On March 24, the countries of the BRICS group condemned the sanctions against Russia. And three days later, they abstained from voting on the Crimean referendum at the UN. Russia's "support group" at the UN General Assembly: Armenia Belarus Bolivia Venezuela Zimbabwe North Korea Cuba Nicaragua Syria Sudan On March 27, the UN General Assembly by a majority of votes recognized the referendum held in Crimea as null and void.

On March 26, the Federation Council initiated a verification of facts on the complaint of a group of artists of the theater on Taganka - they were outraged by the activities of the new leadership of the theater. The famous theater on Taganka again in the center of the scandal At a meeting of the chamber, Senator Panteleev claimed that “liberals-whitewashers” penetrated the theater in order to promote “violence, homosexuality, pedophilia and suicide”.

“Eight” for Russia or Russia for the “eight” that the US Ministry of Finance knows and what to wait further - Professor of the Parisian Science PO and a member of the Sberbank Supervisory Board about the current confrontation One of the best political economists in Russia, a long -term rector of the best economic school in the country, Rash, now in exile, Paris, teaches students at Science Po University G8 is no more.

On March 27, VTsIOM* published a survey: after the accession of Crimea, Putin’s rating went up - 82.3%. *On March 26, the growth of the president’s rating-up to 80%-said the Levada Center, and according to the FOM on March 23, 64% of Russians positively perceive Putin’s actions compared to 59% a week earlier.

Where they will put a comma in the fate of the Shukhov tower In the fate of the Shukhov tower, the icons of the architectural avant-garde, an hour is about to come: either a security letter from the hands of the head of government personally, or, again from his sanction, “civilized dismantling” Shukhov Tower.

How the Ukrainian military left Kyiv agrees with Moscow the details of the withdrawal of the Ukrainian armed forces from the Crimea - with equipment and flags. Most of the parts voluntarily lay down the weapon without waiting for the order. But there were those who remained faithful to the oath to the end. The assault on the air base at the Belbek airport Sevastopol.

How in Turkey a ban on the use of Twitter has been a ban on Despite the court decision in Ankara, Turkish Internet providers are in no hurry to return access to the Twitter microblog website, blocked at the request of the authorities. How the ban is valid and how the Turks are fighting with it - the New Times recognized The showcase in one of the election headquarters of the opposition Republican People’s Party explains how to bypass Twitter blocking.

On March 24, Doctor of Historical Sciences, author of the book “History of Russia.xx Century” Professor Andrei Zubov was dismissed from MGIMO for publicly expressed disagreement with the General Line of the Party in the Crimea *Elya Kolesnikova submitted an application for leaving MGIMO on 03/25/2014 - the day after it became known about the dismissal of the historian Zubov, in protest against this dismissal The author of the book "History of Russia.

The annexation of the peninsula accelerated the return to the Soviet origins The queue for Russian passports. Simferopol, March 24, 2014 Back to Ussr? No, it’s not yet back, although if we listen to state propagandists, then we have already killed the President of Afghanistan, and then introduced the troops with our hands and feet, about the eightieth, when the KGB special forces killed the KGB.

March 24–28 Director Pavel Lungin signed a letter in defense of Andrei Makarevich March 25, Tuesday In the Moscow City Court, an appeal was held for the verdict of the Zamoskvoretsky court in the case of the Prisoner of Bolotnaya Mikhail Kosenko. The court confirmed the court’s decision to send the convicted person to compulsory psychiatric treatment.

What is the political price of the annexation of the peninsula The queue for Russian passports. Simferopol, March 24, 2014 Back to Ussr? No, it’s not yet back, although if we listen to state propagandists, then we have already killed the President of Afghanistan, and then introduced the troops with our hands and feet, about the eightieth, when the KGB special forces killed the KGB.

How Russia will provide two million new citizens It is not enough to attach Crimea. More than two million people of the local population must be provided with everything necessary, and most importantly, fresh water, which is worth its weight in gold on the peninsula. Is Russia ready for this - found out The New Times Crimean ports are technically not yet ready to become the main channel for supplying the peninsula from Russia.

The State Duma was covered by a new wave of prohibitive initiatives Which of them beat for real purposes, and where the deputies are still “shooting idle” - the New Times sorted out In response to the sanctions of the West, the Duma is ready to cut the rights of Russians. A deputy from United Russia Tamara Kuzminykh at a plenary meeting of the State Duma.