US authorities suspect Nikita Kislitsin, head of Group-IB's network security department, of plotting to sell stolen data. The corresponding indictment from 2014 was published by the US Department of Justice on March 2, Cyberscoop reports. According to the US Department of Justice, in 2012 Kislitsin's accomplice stole the Formspring user database, including account passwords, after which Kislitsin tried to sell it to another hacker for $5,500.

The euro exchange rate in over-the-counter trading on the Moscow Exchange on the evening of March 5 exceeded 75 rubles for the first time since March 2019. At the maximum, the cost of one euro reached 75.94 rubles. The dollar exchange rate during the auction reached 67.79 rubles. The ruble has been declining against the euro and the dollar over the past two weeks.

HBO has begun work on a television series based on the game The Last of Us. It is reported by the Hollywood Reporter. The project will be written and produced by Craig Mazin, showrunner for the May 2019 HBO miniseries Chernobyl, and Neil Druckmann, writer and creative director of both parts of The Last of Us. The plot of the series will be based on the events of the first part of The Last of Us, but will also affect the second part. A release date for the show has not yet been announced.

A new order signed by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has placed the city under a state of heightened preparedness. The order covers both ambulatory and stationary health care services as well as city management and transport systems. The mayoral order also includes special instructions for civilians recently arrived in Moscow from China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France, Germany, and other countries that have reported large numbers of COVID-19 cases.

In Moscow, due to the threat of the spread of coronavirus, a high alert regime has been introduced. The corresponding decree was signed by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The mayor's decree contains a requirement for citizens who have recently visited China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France, Germany and Spain to self-isolate at home for 14 days from the moment they return to Russia - not to go to work and school and limit visits to public places.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have come to a ceasefire agreement regarding the ongoing conflict in Idlib Province, Syria. The two heads of state conducted negotiations for more than six hours and announced the results in a press conference. The ceasefire is scheduled to begin at midnight on March 6, potentially stopping clashes along the Syrian front lines as they currently stand.

Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed to cease hostilities in the Syrian province of Idlib. This was announced at a press conference following the talks between the two presidents in Moscow, which lasted more than six hours. The cessation of hostilities on the existing line of contact between the parties will be announced from midnight on March 6.

The organizers of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum have announced that the annual business conference will be cancelled, Interfax reported. “In order to protect the health of Russian citizens, guests, and forum participants, we have chosen not to hold [the forum] this year,” said SPIEF 2020 Organizing Committee Chair Andrey Belousov. The 2020 forum had been scheduled for June 3 – 6.

The organizers of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum announced its cancellation amid the coronavirus epidemic, Interfax reports. “In order to protect the health of Russian citizens, guests and participants of the forum, it was decided not to hold it this year,” said Andrei Belousov, representative of the SPIEF 2020 Organizing Committee Chairman. SPIEF is one of the largest and most representative economic forums held in Russia.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Do not read, do not look. As famous people cope with public persecution At the end of February, Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann released a pornographic clip with the participation of Russian girls. Due to the content, the video did not appear in the official accounts of the singer in social networks and was laid out on one of the porn sites.

Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s consumer welfare agency, has registered a new case of COVID-19. The patient is an Italian citizen studying at Mechnikov Medical University in St. Petersburg, according to the locally based outlet Fontanka . The medical student arrived in Russia on February 29. On March 2, he contacted medical professionals and presented respiratory symptoms. He has been hospitalized in an infectious ward, Rospotrebnadzor reported.

Updated . Warren has confirmed that she is withdrawing from the campaign. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren will stop fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination, The New York Times (NYT) reports, citing a source. Officially, Warren, according to the newspaper, will announce this later on March 5. The senator's decision is due to her failures in the Democratic primaries and in the debate, writes NYT.

TCL showed journalists prototypes of three times folding devices with four cameras. In an unfolded form, it is a tablet with a 10-inch screen. It can be folded - and then you will get a device the size of an electronic book (they are called phablets). And if you fold it again, the device will turn into a phone with a screen of 6.65 inches. The Verge According to the journalist The Verge Haim Gartenberg, in the three -fold devices folding more sense than in ordinary phones with a flexible screen.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has ordered Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov to appear for a psychological examination, according to Golunov himself.

Time has selected 100 Women of the Year, which the magazine says has defined the century since the 1920s. The publication dedicated a cover to each heroine.