Emmanuel Bonn consults the Elysee Palace. Photo: Yuri Safronov / Novaya Gazeta The visit of the diplomatic adviser to the French President to Moscow ended even worse than Novaya Gazeta predicted in its first article about the meeting in the Kremlin between Macron’s “Sherpa” Emmanuel Bonn and Russian Presidential Assistant for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov.

The underage criminal who attacked the students in the dormitory was wearing a mask, with a knife and firecrackers. Frame: ASTRA* In the dormitory of the Bashkir State University, an attack occurred on a student dormitory on Repin Street. The attacker was detained, he managed to “inflict bodily harm on himself” and was hospitalized “in serious condition,” the Investigative Committee reported. Four students were injured, police said in a statement, and their injuries were not serious.

What happens when an artist replaces a dictator in a country? Notes about Albania Market in Tirana. Photo: IMAGO/Mauersberger Until recently, Albania was one of the most closed countries, European North Korea. Today it is a cheap and unusual place for tourism or relocation (in the age of endless migration it takes you anywhere). But, as always, in reality not everything is so simple. In theory, this is a country that has succeeded. But in fact, it will take years to prove it Enver Hoxha.

Historian Alexey Kuznetsov tells Alexey Kuznetsov tells a story that could have changed the USSR in 1969, but went completely differently: the assassination attempt on Brezhnev in the Kremlin, 11 shots, a mistake in the motorcade and the fate of Viktor Ilyin.

“Greatness” by Sergei Mostovshchikov, illustrations by Pyotr Sarukhanov Drawing: Pyotr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta Suvorov acted triumphantly with his troops, So that there are money transfers across the Alps.

“One-stop service” does not imply political rights and freedoms, but should not interfere with their implementation Illustration: flux/BFl The third issue of the magazine “State”, published by RANEPA and sent to important people according to a special list, is devoted to the fashionable topic of “social architecture” (in other words, methods for building conflict-free relationships between the state and citizens).

Stalin left the country with surprises that even those who live next to them do not know about. History of the city of Lermontov Festival of historical reconstruction "Battle for the Caucasus". Photo: press service of the Lermontov administration “Isn’t it terrible to see these legions of people who walk “between tragedies” all their lives - and don’t even understand it!

The President of Ukraine said that during negotiations with Abu Dhabi of the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, the Americans, who acted as mediators, for the first time proposed holding the next meeting on US territory - in Miami. And supposedly next week. Zelensky’s words are quoted today by the Ukrainian media. “We have confirmed our participation,” Zelensky said.

St. Petersburg lives in mobile mode: from GDP to UAVs Photo: Alexey Smagin / Kommersant Periodic shutdowns or “slowdowns” of mobile Internet and mobile communications under the pretext of ensuring security are a sad feature that has accompanied the life of St. Petersburg residents in recent months. This doesn't happen every day, of course, but it happens regularly. And for various reasons - not only due to the danger of the appearance of drones. There is nothing like this even in Belgorod.

Kommersant, citing its sources, said that high-ranking General Staff General Vladimir Alekseev, wounded as a result of the assassination attempt, came to his senses after a successful operation. Alekseev was in an induced coma, his condition was assessed as serious. At the same time, telegram channels and unnamed media sources report the arrest of suspects in the attempt on Alekseev’s life. Adding that there may be a woman among the suspects - but this information has not yet been confirmed.

Photo: Svetana Vidanova / Novaya Gazeta On the night of Saturday, February 7, a new temporary sign appeared on the facade of Anna Politkovskaya’s house. Her text is as follows: “Here in 2026, the memorial plaque of Anna Politkovskaya was destroyed by neo-Nazis.” We remember that neo-Nazis almost immediately admitted their involvement in the destruction of the board.

Nikita Uvarov is preparing for release - his sentence is ending. But for now he wrote to his mother that he was being locked up in a punishment cell. Nikita's camp badge. From personal archive Nikita Uvarov, the main defendant in the case of Kansky anarchist schoolchildren, thrown into prison at the age of 14, is now 20 years old and is sitting in Krasnoyarsk IK-31. The five-year sentence - no credits, no parole, Nikita refused to ask for pardon - is nearing completion.

The lawsuit for the nationalization of the airline ticket sales operator Leonardo, the largest in Russia, was filed in court on February 4, RBC found . Up to 80% of all Russian air tickets are sold through this system. On January 26, Leonardo experienced a major technical failure, which affected most of the major national carriers: Aeroflot, Pobeda, Yamal and others. They were forced to suspend sales of air tickets for their flights and freeze passenger registration.

The hierarchical path of Ekaterinburg Metropolitan Evgeniy (Kulberg): from an altar boy-pogrom attender to the chief educator of the Russian Orthodox Church His Eminence Bishop of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy (Alexey Kulberg). Photo: Donat Sorokin / TASS “We owe it, we owe it to our state. Someone says it is good, [someone says] it is bad. If we live, if we were born in this state, good or bad system...