Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about budget expenditures for the creation of a new public space in St. Petersburg - the Tuchkov Buyan art park. Putin's words are shown on the Kremlin website. At a meeting with St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, Putin said that the construction of the park was “not so harmless” for the federal budget. Beglov agreed with this, after which Putin added: “It’s not a pity for St.

Artyom Geodakyan / TASS On February 11, Russian YouTuber Yury Dud posted a feature-length web documentary titled HIV in Russia: The Epidemic Nobody Talks About . Just one week later, more than 13 million people have seen the film, and Russian-language web searches for “HIV” and “AIDS” have multiplied by 14 times on Google alone.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was offered a pardon by US President Donald Trump if he stated that Russia had nothing to do with the hacking of the US Democratic Party servers . This was reported by Assange's defense during technical hearings in the case of his extradition to the US, The Guardian reports.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will officially step down as members of the royal family from 31 March 2020. Their office at Buckingham Palace will close from 1 April. Before this, Harry and Meghan will return from Canada to the UK and attend a number of events as members of the royal family, the BBC writes, citing the couple's official representative. He noted that after March 31, the couple will officially retain their titles of "Royal Highness" but will not use them.

GvozdevN / Wikimapia Radio Svoboda has found that at least one company registered to 1 Olsufyevsky Alley, building 2, appears to specialize in cashing out illegal funds. That address is a Moscow estate belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Specifically, since at least 2016, the estate has belonged to Military Division 55002, a branch of the FSB, according to an order from Russia’s First Appellate Arbitration Court.

Amendment . Initially, the news reported that the Chinese authorities recommended treating coronavirus with Arbidol. In other sources , its name is given as "Abidol". The Bell edition, citing three sinologists, writes that the name of the drug is still translated from Chinese as "Arbidol". The National Health Commission of China has included the drug "Abidol" in the preliminary plan for the treatment of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

The two-week quarantine mandated for Russian citizens evacuated from China has ended, Tyumen regional Health Minister Inna Kulikova told TASS . The group was being held near the regional capital city, Tyumen. According to Governor Alexander Moor, none of the patients displayed coronavirus symptoms during the quarantine. They will be released to their homes by February 20. One of the patients, Maya Novoselova, said the group has been granted free transportation for that purpose.

St. Petersburg’s Healthcare Committee has fired Alexey Yakovlev, the lead doctor for the Botkin Municipal Clinical Hospital. According to Doctor Piter , an outlet that covers health news in the city, the firing was “initiated by [Yakovlev’s] employer”; no other information about the causes of the move is yet available. Interfax confirmed the firing but was also unable to provide context.

The authors of the draft Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) asked for time to finalize the document. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Justice. The deadline for submitting the bill to the government is proposed to be postponed from March to May 2020, to the State Duma - from April to June.

Rick Bowmer / AP / Scanpix / Leta Protesting polygamy supporters require to legalize multiple marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10, 2017 The Senate of the American state Utah agreed to make polygamy not a crime, but an offense. Unanimously approved by the senators, the bill proposes to punish polygamy with a fine of $ 750 and public work, writes Reuters. According to the current state law, you can go to prison for a period of up to five years.

Officers from the Anti-Extremism Center (Center E) , a special division of the Russian police force, attempted to enter an apartment where a 20-year-old woman was hiding under the auspices of Nasiliu.net , a major organization combatting domestic violence in Russia. Seroye Fioletovoye (Gray Purple), the activist and artist whose home was approached, told Nasiliu.net about the incident.

In the American city of North East, Maryland, there is a supermarket chain Walmart. A woman named Charlene works there. She starred in an advertisement that is posted on the store's Facebook page. In all the photographs, the woman has the same stony expression on her face. But she poses in such a way that top models will envy. The supermarket employee is clearly all right with irony and a sense of humor.

Roscosmos decided to replace the Russian part of the crew of the next expedition to the International Space Station. This was announced by the executive director of Roskosmos for manned programs Sergey Krikalev. “I regret to say that, in view of medical indications, we now, apparently, will have a replacement of the crew,” RIA Novosti quotes Krikalev.

Subscribe to our YouTube President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin arrived in St. Petersburg to honor the memory of Anatoly Sobchak, who died 20 years ago. Putin laid flowers to the Sobchak monument, and then decided to chat with the locals . The president was asked whether it was possible to live on a disability payment of 10800 rubles or on benefits of 3,800 rubles, and also asked if he knew how much it costs to go to the store for groceries and what is now the rent.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. This is me, Petka: how to relate to the artist Pavlensky now, who turned out to be a successful compromise collector On February 18, the Paris prosecutor's office charged the invasion of private life to the Russian actor artist Peter Pavlensky. On February 14, on his website, a sex video with the participation of a candidate for the mayor of Paris Benjam Grivo laid out on his website and provoked a political crisis.