The US Navy ship KIDD has stopped participating in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft, the Associated Press reports. According to the American command, in order to achieve your goals, it is more efficient to use aviation, not a destroyer. Participation in the search and rescue operation will continue the patrol aircraft Orion and Poseidon. Earlier it was reported that Malaysia expanded the area of ​​searching for the aircraft outside the South China Sea.

The efforts to combat the spread of the front tumor of the Tasmanian marsupial devil accidentally accelerated the evolution of this disease, and the study of Australian geneticists showed . Their results are published in the journal Evolutionary Applications . The front tumor of the marsupials (Devil Facial Tumor Disease, DFTD), which has already been described once in Proscience, is a rare type of transmissive, that is, transmitted from individual to individual, oncological disease.

The UN General Assembly will gather to discuss the situation in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the official representative of the chairman of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly Afaf Kondzhi, the chairman sent the invitation to the plenary meeting to members of the General Assembly, scheduled for March 20.

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said that the EU needs to provide the first package of financial assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible. With such a statement, she made a meeting of the Parliamentary faction of the CDU/CSS, reports DPA . She emphasized that nothing has yet been paid from Kiev promised by Kyiv. Merkel explained that the EU should extend the hand of assistance to Ukraine, and not criticize the government of the country about ties with radical nationalists.

The Investigative Committee of the Kemerovo Region opened a criminal case on the fact of an accident at the Krasnogorskaya mine in Prokopyevsk, which led to the death of the workers. This was reported by the press service of the SK in the region. Later, another collapse was recorded in the mine. As a result, one worker died. In total, three people became victims of collapse. The incident occurred on the night of Tuesday January 18. There was a collapse of structures in the face.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to approve three state languages ​​in Crimea-Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean-Tatar. He stated this during the speech before the Federal Assembly. Putin's direct broadcast of Putin's performance is federal channels. Before that, Putin made a reservation that during the USSR with the Crimean Tatars “brutally cost” and promised to complete the process of their rehabilitation.

The Party of the blow called on the Ukrainian authorities to completely terminate diplomatic relations with Russia in protest against hostile policy by the Russian Federation. This was reported by the press service of the parliamentary faction.

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The Chairman of the EU Council Herman Van Rompei will visit Moscow on Wednesday and meet with the Russian leadership, Interfax reports with reference to diplomatic sources. According to them, he intends to meet with the country's President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, Western media reports with reference to their diplomatic sources that Rompey may have canceled his trip to Russia.

The leader of the LDPR parliamentary faction Vladimir Zhirinovsky announced his intention to create a party cell in the Crimean Republic. It is reported by Interfax . “We have already given a team to create party structures in the Crimea,” the politician emphasized, noting that he has information about at least 16 thousand residents of the peninsula planning to join the faction.

In Transbaikalia, seven children remained orphans after the death of parents from poisoning with surrogate alcohol, RIA Novosti reports. The methanol contained in the alcoholic drink “Deer”, in the villages of Krasny Giant, Sherlian Mountain and neighboring settlements, more than forty people were poisoned, 15 of them died .

President Vladimir Putin ordered to approve the draft agreement between Russia and the Crimea on the accession of autonomy. This was reported on the portal of legal information. The document contains an order "to consider it appropriate to sign an agreement at the highest level." The document provides for the formation of new entities in Russia.

In Simferopol on Kubanskaya Street, one of the buildings was shot from the window of one of the buildings, presumably, a fighter of Crimea self -defense, another fighter was wounded, Kryminform reports with reference to the source of law enforcement agencies of the city. According to the interlocutor of the agency, shots were probably conducted from a sniper rifle. There are no other details.

Valery Karpin was resigned from the post of head coach of the Moscow football club Spartak. Such a decision was made following a meeting of the Club Board of Directors on March 18, RIA Novosti reports. Dmitry Gunko will temporarily manage the team, said a member of the board of directors of the club, Jevan Vyt. “Karpin said thanks. Gunko will be acting, ”the prince explained.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Vladislav Menshchikov as the head of the Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation. This was reported on the official website of the Kremlin on March 18. It is reported that the decree comes into force from the date of its signing. From 2000 to 2003, Menshchikov held the post of deputy leader of the Russian Agency for State Reserves.