Despite the efforts of the police, the protesters blocked the streets and the main bridge on the border with the United States. Photos Since January 23, Canada has been held large-scale protests of opponents of covid restrictions, dissatisfied with the government’s policy, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Ukrainian authorities recommend that airlines do not fly over the Black Sea from February 14 to 19, UkSATSE, the civil aviation regulator, said. This recommendation does not generally block flights in the area of ​​the Black and Azov Seas, the agency noted. The airspace over the territory of Ukraine also remains open and available for flight planning.

“I want to play Rose Street on the bass,” with such a poster, I spent the whole evening one of the spectators at a concert of the Russian Hebi-Metal group “Aria” on February 12 in the city of Dzerzhinsky near Moscow. And, as they write in the official social networks of the group, nevertheless "waited for his wings." During the performance of the same “Rose Street”, the musicians called the guy to the stage, and Vitaly Dubinin handed him his bass. And the viewer did not hit the mud in his face.

US authorities believe that Russia could launch an invasion of Ukraine any day next week, but do not know the exact date of the attack. Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, said this on CNN. “We cannot predict the exact date, but as stated earlier, we are in a time frame where large-scale Russian military action in Ukraine could begin at any moment,” Sullivan said, answering a question about February 16 as a possible date for the attack.

"Medusa" chose 10 best songs and clips of the week Every week, Medusa employees listen to new songs, watch new clips, and then briefly talk about the best or at least the most noticeable of them.

The Russian military is transferring the equipment of the 1st Guards Tank Army from the training ground near Voronezh to the borders of Ukraine. This is reported by the investigative group Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT). A video posted on February 11 shows a train at the Maslovka station in the suburbs of Voronezh with Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts and T-80U tanks. Also, tanks in service with the 4th Guards Tank Division were seen on trains in Belgorod.

Director Anton Dyakov released a 15-minute cartoon about the love of a boxer and ballerina-and he was nominated for an Oscar. We talked with him Anton Dyakov Frame from the cartoon "Boxbale" The American movie academy announced the Oscar Award. In the category “Best Short Animation Film”, among others, was Anton Dyakov - the Moscow director from Kazakhstan. His cartoon "Boxbale" is a 15-minute love story of a boxer and ballerina, in which the heroes are silent almost all the time.

Russian biathlete Eduard Latypov took third place in the pursuit race at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Frenchman Quentin Fillon-Maillet won the gold medal. He covered the distance in 39 minutes 7.5 seconds without missing a single shot on four firing lines. Norwegian biathlete Tarjei Bo finished second (one miss and 28.6 seconds behind the winner). Latypov, who started the race from 11th place, made one inaccurate shot and was 35.3 seconds behind the leader.

A month ago, a new publication about violence, “The Line,” was launched. We talked to its creators A month ago, “The Line” appeared in Russia - a new journalistic project dedicated to the topic of violence in all its manifestations.

The plane of the Ukrainian airline SkyUp, which was flying from the Portuguese island of Madeira to Kiev Boryspil Airport, could not enter the airspace of Ukraine due to a ban by the owner of the aircraft. According to the online scoreboard on the airline's website, the Boeing 737-800 took off from Portugal on the evening of February 12 and landed early in the morning at Chisinau Airport.

Russian skiers won the gold medal in the relay race (4x10 kilometers) at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Aleksey Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov, Sergey Ustyugov played for the team under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee. They covered the distance in 1 hour 54 minutes 50.7 seconds. Norway finished in second place and France in third. This is the fourth gold medal for the Russians at the Beijing Games. The team also has four silver and six bronze medals.

Former US ambassadors in Russia talked about the eternal confrontation between Washington and Moscow The Ambassadorial Series project. Kevin Rotrok talked to his authors Eight former US ambassadors in Russia and the USSR gave detailed interviews about the relations of the two countries. Conversations included in the project The Ambassadorial Series, which organized the American Institute for International Research Middlebury.

"Products 24" - a terrible drama based on the history of "Golyanov slaves" Berlinale At the Berlin Film Festival, the first full -length film of the young director from Uzbekistan Mikhail Borodin “Products 24” was shown. This is a terrible drama about the slave everyday life of migrants in a round -the -clock store - everyone has these in the neighborhood. The film critic of Medusa Anton Dolin talks about horror at the extended arm distance, which people do not want to notice.

Russian Ambassador to Sweden Viktor Tatarintsev said that Russia "doesn't give a shit" about Western sanctions. He expressed this opinion during an interview with the Swedish edition of Aftonbladet. “Sorry for the language - but we shit on the sanctions of the West,” the publication quotes him as saying. This phrase is placed in the title of the material . The interview itself was devoted to the possible entry of Sweden into NATO.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Anonymous letters with used condoms and porn have been coming to Russian chess players for years. Special sciences "Medusa" Christina Safonova and Lilia Yapparov calculated the sender (and even talked to him) In chess sports, a mysterious unpleasant story has been continuing for many years: a certain anonymously sends Russian chess players, including minors, letters in which used condoms and clippings from porn magazines are invested.