Activists present at Maidan Nezalezhnosti booed opposition leaders who announced from the stage that they had signed an agreement with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to resolve the crisis, writes Ukrainska Pravda . A centurion from Maidan Self-Defense interrupted the leader of the UDAR party, Vitali Klitschko, who was speaking on stage. The Hundred activist said that if Yanukovych did not resign by 10 am the next day (February 22), the protesters would launch an armed offensive.

Russians: Victor An, who became a six-time Olympic champion, Semyon Yelistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev and Ruslan Zakharov won the 5,000 km short track relay

Short track skater Viktor Ahn, representing Russia, won the gold medal of the Olympic Games in Sochi in the 500 m distance. Ahn set a record by winning gold in short track speed skating for the fifth time. In Sochi An they took three medals. A few days earlier, he was first in the 1000m and third in the 1500m.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted today the law “On Amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine regarding the implementation of the provisions of Article 19 of the UN Convention against Corruption to the National Legislation”, thanks to which the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko can be released, Liga.Net reports . » . 310 out of 338 people's deputies voted for the adoption of the law.

The deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting voted for the removal of acting. Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaly Zakharchenko, reports "Ukrainian Truth" . 332 people's deputies out of 338 people's deputies registered today in the parliament voted "for". The decision to dismiss the acting Minister of Internal Affairs was submitted to the Parliament by the leader of the Batkivshchyna faction, Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Vladimir Lukin, who returned from Kiev to Moscow, announced the continuation of further consultations on resolving the crisis in Ukraine, Interfax reports . “We talked. We clarified each other's positions. We will continue consultations,” Lukin said. At the same time, the Ombudsman confirmed to the agency that he did not put his signature under the agreement on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. “Yes, I didn’t. Some questions still remain.

Swamp business. Announcement of the verdict (ONLINE)

The Canadian men's curling team won first place at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, defeating the UK team. The game ended with the score 9:3. The winners included: Ryan Harnden, Edge Harnden, Ryan Fry, Brad Jacobs, Caleb Flexi (alternate). Team Canada wins the Olympic curling tournament for the third time in a row.

During a robbery in the center of Moscow, unknown people stole a bag from a man, which contained 4 million rubles, Interfax reports . “On Friday at about 4 p.m.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs - another loud resignation Photo: "New Gazeta" Vladimir Putin dismissed the head of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Countering of Corruption (GUEBIPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Lieutenant General Denis Svugrobov, whom the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs called General Svigrob.

The Verkhovna Rada has approved a law to end the persecution of detained participants in mass protests. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the bill was supported by 372 deputies. According to the adopted law, both detained activists and those against whom such cases could be initiated are exempted from liability. In addition, the law exempted from administrative responsibility all the protesters who were fined, and the auto-Maidan activists who were deprived of their rights.

Yulia Lipnitskaya, Olympic champion in the team tournament, admitted to reporters that after performing a free program in single skating, she could not calm down for a long time. “Yesterday I sobbed a lot, my mood was bad, I was reassured, they said that I was an Olympic champion in the team competition, and not everyone achieves fifth place in singles,” RIA Novosti quotes Yulia Lipnitskaya. The figure skater added that today she feels rested.

Today, one and a half dozen activists of the RPR-Parnassus party came out to one of the central squares of Kazan, expressing support for the defendants in the Bolotnaya case and the Dozhd TV channel.

Employees of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department detained 17 members of an organized criminal group who specialized in burglaries, robberies and robbery attacks on collectors, ITAR-TASS reports .

The scandalously known Orthodox activist Dmitry Enteo with his comrade -in -arms attacked on Thursday evening an employee of a book shop at the Gulag Museum Dmitry Davydov. The museum worker told Lente.ru that the reason for the attack was his interview for the Polit.ru website. Enteo demanded that Davydov apologize to the Orthodox activist Mila Esipenko, about whom he spoke out in an interview on January 28.