In the first part of the issue - the program "Pornography and the Law" Marina Efimova. In the second - the "St. Petersburg myth: the festival in New York" both programs for the first time took the air on March 4, 1997.

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.

See how the court reads an acquittal. This is so rare in Russia

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Alain Juppe The mayor of the city of Bordeaux, former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe refused to run for president of the country. At a press conference in Bordeaux on Monday, Juppe said that now-less than 50 days before the election-already "too late" to make such a decision.