Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On February 29, the fourth primaries of the Democratic Party will take place in the state of South Caroline. The victory of them will almost certainly be won by former vice president Joe Biden, but even this will not be able to cancel the fact that the 78-year-old Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders had finally finished the leader of the Presidential President’s nomination from the Democratic Party.

In Primorsky Krai, during the celebration of Maslenitsa in the village of Mikhailovka, a porn video was shown on a screen installed in the central square.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, the march of the memory of Boris Nemtsov was held - in 2020 there were much more people and slogans on it Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / Leta march Boris Nemtsov’s memory in St. Petersburg. February 29, 2020 On February 29, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the next march of the memory of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on February 27, 2015 on the Moskvoretsky bridge, was held.

A prototype Starship missile, which Ilona Mask SpaceX is developing for interplanetary flights, exploded during testing at the Boka-Chika training ground in Texas. During boost with liquid nitrogen, the lower part of the rocket burst, its fragments scattered several tens of meters. There is no data on the victims or destruction. Tests were broadcast live.

As of February 29, 43 people have died in Iran from pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, Reuters reports, citing a statement by representatives of the Iranian Ministry of Health. Over the past day, nine deaths and 205 confirmed cases of infection have been recorded. In total, according to representatives of the Iranian Ministry of Health, 593 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in the country.

In social networks, she is accused of improper reaction to the death of loved ones and unprofessionalism Denis Voronin / Agency "Moscow" On February 28, in the Moscow Bannoma Complex, during the birthday of Blogger Ekaterina Didenko, three people were killed, including her husband Valentine. This happened due to the fact that about 30 kilograms of dry ice were poured into the pool, which, having fallen into the water, quickly turned into a gaseous state (that is, turned into carbon dioxide).

The US and the Taliban have agreed that the US military and its coalition allies will leave Afghanistan in 14 months, BBC News reports. The withdrawal of troops is provided for by the agreement, which was signed on February 29 in Doha by representatives of the United States and the Taliban. Separately, BBC News specifies, negotiations will be held between the Taliban, which controls more than half of the country's territory, and the government of Afghanistan.

Luxembourg has abolished public transport fares from 29 February. As the authorities of Luxembourg emphasized, this is the first case in the world when public transport became free on the territory of the whole country. It is expected that such a measure will reduce traffic congestion, as well as save each household in Luxembourg about 100 euros per year. Prior to the abolition of public transport fares in Luxembourg, only 32% of journeys to work were by bus and 19% by train.

Evgeny Feldman for Medusa on February 29 in Moscow was held by the march of Boris Nemtsov’s memory. The route of the procession is from passionate boulevard to Academician Sakharov Avenue. According to the “White Counter” , near 14:30 Moscow time, almost 22 thousand people came to the action. The Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the number of participants at 10.5 thousand people.

Igor Lyakhovets, former head of the drug control department of the Moscow Western Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs, claims that surveillance of Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov began after “information was received” from Moscow’s SIZO-3 on March 29, 2019. The testimony of Lyakhovets, a defendant in the Ivan Golunov case , is published by Baza.

Here are all the latest scientific data about this in recent days Yang Shunpi / Xinhua / Zuma / Scanpix / Leta Laboratory to Enshi, Hubei Province Central China. February 21, 2020 The number of cases of infection with coronavirus infection is growing. The number of sick outside China catches up with the indicators in the country where the virus arose.

In Moscow, an action dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov took place. Its participants went march from passionate boulevard to Academician Sakharov Avenue. According to the “White Counter”, about 22 thousand people took part in the action. The detentions were not reported. In the head of the column, the banner "The customer of the murder must sit" was stretched. Rain TV channel march Nemtsov.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he asked Russia not to interfere with the actions of the Turkish military in Syria. Russia, according to Erdogan, should leave the Turkish military "one on one with the regime" of Bashar al-Assad. “We don’t understand what Russian intentions are there,” Erdogan said, recounting the content of a telephone conversation with Putin.

Update: About five people were detained at a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov, a Meduza correspondent reported from the scene. The reason for the arrests was the posters carried by the protesters. A rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov was held in St. Petersburg. The participants marched from the Gorkovskaya metro station to Troitskaya Square, where an action agreed by the city authorities took place.

The combined wealth of the 500 richest people in the world fell by $444 billion over the week due to falling stock prices in world markets amid news about the coronavirus. This is reported by Bloomberg, which tracks changes in the fortunes of the world's richest people on a daily basis. The three richest people in the world suffered the most losses - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and LVMH head Bernard Arnault.