Users of the largest Russian anonymous Image Border “Dvach” made a comic action in the “Odnoklassniki” social networks: they began to publish pictures with fictional quotes (most often anti -Russian) famous people in patriotic communities and observe the audience’s reaction. In some cases, photographs of politicians and actors signed the names of completely outsiders (sometimes completely invented) people.

As a result of the artillery shelling of Kramatorsk, according to the latest data, 15 people were killed and another 63 were injured. This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov. According to the Donetsk Regional State Administration, 12 people became victims of the shelling. Five military and five civilians died on the spot, two more people died in the hospital.

The Dutch government has published a package of documents on the investigation of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing near Donetsk. They do not contain new information about the possible causes of the crash - the documents contain, in particular, plans for the evacuation of the bodies of the dead from the crash site and reports on media reports on the events in Ukraine. Documents published at the request of journalists in accordance with the law on disclosure of information.

The Google Culture Academy has opened a section on the Bolshoi Theater . In it, users will be able to arrange a virtual tour, “walking” not only around the theater building, but also inside it: look at the decoration of the lobby and walk along the auditorium. Screenshot: Google Street View Using the switch on the map, you can switch to other tiers and look at the stage, for example, from the balcony of the 4th tier.

The Italian police removed a picture from the bank’s vault to Lugano, which is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The law enforcement agencies of Italy and Switzerland reached the portrait of the patroness of the artists of the Renaissance of Isabella Dʼest in 2013, when they were preparing to sell the picture. In 2013, Carlo Pedretti, art historian and one of the largest specialists in Leonardo's work, attributed the work to the Italian master.

been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine . A draft law on criminal liability "for public denial or justification of the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in 2014-2015" has The bill provides for punishment from a fine to imprisonment for up to 3 years. Punishment for officials, as well as in case of repeated violation of the law, is imprisonment for a term of 3 to 5 years.

A five-paragraph summary of the most critical Russian-Ukranian trial Photo: Mikhail Pochuyev / TASS / Vida Press On February 10, the Basmanny District Court in Moscow has prolonged the detention of Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko, who is accused of involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists in Ukraine. She turned up in Russia in unclear circumstances. Now she is on the 60th day of her protest hunger strike.

In the Tama Zoo, on the outskirts of Tokyo, exercises were held in case of the escape of the snow leopard. The animal portrayed a man in a plush suit, and employees - 70 people - worked out the actions that they need to be taken during an emergency. “Leopard” during the exercise attacked one of the employees (he was assisted), and then he was strewn with a gun and a dart with sleeping pills.

The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine denied the information that Kyiv turned to Russia with a request to restructure the debt of 3 billion dollars. The fact that Ukraine asked to restructure the debt was previously announced by the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov. At the same time, he noted that Russia is not ready to grant a deferral of payments. “There was no such appeal regarding the restructuring.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposed to abandon the indexation of social payments and salaries of public sector employees in 2015. As Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said, such a decision would make it possible to “ease the budget of the current and subsequent years.” He noted that the Ministry of Finance’s proposal was not discussed in the government. Siluanov also stated the need to further reduce budget expenditures.

US President Barack Obama released an official statement in connection with the death of the American hostage of the Islamic State, Kayla Mueller. The militants announced her death on February 6, but the information was not officially confirmed then. Barack Obama expressed his condolences to the Mueller family and also assured that the United States, no matter how long it takes, will find and bring to justice the terrorists responsible for the death of Kayla Mueller.

Hackers hacked the microblog of Newsweek magazine, which signed more than 2.5 million people. They replaced the avatar and a background image of the profile, placing the head of a person in a Muslim scarf on them, as well as the inscriptions “Cybercaliphate” (“Cyberhalifate”) and “Je Suis is” (formed from the slogan “Je Suis Charlie” and the abbreviation ISIS).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the government for permission to open a Duty free shop in Moscow. In it, they believe in the Foreign Ministry, foreign diplomats and their families will be able to make purchases. The letter to the government about the Duty free store was signed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Vesti.ru reports that the Ministry of Economic Development has already begun to work out the corresponding request.

The head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov said that Twitter "consistently does not comply with the requirements of Russian legislation, including those aimed at countering extremism." Zharov referred to the company's official report , according to which Twitter received 108 requests from the Russian authorities to disclose users' personal data in the second half of 2014. None of them were satisfied.

Ukraine has turned to Russia with a request to restructure the debt, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. However, Russia, the Minister of Finance stressed, is interested in the return of foreign currency invested in Ukrainian Eurobonds, and is not ready for installment or deferral of repayment of these obligations. Negotiations with the Ukrainian side on debt restructuring, said the head of the Russian Finance Ministry, took place in January 2015.