The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Baikonura launching launch vehicle with the Soyuz-TMA-12M transport pilot ship, which will deliver the international crew of astronauts to the ISS, Interfax reports. The Russians Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and the American astronaut Stephen Solonson went to the International Space Station. It is expected that at 07:04 Moscow time on March 26, a ship with astronauts is attached to the ISS module. Astronauts will spend 170 days in orbit.

The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament refused to support the imposition of economic sanctions against Russia, CTK reports. According to the news agency, Czech parliamentarians refused to support the proposal to instruct the government to promote economic sanctions against Russia. Earlier, the Chairman of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrosa said that a third wave of sanctions may be launched against Russia that can affect any sphere of the Russian economy.

Three employees of the US secret service were sent from the Netherlands for alcohol abuse, reports Associated Press . According to the news agency, the hotel staff in Amsterdam, where the agents lived, complained about the inappropriate behavior of guests. In particular, employees of the secret service were accused of alcohol abuse. Employees of the American secret service arrived in Amsterdam to ensure the safety of US President Barack Obama during his visit to the Netherlands.

In the Kaliningrad region, the Yak-54 training aircraft crashed in the Guards District, which belonged to the local aero club. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the region. As a result of the accident, two people died. The incident occurred at about 14:00 Moscow time. Among the dead were a pilot and a passenger.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine is technically able to establish 25 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the European Union, RIA Novosti reports. “According to our estimates, it is possible to supply 25 billion cubic meters of gas, which will be $ 100 (for 1000 cubic meters -“ Polit.ru ”) is cheaper than similar supplies from Russia,” Yatsenyuk said at a joint press conference with European Commissioner Stefan Fules.

The Moscow City Court recognized the verdict to Alexei Kabanov, who was appointed 14 years in a maximum security colony for the murder of his wife, Interfax reports. Thus, the appeal was sewn up. Recall, on December 30 last year, the Golovinsky court of Moscow recognized Kabanov The guilty of the murder of the wife of Irina Kabanova and sentenced him to 14 years in a strict regime.

The Japanese company Nissan announced the recall of 989,700 thousand cars in North America to eliminate the problem in the software leading to the refusal of airbags. It is reported by Bloomberg . The review includes the Infiniti Q50 sedans and the 2014 Infiniti QX60 crossovers, the 2013-2014 Pathfinder, as well as LEAF electric cars and Sentra cars.

For an unknown reason, the Russian Informpol was aroused from the fact that Y. Timoshenko apologized on Twitter for the obscene expressions that she used in a conversation with Nestor Shufrich (the agencies also deciphered: " with the former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, a representative of the Party of Regions "). That is, of course, not from apology, but from the video itself. Why suddenly the video was so interested in - unknown.

The State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction Igor Anansky continues to own eight under detective apartments in Miami. This was announced in his blog on Echo of Moscow by an employee of the Corruption Fund of Alexei Navalny Georgy Alburov. An employee of the Corruption Foundation discovered that the deputy sold offshore, for which the companies that he had previously led, were registered in Miami. The Navalny Foundation intends to initiate a trial in the Duma ethics commission.

Entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky, accused of fraud, demanded from the journalist Arkady Mamontov 100 million rubles in a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity. This was reported by the lawyer of the plaintiff Alena Adler, Interfax reports. The reason for the lawsuit was one and issues of the “Special correspondent” program, in which, according to Polonsky, information defamed his honor, dignity and business reputation were common.

Ilya Karpyuk Photo: Telegraf.com.ua The Verkhovna Rada will soon take a discussion of the sequestra of the state budget. According to Sergei Sobolev, the leader of the Fatherland faction, in order to have time to do this at a meeting on Thursday, the government had to develop a sequestral project on Tuesday.

Belgian military sappers did not find an explosive device in a package found earlier in the bus in the center of Brussels, the local RTBF television channel reports. The bundle was found on the day the official part of the visit of US President Barack Obama to the capital of Belgium was found. Traffic in the center of Brussels is restored.

The export of Ukrainian troops from the territory of Crimea will begin on March 26 and will be carried out by rail, said the head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov. His words are conveyed by Interfax .

The special operation to neutralize the activist of the Ukrainian radical-nationalist group "Right Sector" Alexander Muzychko was postponed several times, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reports. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in relation to Alexander Muzychko in Ukraine, pre -trial proceedings were launched under the articles “Hooliganism” and “The threat or violence against a law enforcement officer”.

The Russian authorities can allocate more than 100 billion rubles from the anti -crisis fund on subsidies of Crimea this year, Bloomberg reports with reference to sources familiar with the situation. Sources have information that the Russian government was faced with the need to allocate 100-130 billion rubles ($ 2.8-3 billion) to support Crimea and Sevastopol. This amount does not take into account the increase in pensions and salaries to civil servants to Russian levels.