In the capital of Lithuania, the week of Belarus began, dedicated to the celebration of the Belarusian Volya Day. The events of the Week of Belarus, organized by Lithuanian politicians, human rights activists, journalists, will end on March 25, when the Independence Day of the neighboring republic is celebrated. They include art exhibitions, concerts, discussions.

In Moscow, the World Court of the Khamovnichesky District will today consider new materials of the case against the founder of the financial pyramid "MMM" Sergey Mavrodi. He is accused of evading fines. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the Khamovniki court. Mavrodi was arrested on March 14 for five days - for non -payment of a fine of one thousand rubles. He was fined for refusing to pay with depositors on debts "MMM".

Igor Sechin and Dmitry Medvedev Sergey Mironov opposed Dmitry Medvedev by the head of government. Igor Sechin will not work with the outgoing president, experts say. The leader of “Fair Russia” Sergey Mironov opposed the appointment of the current president Dmitry Medvedev to the post of prime minister after his resignation. As the politician "Interfax" stated, inside the faction the position on this issue has not yet been discussed.

During February, Russian banks placed more free funds on their accounts in the Central Bank than for any month since July last year, while taking a minimum of new loans from him over the past six months. This is evidenced by the data presented on March 19 by the Bank of Russia. Such dynamics again demonstrates an increase in the volume of free liquidity in the banking system , but in itself, this does not yet lead to a further increase in the lending of the economy, experts say.

In Moscow today will be a summit of the Eurasian Economic Community (EURASEC). The presidents of the member countries of the community-Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and the leaders of the observation states-Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine will have to decide on the draft agreement on the transformation of the EurAsEC into a new association. An agreement on this was reached at a previous meeting in December last year.

Hockey. KHL. Gagarin Cup. 1/4 finals. Conference "West" "Atlant" - SKA 1: 5 Account in series 1: 3 Dynamo (Moscow) - Torpedo 3: 2 Account in the series 2: 2

I have a friend with a rich genealogy - on the maternal line, he belongs to the old family of Gornov. His Puritan’s ancestor William Gornov moved to the New World in 1630 and became one of the most prominent state husbands of New England. William John's son was a judge in Salem and, as such, took part in the process of Salem witches. Just these days, 320 years ago, John Gorn, in the sweat of his face, interrogated women and witnesses accused of witchcraft.

Robert Bales (left) during military exercises in California An American soldier accused of killing 16 peaceful Afghans in the south of Afghanistan will meet his lawyer for the first time on Monday. 33-year-old sergeant Robert Bales is contained in a single military prison chamber in the American state of Kansas. According to the prison representative, Bales will hold a private meeting with John Henry Brown, who is one of the most famous criminal lawyers in the United States.

Counting votes in the territorial election commission, March 4, 2012 The blogosphere actively discusses the story in Tambov, where a young teacher tried to dismiss for refusing to participate in falsification of the results of the presidential election . In the near future, deputies of the State Duma of Russia are going to send a request to the General Prosecutor's Office on this subject. The head teacher of the Tambov school No. 31, it is the chairman of the precinct election commission No.

Football. Championship of Russia. 35th round "Spartak" - CSKA 1: 2 After 35 rounds: 1. "Zenith" 70 points 2. CSKA 64 3. Lokomotiv 60 4. "Dynamo" 59 5. "Spartak" (m) 59 6. "Rubin" 57 7. "Anji" 56 8. "Kuban" 54 9. "Krasnodar" 48 10. "Terek" 41 11. "Rostov" 39 12. "Amkar" 38 13. "Wings of the Soviets" 34 14. "Volga" 31 15. "Spartak" (NP) 27 16. "Tom" 25

In Jakarta, court hearings on the case of terrorist attacks in 2000 and 2002 continue. In an explosion in a night club on the island of Bali in 2002, more than two hundred people died. Two years earlier, 15 people were killed during attacks in several temples. One of the defendants in the process is Umar Patek, suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack in a night club on Bali. It was captured in January 2011 in the area of the city of Abbottabad in Pakistan.

DS: I am glad that many of you responded to the music of the Tunisian composer and the surprise Anuar Brahem. This is by no means a young jazz branch, folklore jazz: a thick mixture of traditional music (most often eastern, north African, but also Indian or Japanese) and jazz. Where did jazzmen interest in folklore jazz come from? First of all, the African Americans from the earliest days of jazz were looking for roots in Africa.

Football. Championship of Spain. 28th round "Real" - "Malaga" 1: 1 "Athletic" - "Valencia" 0: 3 "Malorca" - "Atletico" 2: 1 "Levante" - "Villarreal" 1: 0 After the 28th round 1. "Real" 71 points 2. "Barcelona" 63 3. "Valencia" 47

In Bahrain, the Shiite opposition expressed readiness for dialogue with the authorities to stop the political crisis in the country. The Al-Vefag party, uniting five leading opposition groups, in the statement adopted on Monday, demands that the leaders of the opposition, arrested during last year’s protest with the requirement of democratic transformations, participate in the dialogue.

Flowers, candles, portraits. At the house in Vitebsk, where Vladislav Kovalev lived. At the commemorative board at the Oktyabrskaya metro station in Minsk. At the building of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow. You peer into these pictures - and do not immediately comprehend their meaning. We remember terrorist attacks in Russia, in all their diversity, with riddles and misunderstandings, as Shamil Basaev put it.