Photo: Global Look Press On March 18, about 246 thousand residents of the southern regions of Russia were deprived of power supply due to severe bad weather. Residents of the Krasnodar and Sevastopol territories, Volgograd, Rostov and Astrakhan regions, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kalmykia were left without electricity.

Photo: Russian Look Russian President Vladimir Putin fired the Novosibirsk governor after four years of work due to a “loss of trust,” the Kremlin press service reports. The reason for this deterioration in the working relationship between the president and the governor is not stated in the official statement.

Canada imposed sanctions on senior officials in Russia and Crimea Photo: Russian Look On March 18, the website of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper published a complete list of Russian and Crimean officials against whom sanctions were imposed. The details of the project to annex Crimea to Russia and the circumstances of the detention of pro-Russian activist Anton Davidchenko in Odessa also became clear.

Photo: Global Look Press On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially approved Crimea's request to join the Russian Federation. The issue has been transferred to the Federation Council and will be considered on Friday, March 21. On March 18, Vladimir Putin ordered the approval of the draft agreement on Crimea’s accession to the Russian Federation, the Kremlin press service reports. The document clarifies that the decision was made based on the results of a referendum held in Crimea.

Photo: Newspaper "Interlocutor" 1995 // The Crimean State Council decided to transfer the Artek children's health camp to the state ownership of Crimea, but the question of which department will be responsible for the camp remains open. On March 18, the institution became the property of Crimea. The camp became one of 136 objects that, by decision of the state council of the autonomy, became its state property, the Russian News Service reports.

Head of the French Foreign Ministry Laurent Fabius Russian Look France has threatened to terminate the contract for the supply of two Mistral-class landing helicopter dock ships (ADVD) to the Russian Navy if Russia’s policy towards Ukraine does not change. The head of the French Foreign Ministry, Laurent Fabius, emphasized that the measures that France is going to take will have a negative impact not only on Russia, but also on France itself.

Photo: Russian Look In response to Ukraine’s demand to repay its debts, the Russian Foreign Ministry also demanded the payment of $20 billion, which is the share of the debt of the former USSR attributable to Ukraine. Under the so-called "zero option" agreement of 2005, Ukraine committed to repay its share of the USSR's external public debt as of December 1, 1994. At that time, the debt was $6.8 billion, but now this amount is $20 billion.

Photo: The king of shocking Boris Moiseev celebrated his 60th birthday. The singer organized a celebration on the occasion of the holiday in one of the capital's concert halls. For his anniversary, Moiseev invited “only those closest to him.” There were a little more than one hundred and fifty people. “Today is not Boris’s birthday, but “Song of the Year,” joked the celebrities who came. The stars came to congratulate the “child of vice” in friendly rows.

Lauren Scott and Mick Jagger Global Look Press The girlfriend of The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, former model and fashion designer Lauren Scott was found hanged in her New York apartment. It is noted that Scott hanged herself from a doorknob with her head in a scarf loop. Jagger is shocked by what happened. The body of 49-year-old Lauren Scott was discovered on Monday, March 17. Agence France-Presse reports this.

The Unified State Exam for Crimea will not be mandatory yet Russian Look Crimean schoolchildren will receive a significant head start over Russian ones thanks to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science on the issue of holding a unified state exam on the peninsula. Graduates of Crimean schools will not have to take the Unified State Exam to enter Russian universities.

In large cities of the autonomy, points for taking the unified state exam will be installed Photo: Russian Look Crimean schoolchildren will receive a significant head start over Russian ones thanks to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science on the issue of holding a unified state exam on the peninsula. Graduates of Crimean schools will not have to take the Unified State Exam to enter Russian universities.

Photo: Anatoly Kuznetsov // Russian Look After the death of the well-known “comrade Sukhov,” the famous Russian actor Anatoly Kuznetsov, it became known that after the filming of one of the films he was deceived. “ The intelligent and generally gentle Kuznetsov was deceived more than once,” Denis Kiris told us. – For example, some time ago he starred in a film, the film was already released, but he was not paid. They cheated me out of 8 thousand dollars.

Photo: Irakli Pirtskhalava // Russian Look 36-year-old Irakli began his journey to the musical Olympus at the age of 13, being a dancer in the group of Bogdan Titomir. But the television project “Star Factory” brought him wide fame. Viewers also remember the show “Dancing with the Stars,” where the famous Georgian danced together with Inna Svechnikova. Showman, artist, musician, loving and beloved husband and father.

In Donetsk on March 13, during a clash between supporters and opponents of the Maidan, one person was killed in this square Photo: ITAR-TASS Near the city administration, from the building of which on March 1, girl secretaries were pulled out and forced to their knees, demanding that they repent for the Kyiv authorities, there was now a reinforced police squad Photo: Russian Look I flew out of Kharkov a day before there was a night shootout with two victims.

Photo: Andrey Nechaev // From his personal Twitter page A referendum was held in Crimea. It is futile to guess what will happen next. But was it possible for the situation to develop differently? We invited famous people to dream about an ideal scenario for the development of events - one that would not escalate the situation, but would be beneficial for all parties.