In Russian cities last Saturday, March 18, festive rallies were held dedicated to the third anniversary of the signing of the contract "On the adoption of Crimea to the Russian Federation." They were not as massive as in past years - according to one version, the Kremlin decided to "save" the patriotic fuse until next year, when the presidential election may take place in Russia on the same day with the annexation of the peninsula.

Igor Akinfeev Will Kurban Berdyev work in the Russian national team? Does he have to solve doping questions to Russian football players? Will the NHL bosses will let their hockey players on the Olympic Games? This topic is examined by authors of publications on sports topics in the Russian press.

The Committee for Intelligence of the House of Representatives of the US Congress today will host the first public hearings on the issue of the possible intervention of Russia in last year's presidential elections in the United States. During the hearings, the congressmen will first have the opportunity to ask direct questions on this topic as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations to James Komi and the head of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers.

Passport "DPR" Russia refused to provide a simplified procedure for staying in the country to the owners of passports of the so -called "people's republics" - individual regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, which control the pro -Russian separatists. This was reported by RBC with reference to a source in the State Duma and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. For the owners of passports "DPR" and "LPR" the same migration rules are in force as for citizens of Ukraine.

One of the authors of the Crimea. Realii project, journalist Nikolai Semen, who is judged in the case of "calls for violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation," told representatives of the media that he did not admit guilt. The case of Semyon on Monday begins to consider the Railway Court of Simferopol in the Crimea annexed by Russia. According to the prosecution, the journalist violated Russian legislation in an article on the blockade of Crimea from the Ukrainian side.

Is it true that the authorities want to be pushed by its president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and therefore the elections were canceled? They discuss: Sergey Dobrynin, Andrey Tsaturyan, Askold Ivanchik, Anna Dybo.

Is it true that the authorities want to be pushed by its president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and therefore the elections were canceled? Discuss: Sergey Dobrynin, Andrey Tsaturyan, Askold Ivanchik, Anna Dybo

In Krasnoyarsk, on March 18, a rally "For the Clear Heaven" took place. Its organizers agreed in the city hall for a thousand participants, but about two thousand came. This activity is explained simply: ecology is a sick theme for the city. Experts today call Krasnoyarsk "environmental disaster." The rally "For the Clear Sky". Krasnoyarsk.

The unconditional heroes of Runet in the last days are Bryansk schoolboy Maxim Losev and his classmates. Maxim was taken to the police right in the lesson after he copied the opposition rally announcement on his page. One Bryansk schoolboy ran to the side of the gallery in the size of 1/7 of the earth's land, and she staggered - Nos Buratino (@nosburatino) March 19, 2017 News marked lightning ⚡️ ⚡️⚡️ A search is held in the foam of the Bryansk schoolboy.

Kirill Bobro (photo from the VKontakte page) The human rights project "Gulag.net" accused the employees of the Stavropol Department of the FSB of Russia of conducting a planned operation against a local activist, a member of the Youth Apple, Kirill Bobro, previously detained on charges of drug storage. According to the source of human rights activists in the police of Stavropol, Bobrov threw drugs in order to stop his opposition activity.

Alexey Navalny In Barnaul, where on Monday the headquarters of Alexei Navalny opens, an unknown man doused the opposition policy with a green. "I will open the headquarters in Barnaul in the image from the film" Mask ". Cool. Even green teeth!" - wrote Navalny on Twitter. I will open the headquarters in Barnaul in the image from the film "Mask". Cool. Even the teeth are green!

Russian soldiers in Syria, archive photo Russia will build a new military base in the north-west of Syria. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the representative of Kurdish "people's self -defense units" (YPG) of the reducer of Khalil. According to Khalil, on March 19, the parties signed an agreement as part of a joint fight against terrorism. The Russian military has already arrived in the city of Afrin, which is located in the north-west of Syria.

About the possible reasons for the murder of Vladimir Evdokimov and the conditions of detention in the Moscow pre -trial detention center - Eva Merkacheva, observer of MK, member of the Moscow PPC, Valery Borschev, human rights activist, head of the Human Rights Service of the Yabloko party, member of the Moscow State Humanitarian University, former State Duma deputy.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow