What is behind the cyber attack of the Americans on the "Troll Factory" Evgeny Prigozhin. Photo: Andrey Epikhin / TASS The US cybercommunication, together with the intelligence of the National Security Agency, blocked the Internet access to the St. Petersburg “Internet research agency” during the intermediate elections to the American Congress in 2018. This was announced on February 26 by The Washington Post, citing several anonymous civil servants.

Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for US President Donald Trump, said during a congressional hearing that the American leader was aware of plans for WikiLeaks to publish an archive of letters from the US Democratic Party headquarters in 2016, reports The Washington Post . Cohen said that a few days before the Democratic convention, he was in Trump's office, then political consultant Roger Stone called him, and the US president turned on the speakerphone.

Badcomedian movie book with an audience of 5 million people fighting pension reform YouTube.com “I want to make my sincere apologies to everyone who did not leave indifferent or insulted my position on pension reform ... I should not affirm anything without understanding the important nuances of this reform, economic and statistical data.” The Russian show business has not yet seen such a public apology.

Participate in politics here and now. Software article by Grigory Yavlinsky Photo: press service "Yabloko" What will happen? Problems in Russia grow like a snowball. The Putin system has unchanged approaches to the economy, to foreign policy, in relation to domestic subjects - regional and professional elites. Life is changing, threats are changing, but politics - no.

UPDATE 21:48 Open Russia press secretary Natalya Gryaznevich told Novaya Gazeta that the police are looking for the organizers of the event. Law enforcement officers said that they had information “about illegal activities”, they were questioning those present. Journalists were released from the movement's office. 22:58 & "OVD-Info", with reference to the host & telegram channel "Flowers for Volodya" Vera Oleinikova, & reports on the detention of Fatima Aleieva.

At the World Ski Championships in Austria, five athletes were arrested on suspicion of violating anti-doping rules, according to the website of the Austrian Federal Police. A total of nine people were arrested, including two athletes from Austria, one from Kazakhstan and two from Estonia. Two members of the alleged gang, a sports doctor named Mark S., and his German accomplice were also arrested in the case. Prior to this, the police conducted searches.

Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for US President Donald Trump, said he had no evidence that he was in "colluding" with Russia during the 2016 election campaign, according to The Washington Post. Cohen made a similar statement during a hearing in the US Congress. He said he "wasn't part of the campaign" so he couldn't answer the question about Trump's possible "collusion" with Russia. Cohen made only assumptions on this score. “Trump’s desire to win would force him to work with anyone,” he said.

Norwegians consider Russian Arctic enterprises a source of environmental threat Nickel village. Photo: Lev Fedoseev / TASS At the end of January, all residents of the border Norwegian commune Ser-wranger received alarming SMS from the municipality: people were asked not to go out without unnecessary need and not to walk in the Pasvik Valley. The reason is a high concentration of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere.

Ukraine refused to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, said in a statement. the National Public Television and Radio Company (NOTU) After the refusal of the singer Maruv, who became the winner of the national selection, the TV and radio company could choose a performer not from among the participants in the selection. However, the performers who took second and third places, Freedom-jazz and Kazka, were offered to represent Ukraine at Eurovision.

Russian skier Alexander Bessmertnykh won silver in the individual race at the World Championships in Seefeld, Austria. The first place was taken by the Norwegian skier Martin Sundby, who completed the distance of 15 km in 38 minutes 22.6 seconds. Bessmertnykh finished 2.9 seconds behind him. Finnish skier Iivo Niskanen won bronze, 20.4 seconds behind the winner. The fourth was the Russian Andrey Larkov (+22.8 seconds).

When everything is bad, you have to hold against the wave and wind The short Antarctic navigation of the 2018-2019 season continues in the southern south dome of the seas. The correspondent of Novye transmits from the board of the Vasily Golovnin diesel electrical engine, which now works in the sea of ​​community.

A memorial plaque to the first governor of the region, Boris Nemtsov, was erected in Nizhny Novgorod, the politician's son Anton Nemtsov said on his Facebook. The plaque on the house where Nemtsov lived and worked in the 1990s was unveiled on February 27, 2019, on the fourth anniversary of the politician's death. A bas-relief depicting Nemtsov's profile is made on a marble board. Anton Nemtsov sent a request for a memorial plaque in October 2018.

The Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Natalya Baksheyeva, a defendant in the so-called “Kuban cannibals” case, to 10 years in prison, who in early February was found guilty by a jury of inciting her husband to brutally murder a friend, reports . RIA Novosti In addition, the court decided to restrict Baksheeva's freedom for 1.5 years. The prosecutor asked Baksheeva for 12 years of imprisonment in a penal colony and 1.5 years of restriction of liberty.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that “it is certainly possible” to influence the Internet of Russia from the territory of the United States. To protect against illegal actions on the part of the American side, according to him, a bill on the "sovereign Internet" is needed, writes . Interfax “If we say, let's say, in general, then this, probably, framework administration of the worldwide Internet network is carried out de facto by several companies.

The Swedish prosecutor's office launched an investigation against the Swedish bank Swedbank because of information about money laundering in the Danish financial institution Danske Bank, reports SVT. Thomas Langroth, Chief Prosecutor of the Swedish Economic Crimes Office, said that they will check, in particular, whether the 15 largest shareholders of Swedbank received data on the bank's suspicious transactions before the publication of this information by SVT.