Japan faced the most serious crisis since the Second World War. Chronicle of events, evidence of eyewitnesses, photos, videos, maps, infographics March 18 © Reuters A week has passed since the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on the northeastern coast of Japan. Evacuated, rescuers and officials in the prefectures of Miyag, Fukushima and Ivate, who were injured from the elements, were honored with a minute of silence of the victims of the disaster.

The main witness of the prosecution refuses to testify In the Moscow City Court, meetings in the case of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova continue.

Happy Birthday, Twitter! For 5 years, Twitter has become not only one of the most popular social networks of the world, he managed to earn a reputation as an operational media, a revolutionary and the ideal timkiller. The story of Twitter began in March 2006 as a research project by ODEO (San Francisco), initially for internal use. Jack Dorsie introduced the concept of individual use of an SMS service to communicate with a small group.

The New Times had at his disposal the documents on the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova: interrogation protocols, wiretaps, personnel made by cameras of video surveillance on the Prechistenka, as well as a notarized refusal to testify one of the main witnesses of the parties to the state image, Ilya Goryachev: he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he claims that he

The UN imposed sanctions against the Libyan dictator Flights to the UN and in reality. The situation around Libya entered the decisive phase: the UN gave sanctions on power actions in relation to the Gaddafi regime. Its Air Force will no longer be able to bomb Libyan cities: a useless zone has been installed in the sky over Libya’s community.

Confront elements, they studied centuries The German engraving depicting the strongest earthquake in Tokyo 1650 "Why is there no looting?" - the American television company CNN asked, comparing the situation in the Japanese towns destroyed and ruined by the elements with what was happening in New Orleans after the Typhoon “Katrina” fell upon him, and where the police had to use weapons.

How will the Japanese catastrophe affect the world economy Fortune -telling in the economy. The catastrophe inflicted a strong blow to Japan's economy. The scale of damage has yet to be appreciated, but Prime Minister Nato Kan has already stated that the country has not experienced such a crisis since the end of World War II.

Content Navalny's phenomenon “The current leaders take away, divide, but do not create” readers - The New Times Caddafi cut out the UN wings imposed sanctions against the Libyan dictator Boris Yunanov stunned by the elements of Park Ji Su Su Zone of Fukushima no longer Egor Mostovshchikov Planet swayed the last earthquake surprised scientists Evgenia Albats Tsunami went through the markets how the Japanese catastrophe will affect the world economy Boris Grozovsky, Dmitry Dokuchaev trembling land

Readers - The New Times per article Ilya Barabanova "Raider capture" No. 9 of March 14, 2011 The article was about how the state selects the private "Energomash" by initiating a criminal case against the head of the holding, Alexander Stepanov. For a month and a half, the businessman, who until recently was included in the list of dollar millionaires, has been sitting in Moscow pre-trial detention center No.

Tens of thousands of Internet users could observe the debate of the rector of the Higher School of Economics, Yaroslav Kuzminov, with the famous blogger, lawyer, creator of the Rospil portal Alexei Navalny. They argued (the verbal duel lasted more than three hours) about the fate of the notorious 94th Federal Law on State Counsics, the new concept of which was developed by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Higher School of Economics.

The appeal of Grigory Chekalin was recorded from his words by lawyer Viktor Kozlitin during a meeting in IK-31 (Mikun) on March 21, 2011 OPEN LETTER TO ALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES, PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS OF RUSSIA YOU ARE OUR LAST HOPE!!! Most of you are well aware of the reasons and circumstances for bringing me and Mikhail Evseyev to criminal responsibility for our open opposition to the corrupt machine of the law enforcement agencies of the Komi Republic.

One of the evidence, according to the investigation, is the guilt of Tikhonov and Hasis - the “wiretapping” of their rented apartment, begun by the FSB on October 23, 2009, and completed on the day of the detention of the suspects, November 3. Ten days of conversations between the “killers”, from which we will learn not only that Hasis “does not have breakfast” in the morning, but also that the Russian “Bonnie and Clyde” regarding the conspiracy will give the head starting heading.

“Fukushima” no longer The island of misfortune. There was no one left near the nuclear power plant - in a radius of 20 kilometers everything died out. More than 200 thousand people left their homes, left their things, quit the acquired and left. Radioactive smoke swirls in the air, from time to time hydrogen explodes at the station, reinforced concrete pieces of buildings torn by explosions are lying.

The last earthquake surprised scientists Scenario from the Lord God. “The death of Japan”, “Tokyo. Magnituda 8.0 ”,“ The day after tomorrow ” - the filmmakers will be called from the heels of the films, where, as a result of a terrible earthquake, the Land of the Rising Sun is on the verge of destruction. Reality is always worse-for the simple reason that does not guarantee a happy end. And this reality is laid down from the creation of the Earth.

Life in Aftershok. The wave, which covered the Japanese Prefecture of Miyagi on the afternoon of March 11, as if from the engraving of Katsusik Hokusai. The famous artist captured the “big wave in Canagava”: it menacingly hangs with white foam paws above the boats against the backdrop of the sleeping Mount Fuji (read about the experience of Japanese survival on page 21). In the town of Nator 20 years ago, a fir -tree was planted at the ocean itself - the trunks managed to rise 10-15 meters.