The EgyptAir hijacker initially asked the pilot to fly to Istanbul. This was reported by Sky News Arabia, citing a source in the Egyptian security service. According to him, the man who hijacked the plane was named Ibrahim Samaha, and he demanded to fly to Istanbul. But the pilot refused to do so due to insufficient fuel, so the plane was forced to land at Larnaca airport.

Photo: Alexey Smyshlyaev/Interpress In the coming years, St. Petersburg may face an acute shortage of preschool and general education facilities. This was announced by the chairman of the city committee for economic policy and strategic planning of Smolny, Elena Ulyanova, speaking today at a meeting of the government of St. Petersburg.

Access to the Capitol, blocked for a short time after one of the visitors opened fire, has been reopened, Reuters reports . According to CNN, access has been partially restored - tourists are still not allowed into the parliament building. The incident occurred on Monday, March 28, at the Capitol Visitor Center. The visitor, a man, pulled out a gun and started shooting. A Capitol security officer returned fire. One woman was injured. The shooter was also wounded and hospitalized.

The United States is evacuating virtually all family members of military personnel and diplomats from Turkey due to threats to their security. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing statements by officials. “The decision to evacuate our families and civilians was made in consultation with the Turkish government, our State Department and the Secretary of Defense,” said US General Philip Breedlove.

The Chechen operator Vainakh Telecom will take operational management of a company providing cellular communication services in the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The media published photographs of the alleged hijacker of an A320 plane that landed in Cyprus. One of the frames shows him wearing what appears to be a suicide vest. Several media outlets have published photographs of the alleged hijacker of an EgyptAir A320 plane that landed in Cyprus earlier on Tuesday. In particular, a shot of a man wearing a belt similar to a suicide belt was published by the aviation blog Airlines . In addition, photographs were published by Sky News and Al Arabiya .

In the suitcase of US Secretary of State John Kerry, with whom he got off the plane in Moscow, there were documents for negotiations on Syria. During a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Kerry said that there was a pleasant surprise for the Russian leader In the suitcase US Secretary of State John Kerry carried off the plane in Moscow when he arrived in Russia last week, there were documents for the negotiations. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov told reporters about this.

The head of Mosfilm, Karen Shakhnazarov, said that in order to develop the Russian film industry, it is necessary to create a single cinema center - an analogue of the Soviet Goskino. He also proposed reducing ticket prices for Russian films. Head of Mosfilm Karen Shakhnazarov (Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev/TASS) The general director of Mosfilm, Karen Shakhnazarov, proposed creating a single cinema center, an analogue of the USSR Goskino, which would finance Russian films.

Over four years, prices for vanilla have jumped more than tenfold (back in 2012, a kilo of vanilla cost only $20), but in the near future the vanilla rally may end Vanilla pods (Photo: DPA) The shortage of high-quality raw materials on the world vanilla market has led to a new price hike. In the last year alone, prices for the popular spice, used to flavor ice cream, confectionery and many other sweet dishes, have tripled, from $80 to $250 per kilogram of high-quality pods.

The social network Instagram will allow users to post videos up to 60 seconds long. This is reported in the service blog. Over the past six months, the number of people watching videos on Instagram has increased by 40%, the company notes. The new feature will become available to some users on Tuesday, March 29, and all clients of the social network will be able to use it in the coming months.

The hijackers of the A320 plane, which landed in Larnaca, freed all passengers on board, with the exception of four foreigners. Crew members also remained on board, the airline said. Negotiations with the hijackers of the Egyptian EgyptAir plane, which was hijacked in Egypt and landed in Larnaca, resulted in the release of all passengers on board, with the exception of four foreigners, as well as crew members. This is stated in a statement by the airline, reports Reuters .

The case of setting fire to the door of the FSB building against the artist Pyotr Pavlensky was reclassified to the more serious article “Destruction of cultural heritage objects.” Previously, the artist was accused of vandalism Consideration of the petition for the arrest of artist Pyotr Pavlensky, November 2015 (Photo: Mikhail Japaridze/TASS) Investigative authorities have reclassified the criminal case against the artist Pyotr Pavlensky. His lawyer Dmitry Dinze told Interfax about this.

In Rostov-on-Don, a fight broke out between schoolchildren using an air pistol. A video of the conflict appeared on the social network “VKontakte” in the group “Rostov-on-Don | Main". The video shows one of the teenagers pointing a gun and firing in the direction of the other. The user who published the video clarified that teenagers aged 12–13 years participated in the conflict, and four schoolchildren were injured by an air pistol. They were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

In St. Petersburg, one of the supports of the WHSD bridge caught fire. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the city, the fire was assigned an increased complexity number of 1BIS. There have been no reports of casualties yet. Information about the fire at 5 Mezhevoy Canal was received at the duty station at 11:24 Moscow time.

During consultations on the possibility of exchanging convicted Nadezhda Savchenko, Moscow proposed a list of candidates, which included Viktor But and Konstantin Yaroshenko, who are serving sentences in the United States, an Interfax source said.