Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin closed public access to his Twitter account . The page says that "only approved users" can see his tweets. In addition, Rogozin's Facebook page was unavailable for some time . Journalist Alexei Kovalev drew attention to this.

Olivier Douliery / AFP / Scanpix / Leta on the third anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov in Washington, street signs of Boris-German Plaza appeared : in memory of Russian politics, they called the Visconsin-Avenue section opposite the Russian Embassy. According to the city council of Washington, this will become "a memorial in honor of Boris Nemtsov, who will not be possible to remove."

Ekaterina Kotrikadze, deputy editor-in-chief of the RTVI TV channel, said that seven years ago she was harassed by State Duma deputy Leonid Slutsky. According to Kotrikadze, at that moment she was an employee of Georgian television and came to Moscow. She contacted Slutsky to interview him, and he invited her to his office to discuss the details.

In Kazan, as a result of a shootout, which was started in a residential building by a local resident, two people were killed and two were injured. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source. “In addition to the employee of the National Guard, another person died - a civilian,” he said. This may be about the "alleged accomplice" of the shooter; on his death The Investigative Committee reported . Under what circumstances he died is not specified.

In Kazan, on Avangardnaya Street, a man opened fire from a hunting rifle in a residential building. According to Realnoe Vremya, a special forces officer was killed during the shootout. The Interior Ministry confirmed this information. Two more people, including a policeman, were injured. “The shooter blocked himself in the apartment, firing to kill passers-by from the window,” an Interfax source reports . The operation to apprehend the perpetrator continues.

In Washington, near the Russian Embassy on February 27, a ceremony was held to rename a fragment of Wisconsin Avenue to Boris Nemtsov Plaza. The ceremony was timed to coincide with the third anniversary of the death of Boris Nemtsov. The Washington City Council decided to name the 2600 block of Wisconsin Avenue, opposite the Russian Embassy, ​​after Boris Nemtsov. The decision was made at the beginning of 2018 and entered into force on February 27, the anniversary of the politician's death.

The Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War will not be shown in Russian cinemas on May 9. This was a condition for returning the premiere date in Russia from May 11 to May 3, Kommersant and Vedomosti report, citing sources.

In St. Petersburg, a court arrested Andrei Pivovarov, coordinator of Open Russia, for 25 days for repeated violations of the rules for holding rallies. As writes , the case is related to a rally in support of the Strike of Voters, which took place on January 28. MBKh-Media in St.

In Krasnodar on February 27, the police detained Yana Antonova, coordinator of Open Russia, who was holding a one-man picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov with a poster "Heroes do not die." According to lawyer Mikhail Benyash, they decided to draw up a report on violation of the procedure for holding the rally (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Recall that the activists planned to hold a picket in memory of Nemtsov in Chistyakovskaya Grove.

A resident of Spain named Marisol tweeted a selfie in the mirror on February 23. But something went wrong: the girl inadvertently created an optical illusion. “Yes, I just combined vertical and horizontal stripes” Twitter cropped photos of Marisol, and users began to think that the girl had unnaturally thin legs. “I thought the white stripe was the distance between your legs,” wrote one of Marisol’s followers.

The most unusual devices from the MWC 2018 conference On February 26, a major conference of Mobile World Congress (MWC) was opened in Barcelona, ​​where mobile devices manufacturers represent their new products. Medusa talks about the most noticeable MWC devices. If you are too lazy to read, watch the video Most interesting with MWC 2018 In Barcelona, ​​the MWC 2018 conference opened, at which manufacturers of mobile devices show their achievements.

An employee of the Moscow headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Konstantin Saltykov, became a defendant in a criminal case on the use of violence against government officials. This was reported to Interfax by the coordinator of the human rights direction of Open Russia, Polina Nemirovskaya. He has been charged.

February 27. Report from the Chelyabinsk boarding school where children were raped In mid-February, the Chelyabinsk edition 74.ru published an article on the rape of children in the Lazurnensk correctional boarding school. The Medusa correspondent Yevgeny Berg went to the Chelyabinsk region and talked with the adoptive mothers of the victims .

Anna Isakova / TASS / Vida Press On February 26, journalists reporting at the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) asked the legislature’s leaders to discuss the behavior of Leonid Slutsky, the head of the Duma’s international affairs committee who faces allegations that he has sexual harassed multiple women reporters. Journalists are pressing to raise the matter before an ethics commission.

The problem of harassment has been actively discussed in recent days due to accusations against the deputy from the LDPR Leonid Slutsky, against whom three journalists opposed anonymity. On February 27, the head of the State Duma committee on family, women and children Tamara Pletnev expressed her opinion on harassment. Photo in the announcement: Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / Vida Press