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.

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.

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.

Constitutional Court. Photo: Alexander Savin The Constitutional Court with its definition established that the reading of correspondence on mobile phones, tablets and computers without judicial sanction does not violate the basic law. This was reported by RAPSI. Dmitry Prozorovsky, serving the real term, addressed the Constitutional Court.

Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin at the memorial to the defenders of Sevastopol, July 2013. Photo: Kremlin.ru On February 22, 2014, on the Victory Day of the Euromaidan, when President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych fled from Kyiv, the helicopter of Vladimir Putin nearly got into a disaster in Sochi.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo There are many Russians abroad, you can’t keep track of everyone. In this spirit, Putin’s spokeswoman commented on the death of our citizens in Syria yesterday. Elena Matveeva, the widow of the Fighter of the PMC, who died under the hikham, does not agree with him. “I would like,” she says , “so that everyone would learn about my husband. And not only about my husband, about all the boys, who died so stupidly ... Where they were sent, why?

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).

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.

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.

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.