At today's meeting of the State Duma, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, demanded that faction deputy Andrei Lugovoy be excluded from the co-authors of the bill to isolate the Russian segment of the Internet, since, according to Zhirinovsky, he "is not the author of this law." They objected to Zhirinovsky that only Lugovoy himself could withdraw his signature, who refused to do so and even wished to speak on the bill, writes Meduza .

During talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the resumption of cooperation between the United States and this European country will help reduce the influence of Russia and China on him. To Pompeo's statement, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó retorted that Budapest was tired of the West's "huge hypocrisy," French news agency AFP reported .

I really hope that along the way, as usual, everything will be plundered. It's still the lesser evil. I watched the discussion in the Duma of the law on the autonomous Internet. I haven't removed so much noodles from my ears for a long time. "ICANN is a structure that operates under the US Department of Defense," says Andrey Lugovoy. But it is known that "the Internet began as a CIA project.

The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow detained Azat Miftakhov, a postgraduate student of the Mekhmat of Moscow State University, until March 7 in the case of a broken window in the office of United Russia in Khovrino and a saber thrown inside. The petition for arrest began to be considered on February 9, however, lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina asked for 72 hours to collect characterizing materials. The graduate student himself asked for house arrest, Mediazona reports .

The Krasnoselsky court of St. Petersburg fined activist Maria Kozhevatova 250,000 rubles, who was detained earlier during the March of Mother's Wrath. According to Fontanka , Kozhevatova was found guilty of repeated participation in an uncoordinated action. In July 2018, she already spent 15 days in a special detention center after being detained near the court building with the flag of Ukraine. "March of maternal anger" was held in St. Petersburg on February 10.

65% of Russians surveyed by the ZIRCON research group believe that “one should be careful in dealing with people”, 57% say that in modern society “there is more disagreement, disunity”. The results of the study are cited by Kommersant . The most acute contradictions, according to citizens, are between the authorities and the people (45%), rich and poor (40%), and between people of different political persuasions (24%).

The Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case against the judge of the Krasnodar garrison military court Arsen Krikorov, who in December 2018 knocked down 18-year-old Victoria Zvereva at a pedestrian crossing and tried to escape.

A new era of competition between the “great powers” ​​— the United States, China, and Russia — has arrived in the world, but the West, and especially the European Union, is not ready for this competition. This is stated in the report “The Big Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?” published by the organizers of the annual Munich Conference on International Security, which will be held on February 15–17, Vedomosti writes.

The State Duma adopted in the second reading amendments that prohibit military personnel and citizens called up for military training from distributing or providing information via the Internet that makes it possible to determine their belonging or purpose to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies. Also, this information will not be reported to the media.

The chief architect of the Rostov region, Alexei Polyansky, the chief architect of Rostov-on-Don, Roman Ilyugin, and the chief architect of the administration of the Martynovsky district of the region, Alexander Korchiga, are suspected of exceeding their official powers. A criminal case has been initiated.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading the bill of Senator Andrei Klishas on the isolation of the Russian segment of the Internet. 334 deputies voted for the amendments, and 47 voted against. Only representatives of United Russia supported the document.

Over these 11 years, the average temperature in the hospital has not changed, but the rich have become much richer, and the poor, therefore, poorer All data below is from Rosstat and other official sources; easy to check. Real disposable incomes of the population have been falling for five years in a row. As a result, they fell to about the level of 2007. But 2007 was, frankly, not the worst year for the Russian economy! What, one asks, are we sad and noah, citizens?

A new US intelligence report warns that both China and Russia are investing heavily in developing weapons that can attack US satellites, and that both countries are preparing to use space as a battlefield. Last month, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency released a report on China's military capabilities that said the country is making strides in space technology that could threaten U.S. satellites responsible for communications, intelligence, GPS and missile launch early warning, NBC writes . .

Appeal to the Commission on Ethics and the Board of the International Association of Clubs “What? Where? When?" Dear Colleagues! Now there will be an unpleasant post, I honestly do not feel any positive emotions from the fact that I have to write this. But I don't see any other option. As many of you know, I have been the editor-in-chief of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for 10 years now.

According to a study by Opora Rossii, Promsvyazbank and Magram Market Research, the business activity index in the Russian small and medium business sector (RSBI) fell from 53.2 points in the first quarter of 2018 (the highest since 2014) to 47.1 fourth quarter results. If the index value falls below 50 points, this indicates a decrease in business activity in the sector, which indicates a recession, RBC reports .