Photo: Navcam / Rosetta / ESA On Saturday, February 14, the Rosetta probe flew at a minimum distance from the Count of Churumov-Gerasimenko-just 6 kilometers from its surface. In flight, the probe took several photographs that the European Space Agency processed and published on its blog .

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to suspend the accreditation of certain Russian media outlets with the authorities. The list of mass media will be compiled by the Security Service of Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the decision of the Ukrainian deputies.

Oleg goes to the colony, Alexei will be able to travel around the country Photo: Artem Korotaev / TASS / Vida Press On February 17, the Moscow City Court left almost unchanged the verdict to the brothers Alexei and Oleg Navalny in the case of Yves Rocher. Alexey Navalny remained for three and a half years for fraud in the field of entrepreneurial activity and the legalization of funds. Oleg will serve the same term in a general regime colony.

Photo: Artur Resy / EPA / Vostock-Photo The author of the RusCesar blog discovered repeatedly used the same archival photo to illustrate a dozen different news. A photograph of the consequences of a collision of a freight train with a tank, transporting fuel, was made in Polish Bialya on November 8, 2010.

The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, was wounded during the battle near Debaltseve, a TASS source said. RIA Zakharchenko 's assistant told Novosti that he was wounded in the leg. He was hospitalized in a hospital in the city of Alchevsk. According to Interfax, Zakharchenko was wounded by shrapnel. LifeNews reported on a bullet wound.

Meduza’s guide to the world's most beloved Russia experts Photo: Kostis Ntantamis / NurPhoto / Corbis / Vida Press There aren’t many Russian experts known throughout the world, and many of the same voices appear over and over in the international media. None of the people in this group is politically neutral—every one of these individuals has a position of some kind, when it comes to the Kremlin—and most of them are strongly critical of Vladimir Putin.

Frame: GTRK Vainyn / YouTube The GTRK "Vaine" published the "Remember life" video with a call to be more attentive on the roads. The video shows how two motorists get out of their cars a moment before the collision and conduct a dialogue. One driver explains that he went on the road, hoping to “slip”, and asks not to crash into it. His interlocutor replies that because of high speed he will not be able to stop. After that, both drivers get into cars and an accident occurs.

The head of the Nizhneserginsky district of the Sverdlovsk region, Valery Yeremeev, explained the publication of the announcement of the sale of the Kremlin on the official website of the state auction as "sabotage." “Someone penetrated the administration’s website and posted information about the sale on the auction site,” the official told Dozhd. On the morning of February 17, an announcement about the sale of the Moscow Kremlin appeared on the state auction website.

The prosecutor's office appealed to the Lille court with a request to acquit the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the case of pimping. The prosecutor's office filed an appeal to the court after five of the six plaintiffs in the Strauss-Kahn case abandoned their claims, indicating that they could not support them with hard evidence. The trial in Lille is scheduled to end no later than February 20.

An elementary school student at a talent show recently performed a curious new song celebrating Vladimir Putin, with lyrics like “the Euro-West has gone all out, spreading lies and sowing doubt,” and “with Perestroika, came the sleaze when the Iron Curtain got the squeeze.” russian patriot A boy sings “Putin Is So Super”! The jury is mystified! :) Amazing! / Oleg Likhachev Where and under what circumstances this talent show took place remain unclear.

The radio station "Echo of Petersburg" from March 17 will stop broadcasting. This was announced by the editor-in-chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov. According to him, the general director of "Echo of Moscow" Mikhail Demin decided to revoke the license from the St. Petersburg station due to a conflict between shareholders. Venediktov said that the minority shareholders of Echo of Petersburg tried to appoint their general director, Tatiana Kaglyak.

The adventures of the hare of the PC and his imaginary friends: F, p, heating pads and pork chopped with peas.

A Moscow court has upheld the verdict against Alexey and Oleg Navalny, reports Meduza ’s correspondent. The Navalnys’ sentences remain unchanged: Alexey keeps his three-a-half-year suspended sentence, while Oleg will spend as many years in prison. The court did, however, strike down the 500,000-ruble ($8,000) fine against Alexey, while leaving the penalty in place for Oleg.

on the Change.org website has been published A petition against the erection of a monument to Prince Vladimir on Sparrow Hills . The statement is addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

And why nothing came of this: the report of "Medusa" Photo: Maria Kovalskaya / Kommersant On Sunday, February 15, a three -day All -Russian strike of taxi drivers ended. For three days, drivers refused to work with popular amgraduate services-Yandex.Taxi and Gettaxi.