The bitcoin rate fell below seven thousand dollars on February 5, according to data from the CoinDesk service, which tracks the cost of cryptocurrency on various exchanges. On the morning of February 5, the bitcoin exchange rate exceeded eight thousand dollars. By 23:00 Moscow time, the price of the cryptocurrency dropped to a daily low of $6,587. By midnight the exchange rate rose slightly again; at 00:13 Moscow time it was $6,971.

Russian pilot shot down in Syria holds off insurgents before blowing himself up with a grenade Abdalla Saad / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Wreckage from the Su-25 shot down in eastern Idlib in Syria, February 3, 2018 On February 3, for the first time in Russia’s military campaign in Syria, Moscow lost a Su-25 ground-attack aircraft.

The opening ceremony of the Games in Pyeongchang will be attended by 70-75 people from the Olympic Athletes from Russia team. This is reported by the website of the ROC "Team of Russia".

The acting head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasiliev, dismissed the government of the republic and appointed an interim prime minister. They became Anatoly Karibov, who previously worked as interim first deputy prime minister of Dagestan, Interfax reports with reference to the government and administration of the head of the republic.

Update . The former president of the Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayum, who ruled the country from 1978 to 2008, has been arrested, Reuters reports citing a spokesman for Gayoom. Maldivian President Abdullah Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency in the country on February 5, Reuters reported, citing Justice Minister Azima Shakur.

The court of the city of Goryachiy Klyuch in the Krasnodar Territory twice arrested pensioner Raisa Pogodaeva for a video with a swastika. It is reported by OVD-Info with reference to Pogodaeva herself. Pogodaeva, 50, reposted on her VKontakte page a video by Krasnodar blogger Leonid Kudinov showing several swastika collages. In October 2017, the court found the pensioner guilty of publicly displaying Nazi symbols. The woman was arrested for 10 days, reported the Caucasian Knot .

Volgograd journalists recount how cops herded them into police vans, so they couldn’t film a crackdown on protesters Alexey Volkhonsky / V1.ru-Volgograd On January 28, opposition politician Alexey Navalny organized rallies in dozens of cities across Russia to promote a “voters’ boycott” on March 18, when the country holds its next presidential election. In many places, the demonstrations didn’t have permits from the local authorities, and law enforcement detained a few hundred people in total.

Wikimedia Commons John William Waterhouse, Gilas and Nymphs, 1896 The Manchester art gallery for a week removed from the exposition a picture of Pre -Raphaelite John William Waterhouse “Gilas and Nymphs” to talk with visitors about how to demonstrate a naked female body in museums in the 21st century. In response, visitors and art historians accused the gallery of censoring art.

The Moscow City Court declared illegal the decision of the Simonovsky District Court on the administrative arrest of the lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) Alexander Pomazuev. Pomazuev was previously sentenced to 10 days of arrest for disobedience to a police officer. He was detained at the FBK office on January 28, the day when supporters of Alexei Navalny held rallies under the slogan of boycotting the presidential election. Before considering the complaint, the lawyer served 8 days.

The Yapeev police department in Kazan refused to initiate a criminal libel case because of the word “thieves” trampled on the walls of the Kazan Kremlin before the arrival of Vladimir Putin. This is reported by the publication "Moskovsky Komsomolets". The police officers handed over the decision to refuse to open a case to the prosecutor's office. There they will make the final decision on whether to initiate a case, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets.

Intel came up with a prototype of “smart glasses” called Vaunt, which are able to project the image directly onto the retina. Unlike Google Glass, they look like the most ordinary glasses, weigh a little more than a conventional frame, and allow the use of glasses with diopters. The Verge managed to test Vaunt. Intel glasses are difficult to distinguish from ordinary ones - except that their arches are a little thicker.

After a wide public campaign, a hematologist was released from a pre-trial detention center. Report "Medusa" Sergey Savostyanov / TASS Hematologist Elena Misyurina in the Moscow City Court, February 5, 2018 On February 5, the Moscow City Court released a hematologist Elena Misurin from a pre-trial detention center on a recognizance not to leave.

Former U.S. gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar received another sentence of 40 to 125 years for sexual abuse on February 5, Reuters reports. Nassar was found guilty of three counts of sexually assaulting girls at the Twistars gymnastics club in Eaton County, Michigan, The Washington Post reports (the publication does not specify how old his victims were). Nassar pleaded guilty, CNN reports .

February 5. Elena Misyurina - at large, the leadership of Dagestan - under arrest Main In Dagestan, they are detained and. O. Prime Minister of the Republic Abdusamad Hamidov, two of his deputies and former Minister of Education. They are suspected of embezzlement of budget money. During the search, Gamidov found a gold pistol and two machine guns. Hematologist Elena Misurin, sentenced to two years in a colony for the death of the patient, was released from the pre-trial detention center .

Artis / Vimeo On February 1, the Israeli edition of Mako published an investigation about the former teacher of the Telma Yelin art school from the city of Givataim, which is not far from Tel Aviv. The article said that the teacher of the educational institution, known in the local environment, artist Boaz Arad met with graduates of the school, and in one case maintained relations with a 16-year-old schoolgirl, who told reporters about this.