Aul Kidero. Photo: narodidagestana.ru Ali Aliyev, a resident of the village of Kidero - the Center of the Tsuntinsky District of Dagestan, was detained after the execution of Orthodox parishioners in Kizlyar, committed on Sunday by a native of the same village Khalil Khalilov. Such information is reported by the Caucasus. Realities.

Russian Academy of Sciences. Photo: Wikipedia More than four hundred Russian scientists sent another open letter to President Vladimir Putin, which refers to the need to return to Russian science a special status and self -government. It is reported by TASS.

Four years ago, on February 21, 2014, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition, mediated by representatives of the European Union, signed an agreement to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine. The special representative of the President of Russia Vladimir Lukin, who also participated in the talks, refused to put his signature on the document.

365 years ago, on February 21, 1653, Patriarch Nikon ordered to omit the chapter on the number of bows at the prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian and on the sign of the cross with two fingers in the publication of the Followed Psalter. Thus began the reform, which led to a split in the Russian Orthodox Church. Supporters of the preservation of the old order of worship began to be called Old Believers.

Small Drama Theater. Photo: Saint-petersburg.ru The Federal Security Service opened a case of the theft of 45 million rubles at the Small Drama Theater in St. Petersburg, which is headed by director Lev Dodin. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the regional department of special services.

Igor Plotnitsky. Photo: kp.ru The former head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky, in November last year, overthrown and fled to Russia, was arrested and imprisoned in the St. Petersburg SIZO-1 Crosses. According to the "island" on Monday on the air of the loyal militants of the YouTube channel PolitWera , Vladlen Zaruba, the first deputy Valery Bolotov, who was the head of the LPR to Plotnitsky.

Azat Adiev. Photo: Business-gazeta.ru Asgat Khafizova and Azat Adiev, in December convicts, respectively, by 19 years 2 months and 19 years of strict regime in the next Tatar case of Hizb Ut-Tairer, in SIZO-5 in Chistopol, under far-fetched prepositions were sent to a punishment cell. Such information appeared on Tuesday in the FB group "Native Political Prisoners of the Hizb Ut-Tahrir".

The FSB building on Lubyanskaya Square. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Judge of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow Elena Galikhanova in absentia arrested a native of Armenia Narika Margaryan and a native of Georgia Gayka Gandilyan in the case of the war abroad. On the decisions made at the petitions of the FSB on February 19, on Wednesday, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on Wednesday. It is claimed that both accused are on the run and put on the international wanted list.

Mike Pence in Pyeongchang. Photo from official Twitter The DPRK delegation in Pyeongchang at the last moment canceled the meeting with US Vice President Mike Pens. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the head of the apparatus of vice president Nick Ayers. The meeting of Pence with the younger sister of the leader of North Korea Kim Yo Jong and the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK Kim Yong Nama was scheduled for February 10.

Leonid Melamed. Photo from the SCR website Judge of the Moscow City Court Igor Alisov refused to satisfy the request of the prosecutor's office to extend the house arrest of the ex-head of "RUSNANO" Leonid Melamed and the former financial director of the organization Svyatoslav Ponurov accused of embezzlement. "The court did not speak out at our request to extend the preventive measure that expires today. It turns out that they will be released," the prosecutor said.

Alexander Krushelnitsky in Pyeongchang. Photo from personal Instagram The Russian Kerlingist Alexander Krushelnitsky, convicted of the use of Meldonia at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, refused to hold hearings in his case in a sports arbitration court (CAS) in Lausanne. The athlete's statement was published by TASS. “I recognize the fact of a formal violation of existing anti -doping rules,” the document says.

Roman Gubaidullin in court on the extension of the arrest, January 2018. Photo by Alexei Matasov Roman Gubaidullin, an activist of Artillery from Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod Region, arrested in August in a fabricated case of extremism and storage of weapons, was additionally imputed in the preparation of the murder (part 1 - part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code; up to seven and a half years of the colony). This was announced on Tuesday by the Nizhny Novgorod political Red Cross.

A rally concert against anti-pirate law. Photo by Dmitry Zykova/Grani.ru The Ministry of Culture has developed a bill allowing to block sites for copyright violations without a court decision. The document is published on the website of draft regulatory legal acts. According to the bill, the owner of the Internet resource is obliged to publish contact details and during the day at the request of the copyright holder to delete pirate content.

Kirill Serebrennikov. Photo with personal FB page The Moscow City Court recognized the extension of the home arrest of director Kirill Serebrennikov and the former general director of the Seventh Studio, as well as the term of detention in the custody of ex-producer Alexei Malobrodsky until April 19. It is reported by TASS. "The decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow is to be left unchanged, complaints of defense of defending," the court decision says.

Screenshot of the site "MBH-Media" Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the website of MBH-Media. This was reported by the edition of the publication with reference to the register of the censorship department. “The reasons for the blocking are still unknown. We did not receive any letters from Roskomnadzor,” said the chief of the resource of Veronika Kutsyllo. As of 20:05 Moscow time, the site was freely opened in the Russian capital.