Audi will stop the development of new generation gasoline and diesel engines. This was announced by Automobilwoche, the head of the Audi Marcus Dusmann. According to him, this solution is associated with the upcoming tightening of environmental standards in the European Union: after a few years, the EU countries will transfer to the Euro-7 standard, the requirements of which are not yet approved for the environmental friendliness of internal combustion engines.

The Spanish “Real” and the English “Manchester City” went to the quarterfinals of the Champions Football League, knocking out the Italian “Atalanta” and the German “Borussia” from Menhengladbach, respectively. “Real” in the response match of the 1/8 finals defeated “Atalanta” on his field with a score of 3: 1 after the February Guest Victory (1: 0). Karim Benzema (34 '), Sergio Ramos (59') from the penalty and Marco Asensio (84 ') distinguished themselves among the winners.

Samsung warned that it might refuse to release a new smartphone in the Galaxy Note line this year. This was reported in the company during an annual meeting with shareholders, reports Bloomberg .

The US authorities will expand export restrictions on Russia in connection with the poisoning of Himo weapons of opposition Alexei Navalny. This follows from the application of the American Ministry of Trade that is common on Wednesday.

Work on sealing two cracks in the intermediate camera of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS), which Russian crew members spent last week, did not help completely eliminate the air leak on the ISS. In this regard, the astronauts continued the search for other cracks and found another suspicious place with the help of teas.

The Uber taxi service recognizes drivers in the UK by the employees of the company and begins to provide them with the laid social guarantees, including the minimum wage established by law, paid leave and the ability to participate in the pension savings program. These changes will enter into force on March 17 in accordance with the February decision of the UK Supreme Court.

On March 17, amendments to the Tax Code of Russia entered into force, giving tax services expanded access to banking secrets. Now, banks are obliged to provide the Federal Tax Service with copies of customer passports, copies of the power of attorney to dispose of cash, copies of the contract for opening accounts and applications for its closure, as well as copies of cards with signatures and print seals.

The Investigative Committee did not find the grounds for conducting an audit on the statement of the journalist of the YouTube channel Real View Fedor Medorov , reports the Telegram channel "Apology of Protest" with reference to his lawyer Leonid Solovyov.

"According to the law on control over educational activities adopted in the third reading . Two problems are visible here," the publicist writes on his Facebook page. “The circle of what can be under state control is not determined - and the circle of what is under any circumstances can be regulated by the state. Yes, if that, I am for strict fencing and for prohibition, not for citizens, but for the authorities. The problem is the second.

The former special forces of the GRU General Staff and the ex-leader of the dangerous gang Valery Voblikov, who had previously escaped from house arrest, was arrested in Novosibirsk, according to the GU FSIN website in the Altai Territory. "The convicted Voblikov is detained. In the future, he will be transferred to serving a sentence in a correctional institution," Gufsin said. Details of the investigation operation operation are unknown.

According to the results of 2020, Russia entered the four countries of the world with the highest rates of housing prices. This conclusion was reached by analysts from the consulting company Knight Frank. In total, the study of the company, the review of which leads TASS, covers 56 countries and territories. Last year, analysts called the leader in the growth rate of prices last year - in this country, residential prices rose 30.3%.

Mikhail Vinogradov "Today - 30 years to a referendum on the preservation of the USSR. One of the largest historical myths. Someone invented in the mid -90s that the people shifted their and God's voice - and the politicians trampled down and all that. What was in reality (if I were 15-20 older years - I would write" in fact "). The frontier of 1990 and 1991. The line of the Soviet leadership is growing in the Soviet leadership.

The Florida court sentenced the 18-year-old Graham Clark to three years in prison for organizing an unprecedented hacking of the Twitter microblogging service, which occurred in the summer of 2020. It is reported by Tampa Bay Times . Recall that as a result of the July hacking , the attackers gained access to the internal tools of the service and placed fraudulent announcements about earnings on bitcoins in the accounts of many celebrities and large companies.

The President of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Vladislav Tretyak was withdrawn from the Council of the International Federation of Hockey (IIHF) due to sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in relation to Russian sports. The verdict of the sports arbitration court (CAS), issued due to doping manipulations at the state level, prohibits Russian state officials, including deputies, enter the collegial governing bodies of international sports federations within two years.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended the countries to continue the use of the Astrazeneca vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. "WHO believes that the advantages of using the ASTRAZENECA vaccine outweigh risks and recommends continuing vaccination," the organization said . It also notes that the WHO Committee, according to the security of vaccines, carefully studies the latest data security data developed by Astrazeneca.