On Sunday, new protests were held in the country, the score of the participants is already going on thousands A rally of angry Belarusians in Minsk, February 17. Photo: TASS On February 17 in Minsk, the march of the crushed Belarusians did not, contrary to the forecasts of skeptics, a single action, and the degree of protests continues to increase. On Sunday, February 26, the angry Belarusians protested in four cities: Vitebsk, Brest, Baranovichi and Bobruisk.

Know-how: state corporations will take over the functions of "United Russia" in power 2011, Moscow. Photo: RIA Novosti Russian state corporations can receive additional political weight on the eve of the presidential election - about this with reference to two sources close to the presidential administration, the Kommersant newspaper writes.

The land court in the Austrian city of Feldkirch found the native of Chechnya guilty of participating in the activities of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia) and sentenced him to 2.5 years in prison. This is reported by the Kurier newspaper. As specified in the message, four years ago, the person involved in the criminal case went to Syria, where he was trained for a month in the camp of a terrorist group.

Actor Nikolai Karachentsov had an accident in the Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region. It is reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. “Today at about 19:30 in the vicinity of the village of Zagoryansky there was a collision of Toyota and Gazelle cars. As a result, the passengers of the foreign car - actor Karachentsov, his relative and a nurse - were urgently taken to the nearest clinic with traumatic brain injuries, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

Placement of a makeshift memorial at the site of the murder of Boris Nemtsov is associated with risks to ensure the safety of Muscovites and tourists. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the state budgetary institution "Gormost". “The Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge is a monument of cultural heritage, one of the most popular tourist routes in the capital.

The Makhachkala administration expressed its attitude to the mass shootings of stray dogs in the city, saying that they were going to blame people for. “People can also be understood, we occupy the most objective side,” Novaya Gazeta told the city hall, despite the fact that earlier the representative of the city hall in an interview with the Radio Says Moscow called the residents of the city “brutalized” and was surprised at the inaction of the police.

Larisa Malyukova tells about the results and corrected mistakes of Oscars-2017 Winners. Photo: TASS It is considered a good tone to scold the Oscar Pasyansa regardless of the results.

Photo: Sergey Kuznetsov, especially for Novaya Gazeta One of the founders of Novaya Gazeta Sergey Kushnerev died. He was 54 years old. Last week, Kushnerev was hospitalized with a second stroke. His condition was evaluated as serious - they brought it to the intensive care of the journalist. Sergey Kushnerev was born in 1962. He was one of the founders of Novaya Gazeta, the editor -in -chief of the View program on Channel One.

The Uritsky court of the Oryol region denied Oleg Navalny, brother of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, parole. The court rejected Navalny's petition, citing numerous violations: according to reports from the colony, Oleg Navalny refused to comply with the lights out, slept on a bench, left bread crumbs on the table and did not produce a report according to the form.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Alexei Vedev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, from his post. The corresponding order is published on the official portal of legal information. The text of the document says that Vedev was dismissed from the post of Deputy Minister of Economic Development "at his request." Alexey Vedev has held this position since August 2014.

The Moscow City Court refused to defend the defendant of the “Swamp case” Dmitry Buchenkov in the discharge of the judge, who considered the petition for the extension of the arrest. The lawyer Buchenkov Ilya Novikov asked for the discharge of the judge. “I ask you not to accept this personally, but I consider it necessary to tell you a divert only on the grounds that you made a decision on the previous request for this person.

In the Samara region, FSB officers detained a supporter of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia, who was preparing a terrorist attack against police officers. It is reported by TASS with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. “A 19-year-old Russian citizen is a newly converted Muslim and was recruited via the Internet by emissaries of the Islamic State to commit a terrorist attack against law enforcement agencies in the Samara region,” the agency’s source said.

In the city of Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region, two schoolgirls committed suicide. “We can confirm the fact of suicide, but it’s too early to talk about the reasons, since this will become clear in the course of investigative actions and examinations, the results on them will be later,” Novaya Gazeta was told in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region.

Barry Jenkins' drama about a black homosexual, Moonlight, won the Best Film of the Year award at the Oscars. Initially, it was announced that La La Land was recognized as the best film. Its creators took the stage to accept the award. The organizers later announced that the Oscar had won Moonlight and apologized for the mistake. Nevertheless, "La La Land" won six statuettes, including for director, best music and best song. The film was nominated for 14 awards.

The head of the committee of the Federation Council on regulations, Vadim Tyulpanov, proposed that attacks on collectors be classified as especially serious crimes. This is reported by TASS with reference to a letter from the Senator to the Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev.