The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting and consultations on the situation on the situation in Ukraine on Sunday - during the meeting, calls were made by the dialogue, the proposal to provide mediation in the settlement of the crisis and send observers to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the chairman of the Security Council of the UN, the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg Silvi Lucas.

Due to the accident of a train with coal, train traffic on a section of the Moscow Railway in the Shatura district of the Moscow region is paralyzed, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the operational headquarters at the emergency site. “Train traffic has been suspended. According to updated data, 12 cars with coal and one tank derailed,” the agency’s source noted. The incident occurred at approximately 17:45 on the Cherusti-Krivandino section.

The head of the Main Directorate of the Ukrainian Security Service in Crimea Gennady Kalachev said that he wrote a resignation statement, Interfax reports. According to him, military personnel must fulfill their official duties, maintain peace and tranquility in the Crimea, and ensure work in the plots entrusted to them. At the moment, the arms room of the Crimean SBU is sealed, the building is controlled by "self -defense units."

Ukrainian border guards did not record a significant increase in the departure of citizens of Ukraine from the country over the past day. Information that Ukrainians massively leave the country is not true, they think in the State Border Service, reports UNN . The department explained that the indicators are average. Earlier in the media there was information that citizens of Ukraine are massively leaving the country.

23-year-old Julia Alipova from Balakova, Saratov Region, won the Miss Russia 2014 beauty contest. Alipova went around her competitors not only thanks to his external data (height 179 cm, parameters 89-63-90). Julia graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum with hallmark, receiving 100 points in the exam and exam in the Russian language. Alipova has two higher educations: a fertelee engineer (Moscow Energy Institute) and a translator from the English language.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General of Pan Hi Moon, said that Russia would take all the necessary measures if violence in relation to the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine and Crimea will continue, the Kremlin press service said. The message emphasizes that Russia will apply actions lying in international law. Putin also noted the need to prevent the further growth of the crisis in Ukraine.

Russian striker Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin scored the 800th point in the National Hockey League, the NHL website reports. In the guest game with Boston Bruins, Ovechkin was marked by a double. At the end of the first period, the Russian opened an account in the game, and at the beginning of the second doubled the advantage. Ovechkin abandoned both goals, playing most of his team. Washington won with a score of 4: 2.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill promised to do everything possible to prevent the death of civilians in Ukraine. According to him, all residents of Ukraine should feel comfortable in their country - despite what language they speak in, Interfax reports.

Leonid Isaev , Andrey Korotaev , Alexey Fomin Demonstration in Egypt is pro -government. On the poster - Abdul Fattah al -Sisi As you know, on July 3, 2013, the Minister of Defense of Egypt Abd Al-Fatthas-Sisi in his appeal to citizens announced the removal of President Muhammad Mursi from his position and suspension of the action adopted in December 2012 of the Constitution.

The press secretary of the leader of the Fatherland party, Yulia Tymoshenko, Marina Soroka, denied rumors that the explorer was going to Moscow, reports UNN . According to her, Tymoshenko now in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is consulting with the leaders of opposition political forces, representatives of the authorities and the government to resolve the crisis in the country. On Saturday evening, Tymoshenko released steps to resolve a difficult situation in Ukraine.

The Government of Ukraine canceled the order of the previous Cabinet of Cabinet of November 21 and resumed work on the preparation of the Association Agreement with the EU, UNIAN reports with reference to the People’s Deputy Lesia Orobets. In November 2013, the Ukrainian authorities refused to continue preparations for the signing of an association agreement with the European Union for economic reasons.

Up to 40 people were detained by police officers in the center of Moscow on March 2 for attempts to violate public order, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the capital's headquarters. On Sunday, activists gathered on Vozdvizhenka who tried to hold an anti -war action near the building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the FMS of the Russian Federation, over the past two weeks of February 2014, about 143 thousand inhabitants of Ukraine made requests for asylum in Russia, Interfax reports. The largest influx of refugees is experienced by the regional, Belgorod, Rostov, Bryansk, as well as the Krasnodar Territory, bordering with Ukraine. In February 2014, migration flows from Ukraine in the Rostov region grew by 53%, and in the Kursk - by 71%.

Among the response to the establishment of the President of the Russian Federation, the powers of the use of Russian troops in Ukraine appeared “Open Letter of Russian -Sound Writers and Poets of Kharkov”. We give the text of the document entirely: “On March 1, the Russian Federation of Russia supported the appeal of the President of the Russian Federation to take comprehensive measures to protect Russians in Ukraine, up to the introduction of Russian armed forces into its territory.

Roskomnadzor included the blocking of the page of the leader of the Right Sector Dmitry Yarosh on the VKontakte social network at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Interfax reports. “On Saturday, at the direction of the General Prosecutor's Office, we turned to the administration of the VKontakte social network demanding to block the page of the Ukrainian nationalist organization Right Sector.