30 years ago, on the evening of February 14, 1988, a fire broke out in the building of the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad. First, the fire destroyed part of the newspaper fund located on the third floor, and after the fire was extinguished, at 4:30 am on February 15, the 4th and 5th floors caught fire. The fight against the fire lasted almost 15 hours. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.

Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko Presidents of Russia and Ukraine Volodymyr Putin and Petro Poroshenko in a telephone conversation discussed issues of exchange of prisoners. This was reported by the "Mirror of the Week" with reference to the administration of the head of the Ukrainian state.

Alexander Formhev. Photo with personal VK page In the village of Kromy, the Oryol region, the poet Alexander formerly was a search as part of the fourth criminal case against him under Article 294 of the Criminal Code (obstruction of justice). This was reported by journalist Maria Aismont, whom Thamshev called on the phone. “They took the next (I don’t remember which account) the computer,” Eismont writes.

From left to right: Refat Alimov, Arsen Dzhepparov, Vadim Siruk, Emir-Usein Kuku, Muslim Aliyev, Inver Bekirov. Source: FB page "Crimean Solidarity" All six defendants in the Yalta-Alushta case of Hizb Ut-Taurir at the first meeting in the merit, which took place in the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, refused to admit guilt.

Fragment of the posters of the film "Sofa Stalin" In Moscow, the World Court was fined the Pioneer cinema for 80 thousand rubles for showing the French film "Sofa Stalin" without a rental certificate, Vedomosti reports . The Ministry of Culture insisted on holding the cinema accountable. The court ruled that the Pioneer violated Article 14.58 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (showing a film without a rental certificate).

Vladimir Abarinov Sensational messages about the clashes in the Syrian province of Deir ez-zor on the night of February 7 to 8 are overgrown with new details, but the sources of these details are unreliable, and there is still no complete clarity. The Russian Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon made comments on the incident on February 8.

Vladimir Putin and Ksenia Sobchak Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak sent a statement to the Supreme Court with a request to cancel the registration of Vladimir Putin as a candidate in the March elections of the head of state. This was reported on the website of the headquarters of Sobchak. Faximile of the first page of the application dated February 13 was published in the telegram channel Sobchak.

Ella Pamfilova. Frame TVC The Central Election Commission did not see the agitation in the broadcast of the film Oliver Stone Putin, but called on the first channel to postpone his show and act "with the proper degree of care" in the electoral period. This is reported by Interfax.

Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: gov.il The Israeli police recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be brought to judicial responsibility on charges of bribery and loss of confidence. It is reported by the Seventh Channel.

Frame from the film "Death of Stalin" The Ministry of Culture recalled the protocol from the justice of the peace, drawn up on the Moscow Cinema "Pioneer" for the demonstration of the film "Death of Stalin". This was reported by "Vedomosti". The refusal of the Ministry of claims to Pioneer became known directly during the hearing. The reasons for the solution of the Ministry of Culture are not explained.

Oil facilities in Khusham. Harden video from Twitter @isis_hunters The militants of the Wagner PMC, wounded during an unsuccessful attack on February 7 in the Syrian Muhafaz Deir ez-Zor, were delivered to the military hospitals in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to two unnamed sources. Some of the mercenaries died from wounds, noted one of the interlocutors of the publication. There are no details in the publication.

Andrey Zakhtey in court, 12/05/2016. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru In the debate of the parties in the case of the "Ukrainian saboteur" Andrei Zachteya, the prosecutor Svetlana Udanskaya requested for the defendant seven years of strict regime. This was reported by "Crimea. Realities." As journalist Anton Naumluk writes on his FB page, the verdict of the verdict of the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea appointed on February 16. The start of the meeting at 10 o’clock.

Sergey Kovalev at a meeting with Ksenia Sobchak. Hard video from the YouTube channel of the candidate Human rights activist Sergei Kovalev disavowed the decision on the day before to become a confidant of presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak. An open letter of the 87 -year -old human rights activist is published on the Yabloko website - the party in which he consists.

On the march of Nemtsov’s memory in Moscow. Photo: Grani.ru The Moscow City Hall agreed on the march of the memory of Boris Nemtsov. It is reported by RBC. The action will be held next Sunday, February 25. The beginning at 13 o’clock, the agreed number of participants is 30 thousand people. The route of the procession is from Pushkinskaya Square along the Boulevard Ring to Sakharov Avenue. In the initial notification of the action, the organizers indicated a different route.

Gennady Zyuganov. Photo: kprf.ru Deputies from the Communist Party, led by Gennady Zyuganov, introduced the bill "On the Basics of Nationalization in Russia" to the State Duma. The document is published in the basis of the legislative initiatives of the lower house. The authors of the bill propose to carry out a "reimbursable" nationalization, that is, forced seizure of property, which is in private ownership, and its appeal to federal ownership, followed by reimbursement of the owners of value.