All the shares planned on February 23 were held without violations, about 5 thousand people took part in them, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the metropolitan police. According to Interfax , the participants of the four planned shares guarded almost the same number of police officers and combatants - about 4000. As reported by Echo of Moscow , four shares were planned on the Day of Defender of the Fatherland.

In the match of the eighth round of the TOP-16 Basketball Euroleague, the Moscow CSKA was lost on the road to the Turkish club "Anadola Ephesus" with a score of 60:63 (22:16, 12:10, 12:15, 14:22). Most of the Istanbul match, the army team waged in the score, but in amazing ending, they lost their advantage. Muscovites did not save from defeat even 26 points of Milos Theodosich. The hosts were the most productive player was Jordan Farmar, who scored 15 points.

The main rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar congratulated the Jewish community on Purim - the most fun holiday, which Jews in 2013 begin to celebrate on the evening of February 23, wishing them to maintain unity, rejoice and help those in need, RIA Novosti reports. Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Adar (this year it falls on February 24, but by tradition they begin to celebrate it with a sunset on the eve).

Due to the rains with the city, the south of Europe was in the power of the elements: the regions of the capital of Greece Athens were under water, and the most cruel consequences were in the Sicilian city of Katania, which almost went under water, the EURONEWS website reports. According to the TV channel, in skating water washed off the cars from parking lots, approaching the houses. The frightened Italians had to look for shelters on the roofs.

An edible postcard will be made on Saturday in honor of the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland in the regional market in Yekaterinburg. Over the festive culinary masterpiece, which will be three meters in height, and two in width, they promise to work all day. The traditional red star will be made of sausage and tomatoes, and with the help of pickles, specialists will make a laurel wreath and a congratulatory inscription. The cheese will be used to framed the culinary masterpiece.

The famous French actor Gerard Depardieu, who recently became a citizen of Russia, received permanent registration in the capital of Mordovia on Saturday, the Minister of Seal of the Republic Valery Maresyev told RIA Novosti . In absentia, Depardieu was made to the "Honorary Udmurts" and sent him a felt hat. Having received a passport with registration, Depardieu exclaimed: "The glory of Russia, the glory of Mordovia!

Ukraine is interested in conducting the Winter Olympiad in 2022 together with Poland and Slovakia, the country's President Viktor Yanukovych said during the television of the Dialogue with the country. According to him, such an opportunity was discussed during the recent meeting of the heads of three states in Poland. “They know our capabilities, we know their capabilities.

The Novosibirsk "Siberia" prevailed over the Omsk Vanguard in the second match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup, equalizing the score in the confrontation of up to four victories. The meeting in the Omsk Arena ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the Dmitry Kvartalnov team. The only washer in the 38th minute during the game "Five by Three" was abandoned by one of the antiheroes of the previous match by Nikita Zaitsev, after the removal of which Omsks twice realized the advantage.

This spring, American biologists will bring to the island of GUAM poisoned feed for snakes - dead mice to reduce the reptile population that threaten the island ecosystem, RIA Novosti reports. The snake of the brown brown Boyga "arrived" on the GUAM in the 40s of the 20th century on an American warship, and became a real disaster. According to scientists, due to reptiles that do not have natural predators on Guam, local birds are threatened with extinction.

The 43-year-old California Soldezhelov Chuck Patterson became the founder of a new extreme sport, driving along the waves off the coast of Santa Barbara on the skiing adapted under the water surface, grabbing skiing for a balance. The professional skill of Patterson, in the face of a California snow deficiency, occurred to combine a favorite sport with surfing.

Police officers detained an accomplice of militants who were on the federal wanted list in Moscow, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Saturday. According to him, at 7:45 on Friday, at the house of 282 on the Leningradskoye Shosse, police officers, including police from the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan, detained a resident of Makhachkala.

Volleyball players of the Russian Championship gave fans a real holiday on the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland, taking part in the "Star match", which took place on Saturday in Moscow. The victory was celebrated by the Maxim Mikhailov team, having won the squad Sergei Tetyukhin with a score of 3-1 (25:23, 25:21, 17:25, 25:20). The captains alternately chose volleyball players.

The leadership of the National Coalition of the opposition and revolutionary forces of Syria (Nors) abandoned plans for traveling to Russia and the United States for negotiations on the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria. The reason is the lack of the reaction of the world community to the shelling of Aleppo by government forces.

The holder of the Golden Palm branch of the 65th Cannes Film Festival - the painting "Love" (Amour) Michael Haneke - became the winner of the French Academy "Cesar" in the nomination "Best Film", RIA Novosti reports. On Friday night in Paris, the Love ceremony also collected all the main prizes: “Best Feminine Role” - Emmanuel Riva, “Best Male Role” - Jean -Louis Trentinyan, “Best Director” and “Best Scenario” - Michael Hankee.

A serious leak was discovered at the Hanford Complex for storage of radioactive waste in the US state of Washington. Six underground reservoirs have already leaked, the state governor Jay Irlya said. This is the largest and oldest complex in the USA, the service life of which has long expired. Last week, it was reported that only one of the tanks of the Nuclear Reservation nuclear waste burial ground, located in the southeast of the state.