Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua The 1980 Moscow Olympiad forever remained in the history of Afghanistan overshadowed by the Soviet occupation, a boycott and collapse of the discharge of tension. Yes, in the days of the games themselves, the fans enjoyed the spirit of competitions and cried when the Olympic Bear flew into the unknown. But the story is inexorable.

Kyiv, February 18, 2014.

The new clip of punk groups, shot in Sochi during the Olympics and published in support of "Prisoners of Bolotnaya", ecologist Evgeny Vitishko and all political prisoners. Cossacks attacked the group members during the filming.

Blockade of a train with paratroopers. Photo: @batkivshchyna At the Oryolovschina station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, military personnel of the 25th landing brigade left the train, which was supposed to go to Kyiv. This was reported by UNIAN with reference to the coordinator of the Dnipropetrovsk Euromaidan Viktor Romanenko. The paratroopers left the wagons and, according to one of the commanders, are returning to the barracks in the Novomoskovsky district.

Kyiv, February 19, 2014. Field hospital, deployed in the Mikhailovsky Cathedral. Shooting Dmitry Borko.

The arrest of Alexei Consumpy in the courtroom. Shift video from YouTube channel Aleksandr Bob Borisov Anti -fascists and anarchists announced on February 20 by the day of uniform actions in support of the Murmansk Politsek Alexei Consumptions. On February 11, he was sentenced to a year of imprisonment in a general regime colony on charges of attacking a police officer. Last summer, consumptions were beaten by police officers. The case was fabricated against him under the 318th article.

Victor KRUTOR. Photo: Facenews.ua In Khmelnitsky, the head of the regional department of the SBU, Viktor KRUTOR, was detained, reports "Day". The security forces were taken into custody on February 20 in the building of the regional Rada, where he reported on the situation in the city. The Ugulator apologized for the executions of the demonstrators committed by him, who besieged the SBU department on Wednesday, and recognized himself responsible for these crimes.

Poster of supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from Tymoshenko page on Facebook Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko called on the opposition leaders to seek a lawsuit against the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in the Hague International Criminal Court. Tymoshenko wrote about this on her Facebook page.

Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru Russia will continue to increase the potential of the armed forces and all structures responsible for the security of the country. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a solemn meeting dedicated to the Defender Day of the Fatherland, the Kremlin press service reports .

Valery Morozov. Frame of the TV channel "Moscow24" The prosecutor asked the Moscow District Military Court to cancel the verdict to the former commander of the Ski pilot group Valery Morozov, fined for 775 thousand rubles in the case of an attempt to receive a bribe, RIA Novosti reports. As Interfax clarifies, the prosecutor referred to inconsistencies in the announced sentence and in the document issued in the printed version.

Vladimir Lukin. Photo: ombudsmanrf.org In Russia, the situation with torture in the system of execution of sentences has worsened. This was stated by the Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin, Interfax reports. “Unfortunately, we can say that we progressed in recent years here,” the Ombudsman noted. “I can’t say that we solved the problem of torture and inhuman attitude towards prisoners in the country.” He wished his successor to completely eradicate this problem.

February 20, 2014. After the counterattack of the Maidan, police and fighters of the internal troops were captured. Video Dmitry Borko.

Kirill Kuzmin. Photo from Facebook The American family of Shatto received the decision of the Russian court, which ordered Kirill Kuzmin, the Novosti adopted by her, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Pskov Regional Court. Shatto can still appeal the court decision. If they do not do this, it will become final. Cyril has a brother Maxim Kuzmin, who was also adopted by the Shatto family and died in the United States at the beginning of last year.

On February 20, the Moscow City Court will consider an appeal against the verdict against the paralyzed Vladimir Topekhin, convicted of fraud. Topekhin's interests are represented by lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina. Last week, Topekhin was returned from the 20th city hospital in Moscow to SIZO-2 Butyrka.

ATS '' Far ''. Photo from the site '' Echo of Moscow '' The Volga Region Court of Kazan at the request of the state prosecution extended the term of detention for seven former employees of the Dalniy police department until May 26. This was reported by the press service of the Kazan human rights center. One of the defendants will continue to be under the recognizance not to leave. Ex-police are accused of using torture to detainees. The trial of the police began in the summer.