More than 2,000 people attended a rally in Moscow commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Soviet Army. The rally, organized by the Communist Party (KPRF), also boasted several colorful installations, including a mock ballistic missile.

The head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for the Donetsk region, Vyacheslav Abroskin, announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in Mariupol. According to him, on the evening of February 23, a police rapid response group stopped a car in the city to check documents. They opened fire on the policemen: three people were seriously injured, one of them died in the hospital. One criminal was killed by return fire, the second managed to escape.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called "complete nonsense" reports of the involvement of his adviser Vladislav Surkov in the murders of Maidan participants in February 2014. Putin stated this in an interview with Vladimir Solovyov on the air of the Russia 24 channel. “Sometimes I’m just a little surprised by the public statements of the Ukrainian leadership, for example, that employees of our administration took part in the tragic events on the Maidan a year ago.

Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said that the Oscar is not "a unit of measure for the talent of filmmakers", and called the category "Best Foreign Language Film" strange. Thus, he commented on the awards ceremony of the American Film Academy. “Andrei Zvyagintsev is a talented artist representing a strong Russian school, and only the viewer and time put the true assessment of his paintings.

Meduza reports from the ‘Anti-Maidan’ march in Moscow Фото: Evgeny Feldman / Novaya gazeta According to police, roughly 35,000 people in downtown Moscow took part in a mass demonstration on Saturday, February 21, put together by the so-called Anti-Maidan movement.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy announced today that it is now recruiting an “information-army.” Anyone wishing to serve is invited to register on a special website, which then sends them weekly assignments by email. In late January, Ukraine’s Minister of Information Policy, Yuriy Stets, promised to create an “information-army” to fight Russian propaganda. “We need to bring people together who are influential in social media and have large audiences who listen to them.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat helped apprehend a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed a passerby at an intersection. Barkat said he was driving to work when his driver and security noticed something suspicious. The mayor with bodyguards got out of the car and saw a terrorist with a knife. The guard pointed a gun at the Palestinian, who threw a knife, after which the mayor helped to knock him to the ground. The whole incident was filmed by a CCTV camera.

Maria Golovnina, a Russian journalist who headed the Reuters bureau in Pakistan and Afghanistan, died in Islamabad. An official Reuters statement said that Golovnina collapsed in the office and was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save her life. According to the Pakistani edition of Dawn, Golovnina went to the toilet and did not leave it for a long time. Colleagues found her lying on the floor. The cause of the journalist's death has not been established.

The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will be brought before the tribunal. “We promised him a Crimean tribunal and believe me, he will. We will bring it here and we will judge,” said Aksyonov. Thus, he responded to Poroshenko's promise to return Crimea to Ukraine.

The head of the Moscow branch of the Party of Progress, Nikolai Lyaskin, filed an application with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a demand to open a case against the Reedus publication, which, in his opinion, published "knowingly false information." We are talking about an article that says that Lyaskin asked the leadership of Ukraine to send people to Moscow to organize the opposition march "Spring".

British parliamentarian Jack Straw, who previously served as the country's foreign minister, spoke about his involvement in lobbying for the interests of a private company, ED&F Man, which worked in Ukraine. Stroh said he met with then Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in 2011 and “charmed and threatened” persuaded him to repeal the law, which prevented the company from operating on the Ukrainian market.

The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine has announced recruitment to the information troops. Everyone is invited to register on a special website and receive daily assignments by e-mail. In a year, we managed to create a powerful military army that bravely defends us in the territory of Donbass. And now it's time to repulse the Russian occupiers on the information front (Ukrainian).

The National Bank of Ukraine has banned the issuance of loans in hryvnia for the purchase of foreign currency. Thus, it is expected to contain the growth of the dollar and euro. Another administrative measure is the restriction of prepayment under import contracts. It will be possible to purchase no more than 50 thousand dollars freely for these purposes. Applications up to 500 thousand dollars are going to check the National Bank.

What happens in Kharkov after the attack. Report "Medusa" Reuters / Scanpix On February 22, in Kharkov, during the Euromaidan campaign dedicated to the memory of Heavenly Hundred and the flight of Viktor Yanukovych from the country, an explosion occurred. Three people were killed, 15 were injured, ten people are in hospitals. Kharkov journalist Anna Zhurba found out what is happening in the city.

Image: Dark Horse Playboy magazine published the first six pages of the Boytsian Club 2 comic book - continuing the first part of Chuck Palanik. In the continuation of the “fighting club”, Palanik talks about an unnamed storyteller who now calls himself Sebastian and lives with Marla, who has become his wife. Image: Dark Horse Palanik himself spoke about the continuation of the Fight Club in 2013. Then it became known that on the basis of the story of the writer, a comic book will be drawn.