Match Russia-Slovakia. Frame of Channel One. The Russian hockey team suffered the first defeat at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, losing the Bullites with the Slovak team. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". The main and additional time ended with a score of 1: 1. In a series of shootouts, Joseph Stumpel and Alexander Ovechkin were noted with accurate throws, and the attempt of Pavol Demitra was decisive. Slovaks won in a series of penalties - 2: 1.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry officially appropriated the name "Copernicide" by the 112th element of the Mendeleev table, synthesized by German and Russian physicists back in 1996, said Horst Shteotkeser, the supervisor of the GSI-GSI-GSI physics Center. The element is named after the Polish scientist and astronomer Nikolai Copernicus.

Vadim Karastelev. Photo hroniki.info In Novorossiysk, human rights activist Vadim Karastelev, representing the interests of the former police major Alexei Dymovsky, was detained. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the lawyer of Dymovsky Nikolai Ukrainsev. According to him, Karastelev was detained when he distributed leaflets with calls to come to the rally on February 21 to the rally in support of Dymovsky.

Chechnya. Photo by ar Russia demanded that the UN Human Rights Council prohibit publication in the public domain in secret prisons. According to RIA Novosti, one part of it provides an interview with unnamed residents of Chechnya, who were tortured in secret places of imprisonment. Moscow allegedly uses similar objects as part of the struggle against separatists in the North Caucasus.

Natalia Grishkevich. Photo from the site www.kadis.ru Natalya Grishkevich was detained by law enforcement agencies. As Interfax reports with reference to the statement of the FIU, the detention of Grishkevich was carried out as part of the investigation of the case related to the Commercial Bank of the EFK, from the accounts of which a billion “pension” rubles has disappeared. The Board of the FIU during the investigation was removed by Grishkevich from the leadership of the Fund.

Evgeny Plushenko performs at the Olympics in Turin. Photo by ar The 2006 Olympics champion Yevgeny Plushenko could not protect his title at 2010 in Vancouver, taking second place in men's single skating. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". Plushenko was the leader after a short program, but in an arbitrary, he missed the American Evan Laisachek forward. The Japanese Daisuke Takahashi became a bronze medalist.

Police cap. Photo from Newsru.com The new deputy head of this department Sergey Bulavin will deal with the issues of reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a source in the presidential administration. Bulavin was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs on Thursday by decree of President Dmitry Medvedev. In his position, he replaced the police general of the police Nikolai Ovchinnikov.

A terrorist attack in Nazran. Photo from the site www.ingushetia.kavkaz-uzel.ru Two people died and 28 were injured as a result of two explosions in Nazran. This was reported to ITAR-TASS in the Ingush Republican hospital, where the victims were hospitalized. According to the interlocutor of the agency, among the victims of both police officers and local residents. "Unfortunately, it was not possible to save two police officers," the source said.

Call. Photo from the site www.mignews.com.ua The State Commission on Radio frequencies allowed the installation stations of the GSM standard on board the aircraft. This decision makes it possible for operators to provide passengers with communication services during the flight, ITAR-TASS reports. "Passengers will be able to use all the services of mobile communications," said Viktor Glushko, head of the section of national radio equipment.

Arrest. Photo psychinaction.files.wordpress.com By three years in prison, the former mayor of the city of Noyabrsk in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Nikolai Korobkov was conditionally sentenced. The court found him guilty of exceeding the official powers, resulting in material damage to the city treasury in the amount of more than 165 thousand rubles, the SCP website reports.

Opposition rally in Bangkok. Photo by ar The Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that the Russians not visit Bangkok because of an unstable environment. According to Prime-Tass, this was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Andrei Nesterenko. “The Russian Foreign Ministry recommends that this city be excluded from the programs in the country,” he said.

Alexey Dymovsky. Photo Vesti.ru The lawyers of the former Major Alexei Dymovsky will appeal the decision on the appointment by the investigator of a psychological and psychiatric examination in relation to their client. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the lawyer of the ex-police officer Nikolai Uduntsev.

Fragment of the poster with Stalin The use of Stalin's portraits in social advertising offends the memory of the victims of tyranny and leads to the split of society. Famous human rights activists and cultural figures made such a statement.

Gamov Peninsula. Photo from the site www.vokrugsveta.ru The presidential management plans to build a residence for the first persons of the country on the Gamov Peninsula in the Khasansky district of the Primorsky Territory. As a source in the Ministry of Finance told Vedomosti, the funds will be taken from extra -budgetary sources, that is, from private investors. According to the representative of the department, the final decision has not yet been made.

The icon of the Iveron Mother of God Employees of the Russian museums wrote a letter to President Dmitry Medvedev, in which they asked him to “speak out against a rash and dubious legislative initiative” to transfer state objects of cultural heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church, new news reported.