The public organization "Roskomsvoboda" announced the launch of a public campaign aimed at defending digital rights and against the current negative trend of state regulation of the Internet in Russia. This campaign is called "Digital Defense" .

Russian oligarchs are too united with the country's power, which paralyzes the development of relations between Moscow and Minsk, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. He also walked on Russian television channels. The head of the Belarusian state demanded that the Russian authorities stop defending the interests of the "oligarchic business", the Mir 24 television channel broadcasts Lukashenko’s meeting with reporters and experts.

A fire on a foreign tanker "Kandy", which burned in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea for more than a month, is completely eliminated. The combustion of the second vessel "Maestro" is still ongoing. “The shipowner sent four employees. They were taken to a burning steamer on the boat. They examined him and convinced that there was an opportunity to block the gas access, after which they blocked the valve. So the fire is not on the fire on the Gaza-Gazaoza Tanker.

From March 1 to 10 in the capital for the third time, the citywide festival "Moscow Shrovetide" will be held. As TASS reported in the organizing committee of the cycle of street city events "Moscow Seasons", pancakes will bake at 23 venues, conduct shows and master classes. As noted in the materials of the metropolitan city hall, four holiday sites will be located in the city center, another 11 in other districts, and eight sites will operate in parks.

The Finnish specialist Tuomas Sammelvoo was appointed to the post of head coach of the Russian male team in volleyball, the press service of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VFV) reports. In this post, 43-year-old Finn will replace Sergei Shlyapnikov. As the President of the VFV Stanislav Shevchenko specified, the new coach was chosen at an expert advice from four candidates.

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a small four-legged robot that can move over rough terrain and even perform backflips. According to a short video published on the MIT YouTube channel, the robot, called Mini Cheetah, weighs only 9 kilograms and is the world's first four-legged robot that can perform a somersault.

The Russian government intends to increase funding for the federal target program (FTP) for the development of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol by approximately another 50 billion rubles. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Sergei Nazarov, quoted by Znak.com . According to the official, the program will include additional facilities, the number of which will be discussed with the governments of Crimea and Sevastopol.

The French police detained the older brother of the terrorist Sheriff Shekatt, who fired at the Christmas Fair in Strasbourg in December last year, TASS reports. According to the DNA information portal, the 37-year-old man was detained during the day near his house in Strasbourg and was placed under custody for "a threat to commit a crime or offense against people." The France 3 Alsace TV channel clarifies that the name of the detainee Malek Schekatt.

Mortgage loans in Russia can decrease to 8% in 2020. This forecast was made by the head of Sberbank German Gref. “I’m not sure that the rates will be at the level of 8% at the end of this year, but our Central Bank is trying to control this situation. I think that next year we will see 8% mortgage rates,” Gref RIA Novosti quoted. Gref added that Sberbank rates on mortgage loans are moving in accordance with the market trend.

Journalists of the Project portal found that the LDPR party is about a third of the deputies who fell into its composition, thanks to generous “donations”, and the “Kremlin people” took part of the places. And the loyalty of the Zhirinovsky party on the most important issues allows him and his family to actively buy expensive real estate, including abroad.

Tesla on February 28 announced a decrease in prices for an electric car Model 3. Now the cheapest version of this model costs 35 thousand dollars in the United States - it was for such a price that the founder of Tesla Elon Musk promised to sell the car several years ago. Previously, the most affordable version of Model 3 was sold for 42.9 thousand dollars. As stated in the Tesla blog , at this price, buyers can purchase a version of Standard Range with a move of 350 kilometers.

The male team of Russian skiing won silver in the relay of 4x10 kilometers at the World Cup, which takes place these days in Austrian Zeefeld. The relay race of a classic and free style for a clear advantage was won by the Norway team in Emil Iversen, Martin Yonsruda Sundbu, Shura Rete and Johannes Klebo. Together, they stopped the stopwatch at the mark of 1 hour 42 minutes 32.1 seconds.

The prosecutor of Naberezhnye Chelny asked the court to recognize three public pages of supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the social network VKontakte as prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation and to block them. We are talking about groups dedicated to the actions of May 5 and September 9, 2018, namely: “He is not our king. Naberezhnye Chelny”, “Navalny.

Russia and China took advantage of the right of veto in voting at the UN Security Council on the American project of a resolution calling for new presidential elections in Venezuela. According to TASS, nine of 15 members of the Council of Security of the Council of Security spoke for Washington, there were three countries against them - Russia, China and the South African Republic, three more abstained.

The US position on denuclearization pushes the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un to a possible abandonment of dialogue with Washington, TASS reports. This opinion was expressed on Friday at the Hanoi Agency "Renhap" Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs DPRK Tsoi Song Huh, which oversees the issues of denuclearization and relations with the United States. “I have a feeling that the chairman Kim Jong -un can change his mind,” the official said, making a reservation that this is “her personal opinion”.