Six years ago, on February 23, 2010, Cuban dissident and political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, died at the age of 42 after an 85-day protest hunger strike. In March 2003, he was arrested while on a hunger strike in support of Cuban dissidents. Zapata was charged with insulting the authorities, organizing public disorder and disobedience and was sentenced to 36 years in prison.

Ten years ago, on February 23, 2006, the building of the Basmanny Market collapsed in Moscow. 68 people died, 39 people were injured. The commission of the government of Moscow found that the roof of the building collapsed due to a break in one of the cables-cables on which it rested.

Prison Guantanamo. Photo http://www.jeremybwilliams.net The US Department of Defense introduced Congress to close a military prison plan for suspects in involvement in Guantanamo terrorism in Cuba. It is reported by the Voice of America. Closing the prison is a priority in the field of national security, a senior representative of the administration said. He noted that the object serves as a "source of inspiration" for Islamists and helps them to recruit new supporters.

The anniversary of the Euromaidan. Frame of the video broadcast In St. Petersburg, unknown people broke the castles in the office of the Yabloko party, where on February 22, the evening of memory of those killed on the Maidan was supposed to take place. According to Radio Liberty, the audience could not get into the premises. According to Ilya Smirnov, a member of the Council of St.

Alexander Kofman. Photo: Mid-dnr.su The "Foreign Minister" of the self -proclaimed DPR Alexander Kofman is dismissed from this position. The corresponding decree was signed by the "Chapter" of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko, the Donetsk News Agency reports . Natalia Nikonorova was appointed acting “Foreign Minister”. In April 2015, she was delegated to peace negotiations in Minsk as a representative of the DPR in a working subgroup on political issues.

Angelina Karjakina On the second anniversary of the victory of the Maidan "Gromadske TV" presented the first film "Fracture" from the cycle "in the wake of the revolution." Journalists Anastasia Stanko and Angelina Karyakina decided to figure out the most controversial moments of two years ago. Angelina Karjakina and Dmitry Borko are talking about the film, Maidan and society. - What tasks did you set yourself, making such a film?

Ilya Yashin presents the report "The threat of national security." Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru Deputy Chairman of Parnas, Ilya Yashin, presented in Moscow a report "The Time of National Security" dedicated to Ramzan Kadyrov. Starting the presentation, he noted that the date, February 23, was not chosen by chance - on this day in 1944, the Operation "Chechevitsa" began on the deportation of Chechens and Ingush.

Bombing of an object in Syria. The shooting of the Russian Ministry of Defense The Syria government as a whole agreed with the Russian-American proposals for a truce. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of the Syrian Foreign Ministry. The ceasefire is possible, subject to the continuation of the fight against the Islamic State, Jebhat al-Nusra and the terrorist groups associated with them, the statement says.

Cover of the report "Threat of National Security" Ramzan Kadyrov was published by the report of the Deputy Chairman of Parnas Ilya Yashin “The Time of National Security”, posting links on his pages in the “Live Journal” , “VKontakte” , Facebook and Instagram . "Representatives of the Parnassus party wrote a lot about a certain report" The threat of national security ". It was announced as a kind of sensational material. Today the authors are going to present in Moscow to reporters a sensation.

The collapse of the bridge in Primorye. Photo from instagram dps_control The prosecutor's office of the Primorsky Territory began checking the activities of the Department of Transport and Road Facilities of the Regional Administration. According to TASS, this was announced by the senior assistant to the regional prosecutor Elena Telegin. The reason for the check was the collapse of the bridge on the Vladivostok - Nakhodka highway.

Alexey Navalny and Peter Officers. Short of broadcasting The European Court of Human Rights ruled that during the consideration of the Kirovles case, in 2013, the rights of the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny and businessman Peter Officer to a fair trial were violated (Article 6-1 of the European Human Rights Convention). This is stated in the press release of the ECHR. The court decided to pay Navalny and Officer 8 thousand euros compensation for damage.

Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko. Shift frame from pre -trial detention center The Crimean prisoners of Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko were delivered to pre -trial detention center No. 3 of Chelyabinsk. As TSN reports , referring to their own sources, the Politseks will soon be sent to the colony. Kolchenko will remain in Chelyabinsk, and Sentsov is transferred to Yakutia.

Bust of Stalin under Pskov. Photo: pln-pskov.ru A bust of Joseph Stalin was installed in the village of Kholmatka, Ostrovsky district of the Pskov region. According to Interfax, the director of the military-historical museum-reserve Peter Grinchuk announced this. According to him, the bust was established as part of the celebration of the defender of the Fatherland with the help of the full financial support of the Russian Military Historical Society and its Pskov branch.

Peter Pavlensky. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk The artist of Peter Pavlensky was transferred from the Serbian Institute to Butyrsky Investigator. This was announced on her Facebook page by the civilian wife of the cornian Oksana Shalygin. “Pavlensky is back in Butyrka. So, apparently, they decided not to pump with pathology,” she wrote. "Peter said that he was flattered when the judge repeats from time to time that the action was committed by ideological hatred.

Tartusky district court. Photo: vu.ee In Estonia, the Tartu district court condemned three people for illegal cooperation with the Russian special services. This was stated in the Estonian Prosecutor General’s Office, reports Postimes.ee. At the end of last week, the court found the 32-year-old citizen of Estonia Maxim Gruzdev guilty. According to the prosecution, the Russian special services recruited Gruzdev in the second half of 2013 in the Pskov region.