In St. Petersburg, 5 activists were detained at the popular gathering. The reason for the folk gathering was the investigation of the Corruption Fund on the management scheme of the multi-billion dollar state of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. The organizer of the action was the movement "Spring".

Detention. Archive photo The deputy head of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) in the Leningrad Region Sergey Moiseenko was detained on suspicion of incitement to attempt on another employee of the department, the portal "47 News" reports . According to the publication, the detention occurred on Sunday evening and was connected with the attack on the subordinate Moiseenko Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Chernov, in whom they shot several times last Thursday.

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In the village of Krasnokamenka near Feodosia in annexed Crimea, the school principal drove off the stadium of teenagers from the stadium, accusing them of an illegal rally. The head of the educational institution stopped the game of courtyard teams, because its participants did not notify the city authorities of holding the match. The meeting took place on March 4 at the school stadium. Seeing teenagers playing football, the school principal called the police.

Russian military in Syria, archival photo Russian-Major General Peter Milyukhin, whose wound in Syria was previously reported, suffered as a result of undermining the armored car, on which he was traveling from the Ti-Bazais airbase to the city of Homs on February 16. This was reported by "Kommersant" with reference to its own sources in the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon from the Republican party French presidential candidate Francois Fillon received unanimous support for his Republican party for further leading a pre -election campaign. This decision was made on Monday following the results of an emergency meeting of the party’s political committee after a loud scandal around Fiion. This was reported to reporters by the chairman of the Senate of France, a representative of the Republicans Gerard Larsche.

The South Sakhalin City Court began to consider the case of the former governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin, accused of corruption. In addition to Khoroshavin, the former deputy head of the regional government Sergey Kipkin, the ex-adviser of the governor Andrei Ikramov and the former Minister of Agriculture of the region Nikolai Borisov are held by the defendants in the case.

Ukraine demands from the UN International Court forced Russia to stop supporting separatists in the Donbass. In the court in the Hague, hearings on the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia opened. Representatives of Kyiv accused the Russian authorities of "citizens of Ukraine do not feel safe in their own country."

The United Nations International Court in The Hague began to consider the claim of Ukraine against Russia on the financing of terrorism and racial discrimination. Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia to the UN International Court in The Hague on January 16. The meetings will be held from 6 to 9 March.

UN International Court, Archival Photo The United Nations International Court in The Hague began to consider the claim of Ukraine against Russia on the financing of terrorism and racial discrimination. The broadcast of the meeting is on the UN website.

Sniper in Syria In Syria, the 23-year-old Russian soldier Ivan Sveskin died. His funeral was held on March 2 in the city of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk region. The monument indicates the date of death on February 12, 2017. According to Znak.com, Sveskin killed a sniper.

Evgenia Chudvets Late in the evening of March 6, the teacher of the kindergarten from Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Chudnovets was released after the Kurgan Regional Court canceled the sentence on the same day. The Chudnovets was convicted of repost of the video with bullying the child. The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia after 22.00 local time (after 20.00 Moscow time) fulfilled the decision of the Presidium of the Kurgan Regional Court on the liberation of Evgenia Chudnovets.