Read also: 27 players called up for national team matches with Ivory Coast and Belgium The Ivory Coast national football team beat the Russian national team in a friendly match. The match ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Ivorian team. Jonathan Kodjia (30th minute) and Wilfried Zaha (70th) scored for the team. The next match of the Russian team will be held on March 28 at the Fisht stadium in Sochi. The Russians' opponent will be the Belgian team.

Everyone was deceived On the article “Getting used to Crimea” (No. 47 of 17.03.2017, p. 02) On the treaty concerning Ukraine's renunciation of nuclear weapons: this treaty was concluded in December 1994 not only by us and Ukraine, but in the form of the so-called Budapest Memorandum by three nuclear powers – Russia, the United States, and Great Britain – and Ukraine.

Militants attacked one of the National Guard military units in Chechnya in order to seize weapons and use them to commit terrorist attacks, the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Instagram. According to him, the attackers have been identified. "Two are from the Rostov region, one from the Volgograd region, and three are from Chechnya," he explained, without naming the attackers.

Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president ousted in 2011, has been released after six years in custody. His lawyer said Mubarak had left Maadi Hospital, where he was being held under guard, and had gone home to Heliopolis, Reuters reported . Earlier in March, the country's top appeals court upheld the former president's acquittal on charges of involvement in the 2011 killings of protesters and allowed him to be released. Mubarak lost power as a result of the events of the "Arab Spring".

The Moscow prosecutor's office has warned oppositionist Alexei Navalny and his associates, stating that law enforcement agencies intend to stop an unauthorized protest against corruption if it is held in the center of Moscow.

March 24, 2017, 08:58 / Finance / News Subsidiaries of Russian banks are not for sale in Ukraine - Kommersant undefined Vedomosti The deal to sell Sberbank’s subsidiary in Ukraine fell through, writes Kommersant , citing two sources. The active phase of negotiations continued from December 2016. ICU Managing Director Makar Pasenyuk and businessman Igor Voronov took part in them.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that for Ukrainian security forces, solving the murders of former Russian State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov and journalist Pavel Sheremet is a matter of honor.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen believes anti-Russian sanctions are harmful and promises to ensure that, if elected, her country can at least single-handedly cancel the blacklists. According to Interfax, she said this in Moscow at a meeting with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. The sanctions imposed by the European Union are mandatory for all EU countries, but Le Pen previously promised to initiate France's exit from a united Europe if she wins the election.

The Central Bank of Russia will lower the rate gradually, perhaps with temporary pauses, Central Bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference. “In the medium term, we will reduce the key rate gradually, perhaps with some pauses, while maintaining moderate tightness of monetary policy. We will focus primarily on the pivotal meeting, when we update and publish the macroeconomic forecast on which to base our decision.

March 24, 2017, 10:52 / Business / News Brazil refuses to voluntarily stop meat supplies to Europe - Reuters undefined Vedomosti The European Union has asked Brazil to voluntarily suspend all meat supplies to European countries, Reuters reports , citing European diplomats working in Brasilia. This proposal was made so that the EU would not have to introduce its own import ban, which would take a long time to lift. Brazil refused to do this.

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen took place in the Kremlin. The Russian leader noted that Moscow does not want to influence the presidential elections in France under any circumstances, but reserves the right to communicate with representatives of any political forces.

Experts advise the Kremlin to lure people to the elections with songs and dances / Ilya Naymushin / REUTERS "One of the initial stages of the campaign could be Putin's trip to 14 regions where gubernatorial elections will be held," another source in the expert community believes. Shutov's fund will be launched in April and will be engaged in "working on meanings," he knows.

Today, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction intends to appeal to the State Duma with a protocol order to demand an investigation into the facts regarding Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, RBC writes , citing two deputies – Valery Rashkin and Denis Parfenov. According to Rashkin, this initiative has already been agreed upon with the party leadership. The order requires 226 votes to pass, while 343 of the 450 deputies are controlled by United Russia.

Life style How was the Miss Russia 2017 competition held? The winner and participants in the Vedomosti gallery 04/16/2017 Ekaterina Chesnokova / RIA Novosti The final of the Miss Russia 2017 contest took place in Moscow. The winner of the title... Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS The crown was presented to the winner by "Miss Russia - 2016" Yana Dobrovolskaya (left) Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS Polina is 21 years old, she studies foreign languages, cooks, skis...

The head of the Altai Republic, Alexey Berdnikov, presented the Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, with a certificate naming the nameless peak of the Kuraisky Range on the territory of the republic (height 3341 m) as “ Gazprom Mountain ”. This is reported by the Gazprom press center. The report says that the level of gasification in the Altai Republic as of January 1 was 4.6%, despite the fact that the average figure for Russia is 67.2%.