dedicated to the nuclear program of Iran and the planning agreement with Tehran. During the performance of Netanyahu in the hall, there was no large group of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. About 60 politicians boycotted.