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On February 15, Navalny will be tried again. 100 thousand people - for the resignation of Kadyrov. What did Putin and Macron talk about?

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This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important things that happened during the day. Today, let's start with the history of the English pub Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, whose owners claim that it was opened in 793 (!!!). The pub survived wars and plague, but it was ruined by anticovid restrictions and related losses. Now it has closed. But there is still hope - negotiations are underway with potential buyers of the establishment, and money is being collected for it on the GoFundMe platform. Pub, hold on!

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Pulse

The main thing for the day - point by point

• A new trial of Alexei Navalny will begin on February 15. And it will take place in the colony. The main opposition politician in Russia is accused of fraud and contempt of court.
• Dozhd* demanded that a criminal case be opened against Ramzan Kadyrov for extremism.
• A petition on Change.org demanding the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov was signed by more than 100,000 people.
• In St. Petersburg, mass searches were carried out due to poor-quality snow removal.
• A native of Dagestan, who fled from her family to Moscow, spoke about an attempt to take her back. Similar cases in Russia occur regularly.
• suspected of damaging a painting by Malevich's student in Yekaterinburg was A security guard at the Yeltsin Center . He added eyes to abstract figures with a pen.

*Declared a "foreign agent" in Russia.

Materials of the day

Putin and Macron met in the Kremlin. What are the results?

Last night, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron met in the Kremlin. The negotiations went on for five hours. Their main topic was, of course, the crisis over Ukraine and Russian demands for security guarantees. At a joint press conference following the meeting, Macron said that "NATO's open door policy is an existential issue." That is, there will be no refusal to expand the alliance, which Putin demands. Here is a brief retelling of the speeches of the two presidents at the press conference. And here are memes about the main character of the negotiations. This is the hefty table that Putin and Macron sat at in the Kremlin.

I really want to see figure skating at the Olympics, but nothing is clear. Who are the main stars now?

At the Beijing Olympics, Russia won gold in the figure skating team tournament. And (we believe!) can take many more awards. Don't know who is the best in figure skating right now? Don't know when and what to watch? At our request, the special correspondent of the Sport24 website and the author of the Trixel-pixel telegram channel, Alexander Petrov, compiled a guide to Olympic figure skating.

What to expect from the Oscars? Anton Dolin explains

The nominations for the Oscars have been announced today, and we are waiting for the awards ceremony on March 27. Leader - the film "Power of the Dog", presented in 12 categories. In ten, "Dune" by Denis Villeneuve was nominated. But most of all we root for the Russian cartoon "Boxballet" by Anton Dyakov, which was nominated in the "Short Animation" category. Alas, the picture of the Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen "Compartment number six" with Yura Borisov in the title role, included in the shortlist of the award, was not included in the final list of nominees. Here are all the details.

The coronavirus

The main news today is that in Russia it will be possible to get a QR code for the presence of antibodies. The Ministry of Health has published a relevant order. The changes will take effect on February 21. First of all, those who have been ill with covid but have not consulted a doctor will be able to receive QR codes. As well as those who were vaccinated abroad with a vaccine not approved in Russia. Antibody QR codes will be valid for six months.

Video of the day

In Germany, they blew up a road bridge built 55 years ago. Next to it is a new bridge, which in no case could be damaged. Solution: make 1850 holes in which explosives were placed - a total of 120 kilograms. Look how it was.

We cheer for our people at the Olympics - and at the Oscars too! Your Medusa