"Golden Eagle" and the people. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru In Kyiv on Grushevsky Street, one of the fighters of the Berkut special forces went over to the side of the protesters. About this on his Facebook page reports public activist Roman Davidenko. "The Berkutovets had just out of order on Grushevsky, took off his uniform and went over to the side of the protesters! Now he is on the Maidan!" Glory to the heroes! ", - writes Davidenko.

Victor Yanukovych. Photo from the official website of the President of Ukraine The repressive laws adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on January 16 will be amended. This was said by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych at a meeting with the heads of churches and religious organizations on Friday, Interfax-Ukraine reports . "Our experts will work out these issues, and together with the opposition we will prepare compromise solutions ...

Sergey "Spider" Troitsky. Photo: korroziametallla.ru The leader of the Metal Corrosion group Sergei Troitsky (Spider) was detained at the airport of Novosibirsk, RIA Novosti reports. Eyewitnesses of the incident claim that the musician smelled of alcohol. Spider refused a medical examination, the head of the press service of the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Siberian Federal District Timur Kurbangaleev told the agency.

Sochi police at the parade. Photo: yuga.ru The authorities refuse the opposition to issue a fan passport necessary to visit the Olympics in Sochi. On Thursday evening, such an activist Nikolai Levshits was refused. At the center of registration of spectators, who draws up these documents, the left -handed person said that the organizing committee of the Games has the right to refuse to any citizen of Russia or a foreign state in the resolution of entry into Sochi without explanation.

95 years ago, on January 24, 1919, a secret directive of the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) was published, signed by Yakov Sverdlov and Alexander Zurupa "To all responsible comrades working in Cossack areas." It, in particular, said: “... Given the experience of the Year of the Civil War with the Cossacks, to recognize the only right merciless struggle with all the tops of the Cossacks through their entirely extermination.

The police at the Cherkasy regional administration. Photo: @euromadan In the regions of Ukraine, the seizures of regional administrations continue. According to UNIAN, in the evening on Thursday the demonstrators were occupied by the administration of the Ternopil region. About 2500 people came there from the Vech, who took place on the theater square. The police stood tightly in front of the entrance to the building. The demonstrators began to chant "skip", "bandits" and "gang gate!".

State Duma. Frame NTV The government introduced a bill to the State Duma, tightening the punishment for a false message about the terrorist attack: if the crime has resulted in major damage, the term of imprisonment can be up to five years in prison, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the apparatus of the lower house of parliament.

The State Duma adopted immediately in the second and third readings the presidential bill establishing the legislative framework of the military police of the Russian Armed Forces, RIA Novosti reports. Amendments are made to a number of legislative acts, including the law "On Defense", which is supplemented by a new article. The bill was the first reading on January 15. Now the law comes to the approval of the Federation Council.

Participant of protests in Kyiv demanding Yanukovych's resignation at the helmet. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru Participants in the perpetual rally on Independence Square and on Grushevsky Street in Kyiv called on the opposition leaders to stop negotiations with the authorities. According to Ukrainian Pravda, to tell about the results of a meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych, the party leader Vitaly Klitschko and the head of the Freedom association Oleg Tyagnibok came to the Maidan.

Plato Lebedev. Photo by Yuri Timofeev. The former head of the MEL MENATEP Platon Lebedev left the colony in Velsk. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the representative of the regional Federal Penitentiary Service. "Plato Lebedev left the colony in the Arkhangelsk region at about 22:20 Moscow time," he said. On Friday evening in the colony received documents for the release of Lebedev .

Dmitry Rogozin. Photo: gov.ru Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense and industrial complex in the government, believes that corruption in this area is identical to state treason. So from commented on news about the detention of the general director of the Severnaya shipyard, Alexander Ushakov. Ushakov was detained on suspicion of fraud on an especially large scale, the press service of the Directorate of the Investigative Committee for St.

Valeria Novodvorskaya. Photos of faces It is a pity that Alexander Isaevich’s long -harded age ended earlier than a single concept of Stalinism from the exam and the future textbook named after Mr. Chubaryan, who decided to declare genocide, great terror, torture and execution by the norm. And, of course, a number of comrades found for this good deed. On a dark night. On a bright day, comrades are not looking for such things. The venerable academician refers to unknown children's writers.

The procession is in support of the political prisoners. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva / Grani.ru The Moscow authorities refused to coordinate the march for the freedom of "swamp prisoners" on Tverskaya Street, according to the party activist on December 5, Peter Tsarkov. Instead, the city hall suggested holding a rally on Academician Sakharov Avenue. According to Tsarkov, the organizers of the action will send a response to the city hall on Monday.

Burning tires on the Lviv highway - Krakovets. Photo: FB page "Live at Lviv" At the city of Novoyavorovsk, the Lviv region, Euromaidan activists blocked the international highway coming from the regional center to the border city of Krakovets and further to Poland. This was reported on the page "Zhiti at Lviv" on Facebook. As the participants of the Promotion of ZIK explained , so they express support to demonstrators who are fighting with security forces on Grushevsky Street in Kiev.

Plato Lebedev. Photo by Yuri Timofeev. The colony near the city of Velsky in the Arkhangelsk region, which contains the former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev, received documents for his release. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the regional department of the FSIN.