Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the US and the EU approved a statement containing steps to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine, Interfax reports . Negotiations at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva lasted more than seven hours. Russia was represented at the meeting by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the United States by State Department Head John Kerry, the EU by Head of European Diplomacy Catherine Ashton, and Ukraine by Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia.

“And then they made a decision: to put aside their weapons and go hand-to-hand” The time has come to take stock of the military operation carried out in the Crimea from February 26 to March 28. To collect information about how it was, Novaya Gazeta turned to a number of sources. The transfer of military equipment seized by “polite unmarked people” during the Crimean operation to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is going on and off.

The Green Men took off their masks. Who was under them No longer hiding, even the Donetsk elites say: Donbass is lost. Without a war and with a minimum of casualties, the "little green men" took away two southeastern regions from the power of Kyiv. The last but not decisive resistance was offered to the separatists in the military unit of Mariupol, blocked by the rebels. On Wednesday evening, the militants threw "Molotov cocktails" at the part, trying to go inside.

The poetry of the "unhappy" poets is read by Maya Krasnopolskaya, one of the founders of the Shadow Theater (9 Golden Mask awards), as well as the poet Lev Rubinstein. Texts: Viktor Koval, Roman Seph, Nikolai Oleinikov The poetry of the "unhappy" poets is read by Maya Krasnopolskaya, one of the founders of the Shadow Theater (9 Golden Mask awards), as well as the poet Lev Rubinstein. Texts: Viktor Koval, Roman Seph, Nikolai Oleinikov

United Russia is looking for American spies. Among the living and the dead United Russia is looking for American spies among the living and the dead. Evgeny Fedorov publicly stated that the leader of the rock band “Kino” received grants from the CIA, and the song “We are waiting for change”, like some others, wrote specially trained people in Hollywood for Tsoi to ruin the USSR as soon as possible ...

The Constitutional Court corrected the legislators and gave new opportunities to the administrative resource The Constitutional Court corrected the legislators and gave new opportunities to the administrative resource The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation returned the "early vote." The very one with which the opposition and independent observers fought for ten years, considering it one of the main components of the “administrative resource”.

Channel One prepared this gift long before the glorious date and, as expected, in the strictest secrecy. So that, therefore, the birthday girl woke up in the morning, and here he is - a surprise! It was for this reason that the guards chased the paparazzi who occasionally broke through from the set, signed a non-disclosure agreement from all members of the creative team, and the name of the actress approved for the main role was guarded as the main state secret.

And his president, the legendary foreman should not humiliate And his president, the legendary foreman should not humiliate Vyacheslav Starshinov, president of the hockey "Spartak", is looking for money. Since December 13 last year, when the General Sponsor of the Club of Investbank was withdrawn a license, Spartak had no money. But there are debts: more than 200 million rubles. And they grow every month.

Maidan has become a park Maidan humanized Kyiv. The capital of Ukraine acquired its current appearance after the war, when the quarters around Khreshchatyk, lying in ruins, were rebuilt. The street became wider, and Kalinin Square, the future October Revolution Square, the current Maidan Nezalezhnosti, sprawled into the center of the city as a giant void, encircled by monumental Soviet architecture.

Russia is ready to take retaliatory measures against the ban imposed by the Ukrainian authorities on entry into the country for Russian men. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, published on the official website of the department. “The Russian side insists on an immediate official explanation by the Ukrainian side of the steps taken by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.

After the United States announced its decision to impose sanctions on certain Russian officials, legislators, businessmen and other elites (in connection with the situation in Ukraine), a proposal appeared on the Web to sign a declaration called “Add yourself to the US “black list”.

A serious war unfolded in the government - because of money. Eternal antagonists simultaneously went on the offensive on the information front: the stingy Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, which advocates growth and development. Director of the Department of the Ministry of Finance for long-term strategic planning Maxim Oreshkin said that this year the budget may miss a trillion rubles of planned revenues.

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine confirmed to RIA Novosti the existence of a temporary ban on entry into Ukraine for male citizens of the Russian Federation aged 16 to 60 years. As the agency's press service explained to the agency, such measures were taken against physically healthy men, who, according to the border service, "can somehow influence" the situation in eastern Ukraine.

About 350 people were evacuated from the Olimpiysky sports complex building during a fire that broke out there, reports the main department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for Moscow. Information about the fire was received by the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 16:41 on Thursday. It is reported that smoke was observed on the 4th floor of an 8-storey building of a sports complex in one of the warehouses belonging to a store located in the UK.

KamAZ driver Hrachya Harutyunyan, whom the investigation considers guilty of a large-scale accident that killed 18 people last summer, pleaded guilty, reported on Thursday. RIA Novosti Harutyunyan confessed to committing a crime under Part 5 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules by a person driving a vehicle, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence), but denied the charge of using a knowingly forged document.