Grigory Yavlinsky was finally removed from the elections. And with it, millions of voters who needed an alternative The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the CEC to refuse to register Grigory Yavlinsky as a presidential candidate.

One of the most famous Russian rock bands, Pilot, turns 15 years old. Performances and an anniversary tour will be held under the heading "15 years of rock - this is the term!" Like many other groups, the Pilot group was born in the 90s on the wave of the new "Russian rock". The concert tour, which started in February, will last for the whole year. It promises to be very bright and will be remembered for the surprises prepared by the group.

Black Sabbath will begin their world tour with a concert in Moscow Despite the fact that the drummer of the group Bill Ward stated that he could not take part in the record of the new Black Sabbath album due to the “very important” signed by him, according to him, the contract, Ozzi Ozborn, Tony Aimmy and Giser Batler are not going to cancel any creative plans, which include the recording of the new album and the world tour. “We are upset that Bill, most likely, will not be with us.

Pianist Mikhail Arkadyev - about the great musicians and artists who openly support the power guilty of irreversible molestation and split of the country Pianist Mikhail Arkadyev: I accuse my colleagues - “musicians of law”, the heroes of the modern classical hystblishment Valery Gergiev and Yuri Bashmet, in the fact that they voluntarily turn into the service staff of one of the most shameful, cynical and criminal rulers in the history of Russia, the first political simulator of a global scale

Maria Gaidar and Pavel Khodorkovsky spoke about the events in Bolotnaya, protesting for fair elections in New York The rally “For honest elections in Russia” gathered only 200 people in New York. “Mal Soldier, but dear,” says its participants, among whom our famous compatriots - Maria Gaidar and Pavel Khodorkovsky. In an interview with “New”, they shared their vision of the events rapidly developing in Russia The rally “For honest elections in Russia” gathered only 200 people in New York.

It is not enough to say: there were one hundred thousand, a lot of people. And what kind of people, whom? The main joy of the old intellectuals is that they guess the appearance of a certain middle class for demonstrations, which finally demands the idea of ​​rules and an independent court. Until now, no one needs a court: neither the authorities nor the business, which according to such general rules may lose ...

In the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, an unknown person detonated an explosive device planted in a car that was parked next to a hotel where parliamentarians often gather, Gazeta.ru reports citing Reuters. The attack killed at least 11 people and injured 34. “At the moment, we have found 11 bodies of the dead, 34 people are injured. So far, no MPs have been found among the wounded. The death toll could rise." Police officer Hassan Ali said.

In Davos, you involuntarily realize how phantasmagoric our internal political discourse is Everyone knows about the annual World Economic Forum: this is the place where domestic oligarchs meet with domestic top officials in the neutral atmosphere of a Swiss resort in the midst of the world economic and political beau monde. Away from native clubs. The Belvedere Hotel is our home Russia. She is Europe from the English Channel to the Urals.

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed said today that he was forced to step down at gunpoint and urged his successor Mohammed Wahid Hassan Maniku to follow suit, Reuters reported . "There were people with weapons around me, and they said they would use them without hesitation if I didn't leave," the agency quoted the ex-president as saying.

Novaya Gazeta has learned that ZAO Avtograde in the Kuban city of Tikhoretsk is collecting signatures in support of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. This was reported by an employee of the enterprise. The company cannot explain anything. At the same time, in this case, fraud can be covered up by politics. “I was invited by the head of the trade union committee, Nadezhda Nikolaevna Kikhtenko. She told me to sign the statement.

The Supreme Court made the expected decision and refused Grigory Yavlinsky to satisfy his application to recognize as unfounded the decisions of the Central Election Commission of Russia to refuse to register the founder of the Yabloko party as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. Earlier it was reported that Vladimir Putin would not participate in the debate.

The district court in the Polish city of Nowy Sanch decided to extradite to Russia the person involved in the case of underground casinos in the Moscow region, ex-prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko, who was arrested in early January in Poland, RIA Novosti reports . Now Ignatenko has seven days to appeal the verdict. If the Court of Appeal upholds the decision of the court in Nowy Sącz, the decision will have to be approved by the Minister of Justice of Poland.

TV presenter Vladimir Pozner said that he could close his program on Channel One if the situation with censorship, when a piece concerning one of the oppositionists Alexei Navalny was cut out of the program, repeats, Interfax reports . “It may happen that, in the end, not because of Navalny, but if something similar happens, maybe I’ll say“ That’s enough! ”, Posner said at a press conference in Moscow. However, he hopes that this will not happen.

In Moscow, two natives of Kyrgyzstan who engaged in abduction of people were arrested by employees of the Main Directorate of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Central Administrative District. The victims of the attackers were their own compatriots who arrived in the capital to work. The criminal scheme of the criminal duet was simple.

In Cheboksary, a criminal case has been opened against a 22-year-old Georgian citizen who hit a policeman in the face and knocked him down. As Novaya Gazeta was told in the investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Chuvashia, the incident occurred during a walk in the yard of the special detention center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city of Cheboksary.