The investment fund of Baring Vostok, the founder of which Michael Kalvi was arrested until April 13 on suspicion of the embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles from Vostochny bank, a new leadership was appointed. The head of Yandex Arkady Volozh joined the protruding in defense of Kalvi. The head of the Baring Vostok Capital Partners will be performed by the head of the Foundation Elena Ivashentseva and his co -founder Alexei Kalinin, according to the company's website .

The administration of St. Petersburg agreed on a march in memory of Boris Nemtsov on February 24. Previously, the authorities refused to do this. “The action in memory of Boris Nemtsov will be held in St. Petersburg on February 24 on Lenin Square. Smolny has just agreed to the conditions we proposed. The action has been agreed upon,” Andrei Pivovarov, coordinator of Open Russia, wrote on Twitter .

Two members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress began investigating the contacts of members of the National Infantry Association with the Russians.

The Russian striker "Washington Capitals" Ovechkin became the fourth player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), who managed to abandon 40 goals in ten or more regular seasons. Ovechkin once again distinguished himself in the guest match of the regular season against the Anaheim (2: 5). This season, he has 67 points (40 goals + 27 assists) in 58 games. He leads the list of snipers of the League, ahead of the closest pursuer for four goals.

In Novosibirsk, the goalkeeper of the amateur hockey team died during the match. The tragedy occurred on Sunday evening at the Rodnik Palace in the Kalininsky district in the game between the Drumber and Titans teams. The 55-year-old goalkeeper goalkeeper Andrei Gorokhov fell on the ice 10 minutes after the start of the game, the game at that moment did not go at his gate. The ambulance team attendant immediately drove onto the ice right by car, but they could not save the man.

The temporarily acting head of Bashkiria Radiy Khabirov at a weekly operational meeting on February 18 apologized for the words of the mayor of Sibay Rustem Afzalov, who called the "goat" and "excrement" of one of the authors of the video message to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

In the Yaroslavl region, the former head of the correctional colony N1 Dmitry Nikolaev was detained in the criminal case of the tortures of the prisoners, the Public Verdict Foundation reports. The lawyer Irina Biryukova specified the Mediazone that she received this information from employees of the Investigative Committee.

In the north-west of Saudi Arabia, a significant cooling occurred. In mountainous areas, the air temperature dropped to negative marks, and snow fell. On Mount Jabal-El-Law, the height of which is 2.4 km, a slight snow cover was preserved during the day, which allowed local residents to capture a rare phenomenon for these places. A similar situation in the Jebel Al-Laws area is repeated for the second year in a row, TASS notes.

A subsidiary of Roscosmos, JSC Satellite System Gonets, has gained control over a joint venture with the satellite operator OneWeb, which is engaged in a worldwide satellite Internet project. RBC reports this with reference to data from the SPARK system. Judging by these data, the share of Gonets in OneWeb LLC increased from 40 to 51%, while the share of the OneWeb structure decreased from 60 to 49%.

The Facebook social network cannot remain self -governing, and the state should engage in regulation of its activities. This is stated in the report prepared by the British Parliament Committee on digital technologies, culture, media and sports based on the results of a 18-month investigation of Facebook and the study of the company's confidentiality policy.

On the air of Channel One, they showed what is happening with numerous treats, which participants in the capital show "Field of Miracles" present as gift to Leonid Yakubovich's leading program. As a result, the whole country was able to see how the audience in the studio at the end of the show crowded around the "drum" and grab all this eating, putting it in bags. This episode was shown on the air of the country's main channel of February 15, 2019.

In Haiti, protest promotions that lasted from February 7 are coming to an end. However, Friday, February 15, was marked by a major rally, the participants of which burned the American flag and called for the aid of Russia, Venezuela and China. “Down with the Americans, Long live Putin,” the demonstrators chased. About 200 people took part in the protest in the capital of Haiti Port-O-Prens, according to La Croix with reference to AFP.

More than twenty cars were involved in a huge accident in Florida, America, during the famous NASCAR Daytona 500 stock car race. Ten laps before the finish, the Toyota and Ford Mustang of Matt DiBenedetto and Paul Menard made contact with each other, which caused a “domino effect” in such dense and high-speed traffic. In a few seconds, about two dozen cars flew into each other in a fountain of sparks, reports the USA today portal.

“The Kremlin’s strategy in the Ukrainian election becomes clear. This is not support for one convenient candidate, but an attempt to discredit, but it is better to tear the elections at all,” the sociologist writes on his Facebook page. “Putin, in principle, does not need a legitimate president in Ukraine now. He needs to plunge the country into chaos, discredit Ukrainian democracy in front of Western partners. Russian propaganda has long been repeating that Ukraine is an failed state.

"The head of the government acts with the manifesto: he says that in 6 years the Russian economy will be magnificent! Direct investments will flow as a river," writes a political scientist and publicist on his Facebook page. "The manifesto is designed to open a new era: the data of the Ministry of Economy show that the recession is over ...