Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk during a meeting in Kyiv with Senator John Makene March 15, 2014 At the Sunday meeting in Kyiv, the Prime Minister Yatsenyuk threatened with harsh measures to all who supports separatism and split Ukraine.

In Kirov, a rally was held against the construction of the Terraport sports and fitness complex in the park near the memorial complex "The fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War." This was reported by Radio Liberty correspondent Ekaterina Lushnikova. The protest was organized by the "Park Rescue Committee" and the regional branch of the RKRP, more than two hundred people took part in it.

In Donetsk, pro -Russian activists break Ukrainian flags and hoist Russian On Sunday, pro -Russian demonstrations swept through the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. In Donetsk, about 5 thousand people went through the city, breaking doors and windows. With shouts “Donetsk!”, “Crimea!”, “Russia!” They called for a referendum to withdraw from Ukraine.

Flags of the United States, Ukraine and Russia at the medal ceremony of the Paralympics in Sochi XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi ended on March 16. The unofficial team set -off was won by the Russian team, setting a record for the number of awards won. The Paralympicians of Russia won 80 medals: 30 gold, 28 silver, 22 bronze. The second place was taken by the German team: 9 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal. The third was the Canadian team - 7 gold and bronze, as well as 2 silver awards.

In the Pakistani province of Sind in the south of the country, about 200 people stormed the center of the Hindu community and set it on fire. This was a reaction to the report that the community representative was defiled a copy of the Qur'an. The incident occurred in the city of Larkana. According to the police, the man who is suspected of desecrating the Qur'an is taken under protective arrest. The building of the community located next to the Hindu Temple is damaged.

Vietnamese pilot participating in the search for the missing Malaysian liner The naval and air forces of India today suspended the search for the Boeing 777 aircraft missing more than a week ago Malaysia Airlines. The decision was made at the request of the Government of Malaysia, which is reviewing the search area, the representative of the Indian government said. India led the search for the disappeared liner in the Nevama and Nicobar Islands and in the Bengal Gulf area.

Activists and journalists in Crimea are subjected to abductions, attacks and oppression from self -defense forces and militarized formations. This was stated by the human rights organization "Human Raits Raits Vatch". According to human rights activists, these forces act outside the legal framework, have no signs of the difference and clear structure of subordination and enjoy complete impunity.

The left movement in Moscow has again split - now on the issue of attitude to the actions of Russian troops in Crimea. Left organizations (which once formed a fragile, but still the coalition of the "Forum of the Left Forces") now turned out to be different sides of the barricades. After the small third forum of the left forces, the first news of the schism was the "marching of anti -capitalism", at which its organizers, contrary to the previously made decisions, banned rainbow flags.

In France, Claude Dani, a 76-year-old resident of Normandy, who became the world's first bearer of a fully artificial heart. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Paris Natalya Kanevskaya reports that Dani died due to a sudden stop of the device as a result of a short circuit. In an interview with the Sunday edition of "Dimarch magazine", Professor Alan Carpentier, a creator of a bioprosthetic heart, told this about this.

Polls to the Crimea opened on a referendum on the status of this region. Two alternative questions are made to the referendum: "Are you for the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a constituent entity of the Russian Federation?" And "you are for the restoration of the Constitution of the Republic of Crimea 1992 and for the status of Crimea as part of Ukraine?" The referendum also takes place in Sevastopol.

"We don't throw our own!" - That was the name of the rally, which was held in St. Petersburg in support of the accession of Crimea to Russia. The gathering of the participants was scheduled on Kherson Street, the route ended on the shooter of the Vasilievsky Island. Auto racket organized by the "Party of the Great Fatherland" was agreed with the authorities.

“Dangerous and destabilizing” called Russia's actions in connection with a referendum in Crimea, a press secretary of the US President. "The time has long passed when the international community silently observed the seizure of the power of one country by another," the American administration said in connection with the situation in Ukraine, widespread on Sunday. According to the White House, on Saturday, the UN Security Council recognized Russia's actions dangerous.

The project “Acropolis: How I found my body.” Photos of young people with disabilities as images of the ancient world. Disabled and society, disabled people and beauty, disabled and glamor. Has the attitude of the Russian society to the disabled changed? Disability in the world of fashion and contemporary art. Feminism and disability. People with disabilities or people with disabilities - how do they themselves prefer to call themselves? The disabled body is as sacred.

State Council of Crimea, March 17 World March 16, 2014 The Crimean authorities transfer to the ruble, introduce Moscow time and dismantle state symbols of Ukraine All news and stories about the Russian -Ukrainian crisis are in a special section of the Radio Liberty site. Fresh from above 16:32 17.3.2014 Crimea. Refugees. The Lviv Regional Council on its website reports that immigrants from Crimea continue to come to the region.

Alexander Pochinok in the Radio Radio Freedom 2008 In Moscow, the famous Russian politician Alexander Pochinok died. The former senator the night before died in one of the Moscow hospitals. This was reported by "Echo of Moscow" in his family. Alexander was 56 years old. He began to work in the government in the early nineties - he was Deputy Minister of Finance. In different years, the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Labor headed the Ministry of Labor.