Flag of the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee confirmed the ban on the use of the Russian flag at the closing ceremony of games in Pyeongchang. The decision of the MOK executive committee is reported on the organization’s website. As noted in the publication, a ban introduced on December 5 last year could have been canceled if Russian athletes in the course of competitions in Pyeongchang observed anti -doping rules.

Dagestan: After the federal raid to Chechen positions. Hard video The case of a resident of Stavropol Rustam Ismailov, who was declared a participant in the campaign in Dagestan, undertaken by Chechen troops under the command of Shamil Basayev and Hattaba, was sent to the Supreme Court of Dagestan. This was announced on Thursday by the Central Glavk of the TFR.

170 years ago, on February 25, 1848, the Provisional Government, formed after the abdication of King Louis Philippe, proclaimed the restoration of a republican form of government in France. The time from February 25, 1848 to December 2, 1851, when Louis Bonaparte staged a coup d'etat and soon proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III, is called the period of the Second Republic.

Khan Palace in Bakhchisarai. Photo: krymr.com In Bakhchisarai, two unknown people attacked the Crimean Tatar activist Elmaz Akimov, who stood at the Khan Palace in a single picket with a poster in defense of this monument from the “reconstruction” begun by the occupation authorities. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity." As can be concluded from the publication, the 28-year-old activist herself did not suffer, but her poster with the text of the "hands off the Khan Palace" was torn.

On the march of Nemtsov’s memory in Moscow. Photo by Dmitry Borko for "faces" The coordinated march of the memory of Boris Nemtsov, who held in Moscow on Sunday, gathered 10 thousand people. This is the assessment of the correspondent "faces". "MBH-Media" before the end of the action wrote about 7 and a half thousand participants. The demonstrators proceeded along the Boulevard Ring from Pushkinskaya Square to Sakharov Avenue.

On January 25, Moscow will host an agreed march in memory of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed three years ago. Meeting at 13:30 on Strastnoy Boulevard, the route of the procession is along the Boulevard Ring from Pushkinskaya Square to Sakharov Avenue. In the initial notice of the action, the organizers indicated a different route.

Romano Prodi and Alfred Guzenbauer. Highways from the YouTube channel Brown University The former Austrian Chancellor Alfred Guzenbauer and the ex-Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi deny the receipt of money from the American political strategist Paul Manafort for participating in maintaining the image of the Viktor Yanukovych regime in Ukraine. It is reported by The New York Times.

Olga Borisova and Alexander Sofeev in the Kerch city of the FSB. Photo: @Borissssova Russian activists Olga Borisova and Alexander Sofeev were detained by police in Kerch after arriving in the annexed Crimea with a ferry from the Kuban. About this with reference to the Borisov itself is reported by "Mediazona". Right at the exit from the ferry Borisov and Sofeev met six security officials. Without any explanation, activists were brought to the Goroddel of the FSB.

At the place of execution in Kizlyar. Hard video from the YouTube channel "Derbent Live" Residents of Kizlyar Magomed Sagitov and Magomedrasul Gadzhiev were arrested in connection with the execution of parishioners of the local church George the Victorious, who was arranged on February 18, Islamist Khalil Khalilov. This was announced on Friday "Rain". Both Sagitov and Gadzhiev were detained on the 19th, the next day after the attack.

A meeting of the UN Security Council. Photo: un.org The UN Security Council on Saturday evening in Moscow unanimously adopted a resolution on an immediate ceasefire in all Syria for at least 30 days. This was reported on the United Nations. The task of the truce is to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of the patients and the wounded.

UFSB in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. Photo: krim.biz.ua The defendant of the Crimean case "Tables Jamaat" Arsen Kubedinov on February 22 was released from the Simferopol SIZO-1 for a recognizance not to leave. According to Crimean Solidarity on Sunday, this was announced this day earlier by activists by the lawyer of the accused Jamil Temyshev. Kubedinov, the publication says, not only admitted the guilt, sane by himself, but also testified against other defendants in the case. "Crimea.