Russian couple facing treason charges after FSB agent’s cover was allegedly blown at their wedding Antonina Zimina’s Facebook page On February 10, the FSB completed its investigation in the treason case against Kaliningrad residents Antonina Zimina and her husband Konstantin Antonets. The couple stands accused of blowing an FSB agent’s cover to Latvian intelligence services: According to Zimina’s father, the agent was an old college friend of hers who was invited to her wedding.

One Galaxy S20 Ultra with a 100-fold zoom, the other is a cot with a flexible Galaxy Z Flip screen (and also headphones!) John G. Mabanglo / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Samsung held a presentation on February 11 in San Francisco, where she introduced its new phones: a line of flagship devices Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra, as well as the folding Samsung Galaxy Z Flip.

Russian celebrity becomes public enemy after criticizing poor people for reproducing Dmitry Korobeinikov / TASS TV host Alena Vodonaeva wrote a handful of posts on Instagram about Russia’s demography. Her remarks didn’t go over well and led to a scandal that’s lasted more than a month, even drawing comments from President Putin.

Updated . Those detained in Penza were released from the police without reports being drawn up. Penza police detained three activists who came to the city for the sentencing of the defendants in the "Network" case . The police removed Olga Misik , Anna Loiko and Sergey Zapolko from the train, OVD-Info reports on Telegram. Nikolay Sokolov was also detained, MBKh Media writes .

Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti / Photoxpress Avito Office in Moscow As Medusa found out, the Federal Security Service in the summer of 2019 sent a dozen Russian Internet services, including Avito, Habr and Rutube, letters demanding to transfer keys to the special service to decrypt user correspondence, as well as organize “round-the-clock access to their information system”. In February 2020, Habr transferred the registration of a legal entity from Russia to Cyprus.

In 2019, about 80 thousand people were convicted in Russia for crimes related to drug trafficking. This is 22% less than in 2018, said Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev. Most of the sentences (73%) were for the purchase or possession of drugs, another 22% for the production and sale, Lebedev said at a meeting of judges.

The Russian government is preparing to buy the Central Bank’s share in Sberbank. This means a 50-percent stake plus a single share will be transferred to the Russian state from its own bank’s stake in a state-owned bank. However, the transaction isn’t just about moving money from one government pocket to another: It’s a strategy to free up trillions of rubles in state funding for welfare payments.

The champion of the USSR in football in the Moscow "Spartak" Valery Reingold died at the age of 77, according to the club's twitter. "Died. Heart,” said former Spartak player Alexander Mirzoyan to RIA Novosti. Valery Reingold is a graduate of Dynamo and Spartak football clubs. In 1960-1967, he played in the main team of Spartak. Together with the club, he became the champion of the USSR in 1962, as well as a two-time winner of the USSR Cup in 1963 and 1965.

The Makhachkala prosecutor's office refused to open an administrative case under the article on discrimination against the management of the Anzhi Arena swimming pool, where women were banned in January. This was reported by the press secretary of the Legal Initiative Ksenia Babich, as reported by MBKh Media. The prosecutor's office found formal signs of an offense in the actions of the company "Tekhsportservis", which owns the swimming pool, which do not constitute an offense.

A relatively short analysis The government will buy the Central Bank's share (50% + 1 share) in Sberbank. And this is not just shifting shares from one pocket to another, but a way to spend budget trillions on social payments. According to the "budget rule" , oil revenues go into the "regular" budget based on the cost of a barrel of $42.4: if oil costs more, the entire difference is frozen in the National Welfare Fund (NWF).

The buzz of actor Billy Porter’s performances in the television series Pose and at U.S. awards shows has arrived on the independent Russian media scene in earnest. Meduza profiled Porter on January 19, and on February 11, the award-winning performer appeared on the YouTube talk show Straight Talk with Gay People . The show, hosted by Russian-speaking journalist Karen Shainyan, features frank conversations with members of the global LGBTQ community about their lives.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. God, death and sex. Children ask questions on complex topics - how to answer them? As soon as the child begins to speak, he bombards his parents endless “Why?” Moreover, the questions can be very different - including those that confuse and cause real awkwardness. For example, about death. Or about God. Or about global threats. How to answer? Tell the truth and scare? Or calm, but to lie?

The Crimean Supreme Court ruled to release the owner of the Taigan safari park, Oleg Zubkov, from custody, Interfax reports. The court appointed him a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions . The businessman was released in the courtroom. Oleg Zubkov was arrested on February 3 due to the fact that he did not appear at the court hearings, which considered the case of a lion attack on a visitor to the Taigan.

In 2019, the leadership of Moscow and the Moscow Region sent almost three billion rubles to the Resurrection Charitable Foundation, which raises money for the construction of the main temple of the Russian Armed Forces. . this Znak.com was the first to notice In April 2019, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree , according to which the foundation should receive a grant of two billion rubles.

Channel One Ksenia Sobchak, a Russian media celebrity known in the West for her 2018 presidential run, aired the first episode of her new talk show for the state-run Channel One on February 10. During the episode, Sobchak told viewers that she intends to innovate a new kind of television program called a “doc-talk” show. In this format, she explained, actors recreate real events to provide material for hosts and guests to analyze.