In Moscow, the lawyer of the Republican College of Lawyers Konstantin Kulag was killed, information agencies reported with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The body of the lawyer was discovered on Saturday with a gunshot wound of the head on the balcony of the house in the west of Moscow. At the crime scene, the operational investigation group works.

Igor Sutyan Maryana Torocheshnikova: This week, the court refused to release the conditionally condemnated colony for the espionage of the former employee of the Institute of the United States and Canada Igor Sutyagin. Probably, the court came to the conclusion that Suthetin does not seek to embark on the path of correction and still presents a social danger to society.

In the center of Moscow, about 150 people gathered for a rally organized by human rights activists with a demand for a radical police reform. According to Radio Liberty, Maxim Yaroshevsky, among the participants of the action, the leader of the Lev Ponomarev Movement Movement and Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Vladimir Lukin, activists of the Solidarity movement, the Russian People's Democratic Union, the United Civil Front.

In Iceland, a referendum is held today on the question of whether to return to the UK and the Netherlands $ 5 billion. It was this amount that the authorities of these countries paid as compensation to their citizens who owned accounts in the missing Icelandic bank ICESAVE. It is expected that Iceland voters, who have lost their income due to the crisis, will vote against the return of money.

The International Committee of the Red Cross condemned Taliban for the widespread use of mini-traps and stretch marks in the south of Afghanistan. As stated in today's statement of the organization, especially many such mines that are dangerous for civilians, in the city of Marja in the Gilmene Province, where a major operation of the troops of Afghanistan and NATO against militants is completed.

Music sounds Gennady Shlyakhov : To perform this music, which became classic and once played by the legends of rock is a risky occupation. There is always a listener who will compare followers with the original source. To play rock not in the club, but on the stage of the concert hall is also fraught with consequences: painfully the motley in its composition, the audience usually fills the halls at such concerts in Sochi.

Tennis. Davis Cup. 1/8 finals Leander Pais/Mahesh Bhupati (India) - Igor Kunitsyn/Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2 Account in the series 2: 1

As it was not believed in the reboot of the relations of Russia and the USA, I could not believe in the reboot of the relations of Russia and Ukraine. The question is not how Ukraine will relate to Russia, what will be its Russian policy. The question is how Russia will relate to Ukraine, what will be the Ukrainian policy of Russia. The fact is that no matter how the Russian policy of Ukraine has changed, it will still not suit Russia.

Life in the Fifth St. Petersburg over the past 20 years has changed five times. In the late 80s, when the “fifth wheel” rolled and “600 seconds” flashed. In the early 90s, when the prospect of the “not from Moscow” was not realized, and one of the oldest television and radio companies of the country again turned into television with the “regional fate”.

President Sri Lanka Makhinda Rajapax rejected the UN proposal to form an international expert commission to investigate possible human rights violations in the country during the civil war.

In Moscow today they say goodbye to the famous artist Yuri Stepanov. The civilian memorial service will be held in the theater "Workshop of Peter Fomenko". Stepanov will be buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery. Laureate of several theater awards, Yuri Stepanov is also known from the roles played by him in the movies "Time of the Dancer" "Zhmurki", "Artist", the series "Straftat", "Citizen chief". The artist died in a car accident on the night of March 3. He was 42 years old.

Dmitry Volchek: In Ukraine, this week announced the collapse of the parliamentary coalition, the Verkhovna Rada resigned the cabinet of ministers, and Yulia Tymoshenko, who led them, returned to the role of the leader of the opposition. And President Viktor Yanukovych this week promised in Moscow to radically change Ukrainian -Russian relations in Brussels - to continue Ukraine for European integration. A review of events in the report of Vladimir Ivakhnenko from Kyiv.

At the end of February, the attention of climatologists around the world was attracted by a huge iceberg that broke away from the Antarctic glacier. In size, it is comparable to the Square of the Luxembourg state. So far, scientists can only guess how the appearance of a giant ice floe on the state of the waters of the ocean, the life of animals and people will affect.

The US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said that Washington has no exact information about how many American citizens could leave the United States to undergo training at Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations. The ambassador expressed anxiety by the fact that extremists, being the owners of American passports, are legally returning to the United States to prepare terrorist attacks.