The striker of the Dutch club "Vitessa" Brian Linsen with humor appreciated the possible appointment of Russian Leonid Slutsky to the post of head coach of the team. Earlier information appeared that the former head coach of CSKA and the Russian national team agreed on a contract with the Dutch club and in the summer will officially head the team. It is assumed that an agreement with a 46-year-old specialist will be designed for two years. “I heard that Slutsky loves to drink.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) intends to consider the compliance of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) of the World Code at the annual symposium, which will be held in Lausanne from March 21 to 23, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the organization.

In St. Petersburg, on Sunday, a farewell took place with the pilots who controlled the An-26 transport aircraft, who broke up on the approach to the Syrian military base of Khmeimim. 39 people were killed on board. Fontanka reports that the civilian memorial service was canceled at the last moment, and said goodbye to the pilots at the Levashovo military airfield. On the eve of the media, a priority version of the causes of the tragedy was called: one of the clips was torn from the An-26.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the bulk of which was devoted to stories about the latest strategic weapons systems, disappointed, but did not surprise him. According to the head of the Pentagon, such developments do not affect the position of the United States, and therefore Moscow can invest as much money in them as it wishes. At the same time, he emphasized that all this will cost the Russian people expensive.

After the presidential election, another rotation of the governor’s corps is expected, Znak.com claims, citing sources in the presidential administration, as well as in the regions. The list includes five "flight candidates", mainly from the eastern regions of the country. The interlocutors in the administration claim that a clear list of outgoing governors is not defined: important decisions of such a plan will be made after March 18.

Screenwriter and director Jonathan Nolan shot the video about the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket launched to Mars, Ilon Mask SpaceX. Publishing a link to the video on his Twitter , Musk said that he decided to inspire humanity. The video includes new shots. They depict preparations for the launch, reaction and glee of spectators, launching a rocket into space and video frames flying in space Tesla Roadster with a mannequin driving, RIA Novosti reports.

The Federal Service showed a video from the place of neutralization of criminals trying to arrange a terrorist attack in the Saratov region. RIA Novosti was published about a minute shot in the dark. In the video, the bodies of two bandits with pistols in their hands are visible. The work of the FSB officers at the site of the shootout, as well as a home -made explosive device, was recorded. Earlier, the FSB reported on the elimination of terrorists from a conspiracy cell.

Russian President Vladimir Putin explained the Kursk submarine disaster with a deplorable state of the fleet and said that there was no "nothing surprising." Also in the new film, which was posted on social networks, television journalist Dmitry Kiselev spoke about two “assassination attempts” in Chechnya, which the acting president survived in 2000. Submarina crashed in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000. All 118 crew members on board were killed.

The UK intends to impose personal sanctions against Russian officials involved in corruption and violation of human rights, adopting its version of the so -called Magnitsky list. The preparation of sanctions reports The Telegraph . The newspaper found out that the Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Great Britain Ember Radd agreed on a fundamental decision.

The publication of Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in which the mayor directly calls on the Russians to go to the polls and vote exclusively for the current President Vladimir Putin, is not agitation, counted in the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory Vladimir Vyatrovich advocated renaming the Dnipropetrovsk region to Sicheslav. As RIA Novosti notes, Vyatrovich is known as an active fighter with the "communist past" of the country and one of the initiators of the so -called law on decommunization, prohibiting the promotion of everything related to the Soviet Union.

The military conducted the combat -combat launch of the hypersonic missile of the Kinage complex, the new Russian high -precision weapon, which was declassified by President Vladimir Putin during the message to the Federal Assembly. According to the Ministry of Defense, which quotes Interfax , the missile successfully impressed the set target at the training ground in the south of the country.

The Pentagon Head James Mattis warned the power in Damascus against the use of chemical weapons. He also criticized Russia to support the regime of Bashar al -Assad, reports Radio Liberty . On the eve of Damascus, it was stated that provocations using poisonous substances are prepared by militants who control the eastern guta. In the United States, however, it was considered necessary to warn the other side of the armed conflict.

The Russian biathlonist Anton Shipulin became the third in the mass start of 15 km as part of the World Cup in the Finnish Contiolati. Shipulin, who allowed one blunder and walking the second after the fourth shooting, shortly before the finish line fell and could not compete for victory. The first place was taken by the Austrian Julian Eberhard, who twice sent bullets to Milk, with a result of 38 minutes 4.8 seconds.

The Dagestan policeman, who shot two men on the outskirts of the village of Gerga, was dismissed from the service, the press service of the Republican Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The direct leaders of the suspect policeman are brought to strict disciplinary liability, TASS also reports. Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan is conducting an audit on the fact of the murder of two people in the Kayakent district.