Moscow will take part in a meeting in Minsk on March 14 at the level of deputy ministers of foreign CIS foreign affairs to discuss the situation in Ukraine. This is stated on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia . On March 11, in Minsk, at the initiative of the Ukrainian side, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives under the authorized and other CIS bodies took place.

On March 12, 2014, in the city of Kurchatov (Kursk region), public discussions were held in the format of a round table based on the materials for the justification of the license for the activities of the Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC in the field of the use of the radiation source and the treatment of radioactive waste during their storage, processing and transportation for the Kursk NPP facility. A complex of processing of radioactive waste ”.

President of the Russian Book Union Sergei Stepashin proposed to stop levying value added tax (VAT) from books, as well as withdraw the law on public procurement for bookstores, Interfax reports. Speaking on Thursday at a “round table” in the State Duma dedicated to the topic of books in the cultural space of Russia, Sergey Stepashin recalled that there are no indirect taxes in the USA and EU for this type of product, since the book is an “ideologically social project”.

In the area of ​​the Great Lakes in the American state of Ohio, there was a collision of 50 cars, as a result of which three people were killed. It is reported by Reuters . Parlays and trucks collided. The cause of the accident was a strong snowstorm. A traffic jam with a length of more than 10 kilometers was formed on the highway. At the moment, it is known about one victim: a policeman who arrived at the scene of the incident was clamped between two cars. Now he is in critical condition.

In Cairo, an unknown in a mask fired at a military bus, as a result of which one officer died, three more military personnel were injured. It is reported by Reuters with reference to a source in the Armed Forces. Egyptian Islamic combat groups were activated after Muhammad Mursi was overthrown in July 2013 from the presidential post. The new authorities recognized the movement of the Muslim Brothers, which was actually the ruling party in the country, outlawed.

Extremists who seized the office of Ukrbusinessbank in the center of Kiev on Thursday night, surrendered to the Maidan self -defense forces and law enforcement representatives, UNIAN reports. At about 02:30 in the morning, about 20 people in masks broke into the office, neutralized security and tried to get into the monetary storage, where there were several million hryvnias. The raiders released one of the guards, and locked the rest in the office room.

The prisoners of the SIZO-6 tuberculosis hospital in Gorelov wrote a collective appeal with complaints of the conditions of detention and poor-quality treatment. It is reported by Interfax . The appeal says that the prisoners are given the same set of tablets that have a side effect that destroys the liver, kidneys and affects the brain. Doctors do not tell the patients about their state of health, do not conduct any procedures, do not answer the questions of prisoners.

The Moscow Basmanny Court temporarily refused to consider a lawsuit to protect the honor of the dignity of businessman Sergei Polonsky to Novaya Gazeta and its owner Alexander Lebedev. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer of Polonsky Alexander Karabanov. According to the lawyer, the court made such a decision, since he considered that the power of attorney from Polonsky was improperly formalized.

The commander of the Tactical Aviation Brigade, stationed at the Sevastopol airfield "Belbek", Colonel Julius Mamchur nominated the ultimatum to the political and military leadership of Ukraine . This was reported by UNIAN with reference to the video message from the colonel. Mamchur demanded from the leadership of official directives for further actions, otherwise his team will act in accordance with the Charter until the opening of the fire.

A couple of days ago, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Tenyukh said in the Rada that his Armed Forces do not have a legal right to begin military operations in the Crimea. Well, it seems, the signal is sent: we must act, give a decree. But no, we are talking about something else. In general, since the military, who should be clear, came into business, then it is necessary to describe the situation in Crimea as one or two.

The Moscow prosecutor’s office sent a criminal case to the court against the alleged organizer of the murder of the disgraced Georgian general Roman Dumbadze. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the department. According to the prosecutor’s office, 52-year-old citizen of Georgia Gochi Kvikashvili was charged with a murder, committed by an organized group for hiring and illegal acquisition and storage of weapons.

The Parliament of the European Union on Thursday adopted a resolution regarding the Crimean crisis, which contains unprecedented strict formulations to Russia. This is stated in the message posted on the official website of the EU legislative body. The text of the document emphasizes that the European Parliament “strongly condemns the act of Russia's aggression in the Crimea” and calls for the immediate conclusion of all military units that are “illegally present in Ukrainian territory”.

The general director of the Kommersant Publishing House Pavel Filenkov announced the closure of the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper because of the last events in the country. His words quoted by ITAR-TASS . According to Filenkov, the newspaper edition will be suspended until the situation in the country is stabilized.

On March 12, 2014, in the city of Kurchatov (Kursk region), public discussions were held in the format of a round table based on the materials for the justification of the license for the activities of the Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC in the field of the use of the radiation source and the treatment of radioactive waste during their storage, processing and transportation for the Kursk NPP facility. A complex of processing of radioactive waste ”.

A petition appeared on the Internet with a call to quit that the team of the Internet publication “Lenta.ru”, led by the dumped Galina Timchenko, worked in the former composition. The authors of the appeal signed up “dear readers” by analogy with the “ expensive editorial office ”, who made Timchenko’s dismissal.