On February 3, the “Both two” group releases a new EP “Boy”, consisting of four songs. "Medusa" represents the premiere of the mini-album of one of the most important Russian groups. “Boy” - only four songs of the updated version of the group “Both two”. The main driving force of the team, vocalist Katya Pavlova, writes ornate texts and corresponding melodies.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from the University of California at Berkeley, where protesters disrupted a lecture by his supporter, Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, on Feb. 1. “If Berkeley interferes with free speech and commits violence against innocent people with a different point of view, no federal money?” the US President tweeted.

Businessman Igor Rotenberg acquired a 46 percent stake in the Tula Cartridge Plant. The former owner of the package, Alexei Solovov, was given a suspended sentence for fraud in 2016, RBC writes, citing court materials. Rotenberg became a shareholder on January 20. A few days later, the company's general director was replaced - Mikhail Nosov's place was taken by his deputy Alexander Mitrofanov. The Tula Cartridge Plant supplies cartridges to the domestic and foreign markets.

The Office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region opened a criminal case of hooliganism against a 16-year-old resident of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, who danced near the monument to the fallen participants in the Great Patriotic War.

As Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Officerov again in the Kirovles case were interrogated. Report "Medusa" Photo: Alexander Miridonov / Kommersant A second consideration of the case of Kirovles’s case is oppositionist Alexei Navalny and entrepreneur Peter Officer ends. The Leninsky District Court of Kirov refused the defense to the call and interrogation of all witnesses.

Zenit Football Club has announced the appointment of a new team captain. They became striker Artem Dzyuba, who joined the team in 2015 from Spartak Moscow. In the championships of Russia, Artem Dziuba played 44 matches for Zenit, in which he scored 23 goals and gave 13 assists. Different football clubs have different rules for appointing a captain.

English teacher Barry White Jr. has developed personalized greetings for his students. Children line up at the entrance to the classroom, and the teacher greets each in his own way. White Jr. teaches in the fifth grade at a school located in Charlotte, North Carolina. According to him, not only his students, but also children from parallel classes got involved in the game. And now the third graders want their greetings.

The US Treasury has allowed American companies to interact with the FSB, which is necessary to obtain licenses and permits for the export of a number of technological products to the Russian Federation. The FSB fee for licenses and permits can be no more than five thousand dollars a year. The Ministry of Finance stressed that the decree does not allow the supply of the FSB itself, as well as to the territory of Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the aggravation of the conflict in the Donbass was caused by the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to improve relations with the administration of the new US president. “They need to improve relations with the current administration, and also through conflict – it’s always better, always more convenient, easier to drag the new administration into solving Ukrainian problems and thus establish some kind of dialogue,” the Russian president said.

The singer became the champion of Instagram and seems to have hinted at the gender of the children Beyonce unexpectedly announced on February 1 that she was pregnant: she posted a corresponding photo on Instagram and noted that she was expecting twins. The singer's pregnancy is one of the most discussed topics in social networks and the media: everyone is trying to guess the gender of the children and reflecting on Beyoncé's creative plans.

13 generals were dismissed from service in the Ministry of Emergency Situations as part of the “development of the management structure” of the department, including the enlargement of its regional centers. This is stated in . the press service of the department In particular, as part of the enlargement of the Siberian, Central and Southern regional centers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the heads of the Far Eastern, Ural, Volga and North Caucasian centers were dismissed.

Residents of Avdeevka and Donetsk about the situation in their cities after the resumption of shooting Photo: Evgeny Skolletka / AP / Scanpix / Leta Ukrainian tanks in Avdeevka, February 1, 2017 In eastern Ukraine, shelling on the lines between the northern and southern regions of Donetsk (controlled by pro -Russian separatists) and located about three kilometers from the city of Avdeevka (controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine) has been continuing for several days.

Director Alexei Uchitel said that he would send a statement to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation regarding State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya, who demanded to check his upcoming film "Matilda". “In the near future we will send two statements to the Prosecutor General’s Office, one will concern Poklonskaya personally, the second - people who send letters to cinemas urging them to refuse to rent my film,” TASS quotes the Teacher.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma, according to which a meeting of a deputy of any level (from the municipal to the State Duma) with voters should be held in accordance with the law on mass events. The document was introduced by the deputy from the "United Russia" Irina Belykh.

TV journalist and coordinator of the Open Russia movement Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., who was hospitalized on February 2 with symptoms of poisoning, is in critical condition. His lawyer Vadim Prokhorov wrote about this on Facebook. According to him, "the reasons for the onset of a critical condition are not clear to physicians." “At present, Volodya is not conscious. Multiple organ failure set in.