LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has filed a lawsuit against the former head of the Financial Times Moscow bureau Charles Clover over a mention in his book of Zhirinovsky's ties to the USSR KGB. This was reported to TASS by the Ostankino Court of Moscow. We are talking about Clover's book "Black Wind, White Snow. New Dawn of the National Idea", which was published in Russian in 2018.

How a rural preschool teacher became the star of Ukrainian rap alyona alyona In October of 2018, the rapper Alyona Alyona posted a nine-minute video on YouTube. The satirical clip, entitled “ Ribki 2 ” (“Fishies 2”), begins as a parody of a rural children’s television show but quickly merges into a burst of impressively energetic, lightning-fast Ukrainian rap. The video went viral, and Alyona Alyona has published four equally popular music videos since.

The editor-in-chief of the Ura.ru news agency, Ivan Nekrasov, denied accusations of creating fake news, which were brought against the publication in the State Duma because of a note about a ban on buying a car without a garage. “We do not agree that Ura.ru is fake news. We write about socially significant information.

Adam Delimkhanov, a deputy in Russia’s federal State Duma from the Republic of Chechnya, met with Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Russia Polad Bülbüloğlu after a massive armed attack on the southeast Moscow café Neolit, Vestnik Kavkaza reported. During the Valentine’s Day attack, dozens of men entered the café and began shooting, sparking a physical conflict. No one in the facility was seriously injured.

State Duma deputies from United Russia have developed amendments to the electoral legislation that will prohibit observers from traveling to elections in other regions. United Russia deputy from St. Petersburg Mikhail Romanov stated this to Fontanka. “Now only an observer with permanent registration in the given region where the elections are taking place will be able to monitor the elections, no stray crows,” said Romanov.

The first round of the Aeroflot Open chess tournament was cancelled due to a bomb threat at the Moscow Cosmos Hotel, where the competition is taking place. This was reported to TASS by the executive director of the Russian Chess Federation Mark Glukhovsky. RCF Russian Chess Federation "Aeroflot Open"-2019. The evacuation announcement is heard in the third minute. The tournament was interrupted 45 minutes after it started. Its participants were evacuated. "The round is cancelled.

How ‘the Russian mafia’ came to be Vadim Braidov / Kommersant On February 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill into the State Duma that aims to combat the country’s unofficial criminal hierarchy.

State Duma deputy from Chechnya Adam Delimkhanov held a meeting with Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbul-oglu over the shooting near the Moscow cafe "Neolit", the publication "Vestnik Kavkaza" reports. Initially, a video of the meeting was published on the publication's website, but it was later deleted. The recording is available on journalist Beslan Uspanov's Twitter. Delimkhanov called the fight a provocation aimed at spoiling relations between Chechnya and Azerbaijan.

Five business associations have appealed directly to Russian Federal Investigative Committee Director Alexander Bastrykin, asking him to transfer American investment manager Michael Calvey from pretrial detention to house arrest, according to the magazine RBC . Calvey, the founder of the Baring Vostok investment firm, was detained last week and formally arrested over the weekend.

Five business associations have appealed to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, with a request to change the measure of restraint for the founder of the Baring Vostok investment fund, Michael Calvey. They are asking to transfer him to house arrest, RBC reports. “We signed a letter addressed to Bastrykin, where we ask to change the measure of restraint and release the man on bail,” said Alexis Rodzianko, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (AmCham).

The trial of lawyer Mikhail Benyash has begun in the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. According to investigators , on September 9, 2018, at a rally against pension reform, Benyash was approached by two police officers who said that the lawyer should go with them to draw up an administrative protocol on calls for participation in an uncoordinated action.

Roman Demyanenko / TASS A post on the leak of personal data of the Alfa-Bank client’s personal data appeared on the Pikabu website a few days ago. The user under the nickname Telkakotova said that her boyfriend Maxim ordered a credit card in the “Big Red Bank” (that it was Alfa-Bank, Telkakotova wrote in the comments). The courier brought the card to his work and photographed him with a passport.

Christophe ENA / AP / Scanpix / Leta The French fencing Federation recognized the battles on light swords from Star Wars by an official sport. As a weapon, polycarbonate copies of swords and Jedi swords are used. As in the films of George Lucas, they glow and publish a characteristic buzzing when blows. Time The rules are: participants fight inside the circle outlined on the floor.

Updated . As a result of the avalanche, four people were injured, said police in the Swiss canton of Valais . There may still be people under the snow blockages, so the search continues. An avalanche hit the ski resort of Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps, injuring 10 to 12 people. This is reported by the local edition of RTS Info. Officially, information on the number of people under the avalanche has not been confirmed.

In February, one could observe the largest moon in 2019. During the so -called super moon , the satellite and land shared only 356.7 thousand kilometers. The moon also shone much brighter than usual. Andrew McCarthy The astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy decided to take a picture of superlines in super -high resolution. McCarthy shot about 50 thousand photographs in California - of which he collected one picture of the moon with a resolution of 81 megapixel. And this is a lot!