The command of the Turkish Armed Forces continues to deploy a troops at the border with Syria, Interfax reports. According to them, in the last of the military convoys who arrived to the border there are a large number of tanks, howitzers and ammunition, intended for the troops already placed in this area. The transfer of military engineering and construction equipment and employees of special operations forces is also reported.

The head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, promised to check the effectiveness of measures to organize medical care of HIV-infected citizens. He made such a statement on Twitter, commenting on the documentary of Yuri Dudia about the problem of HIV spread in Russia. "Yuri Dud made the desired film about the HIV epidemic in Russia. More than 1 million has already been infected. In 2018, 37 thousand people died from AIDS. On average, 100 people a day. Compare with coronavirus.

In the port of Jokogam, more than 400 US citizens are evacuated, who have so far on board the Diamond Princess cruise vessel under strict quarantine due to the probability of their infection with coronavirus. According to Interfax , on specially equipped buses, evacuated will be delivered to a special aircraft that will transport them to the United States. Another quarantine awaits travelers - already under the supervision of American doctors in stationary conditions.

In Moscow, two people received stab wounds as a result of an attack in the Church of St. Nicholas in Pokrovsky in the center of Moscow. The attacker was a 26-year-old resident of the Lipetsk region. "Police officers in hot pursuit detained a 26 -year -old resident of the Lipetsk region, who in the morning of February 16 entered the church building on Bakuninskaya Street and knife to two citizens of bodily injuries.

The head of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Affairs, Archpriest Dimitri Smirnov at a meeting with the participants of the Orthodox community "Orthodoxbro" criticized women who agree to a civil marriage, Interfax reports. “We themselves do not understand what marriage is. It is reluctant to say that“ I am a free prostitute ”, so they say: I have a civil marriage. Hello! Yes, you just provide services for free - and that’s all, and so no one counts you for your wife,” he said.

On February 15, the American Cygnus cargo ship of the American company Northrop Grumman was successfully launched to the International Space Station. The broadcast was carried out on the YouTube channel of the US National Aeronautics and Space Studies (NASA). Initially, the launch was scheduled for February 9, but it was canceled for technical reasons a few minutes before the start. The launch was postponed to February 14, but then it was postponed for another day due to weather conditions.

The representative of the coalition, led by the United States to combat the Islamic State terrorist group* (prohibited in the Russian Federation), announced missile strikes on a military base in Iraq, Interfax reports. "Small missiles hit the base in Iraq in the international zone, where the operations of" unshakable determination "were posted. The incident occurred on February 16 at 3:24 (coincides in Moscow). There are no victims.

Russian woman Natalya Voronina won a gold medal in a 5,000 meter race at the World Habecraft Championships at separate distances in American Salt Lake City, showing a record time-6 minutes 39.021 seconds. The second place was taken by Czech Martin Sablikova (6.41,164), the third place in the representative of the Netherlands Esme Wisser (+7.66).

The number of people infected with Covid-19 coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise vessel, which is on the quarantine off the coast of Japan, has increased by 70 over the past day and reached 355, announced the Japanese authorities on Sunday. Liner passengers make up more than half of all infected outside of continental China. The ship has been on quarantine for more than a week. The United States authorities the day before said they intend to evacuate the Americans who are on it.

The Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov told the Zvezda television channel about threats addressed to him and in relation to Russia, Interfax reports. “Of the latter, what attacked last night and this morning, things like:“ We will build skyscrapers from your military skulls ”and“ Pay the price for each drop of blood you spilled ”and so on,” the diplomat said. He expressed the opinion that such messages launch the chain reactions of xenophobia, malice and hatred.

The Swedish athlete Arman Duntomantis set a new world record in a pole jump, breaking his own achievement set last week. At the tournament in Scottish Glasgow, the 20-year-old athlete overcame the bar at an altitude of 6 meters 18 centimeters. On February 8, in Poland, Duntomantis won with a sensational result, jumping 6 meters 17 centimeters.

The news program on the First Channel, having decided to delve into a sports subject, told about the biathlete, which was disqualified due to doping, Yevgenia Ustyugov, but only a skier Sergei Ustyugov appeared on the screen, the professionalism of the federal channel drew the attention of the Telegram channel “Earlier of all” .

The Chinese artistic gymnastics team has withdrawn from the World Cup in Melbourne due to entry restrictions imposed by the Australian government due to the coronavirus. This was announced by the executive director of the Australian Gymnastics Federation, Kitty Chiller, whose comment was quoted by the portal Inside the games .

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday that the EU and Great Britain negotiations would not be simple about the Brexit relationship, Interfax reports. “I think: that in the negotiations that we are going to start on trade issues and on the mechanism of future relations, we will tear each other to pieces,” he said at the Munich Security Conference. “But this is part of the negotiations - everyone protects their own interests,” the minister said.

The Manchester City football club may lose the title of winner of the 2013/14 season championship due to trials on violations of the financial Fair Play, Daily Mail reports. The UEFA Arbitration Chamber for financial control of clubs decided to remove the “townspeople” from participating in European competitions for two seasons due to financial violations that were committed from 2012 to 2016, and imposed a fine of 30 million euros.