Law enforcement officers began storming Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. The Maidan self-defense began throwing Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The security forces brought three water cannons to the Maidan. Based on materials from RBC-Ukraine

Four people, including one a policeman, died as a result of clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers in the center of Bangkok. Another 64 people, including police officers, were wounded and injured, according to the Japanese television channel NHK . The unrest arose after police launched an operation to unblock a number of government offices seized by oppositionists. Explosions and shooting were heard in the area of ​​the operation, and tear gas was used.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that 4 law enforcement officers died as a result of clashes in the center of Kyiv. According to information posted on the Ministry of Internal Affairs website on Tuesday evening, the law enforcement officer received a gunshot wound. "He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital," the statement said. As it became known earlier, 159 law enforcement officers were hospitalized, 35 of them in serious condition.

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The alleged organizers of the pyramid in Salavat are also suspected of defrauding shareholders In the Bashkir Salavat, the alleged organizers of the financial pyramid LLC “Consumer Society “Sberfond”” will appear in court. The investigation considers its leader to be a native of Uzbekistan, Ilgam Rakhmushev, and the participants are members of his family: his wife Olga Ishutina and her brother Stanislav.

The police have opened criminal proceedings in connection with the riots in the center of Kyiv taking place today. “The police opened criminal proceedings under Article 294 of the Criminal Code (“mass riots”),” the Kyiv police said. Based on materials from Interfax-Ukraine news agency

American freestyler David Wise won gold in the halfpipe at the Sochi Olympics. Canadian Michael Riddle won the silver medal, while Frenchman Kevin Rolland won the bronze medal. Russian Pavel Nabokikh did not qualify.

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule in a telephone conversation with acting. Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergei Arbuzov received assurances that “Berkut’s Kalashnikov will remain silent.” “I just spoke on the phone with the acting Prime Minister and told him that seeing a Berkut with a Kalashnikov is a reason for deep concern. He assured me that he personally and the authorities will do everything to ensure that these weapons remain silent.

The Lipetsk region will receive 137.5 million rubles from the federal budget for the “ecological rehabilitation” of the Voronezh River within the regional center, reports the press service of the regional administration. The funds will be provided within the framework of the federal target program “Development of the water management complex of the Russian Federation in 2012 – 2020.” Clearing is planned for a 12 km long section from the fixing threshold of NLMK OJSC to the Troitsky Bridge.

Dutch speed skater Jorrit Bergsma won a gold medal at the Sochi Olympics in the 10,000 m. His time was 12 minutes. 44.45 seconds, which is a new Olympic record. Silver and bronze medals also went to the representatives of Holland - Sven Kramer (12 minutes 49.02 seconds) and Bob de Jong (13 minutes 07.19 seconds). Russian Evgeny Seryaev took ninth place with 13 minutes. 28, 61 sec. Read more about the Olympics in the Kommersant special project .

In the Nordic combined event - large hill/10 km cross-country ski race, the Norwegian Jorgen Graabak won. Another Norwegian athlete, Magnus Moan, took second place. The bronze medal went to German Nordic combined skier Fabian Riessle. Ukrainian biathlete Viktor Pasichnik showed the 30th result.

Employees of the Berkut special forces began forcefully dispersing protesters against the authorities on Instytutska Street in Kyiv. "Berkut" is driving people towards Maidan Nezalezhnosti, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at them. At the same time, people fall, but Berkut continues to beat them with batons. Based on materials from the Ukrainian News Agency

Egyptian Islamist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis said it was giving foreign tourists until February 20 to leave the country and threatened them with terrorist attacks if they did not. Islamists previously claimed responsibility for bombing a bus carrying South Korean pilgrims near the Israeli border, and later advised foreigners to leave the country “before it’s too late,” Reuters reports.

The leader of the UDAR parliamentary faction, Vitaliy Klitschko, went to a meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych. “Vitaliy Klitschko came to Bankovaya. He went to Viktor Yanukovych,” wrote the politician’s press secretary Oksana Zinovieva on Twitter. Based on materials from the Ukrainian News Agency

CSKA will play the next home match in European competition without spectators The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Committee applied yet another tough sanctions to the Moscow football club CSKA. For riots in the stands and demonstrations of far-right symbols by fans during the last Champions League match against the Czech Victoria, the army team will pay a fine of €50 thousand, and will also be forced to play the next home match in European competition without spectators.