In hiding abroad and awaiting her sons’ sentencing, the mother of two detained Chechen activists tells her family’s story, in her own words In February 2021, 17-year-old Ismail Isayev and 20-year-old Salekh Magamadov were kidnapped by the Chechen authorities and taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Russian authorities to report on the health of Zarema Musayeva , who is under arrest in Grozny. This was reported by the Committee Against Torture . In accordance with the ECHR's requirement, Russian authorities will have to report on the medical care provided to Musayeva, the medications prescribed to her, and the examinations carried out. This will have to be done every two weeks.

The United States is temporarily moving its embassy in Ukraine from Kyiv to Lvov. This was stated by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. According to Blinken, the staff will continue to carry out their duties of coordinating diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, as well as maintain contacts with the country's authorities.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced in an address to the nation that February 16 will become a public holiday - the Day of Unity of Ukraine. We are told that February 16 will be the day of the attack. We will make it Unity Day. The corresponding decree has already been signed. On this day, we will hang our national flags, put on blue and yellow ribbons and show our unity to the whole world.

Political scientist Andrey Kortunov on why a full-fledged Russian invasion of Ukraine is unlikely — but not impossible Mikhail Mettsel / TASS / Scanpix / LETA International alarm over the Russian military buildup around Ukraine reached new heights over the weekend of February 12–13. More than 30 countries advised their citizens to leave Ukraine, and several embassies pledged to move West, relocating their staff from Kyiv to Lviv. Meanwhile, U.S.

Senator Lyudmila Narusova submitted a package of bills on combating torture to the State Duma. She herself told RIA Novosti about this. Narusova proposes to supplement the criminal code with article 286.2 “Use of torture” and punish this crime with imprisonment for a term of three to ten years, and under aggravating circumstances - up to 15 years. The amendments proposed by Narusova also include a ban on the use of testimony obtained under torture.

Businessmen leave Ukraine. Yulia Navalnaya demands to let her go to trial over her husband. President of Turkmenistan steps down Good evening, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT this is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important things that happened during the day.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has commented for the first time on the doping scandal involving her positive test. Channel One showed the interview with the athlete. The athlete said that the past few days had been very difficult for her and that she was “emotionally tired.” She thanked all her supporters for their support. When I open Instagram, I see how many good wishes and faith there are. I even saw billboards in Moscow saying "Kamila, we are with you!" It's very nice.

The Washington Post Magazine told the story of their reunion Shutterstock.com Brother and three sisters from Canada and the USA learned about their kinship using DNA testing services When Canadian Bob Brintuik was a child, his family moved at least once a year. Mother - lonely Annie Brintuik - constantly lacked money to rent. In every new place, Annie repainted the walls, danced under the “Waltz Tennessee” , cooked borsch and potatoes. And also gave birth to children.

with SpaceX . Billionaire Jared Isaacman, founder of payments company Shift4 and participant in Inspiration 4 — the first ever non-professional crewed space mission — announced the launch of the Polaris space program The program provides for three manned space launches. The first mission - Polaris Dawn - is going to be launched on the Crew Dragon spacecraft at the end of 2022 from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that businessmen and politicians who have recently left the country should return within 24 hours. “First of all, from the Verkhovna Rada, from the speaker, from the state, and on my own behalf I would like to ask them to bring some of their relatives within 24 hours so that they still return to the country,” Zelensky said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Kiev.

What is known about him? (Spoiler: They say that his favorite expression was “The neck will be curtailed!”)) Alexander Shcherbak / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced that he decided to leave the post of President of Turkmenistan. He performed at a meeting of Hulk Maslahaty (the upper house of the country's parliament), which discussed the results of 2021 and the “important tasks” of statelit for the next 30 years.

Urgently bring the cat Oscar! We are all a little tired of remakes in the cinema, especially when it comes to remaking classics like “Titanic”. But what if it is a remake with a cat? Even if it seems that this humor of the era of photojabs and the Internet is not for you, look - it's worth it! Owlkitty Titanic with a Cat On Facebook, Owlkitty laid out part of the filming process of this masterpiece.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published an appeal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the people of Ukraine in a Telegram channel. At the beginning of the post, the head of Chechnya specifically stipulated that this was his "personal opinion, the humble opinion of Russian citizen Ramzan Kadyrov." "Mr. Zelensky! The time for clowning has come to an end. The hour has come to fulfill your duty to your own people in order to avoid irreversible consequences.

It all ended in the wedding! February 14, there is no getting away from the stories about love. And in our case, this is also a story about the tears - to maximize the target audience. Eh, we are worried, we don’t even know where to start ... In general, almost a year and a half ago, October 16, 2020, we published such a post on our Instagram. The story of Harris’s otter, who started a dating site and found a girlfriend named Pumpkin, inspired us to arrange a leaf-product among subscribers.