The Krasnodar Regional Court confirmed the conviction in the criminal case instituted against the 18-year-old resident of Sochi, Mark Yavorsky, who is a disabled person of the first vision group. The young man does not admit guilt and says that during the preliminary investigation he was tortured. By decision of the Russian Femis, Mark Yavorsky will spend 7.5 years behind bars. He will serve his sentence in a penal colony.

Andrei Zharkov, the president of the largest diamond manufacturer in the world of Alrosa, said that he was leaving the company, Interfax reports with reference to the informed source. The statement of the head of "ALROSA" will consider the company's NABSOVENT next week. The question has not yet been officially submitted for consideration by the Soviet Unit, the source added. The contract with Zharkov was concluded for three years, that is, it expires in April 2018.

The World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) should publicly submit all the data of the report of Richard McLaren, including the names of the athletes, and prove the guilt of each of them. Otherwise, Russian athletes must sue WADA for slander. This opinion was expressed by the former head of the Russian Biathletes Union, businessman Mikhail Prokhorov.

The “Kirienkovsky ” rejection of absenteeism in theory is an excellent thing: instead of the absenteeism, with which the cruise vote and the mass of other falsifications are associated, a single base should appear, which is noted, voted or not, ”the politician writes on his Facebook page. "In the United States, the introduction of such a system has been discussed since 2010 in a number of states; it is especially relevant there because the elections are held on Tuesday, on a working day.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced the 39-year-old resident of the village of Starominskaya Evgeny Marushko. He is found guilty of the murder of four people, including girls. All the dead were members of the same family. "Marushko was sentenced to life imprisonment with serving in a specialized colony. The sentence did not enter into legal force," the official website of the regional department of the IC of the Russian Federation said.

The leader of the National Front political party and presidential candidate Marin Le Pen, during a trip to Lebanon, was unable to meet with the country's supreme mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Daryan, as she refused to put on hijab, the newspaper Le Figaro reports. According to the publication, as a result, the meeting was canceled at the last moment.

Aeroflot stewardesses, outraged by the policy of the airline, filed a lawsuit against it, accusing the employer of violating labor rights and discrimination of employees in appearance, weight and age. According to women, recently, the airline began to get rid of stewardesses over 40 years old and more than 46th size, reports Radio Liberty .

Last January, the expenses of Russian tourists abroad increased by 32.3% compared to January 2016 and showed a four -month maximum, according to UBS research. According to analysts of this bank, compatriots began to spend more thanks to the stabilization of the ruble and the growth of consumer trust, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. In January 2016, tourists from Russia from Russia decreased by a year by 22.7%.

President Vladimir Putin He said at a meeting with the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, who was considering It is appropriate to the demolition of all five-story buildings-"Khrushchev" in Moscow instead of their overhaul. "Sergey Semenovich, we have already talked about this topic. I know The mood and expectations of Muscovites. Expectations are related to these houses Demonstrate and build new housing in their place.

A light -engine aircraft on Tuesday, February 21, collapsed onto the roof of a shopping center in a suburb of the Australian city of Melbourne, reports Reuters. The five -seater turboprop aircraft Beechcraft King Air 200 suffered a catastrophe near the Essendon airport. The plane struck the roof of the DFO shopping center building and exploded. A fire arose in the building. According to Sky News Australia , the aircraft crashed due to a malfunction of the engine.

Aeroflot Airlines denied the conflict with the vice-governor of the Chelyabinsk region Ruslan Gattarov on board the aircraft, REGNUM reports with reference to the press service of the air carrier. “There was no conflict on board Aeroflot,” said Aeroflot. “The story was exaggerated in the media, and the flight attendants themselves did not communicate with the press.

AvtoVAZ began the supply of Lada Vesta cars in Germany. The official sales launch ceremony was held on February 21 in Hamburg. For today, more than 200 Lada Vesta has been shipped for sales in Germany. The starting cost of the Russian sedan will be about 12.5 thousand euros there for a car with a manual gearbox and 13.3 thousand euros with automatic, TASS reports. The company clarifies that the Lada Vesta market was modernized for the German market.

In Ukraine, a criminal case was brought against the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the faction of the radical party Andrei Artemenko, who, according to media reports, prepared a plan to remove sanctions from Russia and the official transfer of Crimea to Moscow for rent. The parliamentarian was suspected of treason because of his position. “Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Artemenko, he will be called to the investigator in the near future.

At a referendum in an unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the majority of voters supported a new draft Constitution. According to the Caucasian Knot with reference to the CEC of the Republic, according to preliminary data, 87.6% voted for constitutional amendments (69,540 voters). 9.7% (7686 people) spoke out against. 2202 ballots (2.8%) were invalidated. The referendum took place on February 20. A new project of the constitution of an unrecognized republic was submitted to the vote.

The WhatsApp messenger has launched the Status service, which allows users to make self -emerging publications and resembles Stories launched by Instagram , Facebook and other companies, TechCrunch writes. Like similar functions on Instagram, Facebook Messenger or VKontakte, the STATUS service allows you to publish processed photos, videos and animated GIF files that will automatically be deleted after 24 hours.