During the trading on the Moscow Exchange, the European currency for the first time from February 25 exceeded the mark of 70 rubles. The increase took place against the background of changes with ruble liquidity and the fall of oil value. As of 15.40 in Moscow, the cost of the euro amounted to 70.02 rubles, and the dollar - 62.34 rubles. Compared to the closing level of currency, it has become more expensive by 1.13 rubles and 74 kopecks, respectively. Later, a decrease in the cost began.

Russia is ready to offer India Russian fighters if New Delhi refuses to buy French fighters Rafale, the deputy director of Rosoboronexport Sergey Gororevsky said on the air of the Rosoboronexport radio station. The intention of India to refuse to buy 126 French multi -purpose fighter Rafale fighters due to the high cost of media aircraft reported in February, but there was no official confirmation of this information.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko approved the decision of the Council of National Security and Defense of the country (NSDC) to contact the UN and EU with a request to deploy an international peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine. The decree is published on the website of the head of state. The decision to invite peacekeepers to Ukraine was made by the National Security and Defense Council on February 18, 2015.

The self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) reported the completion of the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact with the Ukrainian troops. This was reported by Interfax with reference to representatives of the government of the republics. “The allocation has been produced, technical issues related to the placement of technology and grouping are completed,” said LPR Prime Minister Gennady Tsypkalov.

The head of the US State Department, John Kerry, held negotiations in Geneva with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. On his Twitter, Kerry called the conversation frank. “I just met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, we had frank negotiations in Ukraine, Syria and Iran,” the Secretary of State said.

The Big Moskvoretsky Bridge, where Boris Nemtsov was shot dead, does not fall into the zone of viewing of video cameras of the Federal Security Service. This was announced by RIA Novosti by the official representative of the department Sergey Devyatov. “Camcorders are aimed at the Kremlin and provide an overview of the internal territory. Moskvoretsky bridge is not a zone of responsibility of the Federal Security Service, ”said Devyatov.

The Moscow court refused the opposition to Alexei Navalny in the right to go to the funeral of the murdered politician Boris Nemtsov. It is reported by TASS . The meeting in the metropolitan Presnensky court was held without the participation of Navalny. Earlier, the opposition submitted an application for suspension on the day of administrative punishment.

Russia is obliged to release Nadezhda Savchenko, since the release of hostages is one of the points of the Minsk agreements. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a meeting with the chapters of the Poland Foreign Affairs Grzhegos Shatina and Denmark Martina Lidegor, Interfax reports. “She continues to starve, and she has a very serious state of health. They keep it without any accusations, ”said the head of the Ukrainian state.

The Ministry of Education and Science (Ministry of Education and Science) has prepared the “Strategy for the Development of Education of Children”, this is reported by Kommersant .

The cost of insurance policies for OSAGO can increase by more than 30%. This was reported by TASS , referring to the deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Vladimir Chistyukhin. According to him, the increase in tariffs is due to the devaluation of the national currency and the new limits of life and health insurance that will begin to operate from April 1 of this year. Chistyukhin noted that the change in tariffs in 2014 at that time stabilized the OSAGO business model.

The Estonian Party of Reforms won the elections to the Riigikogu (Parliament of the country), held on March 1. This was announced by the head of the party, the Prime Minister of Estonia Tavi Ryvas, reports Reuters . The reform party gained 28% of the vote, securing 30 seats in the parliament of 101. Following it is the Center Party of Estonia (27 mandates), which supports small enterprises and protruding for close ties with Russia.

The beneficiary of the largest in Russia in the bankrupt Bank of Interombank Sergey Pugachev, in the midst of a trial with the deposit insurance agency (DIA) in London, unexpectedly abandoned lawyers, motivating this lack of funds, Kommersant reports. Now he intends to sue in London on his own, communicate with opponents in Russian and conduct a hand by hand.

The metropolitan authorities do not consider the option of installing turnstiles at the exits from the metro stations. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Moscow subway. “There is no such thing in the near future,” the press service noted. Earlier, the media reported that in the Moscow metro they could be installed by turnstiles that will stand on exits from the stations and work on the principle of those that are already installed at the entrances.

On March 4, the Moscow City Court will consider the complaint of Alexei Navalny about the refusal of the Presnensky court to release his funeral Boris Nemtsov. It is reported by Interfax . On March 2, the Presnensky court refused to suspend the administrative arrest of Navalny so that he could visit Nemtsov’s funeral.

President Vladimir Putin appointed the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (KhMAO) Natalya Komarova, whose powers expired on March 1, the temporarily acting head of the region, Kommersant reports. Recall that direct elections of governors in the district were canceled in November last year.