Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev The Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory today will consider the issue of endowing the authority of the head of the region Alexander Tkachev. The session will take part in the representative of the President of Russia in the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov.

The UN Security Council adopted on Wednesday a statement that supports the peaceful proposals of the special envoy of the UN and the League of the Arab states in Syria by Kofi Annan.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "Pittsburgh" - "Winnipeg" 8: 4. Evgeny Malkin ("Pittsburgh") goal and 3 programs "Ottawa"-"New Jersey" 0: 1. Ilya Kovalchuk ("New Jersey") 1 washer "Los Angeles"-"San Jose" 5: 2 "Colorado" - "Kalgary" 2: 1 (in overtime) "Dallas" - "Phoenix" 4: 3 (in a series of shootouts) "Nashville" - "Edmonton" 3: 6 "Columbus" - "Chicago" 1: 5 "Philadelphia" - "Florida" 1: 2 "Toronto"-"New York Alenders" 2: 5

The Supreme Court of Chechnya sentenced the Havazh brothers and Bislav Magomadov to 25 years in prison of each - on charges of participating in a series of attacks on law enforcement officials. According to the investigation, since 2009, the Magomads have been part of the armed group of Hamzat Shemillev. During the detention in September 2010, the brothers showed armed resistance, as a result of which a law enforcement officer was wounded.

What socio-political consequences can the creation of a legal nationalist party in Russia lead to? The nationalist movement "Russians" announced the intention to create a political party, which would initially enter About 20 thousand people, the media was told by the leader of the organization Dmitry Demushkin. The conversation on this subject will continue on the morning air of Radio Liberty on Thursday, March 22, from 8 to 10 hours (Moscow time).

The Republicans responded to the budget proposed by President Obama to their draft budget On March 20, lawmakers have nominated their draft budget, which provides for serious reduction in government spending to strengthen financial institutions of the state. The draft budget, introduced by the Republicans in the House of Representatives, sets its goal by 2040 to gradually balance the state budget without resorting to increasing taxes.

Football. Russian Cup. 1/4 finals "Zenit" - "Dynamo" 0: 1

In Paris, a small bomb exploded near the building of the Indonesia embassy in the morning on Wednesday. No one was wounded. The explosives were in the postal package received at the address of the embassy. Witnesses say that they saw three people who left the parcel by the building. According to preliminary information, one of the employees of the diplomatic representation approached the package and threw it to the side, after which the explosion occurred.

Football. Russian Cup. 1/4 finals "Rubin" - "locomotive" 4: 0

The European Union will impose sanctions against 12 citizens of Belarus, closely related to the Lukashenko regime. It is expected that this will happen at a meeting of the EU foreign ministers, which will be held on Friday in Brussels. According to Radio Liberty, a source in diplomatic circles, these persons will be prohibited from entering the European Union countries, and their personal assets and assets of 29 companies associated with them will be frozen.

Tonino Guerra during a trip to Russia, 2010 In the 93rd year of life, a famous Italian screenwriter, writer and poet Tonino Guerra died today. He worked with the largest filmmakers of the twentieth century. Guerra is the author of the scripts for films Federico Fellini (“Amarkord”, “The rehearsal of the orchestra”, “And the ship floats”), Michelangelo Antonioni (“Red Desert”, “Photo Evellage”, “Zabriski Point” and others), Andrei Tarkovsky (“Nostalgia”).

The US State Department said that Iran citizen Amir Hossein Ardebili was deported to his homeland - after serving a five -year imprisonment in the United States. In 2009, Ardulil found himself guilty of participating in a conspiracy, money laundering and illegal weapons. The court sentenced him to five years in prison, with the test of time in prison during the investigation.

Journalist Vadim Glusker during the presentation of his book "In Search of France" The French policeman, apparently, managed to reveal the murders of military personnel and children from a Jewish school in Toulouse. A murder suspect is a French citizen with Algerian roots. How will the Toulouse tragedy change the country's domestic policy? Vadim Glusker , Vadim Glusker, answers Radio Liberty questions. - The police very quickly found the culprits of the Toulouse tragedy.

Masud Barzani In Iraq, the head of the Kurdish Autonomous Region in the north of the country, Masud Barzani, on Tuesday, made a sharp criticism of the central government. He accused the Prime Minister Iraq Nuri al-Malika of monopolizing political power and excessive personal control over armed forces. Barzani noted that he remains an adherent of the separation of powers with representatives of the Shiite majority, but not from al-Malika personally.

Inflation in Russia for the period from 1 to 19 March amounted to 0.3%, and from the beginning of the year - 1.2%, the Federal Statistics Service said. For comparison, last year, for the same periods, consumer prices in the country increased by 0.4% and 3.6%, respectively, mainly due to the January indexation of tariffs for housing and communal services, from this year transferred to July.