More than 20 employees of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan and police officers were killed as a result of attacks that were made by the militants of the Taliban radical movement* in the North Afghan province of Kunduz, local sources told RIA Novosti . According to them, the Taliban* attacked two gearboxes near the city of Kunduz. As a result of clashes between the Afghan military and the fighters of the Taliban*, 18 soldiers and three police officers died.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Sports, together with the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) and the Continental Hockey League (KHL), to develop a program to reduce the number of players leaving overseas. It is planned to implement the program using organizational and legal methods.

Businessman Michael Bloomberg decided to stop participating in the struggle for nomination by a US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, Bloomberg reports. From now on, he will support the candidacy of former US Vice President Joe Biden. Bloomberg made such a decision after failure on the Super Autonomous Okrug - large -scale intra -party votes, Interfax reports.

The city assembly of Elista elected the head of the administration of the city of the former head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Dmitry Trapeznikov, who since September last year was appointed temporarily acting city manager Elista. 19 out of 23 deputies of 23 deputies voted for the candidacy of Trapeznikov, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the city hall.

CSKA Moscow basketball players defeated Zenit St. Petersburg on their floor in the match of the 27th round of the Euroleague regular championship. The meeting at the Megasport arena in Moscow ended with a score of 86:78 (23:21, 23:22, 20:15, 20:20). The most productive player of the match was Zenit basketball player Austin Hollins, who scored 28 points. Defender Mike James (27) stood out for CSKA. .

The first deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for the relationship between the Church with society and the media, Alexander Shchipkov, did not agree with the correction proposed by the President of the Russian Federation to the Constitution, stating that children are "the most important property of the Russian Federation." “It would seem that a very beautiful wording. But Russia is a state, that is, children can be declared the property of the state.

Two members of the Russian private professional team of Gazprom-Ruselo, who arrived at competitions in the UAE, revealed Koronavirus. Four Russians are quarantined in the island hotel, the multi -day cycle race of the World Cut of the UAE was canceled. Four representatives of the team - two racers and two representatives of the staff - were taken to the hospital from the hotel where they took a quarantine due to coronavirus.

The International Automobile Salon (IAA), which since 1951 was held in Frankfurt-on-Main once every two years, will move to Munich. The corresponding decision was made by the Union of the Automobile Industry of Germany (VDA), which is the organizer of the exhibition.

The State Duma, the Council of the Federation and the legislative assemblies of the regions will vote for the bill on amendments to the Constitution for a week, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign the document on March 18, on the day of the accession of Crimea to Russia, writes RBC .

The Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov identified a man who attacked him with a hammer on February 26 in the Swedish city of Jele. According to him, photographs of the attacker are posted on Facebook on a user page named Ruslan Mamaev. At the same time, the local prosecutor’s office filed a petition for the arrest of a person with the same name, the Russian BBC service reports.

On the eve of the Dutch Amsterdam , a draw for the continental tournament for national teams - the League of Nations of the season -2020/21 was held , as a result of which the Russian national team recognized rivals in the group in division B. They became the teams of Serbia, Turkey and Hungary. Matches will be held from September to November 2020.

"Putin, as we see, is simply obsessed with dates and their symbolism. If you remember, two years ago they specially transferred (separate federal law!) The presidential election to March 18, so that they fall on the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. And this year it is on March 18 - on the same symbolic date - he will sign the" Amendment to the Constitution, "writes Alexei Navalny's loser in his page. Facebook .

The first 30 complaints of employees of the Corruption Fund (FBK) were sent to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which last year have been searches in the framework of a criminal case of laundering in the FBK . As Irina Khrunova, lawyer of the Agora international human rights organization, told Vedomosti , there will be about 100 such complaints.

Former US Vice-President Joe Biden leads to the primaries of the Democratic Party, which took place simultaneously in 14 states and known as the Super Army. This is the most important day of the primary election season: it is expected that the rival of the current president Donald Trump in the election of the head of state will be determined based on the voting results.

According to March 4, 2020, the total number of those who died in the world as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak of Covid-19 amounted to 3198 people in 12 countries. In addition to China, lethal cases are registered in Australia, Iran, Spain, Italy, the USA, Thailand, Taiwan, France, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines. However, out of more than 93 thousand cases, more than 50 thousand people managed to cure, in whom a coronavirus infection was confirmed.