Ukraine has received the status of a postgraduate country in NATO, according to the alliance’s website . This status means that the country has officially declared its intention to become a member of NATO. Currently, four countries have this status - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia and Ukraine. NATO has no obligations regarding future membership of these states.

A man took hostages at the Napa Valley Veterans Home in Yountville in Napa County, California. On March 9, a meeting was held on the grounds near the veterans' home, attended by about 10 military personnel with post-traumatic disorders from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A man armed with a rifle waited until some of the crowd had left, and then took the people hostage. Law enforcement agencies were unable to establish contact with the attacker.

Acting Governor of the Samara Region Dmitry Azarov refused to comment on the behavior of the “rude” Mikhail Efremov. Earlier , Sobesednik.ru wrote that Sovremennik actor Mikhail Efremov, according to some eyewitnesses, went drunk on the stage of the Samara theater. He allegedly swore at the audience when he was asked to speak up. Efremov said that the audience simply “didn’t catch up” with Harold Pinter’s play “Don’t Become a Stranger,” full of black humor.

Photo: Alexey Chadov // Photo: Global Look Press Alexey Chadov and Agniya Ditkovskite are together again, Sobesednik.ru found out. A married couple who managed to maintain a wonderful relationship after a divorce are the hosts of a new show on STS “Allies.” Alexey openly spoke about how they were able to establish communication and why their son still doesn’t know about their separation on the eve of the start of the television project. “There are no ex-wives, they are relatives,” says Chadov.

A domestic gas explosion occurred in a five-story building No. 75 on Slavyanskaya Street in Krasnodar. Due to the explosion, the ceiling collapsed in one of the apartments on the fifth floor and partially in the attic. As a result of the emergency, four people were injured, TASS reports. There was no information about the dead. According to some reports, a child may be under the rubble. Seven ambulance crews are at the scene of the incident.

Photo: Masha Rasputina // Photo: Global Look Press Rumors that Masha Rasputina's daughter Lida has disappeared appeared last week. Sobesednik.ru found out the details. It is reported that her stepbrother is actively looking for the girl, but cannot find her. We decided to look into the scandalous situation. Recently, almost nothing is known about Lida. After the death of her father Vladimir Ermakov, the girl disappeared from the field of view of journalists.

Photo: Global Look Press Sobesednik.ru found out whether it is possible to transplant bulbous plants given in pots into a flowerbed. On March 8, flowering bulbous plants in pots are often given as gifts: hyacinths, crocuses, muscari, small-flowered daffodils, scillas, snowdrops and others. All these plants are able to bloom in winter thanks to the reserves of nutrients that are accumulated in the bulbs.

Photo: Global Look Press The second spring round of the RFPL, the hot playoffs in the KHL East and European football are the main sporting events of this weekend in the Sobesednik.ru selection. Let's start on Saturday, where the main sporting event of the whole weekend will take place at lunchtime in Moscow. North West derby, as this match is called in England. Manchester United vs Liverpool. No epithets needed here.

A car hit a 14-year-old teenager near house 18 on Dmitrovsky Proezd in the Timiryazevsky district of the Northern Administrative District. As the Moscow agency reports, a helicopter from the Moscow Aviation Center flew to the scene of the accident. The helicopter, carrying an aeromedical team, took the victim to the hospital with various injuries. More details about the student's condition have not been reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to NBC News journalist Megyn Kelly. The conversation began with Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Vladimir Putin said that he cannot be responsible for those people - be they Russians or, for example, Americans - who, of their own free will, tried to interfere in the election. “I have no idea about this, these are not my problems,” Putin said.

Photo: Global Look Press Doctor of Historical Sciences Valentina Zhiromskaya talks about the history of population censuses in Russia. On February 9 (new style), 1897, the first general census of the Russian Empire took place. And 40 years later - in the winter of 1937 - the most mysterious census in the history of the country took place, whose results were classified, and everyone who knew about the data received (71 people) died.

Governor of the Moscow Region Andrei Vorobyov ordered to solve the problem with the Yadrovo landfill by the summer. Earlier , Sobesednik.ru wrote that several people were detained for an unauthorized protest at the Yadrovo landfill in Volokolamsk near Moscow, where an unpleasant smell was coming from.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced plans to build a school on the territory of the former ZiL industrial zone. “Next year we plan to build the largest school in Russia on the territory of the former #ZIL industrial zone. 2,500 children will be able to study there,” Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Twitter . According to him, the Quantorium technology park with additional education programs will appear on the basis of the school.

Ukrainian Valery Ananyev, who participated in the battles in Donbass, spoke about his meeting with “propagandist” Artyom Sheinin in Italy. Valery Ananyev wrote on his Facebook that he saw Artyom Sheinin in Verona when he and his wife went into a pharmacy. Ananyev waited for the TV presenter on the street, and then got into an altercation with him and spat in his face. “I just almost killed this creature in the center of Verona. I'm sure he will remember me.

Photo: Drawing: Victor Balabas In some cases, completely ordinary foods increase the risk of cancer, scientists say. Food that has been worked too hard on is suspect. The more, the worse? Ultra-processed – this is what the authors of the study, which was conducted at the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, call some types of products. They included, for example, various ready-made snacks and semi-finished products, flour products in industrial packaging, soda, etc.