The events in Ukraine and the crisis followed in Russia and the world posing many questions to historians, sociologists, anthropologists and other representatives of sciences studying man and humanity. Is it possible to predict the course of history based on the study of already held events and patterns? What is the role of personality in what is happening? On what basis do dictatorships grow, inevitably untied wars?

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty will open new bureaus - in the capital of Latvia Riga and in the capital of Lithuania Vilnius. The corporation announced this on March 17, a few days after the Moscow Bureau of Radio Liberty was forced to stop work due to the pressure of the Russian authorities and the threat of security of journalists.

Portraits of Vladimir Putin in Simferopol Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that companies enter the market in the annexed Crimea. Since 2014, a large Russian business and state-owned companies, including Russian Railways and Sberbank, have not worked on the peninsula due to the threat of sanctions.

Emil Chechko The former Polish soldier Emil Chechko was found in Minsk, who crossed the border in December last year and asked for asylum in Belarus. This was announced by the Investigative Committee of Belarus. The department reported that the body of a 25-year-old Chechko was discovered in the apartment where he lived. The versions of both suicide and murder are considered. Other details have not yet been reported.

Since the beginning of the military invasion of Russia, more than seven thousand Russian troops have died on the territory of Ukraine. This is more than the total number of American soldiers killed in 20 years of hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, writes The New York Times with reference to US intelligence data. According to the newspaper, from 14 to 21 thousand Russian soldiers received injuries.

A blow to the drama theater in Mariupol. The Ukrainian authorities said that the people who were hiding there survived. Russia denies the very fact of bombing of Ukrainian pride. Joe Biden called Putin a military hewriter. And in Russia they started the first cases under the article on fakes on military special operation.

DPRK leader Kim Jong -un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, archive Russia should strengthen integration with the DPRK and remove sanctions from it. This was stated by State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of Kazbek Taisaev, his words are given by the party’s website. The deputy noted that North Korea is actively advocating the lifting of international sanctions from Russia.

Russian singer Zemfira released a clip containing warfare in Ukraine and the detentions of anti -war demonstrators in Russia. The song has the words "do not shoot" and "do not be silent." It is reported that the singer left Russia after the outbreak of war. From the official YouTube channel of Zemfira, all clips and other videos were deleted, except for two-except “Do not shoot”, this is the cover version of the song of the Ukrainian rock band “Ocean Elsa” recorded in 2008.

Conference with Russian prisoners of war, Kyiv, March 2022 Human Rights Watch human rights organization demanded that the Ukrainian authorities stop publishing a video with Russian prisoners of war. In the telegram channel created with the support of the Ukrainian Security Service, videos on which Russian military call their names regularly appear, show documents and disclose other personal information. Some of them call relatives to the camera.

The Investigative Committee of Russia instituted three criminal cases on the distribution of "knowingly false information" on the actions of the Russian army. These are the first known cases of the application of the recently adopted article on criminal punishment for the distribution of Fake-Nous about the army, Kommersant reports. Two cases have been instituted in the Tomsk region on the basis of the materials of the FSB, the individuals of the suspects are not disclosed.

Promotion in support of Ukraine, Vilnius, Lithuania, March 11, 2022 The Lithuanian Sejm unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the UN to declare an unfulfilled zone over Ukraine. The document says that the closure of the sky will ensure the safety of humanitarian corridors for civilians. In addition, this step, according to deputies, will control the safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants and nuclear waste.

Mikhail Friedman The Russian billionaire, founder of Alfa Bank Mikhail Friedman for the first time since the beginning of the war with Ukraine and the introduction of sanctions against him gave an interview to Bloomberg Businessweek. The businessman called Western restrictions on Russian entrepreneurs illogical. Europe mistakenly believes that businessmen can affect the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to conduct hostilities in a neighboring country, the oligarch believes.

Good morning! At the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo, the international terminals E and D were temporarily closed behind unnecessarily - that is, they said that it was temporary. And the war continues: In Mariupol, a drama theater is bombed, where hundreds of people were hiding. The Ukrainian authorities managed to free the mayor of Melitopol.

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Ekaterina Molchanova How to get around the lock? Read> Almost three million people left Ukraine these days. Each of them has its own living, screaming story. The war does not allow man to prepare, come to his senses. Things in an armful, documents, money for the first time - and run! A man in the face of trouble. What and who helps him save himself and loved ones? How can I reach the island, to the shelter, to a peaceful strip?