The website builder Tilda has blocked a website created on its platform dedicated to activists convicted in Rostov-on-Don in the case of the "revolution" on November 5, 2017. The creators of the website reported this to MBKh Media.

Update: On Feburary 25, 2020, Konovalov was given a new 10,000-ruble fine in connection with the same incident. The Moscow City Court has reversed a 10,000-ruble ($162) fine instituted against Konstantin Konovalov, who has said he was going on a run in central Moscow on July 27 when police violently arrested him, breaking his leg in the process. A protest was scheduled to take place three hours later; Konovalov claims he was not involved in the protest.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has withdrawn a bill from the national legislature that would have increased the autonomy of individual regions, including breakaway regions in the country’s east. Zelensky introduced the bill into the Verkhovna Rada in mid-December and decided to withdraw it after meeting with legislative leaders from his party, Servant of the People.

Christopher Tolkien, younger son of Lord of the Rings creator John Tolkien, has died. He was 95 years old. Christopher Tolkien was the author of many of the original maps of Middle-earth that illustrated the first editions of The Lord of the Rings in the 1950s. After his father's death, Christopher Tolkien finalized and published his unfinished books The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, Beren and Luthien, and the 12-volume History of Middle-earth.

The HSE administration intends to prohibit students and staff from making public statements, including signing open letters, posing as a student or university employee. According to the student magazine Doxa, such a ban is contained in the new edition of the internal regulations of students. In addition, the university administration intends to stop supporting all student media and ban student organizations from engaging in human rights activities.

The release of Cyberpunk 2077 will be pushed back to September 17th. This was announced by the Polish studio CD Projekt RED, which publishes it. The creators of the game have stressed that it is already complete and theoretically playable, but they would like to take some more time for testing and additional level checking.

A step-by-step guide to Vladimir Putin’s address on the future of the Russian government Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA In his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a radical series of constitutional reforms. His proposals would expand the role of the State Council (which the Russian Constitution in its current form does not mention) as well as those of the parliament and the prime minster.

The Foreign Ministers of Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, Afghanistan and Ukraine - the countries whose citizens were on board the Ukrainian International Airlines downed over Tehran - demanded that Iran pay compensation to the families of the victims. This demand was expressed in a statement following a meeting in London where the ministers discussed the situation with the plane crash. They also demanded that Iran ensure a "thorough, independent and transparent international investigation".

Here’s what Russia’s new prime minister told lawmakers, immediately after they voted him into office Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA On January 16, State Duma deputies approved the appointment of Federal Tax Service chief Mikhail Mishustin as Russia’s new prime minister. The new head of Vladimir Putin’s cabinet won the support of 383 deputies. Another 41 lawmakers abstained, and not a soul voted against him.

"Medusa" asked lawyers and political scientists Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On January 15, Vladimir Putin proposed rewriting the Russian Constitution, making a number of amendments to it: to give the State Duma the authority to choose the candidates of the Prime Minister and members of the government, to turn the deliberative state council into a constitutional body and to limit the priority of international law over Russian.

How Vladimir Putin's attitude towards amendments to the Constitution changed - and what happened to her after that Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant Vladimir Putin initiated the largest constitutional reform since the adoption of the Basic Law of Russia in 1993. In the early years of his presidency, Putin categorically opposed any changes to the Constitution - and nothing happened to it.

The Russian Football Premier League will be expanded from 16 to 18 clubs. According to Sports.ru, this decision was made following a vote by team representatives. All clubs voted for the expansion, except for Spartak and Zenit. From what season 18 teams will start playing in the league has not yet been decided. The Russian Football Championship with the participation of 16 teams has been held since 1994.

What are hybrid robots with living cells and how they work SAM Kriegman Robot from the Frog Embrion cells, calculated and created by the authors of the new article using evolutionary algorithms Researchers from the University of Tafsts invented a new method of creating miniature cyborgs - robots made of real living cells. Now even the process of their design does not need a person and is given to the computer.

Cyril Koroteev specialist in international law, about Putin’s proposal to consolidate the leadership of national law over international Vincent Kessler / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In his message to the Federal Assembly on January 15, Vladimir Putin proposed changing the Constitution - in particular, to record the priority of Russian norms over international agreements of the country.

Amendments to the Constitution proposed in the Epistle to the Federal Assembly should be taken to a public vote with a package, and not separately, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the working group to make proposals to the basic law.