In the Tula region, a car of journalists from the Investigation Management Center was blocked on the road near the Zubr hunting farm. The Center was filming a story about this farm due to complaints from local residents that Zubr was illegally taking away their land. The road to the journalists was blocked by two black SUVs with Zubr symbols, which were parked with their hazard lights on, writes Mediazona. Their drivers claim that they had been in an accident and were waiting for the police.

Opposition leader Aleksey Navalny said that on February 17, his lawyer was returned his mobile phone, seized from him on January 28 after his arrest. This happened the day after Navalny demanded that a theft case be filed against the police. He said that the phone and SIM card were listed as material evidence in the administrative case, but they were not among the material evidence. An interesting detail: the police seized the device, she also packed it in an envelope "Police".

Hysteria!!! I can't stop laughing! Everyone to the polls! After this video I'll definitely go :-) Published by Alexander Kazakov on February 16, 2018 A viral video calling for people to vote went viral on Russian social networks on February 16-17. The hero of the video first argues with his wife, who wants to vote, forbids her to set an alarm clock and ridicules her desire to participate in the life of the country.

Russian hockey players defeated the US team with a score of 4:0 in the last group stage match at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Nikolai Prokhorkin and Ilya Kovalchuk scored two goals each. The Russian team took first place in the group and advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament. The Russian national ice hockey team is considered one of the favorites for the 2018 Olympics.

In Kyiv, activists of the nationalist organization "C14" broke into the building of the Russian Center for Science and Culture (Rossotrudnichestvo). Judging by the videos published by the activists, they scribbled the walls of the building, including with anti-Russian inscriptions, tore and burned the Russian flag. They also argued for half an hour with the head of the representative office, Konstantin Solovyov, insulting him.

On the morning of February 17, 1988, the 27-year-old poet and musician Alexander Bashlachev fell out of the window of the Leningrad apartment-and crashed to death. There are few songs and notes left from Bashlachev, however, his influence on the Russian-speaking rock music is exclusively: the native of the Cherepovets managed to instill in the frantic energy of Rock-Rolla to Russian roots, found the source of drive in fairy tales, his were, and prayers-and created his own poetic language.

What managed to find out about the Russians accused of intervention in the US presidential election Photoxpress Evgeny Prigozhin, August 9, 2016 On February 16, the US Ministry of Justice accused 13 citizens of Russia of interfering in the 2016 presidential election. Among the accused is businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, general director of the “Internet Research Agency”, which is more often called the “Troll Factory”.

The first feature film about the writer was shown in Berlin Saga Films At the Berlin Film Festival, the world premiere of the painting by Alexei German Jr. Dovlatov, the first feature film about the Soviet writer, took place.

The cause of death of a three-year-old girl in a kindergarten in New Moscow, according to preliminary data, was “cardiac dysfunction”. This was reported by the Investigative Committee. “There were no signs of hypothermia, internal or external injuries in the child,” the UK said. The Investigative Committee also did not find confirmation of the information that the child had been outside for a long time without supervision.

Slovak biathlete Anastasia Kuzmina, who previously competed for Russia, won the gold medal in the Pyeongchang Olympics in the mass start. Belarusian athlete Darya Domracheva, who won the gold medal in 2014, came in second. The third for the second Games in a row was Tiril Eckhoff from Norway. Russian Tatyana Akimova came to the finish line last. For Anastasia Kuzmina, this is the third medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics and the third Olympic gold in her career.

The American distributor of The Death of Stalin, which will premiere in the United States on March 9, released a poster for the film this week. As noted by The Wrap, it does not include actor Jeffrey Tambor, who was fired from the series Transparent on February 15 due to allegations of harassment. Geoffrey Tambor played the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Georgy Malenkov in the film.

The young Moscow rock band Pasosh released a video for the song “Today” with its third plate “Each time the most important time”, published in mid-September 2017. The new video of the Hedliners of the Pain festival was shot in the studio on a pink background (the same color and cover of the last album): the trio plays surrounded by boxes, cans with paint and flowers.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. "He is not your friend." Severe winter release Galya Timchenko, Katya Krongauz and Lika Kremer answer a new portion of students' life questions: - Do I need to argue with people who allow themselves chauvinistic statements? ( 1:11 ) - How to deal with your own xenophobia? ( 12:40 ) - How to communicate with loved ones who treat you inattentive?

Russian skiers won a bronze medal in the relay at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. The Russian team included Natalya Nepryaeva, Yulia Belorukova, Anastasia Sedova and Anna Nechaevskaya. Athletes from Norway won the relay, the second place was taken by the Swedish team. The last time Russian skiers received medals in the relay at the Olympics was in 2006 - it was gold at the Games in Turin.

Saluable questions about post Alexander Ryumin / TASS / Vida Press lunch in the refectory of the male monastery in the Ryazan region during Great Lent On February 19, the Orthodox begins a great post, which will last until April 7th. In modern Russia, it is difficult not to notice this period: in almost every cafe, a lean menu appears, and in some stores - whole lean departments.