The Russian Bobsleist Nadezhda Sergeyeva , who gave a positive doping test at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, refused to open the BSTA sampling, TASS reports with reference to the press attachment of the Bobslei Federation of the Russian Federation Anna Makarova. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the athlete has already passed the accreditation and left the Olympic village.

Students of one of the Chelyabinsk colleges Alexander Belyaev, Iskander Tagaev and Nikita Porotsky at the end of January submitted a notification to the regional minista about the beginning of the new religious group - "The Great Church of Divination of Information". The main task of their organization, activists announced the collapse of a censorship barrier that blocks the objective picture of the world. A few days later, law enforcement officers visited students, Radio Liberty reports.

Four people were poisoned by carbon monoxide during a fire on Saturday in a private one -story house in the village of Chesma in the Chelyabinsk region, the Ministry of Emergencies reports. The emergency occurred during alcoholic gatherings. According to Interfax in the State Emergencies Ministry in the region, all the dead are adults, there are no children. Their personalities are now being established.

The women's club in the State Duma regards the publication that appeared in a number of media outlets about the supposedly occurred harassment of deputy Leonid Slutsky to the journalist of the parliamentary pool, TASS reports. In their statement, women-deputies indicate that "what happened resembles a pre-regulated operation to discredit it." They call statements “groundless” and regard them as “information aggression”.

A large necropolis of eight tombs found Egyptian archaeologists south of Cairo. The find is called the largest in recent years, reports Reuters . The first results of excavations on Saturday were announced by the Minister of Antiquities of Egypt Haled al-Annani. The burial in which about 40 stone sarcophagi counted was found in the Tuna El Jabal region south of Cairo. He is more than 2000 years old.

The court in Bilbao decided to release nine people who were detained on Thursday during the skirmishes on the eve of the match 1/16 of the Football League finals between the Spanish Atletic and the Russian Spartak. Among the detainees are three Russians. TASS with reference to Radio Nacional de Espana reports that they are suspected of violating public order, a fight in a public place, and in the case of foreigners - also in attacking government representatives.

The UN Security Council on Saturday night unanimously adopted a resolution on a 30-day ceasefire throughout Syria and the subsequent conduct of humanitarian operations. According to Reuters, the document was supported by all 15 states included in the Security Council. Meanwhile, at the Syrian Center for Monitoring Human Rights, it is argued that immediately after voting, one of the most problematic regions of the country - Eastern Guta - was subjected to large -scale shelling.

On the website of the election commission of the Tula region in the section on the elections of the President of Russia, which are scheduled for March 18, information about the turnout appeared, Znak.com reports, screenshots. According to the election commission, the turnout at 10 am throughout the region amounted to 40.05%. The leader in the turnout is the PEC N2411, more than 77%"voted" there. I drew attention to the turnout of the telegram channel Dabble.

The Russian Embassy in Tunisia commented on the detention of the Ural vessel at the Sfax port. According to media reports, 24 containers with military equipment, weapons and equipment were found on board. Diplomats about the cargo do not say, but indicate that the ship belongs to the Turkish company, and there were no Russians on board.

The Swiss snowboarder Nevin Galmarini won the gold medal of the Olympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang in the discipline by a parallel giant slalom. In the final, he defeated South Korean Lee San Ho. The bronze reward went to the Slovenian Jan Koshir. - Diary of the 2018 Olympics. Schedule and results of competitions Russians Vick Wilde and Dmitry Sarsembaev completed the struggle at the 1/8 finals.

The Canadian snowboarder Sebastian Tutan won the gold of the Olympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang in a snowboard in the Big-Eir discipline, showing in the sum of three attempts the result of 174.25 points. The second place was taken by the American Kylie Mock (168,75), the third - Briton Billy Morgan (168). - Diary of the 2018 Olympics. Schedule and results of competitions Russian snowboarders Vladislav Hadarin and Anton Mamaev failed to overcome qualifications in this discipline.

The second country during the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang announced the boycott of the Biathlon World Cup in Russia: after the United States, riders from the Czech Republic refused to travel to Tyumen, RBC reports with reference to the Czech IDNES . This was stated by the head of the Czech Biathlon Federation Irji Hamza.

The vote of the UN Security Council on a resolution on the ceasefire in Syria is transferred and will take place on Saturday at noon in time of New York (20:00 in Moscow), TASS reports, citing a joint statement of diplomats made following the results of a closed meeting. Members of the Security Council tried to coordinate the document on Friday, but they could not resolve all controversial issues. “The vote will take place tomorrow at noon tomorrow.

In India, the car moving at high speed crashed into the school building. According to NDTV , nine children were killed. Another 20 are hospitalized, some are in serious condition. The tragedy occurred in the Indian city of Muzaffarpur (Bihar) in the east of the country. The driver, which crashed into the building at full speed, was driving a Bolero SUV. Visuals of Vehicle that Rammed into a School Building in Bihar's Muzaffarpur; Nine Students Died and 24 Were InJURED in the Incident.

The Israeli satellite photographed the latest Russian fighters of the fifth generation of the Su-57 at the Syrian base of Khmeimim. This was reported by Haaretz by publishing a photo from the satellite of ISRAELI EROS B, provided by ISI. In the photo, two aircraft are highlighted, resembling outlines the latest stealth fighters. On Saturday morning, the media reported on the arrival of two more Su-57 to the VKS base. The photo has a note that they were made on February 23.