The Paralympic Games on Russian Television are shown with a slightly less high degree of hysteria than the "big" Olympics. But now, the flows of glory are pouring from the television screens: the Russian team confidently leads in the overall standings of the Paralympics, and this means ... But what exactly means - no one says. In fact, even the most rabid propagandists will not say that the life of Russian disabled people is just as “beautiful and amazing” as Russian TV from Sochi shows.

The Big Seven today has made a statement that emphasizes that the "annexation of Crimea" could have an extremely unfavorable impact on the legislative support of the unity and sovereignty of all states. " Earlier today, the head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barrosa, said that the “big seven” will accept a document in which the firmness of the intentions of the seven leading powers of the world and countries of the European Union will appear.

The editors of the online publication "Lenta.ru", where the editor-in-chief Galina Timchenko was replaced today, made a statement in which she criticized the decision on this personnel permutation: "Dear readers! Today, March 12, the owner of the company "Afisha -rambler-Sup" Alexander Mamut fired the chief editor of Lenta.ru Galina Timchenko. Aleksey Goreslavsky, Deputy General Director for External Communications, was appointed new editor -in -chief.

"Black Tag" Alexandra Paria In the event of the accession of Crimea to Russia, local non -profit organizations can be declared by "foreign agents" The Crimean human rights center "Action" fears that if the peninsula is joined by Russia, local non -profit organizations will automatically fall under the operation of Russian laws and will be declared "foreign agents".

The head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Sakhalin Region Vladislav Belotserkovsky was detained and delivered to Khabarovsk as part of the criminal investigation, a representative of the Department of the Investigative Committee for the Far East told RIA Novosti today. There are no details about the reasons for the detention of a police officer in an official report.

The Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan condemned the last performance of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, reports Lenta.ru. With reference to the K-News agency. The statement of the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan, which was widespread yesterday evening, says that Bishkek condemns any actions aimed at destabilizing the situation in Ukraine. In this regard, the last statements of Viktor Yanukovych are inappropriate and inadequate.

Such a drone allegedly shot down in the Crimea In Crimea, drones are "knocked down". Ukrainian officer did not go over to the side of "self -defense" One of the main news yesterday and today on the Russian and Crimean pro -Kremlin sites and forums covering the situation in the Crimea is a message that fighters of the Crimean Self -Defense were shot down by two “American drones”, allegedly carrying out reconnaissance flights over the territory of the peninsula.

The Crimea authorities are preparing for a referendum. Air space closed above the peninsula On Wednesday, the Simferopol International Airport closed the airspace for Kyiv and Istanbul. On the online score, the airport website shows that all flights are canceled except Moscow.

US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk during a meeting in the oval office of the White House US President Barack Obama said that, having sent its military to the Crimea, Russia violated international law and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The president made this statement during the meeting on Wednesday in the White House with the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The nuclear station "Qinshan" in the province of Zhejiang in the east of China. So far, only 2% of the electricity produced in China in China. In six years, the number of reactors in the country will double Until 2020, 20 or more new atomic reactors will be built in China, the head of the National Nuclear Corporation of Qin Sun said on Wednesday in an interview with reuters in Beijing.

In Prague on Wednesday, on the 86th year of life, after a long illness, the Czech film director and screenwriter Vera Hitilova died. It is considered the leader of the Czechoslovak "new wave" in the cinema. She made her debut in a full-length movie with the movie "On something else." In total, Vera Hitilova shot about 30 films, among them such as Margarita, Jester and Queen, “Exile from Paradise”, “Inheritance”.

In the Prague district of Vrshovitsa there are streets with "Crimean" names. In the last days, on some of them - the Crimean, Sevastopol, Black Sea - the tablets with the names of the streets were closed by the Russian sticker?

Homeless puppy in Sergiev Posad, photography of Olga Baskinina On the 700th anniversary of the birth of Sergius of Radonezh in Sergiev Posad, they decided to exterminate dogs About the unfortunate fate of the homeless dogs in Sochi, whom the local authorities decided to exterminate in front of the Olympics, found out the whole world, the athletes managed to stop, the shelters were opened, and foreigners - in particular, American athletes - were even able to take away several puppies abroad.

The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a bill for the help of Ukraine and sanctions against those who are responsible for violation of the sovereignty of this country. The bill, for which the vast majority of the members of the committee voted, provides for Ukraine of credit guarantees for an amount of $ 1 billion.

The Israeli military claims that the militants operating in the gas sector released more than 30 missiles on Wednesday to the south of Israel. According to the army command, most missiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome system, but eight fell on the territory of populated city quarters. The injured as a result of attacks is not reported. Israel answered the blows of artillery shelling.