Read the news about the dispersal of the action here, the photo report from the scene is here.

Read the news about the dispersal of the rally near the CEC building here, the video report from the scene is here.

In the city court of Krasnogorsk near Moscow, a criminal case was heard today, which threatens to create a paradoxical law enforcement precedent. It concerns millions - everyone who has a license and who drives a car. The driver, allegedly exceeding the speed limit by 13 km/h, faces 4 years and 6 months in a penal colony. On May 2, 2010, the defendant Petr Dmitriev, together with his sister, was returning from his dacha along the Novorizhskoye Highway in a Mitsubishi Mirage car.

The Moscow Patriarchate reacted to the sensational material published in Novaya Gazeta about the activities of Patriarch Kirill in the 90s, accusing the newspaper of distorting the facts. The author of the article wrote in turn the response text. Publishing both...

The reason for the action was the law "On the prohibition of propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgenderism and pedophilia among minors and society as a whole", adopted recently in the second reading in St. Petersburg. In fact, the law prohibits any activity of LGBT organizations.

The head of the Trade Union of football players and coaches, Nikolai Grammatikov, spoke about the expectations of the Russian football community related to the consideration of the “Pryadkin case” at the International Sports Arbitration in Lausanne.

New blood flows into the local authorities. But the "deputies-killers" and "deputies-werewolves" interfere New blood flows into the local authorities. But the "deputies-killers" and "deputies-werewolves" interfere ... On March 4, in parallel with the main event, another elections will be held, which not everyone has heard of. Although, it would seem, it was on these - parallel - elections that the main government will be formed.

The verdict of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival was issued The verdict of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival has been issued. The program turned out to be "without ups." With the exception of a couple of weak and meaningless films, more or less “medium” ... However, no matter what decision the President of refereeing the legendary director Mike Lee made it difficult to disagree with him: the program was “without upsets”.

Every Tuesday at 19.00 activists of the Other Russia and other opposition movements come to the CEC to demand fair elections. Today, about 30 people barely managed to reach the CEC building when a megaphone sounded: “Dear citizens, your action is not authorized, please disperse!”, And immediately the arrests began. For some time, what was happening was almost invisible behind the orange smoke - the activists brought smoke bombs with them.

One of the most popular Central Asian information resources, the Ferghana.Ru website, is blocked for most residents of Kyrgyzstan, , told Gazeta.Ru . Daniil Kislov, editor-in-chief of the resource Kislov found it difficult to name the exact reason for blocking the site, since he does not have any official decision to block access to it, but suggested that it was related to the publications of Ferghana.Ru during the period of popular unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan.

The security service urgently needed 2.5 thousand cubic meters of sawdust: “soft waste from sawmilling and woodworking, packed in plastic bags” http://zakupki.gov.ru/pgz/public/action/orders/info/common_info/show?notificationId=2764832 The cost of "waste" is estimated at 1 million federal rubles.

Former investigator for especially important cases of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of Moscow, Nelli Dmitrieva, was released from the pre-trial detention center under a written undertaking not to leave the country. As .

As a result of the unprecedented inspection by the Central Bank of the National Reserve Bank of Alexander Lebedev, his personal account no longer has funds to support seriously ill children, HIV-infected, large media and humanitarian projects. It is from this account that money goes to the Raisa Maksimovna Gorbacheva Foundation and the Elton John Foundation. From this account, money was also received by Novaya Gazeta.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Mari El declared illegal the actions of the administration of the Novotoryalsky district in terms of refusing to provide a disabled person with a free land plot. The human rights organization Man and Law, which provided legal support to Nikolai Tarasov, told Novaya Gazeta that the disabled person, who has no hands, had been arguing with the district administration for three years.

Pancake week on the Don promises to be rich in public gatherings with political overtones. On February 23, supporters of Gennady Zyuganov will gather at Theater Square at 11.00. On February 26, at the same place, from 15.00 to 17.00, a rally "For Fair Elections" will be held, traditionally organized by regional representatives of the non-systemic opposition. In fact, the initiators of the action wanted to hold a procession along the central streets of Rostov.