Tomsk television company TV2 stopped broadcasting on cable networks on February 8 due to the expiration of its license. Previously, the company stopped working on the air. Post by TV2 TV Company . The independent television company TV2 was founded in 1990. TV2 journalists have repeatedly become TEFI award winners.

A court in Ivano-Frankivsk chose a preventive measure for journalist Ruslan Kotsaba. During the investigation, the journalist accused of treason and espionage will be in custody. The court ruled to arrest Kotsaba for 60 days. Kotsaba himself did not admit the accusations against him and compared the court session with the "judgment of Stalin's times." The journalist asked the court to mitigate the measure of restraint in connection with the presence of two children.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has published a list of backbone enterprises of the country. The list includes 199 companies. The document states that their profit forms more than 70% of the total national income, and the number of employees is more than 20% of the total number of people employed in the economy.

Frame: Alexey Shor / YouTube Slovak Sinfonietta Orchestra, conductor Misha Katz and pianist Timur Sergeyen performed the composition based on the widely known thieves song “Murka”. “Murkino symphonic adventure”, as stated in the description for the record of the performance, is part of the musical cycle “well -tempered chanson”. Alexey Shork Murka from Odessa. Symphonic Adventure (Murkino Symphony) Played by Sergeyenya/Katz

North Korea has tested a short-range ballistic missile. During the tests, several missiles were fired that reached targets at a distance of 200 kilometers from the coast. According to the TsNAK, in the near future these missiles will be adopted by the DPRK Navy. The launch was timed to coincide with the 67th anniversary of the formation of the Armed Forces of North Korea. Earlier, North Korea tested a new anti-ship missile.

At least 50,000 people have died in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. This was reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing sources in German intelligence. These data are almost 10 times higher than the official estimate, voiced earlier by President Petro Poroshenko: according to him, during the conflict in Ukraine, 1,200 military personnel and 5,400 civilians were killed. As the sources of the newspaper explained, official data cannot correspond to reality.

French President Francois Hollande revealed some details of the settlement plan in eastern Ukraine, which he, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin. In particular, according to Hollande, the plan involves the creation of a demilitarized zone 50-70 kilometers wide between the positions of the parties to the conflict.

The Ukrainian side did not provide Moscow with copies of documents allegedly belonging to the military from the Russian Federation. This was stated by the head of the second department of the CIS of the Russian Foreign Ministry Viktor Sorokin. According to him, the Russian side made such a request immediately after the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko showed Russian passports as evidence of the presence of Russian military on the territory of Ukraine.

The Security Service of Ukraine has detained journalist Ruslan Kotsaba on charges of high treason. As Markiyan Lubkivsky, an adviser to the head of the SBU, wrote on Facebook, on February 8, the court should choose a preventive measure for Kotsaba. According to Lubkivsky, during the arrest, the journalist was found to have materials that may indicate the commission of a crime under Articles 111 and 114 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason and espionage).

What is known and what is not known about negotiations in Ukraine Photo: Sergey Guneev / RIA Novosti / Scanpix The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on February 5 went on an extraordinary visit to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, and the very next day - to Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Sunday, February 8, the next round of negotiations between Putin, Poroshenko, Hollande and Merkel will take place - this time in a video conference format.

Ukrainian security forces are throwing saboteurs dressed in the uniform of the militia and also the armed forces of Russia into the territory of the DPR and LPR. This was stated by Deputy Commander of the Corps of the Ministry of Defense of the DPR Eduard Basurin. So, according to Basurin, a sabotage group of 12 people dressed in the uniform of the RF Armed Forces arrived in Donetsk on the night of January 31 to February 1.

In Douglasville, Georgia, an armed man opened fire near the house where his ex-wife lived. Four people died and two were injured in the incident. The dead include the suspect's ex-wife and at least two children, police said. Without waiting for the arrival of the police, the attacker committed suicide. Motives for the crime are still unclear.

As a result of heavy snowfall on the morning of February 8, 75 flights were delayed at Moscow airports for departure and arrival. In particular, according to the electronic scoreboard of Sheremetyevo Airport, 44 flights are delayed. 26 flights were delayed at Domodedovo airport, five flights at Vnukovo. Another 20 flights have been cancelled.