Ukraine imposed sanctions against persons involved in the construction of the Crimean bridge and holding elections in the DPR and LPR, according to the website of the National Security Council of Ukraine (National Security and Defense Council). Sanctions lists include 294 legal entities and 848 individuals.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States - in fact, the American Central Bank - retained the basic interest rate at the same level (2.25–2.5%), according to its website according to the results of the leadership meeting. The median value of the key rate in 2019 is 2.4%. They are not going to increase interest rates before the end of this year, and in 2020 they plan only one increase.

Specialists from the agricultural university of Yunnan Province and the Beijing Biotechnological Company Sinogene cloned an outstanding police dog. It is expected that the born puppy will be able to undergo preparation in a record time and start work. As a genome donor, when cloning, a dog was chosen, which scientists call "Sherlock Holmes among police dogs." It is assumed that its outstanding abilities will also inherit the clone that received its genes.

The Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev took office, TASS reports. Tokaev took the oath to the people of the country during a joint meeting of the chambers of parliament. In his speech, after taking the oath, Tokaev spoke about the achievements of Kazakhstan thanks to the skillful politics of Nursultan Nazarbayev. He also voiced plans for the development of Kazakhstan.

In the south of Poland, archaeologists discovered a large workshop in which Neanderthals made flint guns. In Central Europe, quite a lot of such workshops are known, but this is the first large workshop, located not in the cave. The opening is reported by the site "Science in Poland." The find was made on the river bank near the village of Petrashin in Silesia, near the border with the Czech Republic.

The Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children asked the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin to work out the problem of the difference in salaries of men and women, RIA Novosti reports. The head of the Committee Tamara Pletneva, during a parliamentary hour, noted that Russian men and women receive different payment for the same work, and this affects the size of their pension. “Why do they get the same work less for the same work?

The head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said that he was allowing the transfer of the UK withdrawal from the European Union-but for a short time and only on the condition that the British parliament will vote for the Brexit agreement, already prepared in cooperation between the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Teresa May and Europeanchors from Brussels. “A short delay of Brexit will be possible, but subject to a positive vote in parliament,” Reuters quoted dusk as saying.

The European Commission fined Google for 1.49 billion euros for violation of antimonopoly legislation in the online advertising, the website of the department reported. “Google has strengthened its dominance in search advertising on the Internet and protects itself from competitive pressure by introducing anti-competitive restrictions on third-party websites.

London police detained the famous Indian businessman Nirav Modi, who is accused of almost $ 2 billion of fraud in his homeland. The Magistral Court of the Vestminster County, before which the foreigner appeared on the day of the detention, rejected the request for the release and left him under the custody before the decision on extradition, AP reports. “Modi, who was 48 years old, was detained in the Holborne area on Tuesday,” the police said.

The work of Vladimir Putin on “regional problems”, announced on Monday, brought the first results. Yesterday it became known about the resignation of the heads of two regions, which were prophesied by dismissal. Following the governors of the Murmansk and Chelyabinsk region, other leaders can leave their posts, risking not to be re -elected during the September elections. Recall that the “Vedomosti” reported about possible rearrangements at the beginning of the week.

Deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan approved the change of the name of the Republican capital from Astana to Nursultan, in honor of the first Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev, RIA Novosti reports. Amendments to the Constitution of the country were two readings without comments. “A historical decision has been made,” said Nurlan Nigmatulin, speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the temporarily acting head of the Altai Republic Oleg Khorokhordin, the Kremlin press service reports. During the meeting, Putin informed Khorokhordin about his decision to appoint him the acting head of the Altai Republic. Earlier, Putin accepted the resignation of Alexander Berdnikov, who announced his departure from the post of head of the republic earlier.

The Moscow Public Supervisory Commission asked the metropolitan prosecutor's office to allow the doctor Zenit to be football player Alexander Kokorin in jail, Interfax reports. “Currently, the criminal case has been transferred to approve the indictment to the prosecutor's office, and the prosecutor’s office is made by the prosecutor’s office,” explained Ivan Melnikov, responsible ONK secretary.

The First Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region, Alexei Tyukavin, is conducting a planned meeting of the regional government instead of the head of the Marina Kovtun region, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting is held as usual, but there is no governor who holds meetings if it is in the region. The press service of the government did not answer the question of where Marina Kovtun is located.

Against the background of news about reducing black gold in the United States, WTI oil for the first time since November has become more expensive than $ 60 per barrel, it follows from the ICE exchange data . At this price, May's futures for this brand traded there at 18:45 Moscow time, having risen in price from the beginning of trading by 1.1%. Brent oil has risen in price - up to $ 68 per barrel - in mid -March, and this also happened for the first time since November.