The leader of the “solidarity” of the 80s of the twentieth century, the Laureate of the Nobel Prize of the World, the president of Poland, the most famous and respected in the world-along with Pope John Paul II-the Pole was forced to defend himself from the accusations that he was not only an agent of communist secret services, but also their tool The leader of the “solidarity” of the 80s of the twentieth century, the Laureate of the Nobel Prize of the World, the most famous and respected in the

Lecture by Professor Andrey Zubov. Department of History of Novaya Gazeta Lecture by Professor Andrey Zubov. Department of History of Novaya Gazeta I. For a short period, from 1906 to 1917, Russia was a parliamentary state. It was never again a parliamentary state until 1991. And again for a short period it became in the 1990s, to soon cease to be again.

Forward of the Russian national team, captain of the St. Petersburg hockey club Ilya Kovalchuk was withdrawn from the team. This was told by SKA coach Maxim Sokolov on the official website of the club. “According to the decision of the coaching staff, Ilya Kovalchuk was removed from the team and is training according to an individual program. In addition, Yegor Rykov was sent to SKA-1946, and Dmitry Yudin to SKA-Neva, which will start its first round of the playoffs on February 25, ”he said.

The royal family of Saudi Arabia has invested $26.1 million in the aviation analogue of Uber - the company JetSmarter, which was founded by a native of Russia Sergei Petrosov, writes Bloomberg. The service allows you to book a seat on a private jet using your smartphone. Jets, as Petrosov, who currently lives in Florida, said, are not used to their full potential. They either sit idling at airports or fly empty to pick up customers. Because of this, aircraft owners are losing money.

As a result of the terrorist attacks committed on February 21 in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs, 177 people were killed, reports Al Arabiya TV channel . The exact number of wounded is unknown, according to preliminary data, there are more than 200 of them. Earlier it became known that in the southern region of Damascus, Sayyid Zeinab, which is predominantly inhabited by Shiite Muslims, a car bomb exploded first, and then two suicide bombers blew themselves up.

The US State Department has published an agreement on a truce in Syria, which must be confirmed no later than noon on February 26. Earlier, RIA Novosti reported a joint statement by the United States and Russia. The two countries have agreed that the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Air Force will have to stop attacking opposition groups as part of a truce.

The central office of the Investigative Committee of Russia (IC RF) has stopped criminal prosecution of participants in the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Valery Minin and Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Alexander Prilepin, previously arrested in the case of the disappearance of a resident of Chechnya, have been amnestied.

The authorities of Kazakhstan announced the start of the program of the Kazakh alphabet to Latin by 2025. The project looks utopian, but this, among other things, is a signal of Moscow: the “Russian world” in Kazakhstan will not be easy The authorities of Kazakhstan announced the start of the program of the Kazakh alphabet to Latin by 2025.

Russia and the United States have signed a draft agreement according to which the ceasefire in Syria will come into force on February 27, Aljazeera TV channel reports , citing its own source. It is reported that in the near future US Secretary of State John Kerry will officially announce this. The warring parties in Syria must sign the document before noon on February 26. The terrorist groups Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra banned in Russia were excluded from the document.

A criminal case instituted against the owner of the Domodedovo Airport is only necessary to take away the airport and adjacent lands in favor of “right” businessmen A criminal case instituted against the owner of the Domodedovo Airport is only necessary to take away the airport and adjacent lands in favor of “right” businessmen Photo: TASS So, last Friday, despite the protest of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the court still sent Dmitry Kamenchik under house arrest.

The Kiev police summoned ten people for interrogation in cases of an attack on a branch of Sberbank, Alfa-Bank and the office of System Capital Management (SCM), RIA Novosti reports citing the head of the city police Andrey Krishchenko . “Now people are being identified, ten people have been summoned to the investigating authorities, some have come for interrogations,” he said, adding that investigative and operational actions are being carried out as part of criminal cases.

The Syrian government army has regained control of the only highway linking Aleppo with the rest of the provinces. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a military source. “The army recaptured the Asria-Khanaser highway from the militants. However, the road is still blocked. In the north of Khanaser, the battle is still going on, from there the terrorists can fire on the road,” the source said. According to him, the terrorists managed to mine part of the highway.

The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) released the coordinator of the volunteer group "Responsible Citizens" Marina Cherenkova. Yevgeny Shibalov, a journalist and volunteer of the initiative group, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

NATO Air Force aircraft stationed at a base in Lithuania took off twice last week to escort a Russian Il-20 military transport aircraft, reports . TASS According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, the Russian Il-20 was flying from the Russian mainland to Kaliningrad with the onboard transponder (an automatic aircraft identification device) turned off.

In Kazakhstan, the head of the country's Union of Journalists and head of the National Press Club, Seytkazy Mataev, was detained on suspicion of corruption. Information about this was published on the website of the Department of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau in Almaty. Mataev is suspected of theft of budget funds on an especially large scale and tax evasion on an especially large scale.