If the court decisions are ignored, Russia will face complete destruction, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview with the Financial Times, answering a question about the dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz in the Stockholm arbitration. "If Russia does not respect the law and court decisions, I think the result will be that Russia will be completely destroyed," Poroshenko said.

In Kiev, on the night of March 8, on Vladimirskaya Street, not far from the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, an unknown person fired a grenade launcher at a restaurant, Interfax-Ukraine reports , citing the city police communications department. No one was hurt in the incident.

Crispian of Roman Abramovich and Alexander Abramov, as well as Whiteleave of Vladimir Potanin, agreed in the High Court of London with Oleg Deripaska ’s UC Rusal not to block the sale of 4% of Norilsk Nickel. UC Rusal lawyer Christopher Piedmont told TASS and Bloomberg about this. The key condition of the agreement is that the deal can be canceled if the court finds that it violates Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders’ agreement.

According to a local resident, there were more police officers than protesters / Photo from the vk.com group "Yadrovo. We're suffocating!" On March 8, residents of the Moscow Region town of Volokolamsk came to the Yadrovo solid waste landfill. The protesters tried to block the road so that garbage trucks could not get to the landfill, several participants in the protest told Vedomosti.

March 08, 2018, 18:53 / Economy / News Trump promised a flexible approach to the introduction of US import duties on metals undefined Vedomosti US President Donald Trump promised to take into account the interests of partner countries when introducing duties on imports of steel and aluminum. about this He wrote on his Twitter page.

Turkey and Iraq are planning a joint military operation against the Kurds, CNN Turk reports Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying. The operation against the PYD/PKK (Democratic Union Party/Kurdistan Workers' Party) in northern Iraq is planned after the parliamentary elections in that country scheduled for May 12, Cavusoglu said.

March 08, 2018, 05:09 / Auto Daimler is interested in cooperation with Geely, but only with BIAC approval undefined Vedomosti Daimler is interested in developing closer ties with the Chinese automaker Geely, said Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche. However, any collaboration between the two companies would require support from Daimler's current partner in China, BAIC Motor, he said.

Alexei Navalny has published an investigation into the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, LDPR member Leonid Slutsky (pictured) / Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS The founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Alexei Navalny published an investigation into the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, LDPR member Leonid Slutsky, who was accused of sexual harassment by three parliamentary journalists.

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky congratulated women on March 8 and apologized to those to whom he had caused “anxiety.” "Dear women! I sincerely congratulate you on International Women's Day! I wish you good health, spiritual strength and simple human happiness!" - wrote Slutsky on his Facebook page. " I would like to take this opportunity to ask forgiveness from those of you to whom I have ever, voluntarily or involuntarily caused any distress.

08 March 2018, 17:35 / Economics The European Central Bank kept the base rate at zero Vedomosti The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept the base interest rate for refinancing operations at zero, according to the regulator’s website. The deposit rate was kept at minus 0.4%, the rate on margin loans was 0.25%. The ECB Board expects key interest rates to remain at current levels “for an extended period of time and also after the end of the net asset purchase programme,” it said.

The Russian Embassy congratulated US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert on International Women's Day, accompanying the congratulations with an accusation of disinformation. The diplomatic mission's message was published on its official Facebook page.

Information about the responsibility of the Syrian group Jaysh al-Islam (banned in Russia) for the downing of the Russian An-26 may be unreliable, according to a statement by the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) group of independent investigators.

The humanitarian convoy to Eastern Ghouta scheduled for the morning of March 8 has been postponed due to the increased frequency of militant attacks. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Russian center for reconciliation of warring parties in Syria, Major General Yuri Yevtushenko, Interfax reports.