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February 5. Elena Misyurina - at large, the leadership of Dagestan - under arrest

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In Dagestan, they are detained and. O. Prime Minister of the Republic Abdusamad Hamidov, two of his deputies and former Minister of Education. Theyare suspected of embezzlement of budget money. During the search, Gamidov found a gold pistol and two machine guns.

Hematologist Elena Misurin, sentenced to two years in a colony for the death of the patient, was released from the pre-trial detention center . She will be under the subscription about the loss before the sentence entered into force. Many doctors performed in defense of Misyurina. The adoption was demanded by the defense and the prosecutor's office.

The International Olympic Committee refused to invite Russian athletes to Games in Pyeongchang , from whom the international arbitration shot suspicions of the use of doping. The President of the Committee Thomas Bach proposed to reform the court that makes “disappointing and unexpected” decisions.

Alexei Navalny was called for interrogation in the case of an attack on police officers . The thing concerns the Moscow action, which took place on January 28 under the slogan of the boycott of the presidential election. Almost no one was detained at the action itself, but after it the courts began to arrest and fine Navalny's supporters.

A Russian attack aircraft is shot down in Syria

On February 3, in the province of Idlib, the Su-25 crashed, behind which Major Roman Filipov was located. The plane was shot down from a portable anti-aircraft missile system. The pilot catapulted, but on earth he was surrounded by militants. The major first fired from a pistol, and then blew himself up with a manual grenade. Filipova was posthumously presented to the title of Hero of Russia.

During the operation in Syria, according to official figures, more than 40 Russian military were killed. There is no reliable information about the number of dead mercenaries. Vladimir Putin has already announced three times about the withdrawal of part of the Russian forces from Syria - because the tasks are completed, terrorists are defeated.

Internet freedom

The Human Rights Group "Agora" published a report on how the Russian authorities relate to the Internet. Here are three facts for 2017:

• 244 pages on the Internet were blocked every day;
• Every six days, users were attacked or threatened;
• Every eight days, the courts carried out sentences to real deprivation of liberty.

Two children died in the Siberian village

In the village of Kolivan, the Novosibirsk Region, the brothers 6 and 11 years old drowned in the pit, which were dug up for utility bills for the repair of the water supply. The pit was filled with water, it was not fenced and did not fall asleep at the end of the repair. Locals staged a rally, which gathered about a thousand people. They demanded the resignation of the head of the district, but so far only the head of the village fired . “It requires, as they say, conscience,” he said. During the investigation, two people were detained - directors of a communal enterprise and master.

Snowfall in Moscow

Over two days, the city has more than a month of rainfall. About two thousand trees fell under the weight of snow and ice, hundreds of flights were detained at the airports, one person died-he was shocked due to the broken wire. “The snowfall passed, as he had already been called,” said Sergey Sobyanin.

Due to bad weather, parents were allowed not to send children to schools (some were not sent). Six wipers resigned to Maryina Grove - according to their boss, "people are tired of our work regime." Apparently, only road workers were not tired - in some places they continued to put asphalt.

Having seen enough of Moscow snowdrifts, we came up with a completely meaningless game. Try to guess what kind of monuments it was overwhelmed with snow.

Dmitry Tomilov