The Chief Military Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation filed an appeal against the decision of the Moscow District Military Court, which changed the sentence of the former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Vladimir Chirkin from five years in a strict regime colony to a fine of 90,000 rubles.

What the head of Chechnya told the TV channel "Russia 1" Short: "Russia 1" The Russia 1 TV channel in the program “Special correspondent” showed a report from Chechnya dedicated to the struggle of the Chechen authorities with the “Islamic state” (recognized as terrorist and prohibited in Russia). The main character of the material is the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, who told how he abandoned the best fighters of the Chechen special forces into the rear of ISIS, when there was no ISIS.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the documents on the ownership of the shopping pavilions demolished in the capital "papers obtained by clearly fraudulent means." An entry with these words appeared on the official VKontakte account of the mayor. On the night of February 9, several dozen trade pavilions were demolished in Moscow.

Nestle has terminated its sponsorship contract with the International Athletics Federation due to scandals related to doping and allegations of corruption. It is reported by The Guardian. “We believe that this may adversely affect our reputation and image, and therefore terminate the current contract,” the company said in a statement. Nestle has sponsored the IAAF Kids program since 2012 to develop children's athletics.

The Roskomsvoboda website, which monitors blocking on the Russian Internet, was included in the register of banned sites of Roskomnadzor. The hosting provider of the site received a corresponding notice from the department.

Why Russian police are prosecuting more people for treason Photo: Viacheslav Pales / Fotobank Lori Late last month in Krasnodar, another sentence was handed down under statute 275 of Russia's criminal code: high treason. Air-traffic controller Pyotr Parpulov got 12 years in prison for divulging classified information while abroad. Before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict only three or four cases were tried under this law each year.

The PopCorn Time service, which allows you to watch films and TV shows directly from torrents, again became the hero of the news. This time everyone is discussing the expansion for a browser, working on the same principle - you do not need to download anything in advance, the film is “tightened” in the process of viewing. The copyright holders immediately had new claims, but the developers of expansion are still holding.

United Russia counter-charged the Just Russia party, which demanded that United Russia leader Dmitry Medvedev reduce the tax burden on citizens and called on him to “Do it or leave!” Sergei Neverov, secretary of the General Council of United Russia, said that the leader of A Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, heading the Federation Council, "instead of dealing with the problems of the regions, was solving his own tasks." Neverov did not specify what kind of tasks in question.

NATO defense ministers agreed to strengthen their military presence in Eastern Europe. this stated Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the alliance, . According to him, specific plans for the size and composition of the additional forces will be prepared in the spring of 2016.

Andrey Kozenko recalls the most high -profile cases of a human rights organization Photo: Zurab Javahadze / TASS / Scanpix On Wednesday, February 10, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan at the initiative of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation eliminated the AGOR interregional legal association. This is the first case of forced closure of a human rights organization in Russia.

We explain what happened to the tvitov tape Twitter on February 10 announced an important innovation - an algorithmically formed tweet tape. Contrary to fears, the service of microblogs does not turn into Facebook - it will not forcibly form a tape of posts according to a complex and unknown formula. "Medusa" tells what will change. Twitter now - at will - will show the block of the most important records.

The eighth book in the Harry Potter series will be released on July 31st. This was officially announced by Little, Brown and Company. The book will be titled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It will not be a full-fledged novel, but a play that will be staged in London. The premiere of the performance will take place on July 30. The book will be out the next day. It will be released in both print and electronic form.

Photo: PC Alice Nicholas account on Twitter Spectators of the British television program Crimewatch noticed with surprise that the host of Jason Mohammed as two drops of water is similar to a criminal about which it was.

Meanwhile in Russia, on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Photo: Sergei Savostyanov / TASS / Scanpix Russia's Foreign Ministry is displeased that German police are considering hate-crime charges against a Russian journalist who reported a bogus story about a 13-year-old in Berlin who was allegedly raped by immigrants.

In Cyprus, an employee of the Anti-Corruption Fund, Nikita Kulachenkov, was released. He has been in custody since January 24. He was detained at the request of the Russian authorities, who put him on the international wanted list. Navalny only announced his detention on February 10; before that, FBK followed the recommendations of lawyers who asked not to disclose information.