OFAC emblem The US Department of Finance clarified the procedure for receiving permits from the Russian Federal Security Service for the import of a number of technological products into Russia. The corresponding document is published on the website of the Service on the sanctions of the Ministry of Finance (OFAC). Exporters can contact the FSB to receive permits, noted in OFAC.

Flags of Belarus and Russia Russia introduces the regime of the border zone on the border with Belarus to control the movement of citizens of third countries. This was stated by the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, Interfax reports . Kosachev assured that the agreement on the open border between the two countries would continue to operate. "We are talking about citizens of third countries. For example, neighboring Ukraine.

Flags of Georgia and the EU. Photo: GeorgiaTode.ge Deputies of the European Parliament voted to provide Georgia with a visa -free regime when visiting it by citizens of the Schengen zone. It is reported by the BBC. Most Euro -deputies supported this decision. However, representatives of Britain and Holland considered it premature. The decision also notes that in case of detection of any violations, the EU uses the mechanism to suspend the visa-free regime.

The detention of Alexei Navalny near the Moscow City Warrics. Photo by Dmitry Zykova/Grani.ru The European Court of Human Rights satisfied the seven complaints of the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny of detention, fines and administrative arrests from 2011 to 2014, deciding to pay a policy of 63.7 thousand euros of compensation.

Field kitchens in Avdeevka. Photo: Facebook.com/tiomaget More than 17 thousand people, including 2.5 thousand children, were left without light, water and heating as a result of hostilities in the Avdeevka area in eastern Ukraine. As TASS reports , this is stated in the message of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

White House. Photo from Whitehouse.gov The US administration lifted the ban on entering the country for the owners of Green Cart - permanent residence permit. According to Reuters, this was announced on February 1 by the White House spokeswoman Sean Spicer. As the official explained, an instruction was issued that clarifies the procedure for applying the anti -migrant decree issued by President Donald Trump.

Alexey Teacher. Photo: Rockfilm.ru Director Alexei, the teacher intends to send a statement to the Prosecutor General’s Office for the State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya, who demanded to check his Matilda film preparing for the release, TASS reports . Another statement will be submitted in connection with the threats of Orthodox activists. “We are preparing a legal answer to Poklonskaya and social activists,” the director said.

Ministry of Culture. Photo: nppir.ru The Federal Security Service is checking officials of the Culture Committee of St. Petersburg and the Ministry of Culture. This was reported by RBC with reference to a source close to the regional department of the FSB. Officials were suspected of possible fraud with historical buildings of the city. As a result of the examination of the building, they lost the status of objects of cultural and historical heritage and passed into commercial use.

Alexander Povetkin. Photo: Alexander-povetkin.ru Doping test "B" of the Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin gave a positive result to OSA. According to TASS, this was announced by the senior partner of Forward Legal, Alexei Karpenko, representing the interests of the Russian. "Sample" B "is opened. OSARINA is confirmed," said Karpenko. In turn, Andrei Ryabinsky, the head of the Boxing World company, said that Ostarin was discovered in a “minimum concentration”.

Movsar Rashidov. Photo: GreenPlaneta.ru In Chechnya, the security forces abducted Movsar Rashidov, whose son Magomed Rashidov fights in Syria on the side of the Islamic State. This was reported by the "Caucasus. Realities" with reference to the relatives of the missing person. The 52-year-old Rashidov Sr.

Logo "Rostec". Photo: utmagazine.ru The National Center for Informatization, a subsidiary of Rostec, proposed amending the "Spring Package" regarding data storage. This was reported by Vedomosti, referring to a source close to the state corporation. According to the authors of the amendments, the creation of a storage system necessary for operators for the execution of an "anti -terrorism" package is impossible in these conditions for technical reasons.

35 years ago, on February 2, 1982, the Syrian army and Alawite militias bombed and then stormed the city of Hama to put down a Muslim Brotherhood-led Sunni uprising. About 40 thousand inhabitants of Hama were killed, mostly civilians (there were no more than two thousand armed among them). The massacre in Hama was directly led by Rifat al-Assad, brother of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.

Vladimir Kara-Murza on Pushkinskaya Square, 03/05/2012. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru The Federal Coordinator of Open Russia Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. on Thursday morning was in serious condition hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the 7th city hospital of Moscow. It is reported by "Mediazona". The diagnosis made by 35-year-old Kara-Murze was not specified in the hospital.

The Ministry of Communications. Photo: minsvyaz.ru The Ministry of Communications intends to speed up the execution of court decisions on the blocking of sites, Interfax reports . The department develops amendments to the legislation that reduce the delivery time of the materials of the courts to the contractor. Currently, by law, court decisions are sent by mail. With this method, delivery is carried out in a long time, noted in the department.

Petro Poroshenko. Photo: President.gov.ua In Ukraine, a referendum will be held on the country's entry into NATO. This was announced in an interview with the German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost by President Petro Poroshenko, without specifying the deadlines for its holding. According to him, more than half of Ukrainians advocate for joining the Alliance "Four years ago, only 16 percent (Ukrainians. - Ed.) Supported the idea of ​​Ukraine’s entry, now - 54 percent," Poroshenko said.