Yuri Stepanov’s investigators opened a criminal case on the death of the famous actor Yuri Stepanov in Moscow. It is reported that a number of laws and technical examinations have been appointed to establish the causes of the accident. Stepanov died on Wednesday night. At a traffic light to the Zhiguli car, in which Stepanov rode, a foreign car crashed at high speed. As a result, Lada was thrown into the oncoming lane, where the car collided with a passing crossroads with another passenger car.

Marina Salier knew Anatoly Sobchak well, and the activities of Vladimir Putin in the authorities of St. Petersburg devoted a whole investigation.

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Farewell to the famous actor Yuri Stepanov, who died in a car accident, will be held on March 6 at the Peter Fomenko Theater, the theater directed, where the actor worked on Wednesday. On the fact of the death of Stepanov, a criminal case has been instituted. To establish the causes of the accident, a number of legal and technical examinations were appointed. Stepanov died on Wednesday night.

In Vancouver, Sochi accepted the Olympic relay. On March 2, the Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of Russia Vitaly Mutko, returning from the Olympic Games in Vancouver, said that he was ready to leave his post due to not so bad performances by Russian athletes at the Olympics, as one could think how much this was required by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev .

A traffic accident with the participation of the Mercedes car Vice President of LUKOIL Anatoly Barkov on Gagarin Square in Moscow. In Moscow, an investigation into a car accident with the participation of the vice president of Lukoil Anatoly Barkov, in which doctors Olga Alexandrina and Vera Sidelnikova died. Today, a press conference of relatives of the dead was held. In the Russian blogosphere, the question of who is to blame for the accident accident has already been resolved.

About the future of Russia, within the framework of the cycle "Russia between the past and the future ...", the writer Vyacheslav Kuritsyn and the political philosopher Artemy Magun are talking in the program "Time of Guests" on Wednesday on March 3 at 19 o’clock. Presenter: Victor Rezunkov.

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In Ingushetia in the village of Ekazhevo in a shootout with police officers on Wednesday, a militant was killed on Wednesday. As Interfax was told in the law enforcement agencies of the republic, an action movie hiding under the ruins of the house opened fire on the police, injuring one of them. On Tuesday, during a special operation in the village of Ekazhevo, 6 militants were killed, 15 were detained. Four law enforcement officers were injured in battle.

Norway sends the Iranian diplomat. His name was not named. A statement widespread by the Norwegian ministry said that this is a reaction to similar actions of the Iranian authorities, who were sent an employee of the Norwegian embassy last week. The diplomatic relations of Tehran and Oslo were aggravated after Norway provided political asylum to Mohammadu times Heydari, the former general consul of Iran in the country.

In the east of Uganda, the victims of landslides caused by heavy rains became, according to the latest data, at least 106 people. Local authorities also report that more than 300 residents are missing, whose houses were destroyed. In the mountainous area of the will, where the tragedy occurred, the landslides are quite frequent, however, they had never before led to such tragic consequences.

The appeal to the President was unsuccessful for art historians. Now they turn to him through the patriarch. Artists and scientific figures wrote an open letter to Patriarch Kirill. They urge him to personally appeal to President Medvedev with a request to suspend the transfer of art monuments without coordination with them. The Russian Orthodox Church promised not to leave the letter unattended. An open letter was published on March 3 in an appendix to the "independent newspaper".

In the United States, the volume of car sales in February was 13% exceeded the level of February last year, the Autodata research company said, and the Ford Motor for the first time in 12 years bypassed General Motors. Ford sales in the United States grew by 43% of the level of February 2009 within a month - up to 142 thousand cars. General Motors sales amounted to 141 thousand cars in February - 12% more than a year earlier.