The US Federal Bureau of Investigations takes part in the investigation of the death of the ex-head of the Ministry of Printing of the Russian Federation Mikhail Lesin, who died in November in the US capital, the representative of the White House Josh Ernest told reporters. Ernest during a briefing said: "This death is the subject of the investigation of the capital's police department in Washington, where it occurred.

The basketball players of the Moscow CSKA in overtime suffered a guest defeat from the Spanish Barcelona with a score of 98: 100 in the tenth of the tenth round of the TOP-16 Euroleague. Nine seconds before the end of additional time, the Catalans gave in with a difference of three points, but Justin Dolmen first realized a three -point throw, and four seconds before the final siren, intercepting the ball, made a decisive hit.

The widow of the former minister of the press of the Russian Federation Mikhail Lesin Valentin said that almost immediately after the death of her husband, the American inquiry bodies handed her a passport to her. Since then, the document was constantly with her, Valentina Lesin "Gazeta.Ru" told her.

The US State Department for the first time accused Syria of violating a ceasefire with the opposition and called on Russia to use its influence in order to stop attacks that the Syrian peace process jeopardized, Reuters reported.

Alphago's computer program defeated the best among the people of the grandmaster Lee Sedol. The parties account in a match of five games 3-0, and now Sedol will not be able to prevail. The result of the match is a serious breakthrough for research in the field of artificial intelligence. Previously, a game with the widest variability was considered to be excessive for computers due to the inability to act on the basis of enforcing options.

Donald Trump’s performance in Chicago, which was supposed to take place as part of his presidential campaign on Friday evening, was canceled due to the incurred passions in the ranks of the assembled public, reports Reuters. According to the agency, several thousand people came to the rally, and among them there were not only supporters of the billionaire, but also his ardent opponents.

Former American intelligence officer Edward Snowden, a source of revelations about the electronic program of US special services, said that he would like to return to the States. Now he lives in Russia, where he turned out to be blocked at the airport after a transit flight and canceling documents. Snowden on a television conference performed at the Brooklyn Music Academy. There he said: "What happens to me personally in this context and in the context of our country is not so important.

In the match of the 20th round of the Russian football championship, Moscow Spartak won a strong-willed victory over the Perm Amkar in its field. The guests were the first to succeed: in the 36th minute, Pavel Komolov after serving from the flank and his head sent the ball to the goal of the capital's club - 0: 1.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B launch vehicle with the resource-p satellite was stopped due to the fact that during the start there was an automatic shutdown of the engine, according to the Roscosmos page on Twitter . Currently, the causes of what happened are being clarified.

The ex-mentor of Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter, and Napoli Rafael Benitsu, who was appointed to the head of the head coach of Newkaslav , was promised an impressive financial bonus. If a Spanish specialist is able to complete the task set for the rest of the season, then, according to The Times , he will receive an additional three million pounds. The task is simple - to preserve the "registration" in an elite football division.

The delegation of the secular democratic opposition of Syria arrived in negotiations in Geneva. The first statement voiced to the media was the proposal to form a transitional body without the current president of the country Bashar al -Assad. Representatives of Damascus previously stated that in principle they do not intend to discuss the re -election of the current head of state.

The Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) transferred operational materials to American colleagues in relation to more than thousands of drug dealers operating in the United States, Oleg Vasiliev, a representative of the FSKN of Russia in the United States, told TASS. According to him, the information was transmitted on behalf of the director of the FSKN Viktor Ivanov at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington to the DEA employees, the local drug control department.

In the match of the 29th round of the Italian football championship "Juventus", winning with a score of 1: 0 at its Sassuolo stadium, managed to maintain its gates in inviolability in a tenth game in a row. Thus, the Turin club set a series of series A: Previously, not a single team managed to play without missing goals for ten matches in a row. And the goalkeeper of Juventus Dzhanluji Bufffon has not missed for 926 minutes now.

Russian hackers are preparing an attack on the German energy system, says the German edition of Tagesspiegel . The letter of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution says that the preparation is currently underway. In February, investigators from the United States confirmed the involvement of Russian hackers in an attack on the energy network of Ukraine - the first of their kind.

On Friday late in the evening, emergency staff evacuated residents of a five-story building on Frunze Street due to a message about a discovered explosive object similar to a mine, Interfax reports with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. While sappers worked on the spot, the tenants of the house were taken to a safe distance. However, explosives quickly established that the threat was exaggerated.