Thirty years ago, honest elections were held in the country Photo by Yuri Lizunov and Vladimir Musaelana / TASS Thirty years ago, on March 26, 1989, political reform began in the Soviet Union. It was conceived to update and strengthen the political system - with its monopoly on power, information, finances, ideology. One single screw was enough to pull out of this seemingly strong design so that it began to crumble. And this screw was called elections without competition.

Israel shelled the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the destruction of the building where there was an insurance company associated with the Hamas group, reports Associated Press. The Israeli military claims that the destroyed building was the "secret headquarters" of Hamas. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, one Palestinian was injured in the airstrike. The shelling was a response to an attack on the Israeli village of Mishmeret near Tel Aviv.

A Kaliningrad court fined Ivan Luzin, a member of the Libertarian Party, 30,000 rubles; he was found guilty of involving minors in an unauthorized event (part 1.1, article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), MBKh-media . reports Lawyer Alexander Dobralsky announced his intention to appeal this court decision. According to him, Luzin and underage girls arranged a photo shoot, they did not hold an unauthorized action.

How Venezuela fell in love with cryptocurrencies and ignored Petro The uncomplicated political anamnesis of Venezuela is accompanied by an unexpected plot that not only dilutes the boredom of another conversation about the “orange revolutions”, but also sheds light on serious questions like the historically inevitable moral degradation of any revolutionary process.

In Syria, at the end of February, after a terrorist attack, three Russian soldiers were killed, reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. RIA Novosti The ministry noted that the bodies of the dead Russians were delivered to Russia. The Ministry of Defense also reported that after receiving information about the disappearance of three soldiers, they were continuously searched for. The names of the dead have not been released.

At least 12 people were detained in Minsk during a rally dedicated to the celebration of Freedom Day, the 101st anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic (BPR), reports with reference to human rights activists.

The state -owned economy will inevitably make us poor Photo: Photoxpress The steady decrease in real incomes of the population, which coincided with the growth of the economy in the reports of government statistics, looks suspicious. But the same statistics admit that since 2013, people have been impoverished by 12% and the total purchasing power of Russian consumers has been reduced by 5 trillion rubles a year.

Why were the Russian military landing in Karakas? Photo: Reuters On Sunday, information appeared that in Karakas at the Maiketiy International Airport, two Russian military military military aircraft An-124 Ruslan (onboard number RA-82035) and IL-62 (RA-86496) landed. Having flew out of the Syrian Latakia, military transport aircraft made an intermediate landing in Dakar (Senegal). Colonel General Vasily Tonkoshoshkurov gave the landing of Russian troops, urgently transferred to Venezuela.

On the body of Ayub Tuntuev, a former security officer of the first president of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov, who died in Vladimir IK-6, no injuries were found during a forensic medical examination, the department of the Investigative Committee (IC) for the Vladimir Region . reports The department said that information about the disappearance of internal organs from the body is also untrue. In addition, the investigation has footage from CCTV cameras.

The activist, who went in a mask, “similar to Putin,” was arrested for preparing the attempt on Prigozhin's cook. The history of the provocation Vladimir Ivantyenko. Photo from personal archive / fb Opposition activist Vladimir Ivanyutenko is detained. According to operational development, he dreamed of killing the “Kremlin cook” Evgeny Prigozhin, for which he acquired explosives, detonators and a bicford cord. Vladimir Ivantyenko.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow extended until May 27 the arrest of Denis Chuprikov, who is accused of stealing Arkhip Kuindzhi's painting “Ai-Petri. Crimea," Interfax reports . During the meeting, Chuprikov asked to change his preventive measure to house arrest or release him on bail. The investigator insisted on extending the arrest.

US President Donald Trump signed a declaration recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reports . Reuters The agency notes that the document was signed during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. on March 21 Trump tweeted that it was time for the United States to "fully recognize" Israel's sovereignty over the Golan.

The government of Ingushetia has agreed to hold a rally in the republic's capital, Magas, on March 26 against the border agreement with Chechnya, said movement Barakh Chemurziev, head of the Opora Ingushetia , and the press service of the Yabloko party. The authorities agreed on a rally near the building of the local television and radio company from 10:00 to 18:00.

In Moscow, owners of personal vehicles will be banned from driving in dedicated lanes on five highways. Previously, drivers could enter the public transport lane on weekends. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the city department of transport. “The daily mode of operation is introduced from April 14, 2019 on five dedicated lanes passing through areas where there is no alternative main transport.

The Ukrainian authorities have not removed the deceased residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics from the state register of voters: since 2014, about 200 thousand people have died there and their ballots can be used to falsify the presidential elections on March 31. This is stated in the investigation of the publication "Strana.ua".