Olympic champion Anton Shipulin, who missed the 2018 Games due to the sanctions of the IOC , said that a very difficult situation has developed in the Russian biathlon. “Now we need to get out of this situation, from this deep pit, so that everything will return to its places,” said Shipulin in the film “Disstanded.” “I understand that now there are no results. This is the weakest national team in recent years. Since there are no results, this means that we are weaker than the rest.

President Vladimir Putin, during a large interview with the NBC, came from the perspective of the enlightener, moving away from the subject answer to some questions. The full text of the conversation with Megin Kelly published the Kremlin press service on March 10. The president praised the opposition, but habitually did not name by the name of Alexei Navalny.

With the presentation of the Russian media, one of the main topics for discussion on Saturday was the local conflict of Ukrainian paratrooper Valery Ananyev with Russian TV presenter Artem Sheinin. The patriots of their countries met in the Italian Verona, Ananiev could not restrain himself when he heard Russian speech, and spat Sheinin in his face. A spatered TV presenter called it "PR." Ananiev spoke about a meeting with Sheinin on his Facebook page.

The American businessman Martin Shkrel, who received the sad glory of the symbol of greed after inflating the price of a medicine for AIDS, goes to prison for seven years. During the verdict in the case of the deception of investors, he burst into tears, reports the Air Force . Last year, the jury found Shkrel guilty of sending false reports to investors. He did this, trying to hide the huge financial losses of two hedge funds that he controlled.

The head of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs Embert Radd on Saturday convenes an emergency meeting in connection with the poisoning of ex-colonel GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia, Skynews reports. This happened the day after the work of investigators at the cemetery in Salisbury, where the wife of Skripal Lyudmila and their son Alexander were buried. In online broadcasts, Sky reports that on Saturday investigators work on the grave of the Skripal wife.

The head of the KHL trade union Andrei Kovalenko sent to the knockout of the chief referee of the Chalus Cup among veterans, which took place in Odintsovo. Other players had no complaints about judges. After the game, the victim Vladislav Kiselev was in the hospital. Before the incident, Kovalenko was removed for two minutes for a blow with a club.

In Latvia, a protest was held against the transfer of schools into the Latvian language of study. About 1000 people took part in the procession, DELFI reports. TASS calls the figure of 3000 people, the organizers of the action - up to 5000. The audience defended the bill on autonomy of national minorities schools, which previously rejected the Central Election Commission.

Two children who suffered as a result of gas explosion in a residential building in Krasnodar are in intensive care, TASS was told in the children's regional hospital. The Ministry of Emergencies announced their readiness to evacuate children by aviation: in the Rostov region, the AN-148 and the Mi-8 helicopter and the Mi-8 helicopter are ready. The explosion of the gas -air mixture occurred on Saturday on the fifth floor of a residential building on the street. Slavyanskaya, 75.

In Helsinki, the Finnish "Jokerit" defeated HC Sochi in overtime with a score of 2: 1 in the fifth match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup and went to the next stage of the tournament. Eli Tolvanen, who shortly before the final siren, restored the equilibrium - 1: 1, and then at the extra time inflicted a decisive throw - 2: 1. Thus, the series ended in favor of Jokerite-4: 1, and an 18-year-old striker with five goals single-handedly headed the list of snipers of the playoffs.

Tanks will not take part in the military parade, the holding of which was instructed by US President Donald Trump, reports Reuters with reference to the Pentagon statement. It was decided not to use heavy caterpillar equipment in order to minimize damage to Washington’s infrastructure, including road surface, explained in the defense department. Conducting the parade will already cost the country's budget a considerable amount.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denies financial relations with cellist Sergei Roldugin, and also declares that he is not going to change the constitution again . He stated this in an interview with the American television company NBC . Earlier, the channel published a number of announcements, from which it became known that Russia would not give the United States to accused of interfering in the elections and that the planned arms race has a reason .

The temporarily acting governor of the Samara region Dmitry Azarov refused to comment on the scandal at the local opera and ballet theater, but called actor Mikhail Efremov "rude". The day before, the audience complained that Efremov went on stage drunk and forgot the text, and sent the dissatisfied with obscenities. “Well, what will I comment on every rude to comment on? People will figure it out here. There is someone to do,” said Azarov of the Moscow Radio Says Moscow .

The An-26 transport aircraft crashed in Syria due to damage to the shutters, Kommersant claims with reference to the participants in the investigation of the causes of the disaster, which claimed 39 people. An-26 crashed on March 6, without reaching the airfield of the Khmeimim of half a kilometer to the airfield. The publication, citing a source in military transport aviation, reports that the crew had problems with the management of landing.

On Friday, an armed man burst into the veterans house in the American city of Yanwill (California) and took at least three people hostage, CNN reports. Information about the emergency is also confirmed on the local traffic police page on Twitter . "The traffic police are known about the incident in the house of veterans and our employees are already working on the spot to resolve the situation. The special forces team are also nominated in the place," the law enforcement officers said.

The Central Election Commission of Russia sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General in connection with an obscene abuse , which was allowed by the presidential candidate from the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky in relation to Ksenia Sobchak on television battles. About this, as Interfax reports, said the head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova on the air of the NTV channel. “Yes, one of the candidates allowed this outrage - an obscene abuse.