Russian skeletonist Elena Nikitina won the overall World Cup final round in Calgary, Canada. She became the first skeletonist from Russia to win the overall World Cup standings. According to RIA Novosti, Nikitina took fifth place in the last start, which deprived the German athlete Tina Hermann of the chances of winning the overall standings. Nikitina scored 1663 points, ahead of Hermann by 66 points.

In Russia, it is more convenient to investigate the case of a foreign ruling politician. Especially if he is not "our son" Vladimir Plakhotnyuk. Photo: Vadim Denisov Russian law enforcement agencies accused Moldovan entrepreneurs and politicians Vladimir Plahotniuk and Vyacheslav Platon of creating a criminal community that led more than 37 billion rubles from Russia. Both that and the other really were related to a large -scale scheme of money laundering.

UPDATE 23:09 the correspondent & "New" reports that the Columbian police blocked the bridge on the border. The coalition of humanitarian aid is trying to solve something. 23 people from the National Guard Venezuela moved to Colombia and asked for refugees there. & Two trucks with humanitarian aid, which crossed the border in Urezhni, burned on the Venezuelan side. There are currently four cars on the Simon Bolivar bridge, not one of them could go through the border.

In Barnaul, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is going to conduct an inspection after a student of the Altai State University, Viktor Dryakhlov, was taken away from classes to talk about his participation in single-person pickets, the reports . Bankfax agency As told Anton Artsibashev, the head of the regional Komsomol committee, the agency, on February 20, the police came to one of the buildings of the Altai State University and said that the student should go with them for a conversation.

The Criminal Code has become the main document not only for security forces, but also for businessmen who use it against competitors and even customers Photo: RIA Novosti The arrest of the founder of the Baring Vostok investment company Michael Kalvi, as well as four of his partners and top managers, actualized the problem of power pressure on the business. Many representatives of the Russian elite, including the chairman of Sberbank, German Gref, publicly stood up behind Kalvi.

A blogger (terrorist?) Sits in the capital, sits in Novosibirsk cardiologist Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" From here, peace and work evaporated, And the workers also drive away, But every day they take someone But every day they plant someone- To the embarrassment of neighbors and guests There are no other news left.

There is a sequel Maduro announced the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Colombia On the border of Venezuela and Colombia there were clashes of the military and demonstrators, the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta reports. Photo: Elena Kostyuchenko / "New Gazeta" The clashes occurred in Urezhni (the Border Venezuelan city) and on the bridge of Simon Bolivar. From the Venezuelan side, tear gas was used, about 30 people were injured.

How scandals on gender and racial grounds in society affect the composition of the nominees of the most prestigious cinematic prize Photo: EPA On February 24, tens of millions of people around the world will watch the 91st ceremony of presenting the Academy Awards. An annual intrigue is not only which films will fall into the short list, but also how tolerant the choice of the Oscar jury will be.

And its significance for the court decision on the listening of the Rudnikov case in closed mode Photo: Vitaly Nevar/TASS Photo: Vitaly Nevar/TASS Against the backdrop of disputes around the closure of hearings on the Rudnikov case, a leak occurred from some closed sources, which has a direct relationship to initiate this case.

In Krasnoyarsk, Gleb Maryasov, a volunteer at the local headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny, was suspended from work at the Universiade, he told the Sibir.Realii publication about this. According to Maryasov, he got a job at a cleaning company that services sports facilities. He said that the Universiade Directorate accepted him and issued him accreditation.

The new head of the RFU became Alexander Dyukov Photo: RIA Novosti Starting from the middle of the zero, Russian football has been led by almost one St. Petersburg, and specifically - Zenitsky . Vitaly Mutko was replaced by the chairman of the board of directors of the St. Petersburg club, and part-time head of Gazprom Neft, 51-year-old Alexander Dyukov . All of them are St. Petersburg, everyone came out of the more or less successful presidents of Zenit - and Mutko, Fursenko, and Dyukov.

There is a sequel There were collisions on the border of Venezuela and Colombia The super -proclaimed president of Venezuela Juan Guydo announced an amnesty for the military who decides to cross the border, the Novaya Gazeta correspondent reports. Guydo and Presidents of Colombia, Chile and Paraguay next to the border of Colombia and Venezuela.

What is they say in France about the arrest of Philip Delpal, the “key figure of the French business community” in Russia Photo: RIA Novosti The Foreign Ministry of France is stingyly comporming* sending the French investor Philip Delpal (Baring Vostok), but the press and sources in business circles do not spare colors. "Arrest Electroshko", "Thunder among the clear sky." In the comments - emphasis on three circumstances.

US President Donald Trump received two Golden Raspberry anti-awards, reports . Reuters Trump won the anti-award as the worst actor for his roles in the documentaries Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9. As noted by CNN, in both films he played himself. "Golden Raspberry" for the worst supporting role was given to US presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway, who played in the film "Fahrenheit 11/9".

The command of the Army of Venezuela announced the deployment of its forces on the border with Colombia, the corresponding message was published on the official twitter of the Venezuelan army.