A year ago, a rally for the unity of Ukraine was held in Donetsk. Dmitry Chernyavsky was killed in clashes with separatist supporters after the rally. He was the first to die in the conflict in the east of the country. Today, a rally "Donetsk is Ukraine" was held on the Maidan: at the same time an action in memory of Chernyavsky and a reminder of the mass pro-Ukrainian actions of the inhabitants of Donetsk. A year ago, a rally for the unity of Ukraine was held in Donetsk.

The founders of the "Civil Platform" left the party, expressing no confidence in its chairman Shaikhutdinov The founders of the "Civil Platform" left the party, expressing no confidence in its chairman Shaikhutdinov The meetings of the political (FPK) and civil (FGK) committees of the Civic Platform, held on Friday, ended with a split in the party.

Employees of the Federal Security Service interrogated Natalya Kokorina, a correspondent for the Center for Journalistic Investigations, for more than six hours, the CJR reports . Kokorina left the FSB building with her lawyer. As the journalist said, she was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case.

The government has allowed families with two or more children to spend up to 20 thousand rubles of maternity capital, reports . the official website The opportunity to cash out part of the maternity capital is provided in accordance with the government's "anti-crisis" plan, the document says. “Our task is to mitigate for them (families with children - Ed.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov declared mourning in the region for those who died in the fire in the Admiral shopping center, according to the website of the head of Tatarstan. According to the Decree of Minnikhanov, March 14 was declared a day of mourning in the republic. On this day, the flags of the republic will be flown at half mast on the territory of Tatarstan, and TV channels and cultural institutions will most likely cancel entertainment programs and events.

Two more Crimean Tatar activists, Talyat Yunusov and Eskender Emirvaliev, were arrested in connection with the clashes in Crimea on February 26 last year. According to the publication "Crimea. Realii” today, the Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested Yunusov until May 10. The activist's lawyer, Dzhemil Temishev, announced his intention to appeal the court's decision. The lawyer added that the activist has a three-year-old daughter whom he supports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to consider the establishment of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs by April 15, the reported . Kremlin press service One of the tasks of the new department is "strengthening the unity of the multinational people of the Russian Federation (Russian nation)".

At the bottom of the Moskva River near the site of the murder of Boris Nemtsov on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, divers found two pistols, Interfax reports , citing a source familiar with the investigation. According to him, the ballistic examination testified that one pistol was not a murder weapon, and the conclusion on the second was not yet ready.

IKEA has stopped publishing the online magazine IKEA FAMILY Live in Russia due to the law on “propaganda of homosexuality,” according to the company’s website. “The magazine reflects IKEA's values, including equal rights and opportunities for all,” the company said in a statement. IKEA emphasized that the online magazine writes about different aspects of life, regardless of their sexual orientation, nationality and religion of its heroes.

Rifat Shaikhutdinov announced that he was re-elected head of the federal political committee of the Civic Platform, reports . Interfax “The party is not beheaded. Half an hour ago, I was elected head of the federal political committee,” Shaikhutdinov was quoted as saying by the agency. Earlier today, the political committee of the party removed Rifat Shaikhutdinov from the leadership of the Civic Platform.

The Federal Penitentiary Service asked the court to change the punishment policy for Alexei Navalny in the Kirovles case from conditional to real imprisonment, . RIA Novosti reports “The court received a notification from the Federal Penitentiary Service demanding that the suspended sentence for Alexei Navalny be canceled by the verdict of the Kirov Regional Court,” the agency quotes a representative of the court.

Kiev Maidan activist Alexander Kostenko, arrested in Crimea, was charged, Mediazona reports . As lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov told the publication, Kostenko was officially charged under Article 115 and Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - “inflicting moderate bodily harm and illegal possession of weapons.” Sotnikov clarified that the charges were filed on Wednesday, March 11.

Svetlana Davydova, who was charged with treason, said she was not going to demand compensation for illegal criminal prosecution, reports . Interfax “I will not seek compensation. Let the money that I can sue go to social programs, ”the agency quotes Davydova’s statement. At the same time, the defense of Svetlana Davydova intends to obtain an official apology from the Prosecutor General's Office.

At an extraordinary meeting of the Federal Civil Committee of the Civic Platform, its founder Mikhail Prokhorov announced his withdrawal from the party and proposed to liquidate it, reports . Interfax According to Dozhd, Andrei Makarevich, Yevgeny Roizman, Elizaveta Glinka, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Mikhail Barshchevsky and Irina Prokhorova left the party and left all its governing bodies together with the businessman.

The Council of the European Union has extended anti-Russian sanctions against 151 people and 37 organizations that, according to the EU, are involved in the destabilization of the situation in eastern Ukraine, the press reports . service of the Council The official statement says that the decision to extend the sanctions means the entry into force of the political decision of the Council of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, which was adopted at the end of January 2015.