Students from two Moscow universities — the Timiryazev Academy and the Moscow State Law University (MSLA) named after Kutafin — were tricked into participating in flash mobs in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by the student publication Doxa.

Russia is also in danger Andy Rain / EPA / Scanpix / Leta New-more contagious-Covid-19 options continue to capture the world. Scientists from Denmark, who have become world champions on decoding coronavirus genomes in recent months (they study the viruses code in half the revealed infection) observe the capture of their country in real time.

Rapper Gnoyny (real name - Vyacheslav Mashnov, also known as Slava KPSS, Sonya Marmeladova, Valentin Dyadka) was detained for participating in a protest. He wrote about this on Twitter. The artist's representative, Artem Varab, told RBC that Gnoyny was taken to one of the St. Petersburg police departments for participating in an unauthorized rally in support of oppositionist Alexei Navalny on February 2.

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the General Director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class. The decree on this was published on the Kremlin website. The head of Channel One received an order "for his great contribution to the development of national culture and art." The decree on awarding him the award was promulgated on the day of his 60th birthday.

Channel One showed a video of diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden who, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, took part in an unauthorized rally in support of politician Alexei Navalny on January 23. Dozhd drew attention to this. The story aired on the Vremya program on the evening of February 5. It says that an employee of the Polish Consulate General in St.

Photos Olga Maltseva / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On February 6, law enforcement officers cordoned off the central streets of St. Petersburg for half a day and closed several metro stations. Residents of the city were forced to cross the Fontanka River on ice. What the ceiling is connected with, no one explained officially. Sources in the city administration told Fontanka that the authorities were “afraid of protest shares”, which are called up in telegram channels.

The founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov met with the Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The meeting was reported by the press service of the government of Dubai. At the meeting, the Sheikh said that the business-friendly environment created in Dubai has allowed many technology start-ups to flourish. Durov confirmed that the city has become a center for entrepreneurs from all over the world.

Fragment of the book "This Strange Mathematics" Small fragment of the number of Graham At the end of February, the book of Corpus is published by David Darling and Agnido Banerji “This strange mathematics is at the edge of infinity and behind him” (translation by Alexei Glushchenko). This is a popular introduction to the most modern problems from very different sections of this humanitarian (by the conviction of V.

Media outlets associated with the Russian authorities are conducting an information campaign against coronavirus vaccines created by the American companies Pfizer and Moderna. The New York Times writes about this, citing analysts, US government sources and a representative of the State Department. According to the interlocutors of the publication, the campaign is aimed primarily at the countries of Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Fighting the ‘crooks and thieves’: Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption politics For the last six months, Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been making headlines both in Russia and abroad. His near-fatal poisoning in August 2020 provoked international outcry and his immediate arrest upon returning to Russia after spending months recovering in Germany sparked a wave of protests that brought people to the streets countrywide.

The Russian LGBT Network filed complaints with the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Nizhny Novgorod Region over the disappearance of Chechens Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev, who were forcibly transported from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya. This was reported on the organization's website. Magamadov and Isaev were moderators of the opposition Telegram channel Osal Nakh 95.

The state prosecutor in the cases of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Ekaterina Frolova, is under state protection. This was reported by sources of Interfax and MBKh Media . According to both publications, Frolova was provided with personal security. The reason for this is not specified.

Photographer Dmitry Markov put up for auction the only signed print of a photograph from the police department, where he was taken on the day of the trial of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Markov wrote about this on Facebook. Charity auction in support of OVD-Info and Protest Apologia Friends, I'm selling the only signed author's... Posted by Dmitry Markov Saturday, February 6, 2021

In St. Petersburg, at the request of the police, the Gostiny Dvor and Nevsky Prospekt metro stations were closed , and public transport along Nevsky Prospekt was suspended . This was reported by the city transport committee. Earlier, the St. Petersburg publication Fontanka reported that traffic in the city center has been limited since the morning.

The Court of Appeal of Montenegro overturned the verdict in the case of an attempted coup in the country. This is stated in the court decision , which drew the attention of the publication Balkan Insight. The Court of Appeal stated that the sentence was handed down with violations, and the existence of the crimes for which the defendants were convicted was not proven. The case will be sent back for retrial. It will be held with the participation of other judges.