As the main version of the crash of the passenger An-148, experts consider the unheated engine of the liner. writes about this Snob , citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation. Presumably, before takeoff, the pilot did not make sure whether the turbines were warmed up, and whether the plane had enough antifreeze, the source of the publication claims.

"Lawyers, you have not only left for you, you are already eating alone." January 2018 - The Council of the Russian Bar Chamber found lawyer Olga Dinze guilty that secretly from employees of the pre -trial detention center and the FSB communicated with her client. Curved and funny explanations of lawyer officials outraged the lawyer community.

Curlers Anastasia Bryzgalova and Alexander Krushelnitsky beat their rivals from Norway 8:4 and won the bronze medal in double mixed doubles. This is the first Russian Olympic medal in the history of curling, Interfax notes . The Russian Olympic team has one silver and two bronze medals. Earlier, the short track skater Semyon Yelistratov won the bronze medal, then the figure skaters in the team tournament became silver medalists.

Russian President Vladimir Putin canceled a trip to the Far East planned for the second half of February, reports on Tuesday, February 13, Dozhd . The TV channel refers to two sources close to the organization of the event. The trip was to take place February 19-22. Officially, its cancellation has not yet been reported. Putin was to visit Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Kamchatka. Earlier it became known that the Russian leader canceled the upcoming public events.

The first case of anti-doping rule violation was registered at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport . Japanese short tracker Kei Saito has been tested positive for the illegal drug acetazolamide, The athlete was suspended from participation in the Olympics, he was ordered to leave the Olympic village. After the Games are over, a final decision on sanctions against Saito will be made.

Updated: The Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security at a meeting on Tuesday supported the decision of the first deputy head of the committee, Franz Klintsevich, to resign from this post, Interfax reports. There will be a reshuffle in the Committee on Defense and Security of the Federation Council: First Deputy Chairman of the Committee Franz Klintsevich will become an ordinary member.

The YouTube video service demanded to remove the recording of Alexei Navalny's program, which was devoted to an investigation into the vacation of businessman Oleg Deripaska and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko. This was announced by the producer of the channel Oksana Baulina. YouTube's letter states that the broadcast has been included in the list of prohibited materials by Roskomnadzor, so the owners must remove the video themselves, or the content will be blocked.

The Interstate Aviation Committee has completed deciphering the data of the flight parametric recorder of the crashed An-148. The extracted data recorded discrepancies between the readings of the speed sensors shortly before the crash, reports TASS .

The European Union is concerned about the supply of 2.5 thousand automatic rifles to the Republika Srpska police in the context of Russia's growing influence in the region, The Guardian writes on Tuesday, February 13 . Serbia supplies weapons to the police. Law enforcement officers should receive rifles in March. Officially, this is explained by the increased threat of terrorist attacks. In 2015, a returned Bosnian refugee attacked Republika Srpska police.

The commission of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation found numerous violations in the work of the Federal Treasury Department for the Republic of Dagestan. A criminal case of negligence has been opened. “During the inspection period, numerous facts of illegal transfer of budget funds by the department for a total of 2.4 billion rubles were established.

President Vladimir Putin canceled a trip to Sochi, and then all public meetings this week. According to the official version, he caught a cold, but there are other versions Russian President Vladimir Putin during negotiations with the president of the state of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas Photo: Kremlin.ru Russian President Vladimir Putin canceled all the nearest public events on February 13.

On the morning of February 13, residents of Yaroslavl were informed on television about an increased level of radiation. Later it turned out that the emergency warning system of the Ministry of Emergency Situations worked by mistake due to a technical failure of the program. “There was a system failure in the software of the broadcasting station. At the moment, the radiation background is normal.

In Belarus, the film “Death of Stalin” was released in a wide rental. Why Belarusian officials turned out to be bolder than Russians - the New Times sorted out Frame from the film "Death of Stalin" Photo: Kinopoisk.ru Drama of the ban On January 24, the day after the Russian Ministry of Culture announced the satirical comedy of Armando Ionnucci by the film Non in Russia, Belarusian officials from culture picked up the baton: all the Stalin Death sessions were canceled in Minsk.

Russian Yulia Belorukova won the bronze medal in the women's sprint race at the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The victory was won by the Swedish skier Stina Nilsson, the silver medalist was Maiken Kaspersen Falla. Russian Alexander Bolshunov won bronze in the ski sprint. Norwegian Johannes Hesflot Klabo took first place, Italian Federico Pellegrino came second. Now the Russian Olympic team has five medals - one silver and four bronze, Interfax notes .

from the Baikonur Cosmodrome successfully launched At 11:13 Moscow time , the Progress MS-08 cargo spacecraft . The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launcher launched a transport cargo ship into low-Earth orbit. After the separation of the spacecraft from the third stage of the launch vehicle, the truck began to carry out the flight program to the ISS. It will deliver to the International Space Station fuel, food, water and other cargoes necessary for the operation of the station.