The leaders of the Ukrainian media groups filed an open letter to the heads of Russian national channels calling for to be objective, UNIAN reports. The appeal is addressed to the general director of Channel Channel to Konstantin Ernst, his colleague from VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeev, as well as the head of the NTV Vladimir Kulistikov.

In Los Angeles, they handed Oscar for the best film of the year. They became the film “12 years of slavery” by Steve McQueen, Interfax reports. The main award of the evening was presented by Will Smith. “12 years of slavery”, “American scam”, “Wolf with Wall Street”, “Gravity”, “The Dallas Captain Fillips”, “Nepobraska”, “She”, “She”, Philomena, claimed the title of the best filfration of the year.

Jessica Bil and Jamie Fox presented Oscars for the best music by the composer of Gravity Stephen Price, Interfax reports. The figurine also intended to receive the composers of the films “Filomen”, “Save Mr. Banks”, “She” and “The Thief of Books”. Earlier, “gravity” received awards for the best sound, for the best sound editing, for the best editing and for the operator’s work. And before that, the film took a figurine for the best special effects.

Roskomnadzor blocked 13 pages of communities of Ukrainian nationalist organizations on the VKontakte social network, according to the Vedium website. The requirement of blocking was received by Roskomnadzor from the Prosecutor General’s Office last weekend on March 1-2.

On March 2, in Moscow, on the stage of the Moscow Hall club, a Science Slam was held-a popular science event of a new format, which is still gaining popularity in Russia. But I must admit that the first steps of the scientific slam in our country are confident and successful. Such events are already held in ten regions and gather full halls of the audience, who are following what is happening on the stage. What is a scientific slam?

The investigation in the criminal case against the deputy chairman of Vnesheconombank Anatoly Ballo , accused of abuse of powers, was extended until April 19, Interfax reports. As the lawyer Bell Igor Khadartsev said in the Moscow City Court, the case was transferred to another investigator. In addition, the prosecutor's office made representations so that the investigation eliminated violations in the case.

Last week, at the age of 75, the American linguist Robert Rankin, a professor at the University of Kansas, the newspaper The Wicita Eagle , died. His wife announced that she would transmit her husband’s ashes to the Kans to the Indian tribe, which has a chance to keep his language only thanks to the work of this researcher. The people of Kans (KAU) living in Oklahom's state now have about three thousand people. According to this people, it was called Kansas.

The US delegation will not go to the Paralympic Games in Sochi in connection with the situation around Ukraine, Interfax reports. According to the representative of the US National Security Council, Kathleen Hadeen, the United States Administration made the corresponding decision. However, US President Barack Obama supports American athletes-paralympians and wishes them success in competitions, Haden noted.

On Monday, the Orthodox believers began the great post - the longest of the multi -day church posts, writes Interfax . Within seven weeks, believers will have to abandon the imminent food and entertainment - thereby, they must prepare themselves for the celebration of Easter, which this year falls on April 20. The Russian Orthodox Church emphasizes that there is no need to confuse post and diet - the main thing in it is not a rejection of one or another food, but spiritual cleansing.

The Ukrainian military commissariats have not yet sent the summons, and people come to them themselves. There are a lot of such not only in Rivne - the Center for the Operational Command "North", reports UNN with reference to Colonel Vladimir Yacentyuk. The military explained that so far in OK, not even mobilization is taking place, but preparation for it.

Scandinavian and South African researchers published an article on the influence of rhinos on the African ecosystem in the Journal of Ecology . The study was conducted in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, where 10,500 white rhinos ( Ceratorium Simum ) currently lives. By 1896, rhinos in this territory disappeared due to intensive hunting. Only in the early 1960s were they again settled in the National Park, where their number began to grow slowly.

Georgy Martirosyan, accused of the murders of three women, to whom he entered the trust under the guise of a psychic, did not plead guilty in court, Interfax reports. According to Martirosyan’s lawyer, the charge is “far -fetched and probabilistic”, and the defense will provide all the necessary evidence.

North Korea decided to send Australia citizen, who was arrested last month during work as a Christian missionary, Reuters reports with reference to the official media of the DPRK. The 75-year-old John Short reported that he violated North Korea’s law and apologized to its citizens. The DPRK authorities accepted his apologies and, taking into account the venerable age of the offender, decided to limit himself to his homeland.

According to Ukrainian doctors at 6 am on March 3, as a result of Kiev clashes, they died or later died in the hospital at least 95 people, Interfax-Ukraine reports . In addition, as the press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports, from February 18, 984 victims applied for medical help, 646 of which were hospitalized. On outpatient treatment in Kyiv hospitals in the morning of March 3, there are 245 people.

The free historical society, the Constituent Assembly of which took place on February 28, 2014, presented its manifesto to the public . “The adequate assessment of the present and free creation of the future directly depends on our understanding of the past,” the text of the document published on the Polit.ru website and other media notes.