Starting February 20, Channel One will begin showing the program “Conversations about Important Things,” said the hosts of the “Good Morning” program. attention to this . drew The Teacher's Newspaper Episodes of “Conversations about Important Things” will be published every Monday at 8:36, when classes of the same name begin in schools (in lessons that take place from September 2022, children are also taught about “special military operations” and the “collective West”).

Deputies of the National Council of Slovakia adopted a resolution that recognizes the current Russian regime as “terrorist” and Russia as a “state supporting terrorism.” This was reported on the website of the country's unicameral parliament. Slovakia condemned Russia's aggression in Ukraine, attacks on civilians, civilian objects, energy infrastructure, as well as direct and indirect threats to use nuclear weapons from the Russian authorities.

An employee of Center “E” forced Ilya Melkov, the husband of Olesya Krivtsova, accused of repeated “discrediting” the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), to say on camera that the girl’s family does not consider the witnesses in her criminal case to be informers. The mother of a 19-year-old student, Natalya Krivtsova, reported this to 29.RU. The conversation took place on December 28 at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, where Krivtsova and Melkov study.

Policemen at Domodedovo airport. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS On Wednesday evening, 28-year-old Idris Arsamikov was detained at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport upon his return from the Netherlands—he had been granted asylum there as an LGBTQ+ refugee from Chechnya, a republic in the Russian Caucasus with leadership boasting about repression against these people. The Moscow police reportedly handed him over to Chechen authorities.

Deputy of the Kostroma Regional Duma from United Russia, Evgeny Shchepalov, challenged his fellow party member Dmitry Gribkov to a fist fight in the circus “according to MMA rules.” In a video published on his YouTube channel, Shchepalov, showing a condom to the camera, said that if Gribkov did not accept the challenge, he would associate his colleague with “a means of contraception.” As writes Kostroma.Today , the conflict between the deputies occurred after Shchepalov accused Gribkov of

Environmental activist and US citizen Alicia Day, who was walking a calf on Red Square, was banned from entering Russia for 40 years. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Evgeny Kurakin, who represented the girl’s interests. Kurakin clarified to Mediazona that the decision to ban entry was made by the inspector of the migration department for the Central Administrative District of Moscow, Lieutenant Colonel Latsigin.

The Moskovsky District Court of Tver arrested activist Artem Vazhenkov in absentia, who became the first defendant in the case of violating the legislation on “foreign agents” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the court; drew attention to the message. Vazhenkov himself As it was clarified in court, the arrest for two months will begin to count at the moment the activist crosses the border and is detained on Russian territory.

The Foreign Ministry declared four employees of the Austrian Embassy persona non grata and ordered them to leave Russia within a week. This is stated on the ministry's website. The report notes that Russian official delegations are experiencing difficulties obtaining visas to participate in international events in Vienna.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution “On the inhuman conditions of detention of Alexei Navalny.” It is published on the authority's website. Deputies condemned the torture and failure to provide medical care to the politician in the colony. They also demanded that doctors be allowed to see the oppositionist and that he be transferred to a pre-trial detention center to familiarize himself with criminal cases and the opportunity to see lawyers and relatives.

Police officers at Domodedovo Airport. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS On Wednesday evening, at the Moscow Domodedovo airport, police detained 28-year-old Idris Arsamikov, who was returning to the Netherlands, where he received asylum several years ago due to gay persecution in Chechnya. The young man came home to his father’s funeral. Human rights activists believe that torture and death are waiting for him, and only wide publicity can save him.

The State Duma, in the second and third readings, adopted a bill stipulating the “inadmissibility of using foreign words” in the Russian language, with the exception of those included in standard dictionaries. The text of the amendments was published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The authors of the bill were the State Duma committees on science and higher education, enlightenment and national affairs. Deputies plan to make changes to the federal law “On the State Language”.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar fined Olesya Ovchinnikova 40 thousand rubles under the article on “discrediting” the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). This follows from the court decision, a copy of which the woman provided to Mediazona.

In St. Petersburg, under the windows of a house on Zamshina Street, the head of the financial support department of the Western Military District (WMD), Marina Yankina, was found dead. about this on the Moika” was the first to write The telegram channel “ Mash ; later the Fontanka Investigative Committee confirmed this information. Yankina was 58 years old. According to preliminary information, on the morning of February 15, she committed suicide.

A court in the city of Engels, Saratov region, sent a Ukrainian citizen to a pre-trial detention center because of publications on social networks. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The man is accused of public actions aimed at “discrediting” the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code).

The restriction on cash withdrawals will be extended after March 9. This was announced by the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, reports . Interfax As the agency writes, also, according to Nabiullina, the Central Bank does not plan to increase the limit on currency transfers to individuals, since there is no reason for this. After the start of the war, the Russian ruble weakened sharply, and the dollar and euro reached new historical highs.