The first president of Crimea, Yuri Meshkov, was arrested for two days on charges of disobeying the lawful demands of the police. Meshkov was detained during a festive concert dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the so-called annexation of Crimea, and Vladimir Putin's speech on Lenin Square in Simferopol on March 19. Meshkov and activists Ilya Bolshedvorov, Oleg Kocherov and Cossack chieftain Sergei Akimov were stopped by police officers on the square and demanded to show their documents.

In Prague, for about two years, under the guise of entrepreneurs, a group of Russian hackers worked, the disclosure of which was announced in December by Czech counterintelligence. This is stated in the material of the Respect publication, excerpts from which are quoted by Radio Liberty. Russians, as well as immigrants from Russia who received Czech citizenship, founded two private companies in Prague that specialized in the sale of computers and software.

In Kazakhstan, at the currency exchange points, after announcing the resignation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, there was an excitement demand for dollars, due to which a number of exchangers stopped selling currency, Interfax and Tengrinews reported. The dollar in exchangers due to excitement increased by 22:00 (19:00 Moscow time) reached the level of about 383-387 tenge (with a exchange year of about 376 tenge).

Lawyers for Anna Politkovskaya's family are investigating instead of those who should be doing it On June 9, 2014, the Moscow City Court announced the verdict on the killers of Anna Politkovskaya. The killer Ruslan Makhmudov was caught and convicted, and the organizers of the crime, Lom-Ali Gaytukaev and Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, were on trial.

The verdict of the Shalinsky court to the head of the Chechen "Memorial" sends us all a very important signal Photo: Stanislav Kryuchkov, especially for "New" A lot of people came to announce the verdict in the case of Oyub Titiev. Someone calculated: almost two hundred people patiently waited for the passage to the Little Shalinsky City Court. Precautions on this day were strengthened in court, the bailiffs meticulously checked each bag, asked to present the contents of the pockets.

The Franezensky District Court of Yaroslavl extended for 3 months the arrest of five employees of the Yaroslavl correctional colonies No. 1 and No. 8 in the case of torture over prisoners, the Public Verdict Foundation said . The arrest was extended by the employees of the FSIN Sipan Mamoyan, Alexei Brovkin, Ruslan Tsvetkov, Sardor Ziyabov and Dmitry Nikitenko.

Kommersant fired the journalist for posts about Beglova in a telegram channel Maria Karpenko. Photo from social networks On the morning of Tuesday, March 19, the St.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ruled Kazakhstan for almost 30 years, resigned his presidential powers. But power is still in his hands Photo: Ron Sachs / DPA / TASS The last acting president on the Eurasian continent, which came to power under the Soviet Union, Nursultan Nazarbayev led Kazakhstan for almost 30 years, and in 2015 - in the last elections - received 97.75% of the vote. And in 2020, as it seemed, he would go to new elections.

The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) announced the transition to a new methodology for calculating the average per capita income and expenses of Russians, which involves quarterly data assessment instead of monthly. As reported by Interfax, the new head of Rosstat, Pavel Malkov, stated this at a meeting of the scientific and methodological council. The department approved the updated methodology last fall.

Tver court defended the right of the Moscow authorities to sprinkle the streets with reagents Photo: RIA Novosti In the Tver District Court, a lawsuit was obeyed by the Housing and Public Utilities Department of Moscow on the ban on the anti -Legal reagents on the streets. He was nominated by municipal deputies Ilya Yashin, Julia Galyamin and Konstantin Yankauskas.

In the Krasnodar Territory, the Department of the Investigative Committee closed the criminal case on the torture of four residents of Anapa. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by human rights activists of the Committee against Torture, representing the interests of the victims. The incident in question took place in December 2015.

A court in France has issued an arrest warrant for the former head of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) Valentin Balakhnichev. It is reported by AFP, citing informed sources. According to L'equipe , an arrest warrant has also been issued for the former coach of the Russian national athletics team Alexei Melnikov.

The apparatus of the government of the Perm Territory announced an auction for the supply of 24 ritual wreaths, drew attention Kommersant to this. The initial maximum price of the contract amounted to more than 1.4 million rubles. The terms of reference indicate that the delivery should include four types of wreaths, six pieces each. Wreaths made up of fresh flowers and ribbons will be delivered upon request within two days of the government's request.

Konstantin Bogomolov as an accuser of the morals of secular Moscow The series "Kept Women" by Konstantin Bogomolov was washed by waves of delight even at the level of announcements. It seemed that the video service of exclusive online premieres, Start, could not believe its own happiness: the “great creator and innovator” agreed to make a film about the tough morals of secular Moscow. The entire film is not yet available, but there are already reasons for talking.

The governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky, wrote a letter of resignation. this He announced in his Telegram channel. “I'm sure I'm doing the right thing. The Chelyabinsk region is a wonderful region and I am happy that I had the opportunity to invest my work for the benefit of our region,” he said. President Vladimir Putin accepted Dubrovsky's resignation and appointed First Deputy Energy Minister Alexei Teksler as acting governor.