Russian special forces arrived at the airbase in the east of Egypt 100 kilometers from the Libyan border. It is reported by Reuters with reference to American and Egyptian diplomats. According to the agency, there are also Russian drones at the Barani airbase in Sidi Barani. As Egyptian officials specified, the special forces detachment totals 22 people. According to them, Russia also used another Egyptian base in Mers-Matrukh in early February.

The head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov said that the regional authorities deliberately made mistakes in the budgets to receive additional funding. His words are given by RBC. The heads of 27 regions used numbers that do not correspond to reality in budget forecasts, the minister said.

Last week, many regional departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia have a new occupation - to refute rumors about the preparatory shares of teenage suicides. Residents of the regions from the Kuban to Yakutia received an alarming text in messengers and SMS with reference to the police on the preparation of suicide of five thousand schoolchildren, organized by a certain group of KIT. The police did not confirm the newsletter and is now looking for a source of the throwing.

The American television channel CNN showed the documentary Farid of Zakaria about Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported on Twitter of the TV channel. The key point of the film called “The Most Most Men in the World” was the alleged intervention of Russia in the American presidential elections, Interfax notes. At the same time, CNN employees called Putin the most popular and supported world leader.

The US military secretly buy Kalashnikov machine guns through third countries. This was stated by the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov, Interfax reports. “Almost all countries buy. Even the Americans do not really buy, but nevertheless for the armed forces that are in Afghanistan, they are happy to acquire this weapon, ”he said. Chemezov explained that weapons are bought through European states, which were previously part of the Warsaw Treaty.

In early March, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak invited industrial groups to supply iron ore to enterprises in self -proclaimed DPR and LPR, writes RBC with reference to sources in the metallurgical market. According to the publication, among industrial groups, which was offered to “pay attention to the new market” were “Metalloinvest” by Alisher Usmanov and Severstal Alexei Mordashov.

The Russian “daughter” of Apple Corporation is guilty of coordinating prices for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6. This conclusion was taken to the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), Interfax reports. According to the deputy head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Andrei Tsarikovsky, the corresponding order regarding “Appl Rus” will be ready within ten days. The company will be able to challenge him.

Ilon Musk. Photo: Danny Moloshok / Reuters Australia was faced with a lack of electricity. In the south of the country there were disconnects, tens of thousands of houses remained without light. In the coming years, according to forecasts , other states - Victoria, the new South Wales and Queensland may encounter a lack of electricity. From 2018 to 2021, the estimated deficit will be up to 360 gigavatt-hour.

The Ministry of Justice intends to amend the law on consumer lending, which will allow borrowers to repay the main debt on the loan before paying the penalty. The beginning of the development of the relevant bill is reported on the regulation.gov.ru portal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the procedure for entering the units of the Armed Forces of South Ossetia into the Russian Armed Forces. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. According to the order, the military of South Ossetia will receive the right to serve under a contract at the Russian military bases. When concluding a contract with the army of the Russian Federation, a soldier must be dismissed from service in South Ossetia.

The authorities of St. Petersburg ordered the exposures of the exhibits of the “Isaac's Cathedral” museum to Easter-April 16. This was reported by RBC with reference to unnamed sources close to the Ministry of Culture. According to the interlocutors of RBC, the disposal of the museum director Nikolai Burov was given orally. As the source explained, the officials “have a desire” to transfer the entire Isaacievsky cathedral to the use of the Russian Orthodox Church for the holiday.

US President Donald Trump gave CIA the right to attack terrorists using drones. It is reported by Wall Street Journal with reference to sources in the presidential administration. The publication notes that Trump canceled the restrictions imposed on the special service by Barack Obama by this decree. The administration of the previous head of state established a ban on the use of the CIA of their own drones in order to establish coordination between intelligence and the Pentagon.

Economic activity in the Russian regions indicates that the country's economy is emerging from a depressive state. This is stated in the analytical review “Comments about the state and business” for the period of March 3–13, prepared by the Center for the Development of the Higher School of Economics (HSE). “In January, the second time over the past three months, the combined index of regional economic activity (REA) turned out to be higher than a critical 50% level.

1.2 million applications were submitted to receive a passport of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). This was told by the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, reports Interfax . “The work on issuing passports is four times strengthened. The issue of increasing the number of departments for the issuance of passports is already being considered, ”he added.

The Maykop administration refused to coordinate the conduct of a gay parade in the city in connection with the "spiritual and cultural features" of the townspeople. The response to the organizer of the action was published on the website of the City Hall of Adygea.