The editor-in-chief of the BlogSochi website, Alexander Valov, who was arrested in an extortion case, was transferred to the punishment cell of Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Krasnodar. this with reference to lawyer Sergei Kostyuk. reports The Caucasian Knot “On February 13, I learned that Valov was taken to a pre-trial detention center in the city of Krasnodar, where he went on a hunger strike, and where a decision was made to transfer him to a punishment cell.

An unknown person opened fire during Maslenitsa celebrations in Dagestan, killing four people, reports , citing an informed source. Interfax RIA Novosti, citing a source, writes that the shooting occurred in Kizlyar. In addition to the dead, four people were injured. The person who opened fire was killed . Interfax notes that among the wounded are three National Guard employees.

The headquarters of the Russian delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics received a notification from the International Olympic Committee about a possible violation of anti-doping rules by one of the athletes. this with reference to the team's press attaché Konstantin Vybornov. reports Interfax “We do not name the athlete or sportswoman, as well as the type of sport, until the results of the autopsy of sample B, which will become known presumably within 24 hours,” Vybornov said.

The house of Altai activist Vladimir Shevtsov in the village of Verkhniy Biysk burned down early in the morning of February 18, activist Olga Konoreva told Taiga.info. According to her, Shevtsov woke up from the dogs barking and managed to get out into the street through the window. Firefighters arrived an hour after the call, by which time the house had burned down. Shevtsov himself told MBKh Media that it was arson and connected it with his protest activities.

Journalists from the Investigation Management Center, who were blocked the night before between the villages of Bolotovo and Kuzmino in the Tula region by employees of the Zubr LLC hunting farm, were released to Moscow after a night questioning, reports . MBKH-Media According to the publication, after a night at the Investigative Committee department in the city of Shchekino, the car with the journalists was released to Moscow, accompanied by traffic police.