“State Duma deputy from the LDPR Dmitry Nosov (bronze medalist of the 2004 Olympics in judo) called Stalin “the greatest politician of the last century,” the data on the death of millions of people in Stalin’s camps is a “controversial point” (they say, none of his family was imprisoned in 1937 -m), and “The Gulag Archipelago” - “paid history” (although Nosov, by his own admission, did not read the book itself).

The Taiwanese company HTC is preparing to present its new flagship smartphone, and as the presentation approached in the middle or end of March approaches, there are more and more rumors about the appearance of the novelty, its technical characteristics and even the name.

The US authorities reported the plans of the militants of the Islamic State ( Daish ) and Al-Qaeda (terrorist groups, prohibited in the Russian Federation) to organize new terrorist attacks in Europe. From reliable sources, it became known which places can be attacked. The warning is published on the official website of the US State Department.

Several Turkish gas companies intend to sue Gazprom Export, which reduced gas supply to private importers from Turkey by 10%. About this, according to TASS, wrote the Hurriyet newspaper with reference to unnamed sources. According to the publication, “importers from Turkey seek to most positively solve the current problem in accordance with the agreement concluded with Gazprom. But if this is not possible, then“ The case will be sent to international arbitration, ”the Hurryet source explained.

Since March 14, the Rosselkhoznadzor has been introducing restrictions on the import of Moldavian plant products through Belarus, Interfax reports. As the department stated, the import of these products in the Russian Federation will be possible only through the checkpoints of the Russian Federation located in the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions. In addition, the products should be accompanied by Moldavian phytosanitary certificates issued for recipients registered in the Russian Federation.

The Kremlin does not comment on reports on the decision of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to declare a dry hunger strike . The trial of the Ukrainian military and the hunger strike announced by her are not the agenda of the Kremlin Day, in this situation, any comments are unacceptable, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “I would not want to comment on this. This is not a question that refers to our agenda.

The Norman Four wants the elections in the Donbass to be held in the first half of 2016. This was announced by Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Mark Airo following negotiations in Paris with colleagues from Russia, Germany and from Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is ready to “influence” the separatists, but the process is slowed down in Kyiv. The meeting of foreign ministers in Paris lasted about four hours.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Orthodox Church (RPSC) Metropolitan Cornelius, who performed on the eve of Moscow on a round table on the current problems of ancient Old Orthodoxy, said that the creation of a general transport movement on the basis of the Orthodox faith, the Russian language and culture will help to overcome the disagreement between various Old Believers communities and will become a starting point for the development of a qualitatively new dialogue with society and state.

Muslims in Moscow during the Friday prayer will collect money for the parents of the murdered nanny of the girl, the website of the spiritual administration says. During the Friday prayer, the Muslims of the capital will also exit prayers for the repose of the soul of the child and for his family, the portal "Interfax-religion" reports. Previously, they asked not to connect the brutal murder of a child with Islam.

Three people have already become victims of avalanche in Buryatia since the beginning of March. The last incident occurred on the evening of March 3 in the Tunkinsky district of the republic, where the jade miner became the victim of the snow masses, reports IA Ulanmedia .

Ian Makshin, busy in the sixth season of the series "Game of Thrones" based on the novels of George Martin from the series "Song of Ice and Flame", spoke about the character he plays. According to him, his hero is a former warrior who became a supporter of the world and created a kind of cult, an analogue of clans fighting for power in Westeros, writes NME . According to Makshin, in the future series he will return the audience of everyone's beloved character, which is considered dead.

Employees of the Christian organization "Western Conservatory of Arts and Sciences" posted an animated map on the network showing the geography of the spread of Christianity and Islam from the moment of emergence to date, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the information of The Christian Post.

The Irkutsk Regional Court examined the appeals of the parties in the case of a drunken accident with the participation of the daughter of the deputy of the City Duma, Julia Kiseleva, as a result of which two people were killed. Earlier, the accused was found guilty and sentenced to 3.5 years in the colony. Kiseleva’s lawyers asked the court to delay the punishment so that the defendant could educate her minor daughter.

In Arkhangelsk, a sentence of a psychiatric hospital is sentenced to a medical worker, who is found guilty of the murder of the patient. The motive for reprisal was that the victim began to eat someone else's portion of food. By the decision of the Primorsky District Court, the former orderly of the Archangel Clinical Psychiatric Hospital, Dmitry Ball, will spend eight years behind bars. He will serve his sentence in a maximum security penal colony, the official website of the RF IC reports.

Freestystist Semyon Denshchikov was the first Russian to become the winner of the World Cup in the discipline of Ski-Cross, the press service of the Russian Freestyle Federation reports. The second place at the final stage in the Swiss Aros was taken by the Swede Victor Norberg, the third - Canadian Christopher Delbosko.