The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) left Russia's credit rating at BB+ with a negative outlook. The agency justified its decision by the deterioration of its own forecasts for oil prices in 2016-2019, RBC reports. According to Reuters, due to falling oil prices, S&P downgraded the ratings of other oil-producing countries, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Brazil and Kazakhstan.

An explosion occurred near the building of the Turkish cultural center in Stockholm, Aftonbladet reports. The blast wave blew out all the windows in the building. According to police, no one was injured as a result of the incident. The police also said that there were no people in the building at the time of the explosion, Reuters reports . According to Aftonbladet, eyewitnesses saw a man throwing an object towards the building.

The UN has delivered vital supplies to five Syrian cities under siege by government forces. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the representative of the organization, Yacoub El-Hillo. Supplies include water, food, medical supplies, vaccines and hygiene items. According to the UN representative, the assistance is intended for 93 thousand people, AFP reports .

The explosion in the center of Ankara killed 28 people and injured 61 others. This is reported by the Associated Press with reference to Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus. After the attack, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled a visit to Azerbaijan scheduled for Thursday. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu canceled a trip to Brussels to discuss the refugee situation with EU officials. On the evening of February 17, an explosion occurred in the center of Ankara.

Rosneft President Igor Sechin and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller proposed amending the law on public procurement, obliging companies to publish information about the terms of planned contracts. A copy of their letter addressed to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was at the disposal of RBC.

In Iraq, in November 2015, a container with radioactive material iridium-192 was stolen. This is reported by Reuters, citing a document from the Iraqi Ministry of the Environment. The case contained up to 10 grams of the substance, a source in the department told the agency. The sample belonged to the Turkish division of the company SGS, which deals with the examination and certification, and was stored in Basra in the warehouse of Weatherford, an oil and gas equipment supplier.

The victims of the explosion in the center of Ankara were 18 people, another 45 were injured. These data were provided by the city authorities. The terrorists blew up a car bomb next to the buses carrying the servicemen. The Turkish Armed Forces General Staff reported that the bomb went off when the buses stopped at a traffic light. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosion.

In Lugansk, the children's magazine "Polish Man" was published. The first issue of the magazine tells about the Great Pig, a greedy rabbit and the ugly Turchin. At the direction of fasciston, they should sow dill in their country, which takes joy from people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Natalia Zhdanova, chairman of the local legislative assembly, as acting governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory. This was announced by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov. As Dmitry Peskov later explained, the Trans-Baikal Territory, like Karelia, whose governor was reprimanded, is inefficiently implementing regional programs for the resettlement of citizens from dilapidated housing stock, for which federal subsidies are allocated.

The Turkish Television and Radio Broadcasting Council has banned the dissemination of unofficial information about the explosion in Ankara. The media are only allowed to broadcast statements by officials. The explosion in Ankara occurred on the evening of 17 February. According to city officials, five people were killed and 10 were injured. The victims of the attack were the military, who were on the bus.

The prosecutor tried to get a job at the anti -corruption bureau - for a bribe! Photo in the announcement: Vladislav Sodel/Kommersant

In Ankara, an explosion occurred next to one of the buildings of the Turkish Ministry of Defense. City officials reported that at least five people died and 10 were injured. A car bomb is believed to have exploded. According to various reports, the victims of the explosion were servicemen who were in two buses, or soldiers in the barracks. The explosion occurred in the center of Ankara, hundreds of meters from the parliament buildings and the residence of the Turkish Prime Minister.

The consequences of a walk in a T -shirt with Putin in the Turkish stadium. Short Photo: Murad Sezer / Reuters / Scanpix Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov after the defeat from Fenerbahce in the 1/16 finals of the European League final shot a T -shirt, under which another - with the image of Vladimir Putin in military uniform. Tarasov was not embarrassed by the fact that the match was held in Istanbul, nor that the rules forbid the players to express a political position on the field.

In Kyiv, the prosecutor of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine was detained, who is suspected of trying to bribe members of the competition commission of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). The suspect expected to get one of the leading positions in the bureau and offered 10 thousand dollars for assistance in the appointment.

Roskomnadzor held the provider responsible for providing access to RuTracker in the VGIK building, where Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was able to connect to the “permanently blocked” torrent tracker. The Roskomnadzor report states that the Yumos Center provider, which provides communication services in the VGIK building, has been in the process of liquidation since the beginning of 2016. According to the department, the company's technical staff have been fired.