Banner of Stas Zhitsky in support of "rain" Roskomnadzor refused to check the telecom operators who stopped the broadcasting of the Rain television channel. This is stated in the official response of the Department for the Council in the development of civil society and human rights published on the HRC website.

Rustam Makhmudov. Photo: Novayagazeta.ru Former head of the department of operational and search management of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, acting as a witness in the process of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, said that with a high degree of probability he identifies on a video demonstrated by the accusation, one of the defendants - Rustam Makhmudov. This was reported by RAPSI.

Ukrainian special services continue to search for Viktor Yanukovych in the case of mass killings. It is alleged that the former president is still in Ukraine and is preparing to escape to Russia either by air or by sea. According to some reports, they tried to detain Yanukovych, but his guard opened fire. The ex-head of the presidential administration Andrei Klyuyev betrayed the chief. Chronicle of events on February 23 - here . Kyiv, February 24. Photo: Andrey Stenin/RIA "Novosti"

After the conviction, the eight "swamps" in Moscow passed the most massive detentions after May 6, 2012. Several thousand people went to Tverskaya in support of the political prisoners, 430 were in autozaks. Many on this day "swore" twice. In the morning, more than 230 people were detained in the Zamoskvoretsky court. In St. Petersburg, 62 people were detained on Malaya Sadovaya.

Evgeny Vitishko in the Tuapse Special Reception, 02/16/2014. Hard video from the YouTube channel Ekovakhta Activist of the ecological shift in the North Caucasus Evgeny Vitishko was sent under the escort from the pre-trial detention center-1 of Krasnodar. This was reported on Twitter Ekovakhta. He was sentenced to three years in a colony-settlement for "damage" a fence in the country of the Kuban governor Alexander Tkachev. "Vitishko is no longer in the pre -trial detention center -1.

Ollie Ren. Photo: ec.europa.eu The European Union is ready to provide Ukraine with financial assistance, which will be measured by billions of euros. This was stated by the Vice President of the European Commission Olli Ren on the sidelines of the Summit of Finance Ministers and the heads of the Central Bank of the G20 countries in the Australian Sydney, reports Financial Times. Ren noted that financial assistance is necessary for the country to avoid bankruptcy.

Judge Natalia Nikishina sentenced the seven defendants in the “swamp business” to the real terms of imprisonment - from two and a half to four years. The only woman among the accused - Alexander Dukhanin - received 3 years 3 months conditionally. Moscow, Zamoskvoretsky Court, February 24, 2014. Video Dmitry Borko.

Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych. Photo from the site www.kremlin.ru Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the new authorities of Ukraine illegitimate. “Strictly speaking, there is no one to communicate with today. The legitimacy of a number of authorities that operate there are great doubts,” the words of the head of government reports RIA Novosti. According to UNIAN, Medvedev also remarked: "Some of our foreign partners consider it differently.

Browser "Yandex" Roskomnadzor will look for ways to solve the problem associated with the possibility in the Yandex search engine browser to view sites with illegal information. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the department Vadim Ampelonsky. "The problem associated with the Yandex browser and the opportunity to see it with illegal information included in the register of our department with the help of it. We really exist.

Boris Sokolov The revolution in Ukraine won, and this victory to a large extent, without suspecting it, was facilitated by Putin's Russia. If it were not for the pressure of Moscow on Yanukovych, who forced him to refuse to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union, there would be no Euromaidan. In the Kremlin, they seriously hoped that after the failure in Vilnius, Ukraine would have nowhere to go, except to join the Customs Union.

Alexey Venediktov and Vladimir Putin. Photo: gov.ru The editor -in -chief of Echo of Moscow Alexei Venediktov denied the information that he asked Vladimir Putin to meet to discuss the fate of the radio station. On Sunday, RBC reported that Venediktov wrote a letter to Putin "On Freedom of Speech, about attempts to influence the editorial policy and independence of" radio station.

Vladimir Abarinov Three weeks before the opening of the Sochi Games, the goalkeeper of American hockey players Jesse Vetter was forced to change the coloring of his helmet: the IOC found that there was a political propaganda placed on it from the US Constitution.

A rally of Crimean Tatars. Photo: allcrimea.net The Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people demanded to adopt a new Crimean Constitution, according to Crimea News. The statement was adopted on Sunday at the ten thousandth rally of Crimean Tatars in Simferopol.

Seven swamp prisoners received real terms. Sergei Krivov was sentenced to 4 years in a colony of general regime, Andrei Barabanov - 3 years 7 months, Stepan Zimin, Denis Lutskievich and Alexei Polikhovich received 3.5 years, Artem Savelov - 2 years 7 months, Yaroslav Belousov - 2.5 years. Alexander Dukhanina was given a suspended sentence. The court passed rigid mass detentions. Video Dmitry Zykova: The verdict of swamp prisoners.