The Presnensky Court of Moscow sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to administrative arrest for 15 days. This means that if the court's decision is not changed, the activist will not be able to participate in the opposition rally scheduled for March 1. Navalny was accused of repeatedly violating the rules for holding rallies (clause 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

Shot: Cut Video / YouTube The American project Cut Video prepared a video of the evolution of beauty in Iran: makeup artists gradually changed the appearance of a model named Sabrin, showing how Iranian women looked in different years. The video shows the transformation from the 1910s to the 2010s. Cut Video 100 years of beauty - Episode 3: Iran (Sabrina) This video is the third in the series “ 100 years of beauty ”.

The Russian presidential administration explained that Igor Sechin's son Ivan was awarded a medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland for his participation in the drilling project in the Arctic, thanks to which the Pobeda field was discovered. Energy Minister Alexander Novak applied to award Sechin Jr., according to a response from the Kremlin received by deputy Valery Rashkin. The answer came on the award of Sechin Jr. Information on the question posed there is a little less than none.

Debaltseve was taken by former Russian contractors: Kommersant Photo: BAZ RATner / Reuters / Scanpix The war continues in Ukraine. The other day, the forces of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic completed the storm of Debaltseve - an important transport hub. The Ukrainian army retreated; The authorities assure that this was a planned retreat, although the Ukrainian soldiers themselves say that the departure was random.

Ukrainian soldiers told The Wall Street Journal about the retreat from Debaltseve Photo: Anatoly Stepanov / AFP / Scanpix On February 18, the Ukrainian army retreated from Debaltseve - a city in the Donetsk region, where since the beginning of January the most fierce battles in the Donbass continued. According to the Ukrainian command, the troops were withdrawn by organizedly and in accordance with a certain plan.

Photo: Vadim Trunov The Russian photographer Vadim Trunov photographed the protein who arranged a “photo shoot” with a snowball. The frame also got the way the proteins play the “volleyball” with a bump and “sculpt” the snowman. Photo: Vadim Trunov Photo: Vadim Trunov Photo: Vadim Trunov Photo: Vadim Trunov Photo: Vadim Trunov

Naftogaz has begun delivering gas to Donbass, Andriy Kobolev, chairman of the board of the company, announced. The head of Naftogaz also said that Gazprom, by supplying gas to Donbass, is violating the agreement. According to Kobolev, Naftogaz will not pay for gas supplied to territories not controlled by Kiev, since it is impossible to estimate the amount of gas supplied.

Illustration: Sophie Naydenova / "Laddy, you are a transformer" The author of the publication “Batenka, you are a transformer” Sasha Nelyuba made an overview of cases of allotriophagy - hobbies of people eating inedible objects. Often, people can not even explain how kilograms of nails, coins, scrapers and other metal products are in their stomach (and not only them-the Iraqets Abbas from Ed-Din, invisibly swallowed five dozens of lighters).

Ukrainian citizen Nadezhda Savchenko, who is on a hunger strike in a Russian pre-trial detention center, refused glucose injections. According to her lawyer Nikolai Polozov, her veins are inflamed from constant injections, so it is no longer possible to put a drip. According to Polozov, Savchenko demanded to convene an international council of doctors.

DPR and LPR began to receive Russian gas. This was announced by the head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky. Under what conditions the deliveries are carried out is unknown. “At 16:25 - 16:45, the procedure for switching the gas supply was carried out. Gas is currently supplied to the territory of the republic,” Plotnitsky said. TASS On the evening of February 18, the DPR and LPR stopped receiving gas from the Ukrainian gas transmission system.

Lawyers for the head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, accused The New York Times of violating professional standards and ethics. They put forward their claims at a meeting of the Presnensky Court of Moscow on a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity, which was filed for publication. According to the applicants, in nine cases the sources used in the article that gave rise to the claim were not credible.

US State Department spokesman Jen Psaki will resign. In April, she will start a new job - the White House. Psaki will become director of communications for the administration of President Barack Obama. Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul joked about Psaki's appointment: "I think the Kremlin trolls will get you there too." According to the AP, Jen Psaki warned Obama that she would have a baby in July.

The Russian Ministry of Finance proposed not to take into account in the budget for 2015 the income from the privatization of the state-owned stake in Rosneft, for which it is planned to raise about 100 billion rubles. This is stated in the draft amendments to the budget, which the Ministry of Finance submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers, two sources in the government told RBC.

The general director of Ekho Moskvy, Mikhail Demin, said that the radio station would sue Ekho Peterburga. To begin with, Demin promised to audit the St. Petersburg edition in order to assess the losses. For how long the broadcasting of the radio station in St. Petersburg will be suspended, the top manager did not say. “We see no opportunity for ourselves to continue working with Messrs. Kaglyak and Nedovodin.

The city council in Vladivostok has abolished direct mayoral elections. According to new amendments to the city’s charter, passed on February 19, Vladivostok’s city councilmen will choose the next mayor from among their own ranks by secret ballot. The mayor will also serve as the city council’s speaker. Lawmakers also created a “city manager” post, an appointed position with several mayor-like duties.