Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that there is no reason to declare mourning. At the briefing, according to RBC , the following dialogue took place between journalists and Peskov: - Will mourning be declared for the Russians who died in Syria? - In connection with what should mourning be declared? - In connection with the death of a large number of Russian citizens. - How many? - It is still unknown. - U.S. too. So I don't understand your question.

February 15 - 95th anniversary of the birth of Elena Bonner - famous human rights activist, wife and friend of academician Andrei Sakharov In recent years, she lived in the United States and rarely gave interviews. In 2011, the book “Talks with Andre Gluxmann”, one of the leaders of the Parisian protest of the late 1960s, was published in Paris. We publish an excerpt from this book translated by Zoe Light. One of the last photos of Elena Bonner.

The Central Election Commission proposes to the leadership of Channel One to postpone the screening of the four-episode documentary film "Interview with Putin" directed by Oliver Stone until the end of the election campaign. “Offer to JSC Channel One to postpone further screening of the film until the end of voting in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation, that is, to show the remaining episodes after the election campaign,” said Ella Pamfilova, chairman of the CEC, TASS reports .

reports on Wednesday, February 14 The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation allowed investigators to read correspondence from phones, tablets and computers without the appropriate permission of the court, RAPSI . The information contained in the electronic memory of subscriber devices confiscated during investigative actions does not imply the issuance of a special court decision on this, the Constitutional Court believes.

The working commission of the International Olympic Committee admitted speed skater Sergei Gryaztsov and bobsledder Dmitry Popov to the 2018 Games. But the athletes never received an invitation to the Olympics. published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) The Russian Olympic Committee sent a list of 500 athletes to the IOC, 391 of them were approved, and 389 received invitations to compete. Among the uninvited were Gryaztsov and Popov, follows from the decision .

A mass of petty violations of decorum turns the 2018 elections into one big indecency Here is an example of news that is not news at all, but which is forced to be reproduced by all the country's media, reporting at least something about politics: "Vladimir Putin's headquarters refused to broadcast federal air for television debates." After all, everyone knew in advance that this would be the case: neither the current (aka future) president, nor even his proxies would condescend to polemics with

On February 7, in Syria, the US military launched an airstrike on pro-government forces. Later, information appeared that as a result of the attack, Russian citizens who served in the Wagner PMC were killed. The newspaper "Kommersant" learned the details of the incident. A former colleague of several soldiers who died on February 7 said that he had already talked with wounded eyewitnesses of the battle near Deir ez-Zor in one of the Russian hospitals.

On February 13, at the age of 84, Prince Consort Henrik, husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, died. “His Royal Highness Prince Henrik died peacefully in his sleep on 13 February at 11:18 am at Fredensborg Palace. Her Majesty the Queen and two sons were by his side,” according to the website of the royal house. Henrik was hospitalized with a lung infection on 28 January.

The world is not in vain so eagerly and widely celebrates St. Valentine, he is the day of lovers. Love is the biggest mystery that a person is trying to solve the age from the age Photo: Fotolia/Photoexpress.ru Is the instinct of continuing the genus “to blame” in the storm of feelings that masters the lovers and makes them commit madness and go to the feat? What does modern science say about the “delicate passion”?

On the night of February 16, the countries of Southeast Asia celebrate the New Year, which is celebrated in the eastern calendar as a year of dog Photo: 5s1.ru The new year and the mouse rejoices. Chinese proverb In the Middle Kingdom, ancient traditions are bizarrely connected to new -fangled trends. If you want to punish the Chinese, take him the New Year. But not the European New Year, but the real, Chinese. In Chinese, it is called Chun-Tzu, or the holiday of spring.

At the request of the Central Election Commission, Channel One will stop showing the series “Putin” from February 15, Vedomosti reports. The third episode will be released on the evening of February 14, because due to the difference in time zones the channel will not have time to change the program for today, since in some regions viewers have already seen the third episode. Thus, only the final episode of Oliver Stone's film will not be shown.

Ksenia Sobchak asks the Supreme Court to cancel registration with Vladimir Putin candidate Photo: sobchakprotivvvseh.ru The presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak filed an application with the Supreme Court of Russia with a request to cancel the registration of Vladimir Putin as a candidate. The document is published in the Telegram channel of the Sobchak headquarters. This information was confirmed by the press secretary of Sobchak Ksenia Chudinova.

The student of the Voronezh Law University received 2.5 years for reposts in the preparation of the thesis about extremism Belgorod Regional Court photo: Like-a-freedom.ru In Voronezh, a legal student wrote a thesis about extremism. And he received 2.5 years under the 282nd “extremist” article of the Criminal Code. On Monday, February 12, the Belgorod Regional Court rejected its appeal, now he must go to the colony.

On the relationship of "Rybabait" with a conflict between Deripaska on the one hand both Abramovich and Potanin - on the other My acquaintances from different lists (Forbes, “List 210”, expecting to make here and here), scratching the back of the head because of Nastya, began to ask me-what I think about the connection of the “Rybabit” with the conflict between Deripaska on the one hand and Abramovich and Potanin on the other. As they say - "Coincidence ..." So the version.

reports on Wednesday, February 14 Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates predicts "increased repression" in Russia in 2018, NBC . This follows Coates' open report in which the director of intelligence conducts an analysis of US threats. Coates writes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to “increase the use of repression and intimidation to combat Russian dissatisfaction with corruption, weak social services and a sluggish, structurally flawed economy.