Jim Mattis. Photo: Defense.gov A complete victory over the "Islamic state" has not yet been achieved and the struggle against this group in Syria and Iraq is still ongoing. This was stated by the head of the Pentagon James Mattis, the press service of the US Department of Defense reports . “I think there are still problems, the fight against them is not finished, do not believe when someone says that IS is completely defeated.

Kirill Alexandrov. Photo: sfi.ru The City Court of St. Petersburg recognized the extremist article by historian Kirill Alexandrov “Bandera and Bandera: who they really were,” Radio Liberty reports . Experts from the Russian Pedagogical University named after Herzen discovered an excuse for war crimes in the article.

Pavel Grib in a court to extend the arrest. Photo from FB Andrei Sabinin The Krasnodar Regional Court in a closed meeting extended until March 4, 2018 the term of detention of the Ukrainian blogger Pavel Grib, stolen in Belarus and arrested in the case of assistance to terrorism. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to lawyer Marina Dubrovina.

95 years ago, on December 16, 1922, the first President of Poland Gabriel Narutovich, friend and ally of Jozef Pilsudski, was killed. He was shot dead at the opening of an art exhibition in the Warsaw Gallery of Zacent just five days after the president’s election.

Pre -trial detention center No. 4 in St. Petersburg ("Lebedevka"). Photo: 78.fsin.su The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Anton Kobz in the case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the city on February 14, 2018. This was reported by the United press service of the city courts.

Zoya Svetova. Photo from a personal page in FB The Council of the Public Chamber determined 75 candidates that will be part of public supervisory commissions in places of forced content. The list is published on the OP website. "The list of new members of the PMC, as well as last year, does not have a single well -known human rights activist.

145 years ago, on December 16, 1872, Anton Ivanovich Denikin, a Russian military leader, one of the leaders of the White movement, in 1918-1920, the Commander-in-Chief of the Volunteer Army and the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, was born. After the defeat of the All -Union of Sciences and the failure of Novorossiysk in the spring of 1920, he resigned and emigrated.

Konstantin Kozlovsky and Dmitry Dokuchaev The former employee of the FSB Information Security Center Dmitry Dokuchaev, arrested in the Gosizmen case, denies his acquaintance with Hacker Konstantin Kozlovsky, RBC reports . Hacker accused Dokuchaev of initiating cyber attacks for the resources of the US Democratic Party. “I deny my acquaintance and communication with Kozlovsky and, accordingly, any cooperation with him,” Dmitry Dokuchaev reported through his lawyer.

Robert Muller. Photo: fbi.gov US Special Prosecutor Robert Müller, investigating Russian intervention in the 2016 election, will hold a meeting with the lawyers of President Donald Trump next week. It is reported by CNN. The meeting will be of particular importance, since it will occur after the completion of interrogations of the White House conducted by the Müller team, sources of the channel noted. The US President’s lawyers are headed by John Doud and Jay Sokulov.

Kabardino-Balkaria. Frame NTV In the Urvansky district of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Niva driver, who opened fire on the police officers, was killed. This was reported by the press service of the Republican Directorate of the Investigative Committee.