The United Nations suspended cooperation with tennis player Maria Sharapova as an ambassador of goodwill after the athlete confessed to the use of the forbidden drug Meldonium. It is reported by The Guardian. "The UN Development Program is grateful to Maria Sharapova for her support for our work, especially in correcting the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster," the organization said in a statement. Cooperation with Sharapova suspended before the end of the investigation in her case.

The effect of the main factor in the current slowdown of annual prices in Russia in a month or two will come to naught Economist Igor Nikolaev about the specifics of Russian inflation An annual inflation in Russia has slowed one and a half times since the beginning of the year . However, the effect of the main factor of such a sharp braking will soon come to naught.

On the activity of the North Caucasian armed underground in Syria - with specialists in the Caucasus.

Two steps from the residence of Novo-Ogars How the closest neighbors of the President of Russia live-the inhabitants of the village near Moscow at the Novo-Ogarse residence The official residence of the President of Russia is the estate of Novo-Ogravo, located near the village of Usovo. The village itself begins right behind the fence of the residence and is part of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye.

Memory of the artist Gleb Bogomolov In St. Petersburg, at the 84th year of his life, the non-conformist artist Gleb Bogomolov died. Without the figure of Gleb Bogomolov, it is difficult to imagine the landscape of the Leningrad art underground of the 60-80s.

Former Director Gosarchiv told Radio Liberty about his resignation Director of the State Archive of Russia Sergey Mironenko, who was released on Wednesday from his position , said Radio Liberty that the decision to leave his post was "collective." According to Mironenko, the story of criticism of his activities by the Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky was not a decisive factor that led to his resignation.

Film director Valery Balayan - about how Crimea changed two years after his annexation by Russia Two years ago, on March 16, 2014, the so -called "referendum" on the status of the peninsula took place in the Crimea. According to official results, the majority of the region’s population voted for the entry of Crimea into the Russian Federation. Just a few days later, the Russian State Duma adopted a package of laws on the accession of Crimea to Russia.

Alexander Yesenina-Wolpin It was Yesenin-Wolpin who introduced the word "publicity" as a public requirement to the authorities to observe the law and make legal procedures transparent In the United States, in the 92nd year, one of the leaders of the Soviet human rights movement, a dissident, poet, philosopher and mathematician Alexander Yesenin-Volpin died. This was reported to "Interfax" by his friends. The son of two poets - Sergey Yesenin and Nadezhda Volpin - was born in Leningrad in 1924.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won on Tuesday in the primary elections, at least in three states Donald Trump among the Republicans and Hillary Clinton among the Democrats markedly strengthened their positions in the struggle for nomination for US presidents from the Republican and Democratic Parties, having won victories in the primary elections, at least in three states.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of March 16 Good morning! And pleasant appetite. But the end is still alone: eat. Yesterday, iron jaws of Russian justice closed over the deputy minister of culture of the Russian Federation Grigory Pirumov . As well as over Boris Mazo, who heads the Department of Property Management and Investment Policy, and the head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Central Spanish” Oleg Ivanov. After searches in the office of the St.

Barriers in the space of Russia. Guests: Boris Grozovsky, creative director of the Yegor Gaidar Foundation; Sergey Citar, architect, leading teacher of the architectural school march

In Paris, a regime of increased danger is valid - after a series of terrorist attacks The Paris police arrested four suspects in the preparation of the attack, the French media reported. Three men and the woman were detained in the 18th district of Paris. The arrested were previously known to the special services. Since November last year, Paris has continued to operate the “terrorist threat” regime - after a series of jihadist attacks, whose victims became 130 people.

Supreme Court of the United States Republicans in the Senate say that they will block any candidate introduced by the president US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the name of the candidate for the vacant post of a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a 63-year-old judge of the Federal Court of Appeal in Washington Merrick Garland.

Victor Shokin The Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin, who was reported, resigned last month due to wide internal and international pressure and accusations of obstructing reforms, again began to fulfill his duties. The press service of the General Prosecutor's Office confirmed the Ukrainian Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe Radio, that on March 16, Victor Shokin returned to work.