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Alexander Pochinok and Sergey Glazyev. 1990 Today, the former minister in taxes and fees and ex-minister of labor of Russia Alexander Pochinka , who died on Monday at the 57th year of his life as a result of a stroke, is buried in Moscow today. In the morning, the funeral service will take place in the temple of the Great Ascension.

In Egypt, on Wednesday, as a result of clashes between the police and participants in the protest campaign, a 13-year-old teenager was killed. The riots occurred in the city of Beni-Suyuf-115 kilometers south of Cairo. Students entered the protest campaign to express the support of the Mohammed Mursi Murxi by the president of the president displaced from the post of president in July. The teenager of Amr Ali Muhammad died of a bullet wound.

In the Trans -Baikal Territory, spouses were arrested, suspected of sales of surrogate alcohol and involvement in death of 14 people from poisoning. According to the regional investigative committee, this is a resident of the village of Krasny Velikan Anna Kadochnikova and her civil husband Yuri Vavilov. Both are detained, reports from Chita Radio Liberty, Alexander Andreev. The arrested were engaged in the illegal implementation of alcohol among fellow villagers.

Supporters of the pro -Russian authorities occupied the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy (Sevastopol, March 19, 2014) The Russian military forced the Ukrainian military metrologists from the base in Yevpatoria. As the head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Crimea Vladislav Seleznev, who referred to the participants in the events, wrote on Facebook, the soldiers of the Chechen battalion "Vostok" were stormed by the base; Several base employees were injured.

The building of the Rosbalt news agency in Moscow The Supreme Court of Russia today is expected to check the legality of the decision on depriving the license of the Rosbalt news agency and the termination of its activities as the media - on the proposal of Roskomnadzor. A month ago, the court postponed the consideration of the agency’s complaint in connection with the need to receive additional materials.

The Commissioner for Students' Rights in the Russian Federation officially began his work . More than a year ago, the chairman of the Russian Student Union, Artem Khromov, was elected student Ombudsman according to the results of open voting on the Internet, but it took a lot of time to establish a dialogue with the authorities and prove the need to introduce this position.

In Roskomnadzor, disagreement was expressed with the decision of the Supreme Court, which canceled the review of the certificate of registration with the Rosbalt news agency. “We certainly respect the court decision, but do not agree with it,” said Roskomnadzor, Vadim Ampelonsky. He noted that the department has the opportunity to file a complaint by supervision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court.

Levko stack. Photo from Facebook In the Crimea, unknown people were kidnapped, and then threw Levko Stack in the field of the Ukrainian edition of Radio, the Ukrainian edition of Radio . The glass told about what happened on his Facebook page. According to him, he ended up in Crimea on March 16, freely driving Dzhanka. Yesterday in Bakhchisarai, unknown people pulled it out of the bus, put on handcuffs and a bag on their heads and threw it into the back seat of the car.

The Constitutional Court of Russia received a request for verification for compliance with the Basic Law of the International Treaty on the Assistance of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation. The request will be considered without a public hearing, the press service of the court said. The contract was signed on March 18 in the Kremlin by the President of Russia and representatives of the self -proclaimed Republic of Crimea.

The course chosen by the Russian elite, led by President Putin, is extremely dangerous for the country and will inevitably lead it to a national disaster. Russia is only a step away from the return of repressions, from the totalitarian regime, they warn in the Yabloko party. The publication of the party’s leadership emphasizes that the signing by Vladimir Putin the agreement on the entry of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol in Russia finally determined the near future of the country.

Monument to Lenin in front of the parliament building in Tiraspol, the capital of an unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic Following Crimea, Transnistria was asked to Russia, Gagauz autonomy in the south of Moldova announced the creation of its own army The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic turned to the speaker of the State Duma of Russia Sergey Naryshkin with a request to consider the inclusion of Transnistria in Russia.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk condemned the actions of deputies from the Freedom party against the head of the first Ukrainian television channel Alexander Panteleimonov. Yesterday, a group of deputies came to the television company. They accused Panteleimonov of lies during the coverage of protests in Ukraine.

In Iraq on Wednesday, as a result of attacks and armed clashes, at least 30 people were killed, dozens - were injured. 15 people died and about 40 were injured during the operation of government forces in Falludge and its environs. In recent months, the security services periodically fired at the quarters of this city, where the militants associated with al-Qaeda strengthened.