The Oktyabrsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced the activist of Open Russia Anastasia Shevchenko by four years old with a test period of four years. This was announced by lawyer Sergei Badamshin. Shevchenko was found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an “unwanted” organization. The prosecutor asked the court to sentenced the activist to the five years of the colony.

Due to the popularity of the new Clubhouse social network, Twitter remembered its Soviet prototype-“telephone broadcast”. In the early 1980s, the inhabitants of Leningrad found vulnerability in automatic telephone stations, which allowed them to arrange “voice conferences” for almost 20 years. The material about this was published by TJournal.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court sentenced the former policeman Vadim Boyko, known as the Pearl Warrant Officer, by 1.5 years conditionally, the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg reports . He was found guilty of the use of violence to a police officer (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

St. Petersburg artist Natalya Nanieva releases designers with non -parallest views of the city. For the first set, Natalya was inspired by Kolomna, for the second - Vasilievsky Island and Ligovsky Prospekt. The artist also plans to release the designer with the Leningrad communal woman, where there will be characters and objects of Soviet life.

In Moscow, Russian actor Andrei Myagkov died. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, where he worked. Softkova was 82 years old. The cause of death is not reported. Softkov is most famous for roles in Eldar Ryazanov’s films “The Irony of Fate, or with a slight steam”, “Office novel”, “Garage”, “Cruel Romance”. Andrey soft in the film "The Irony of Fate"

The night on February 18 has become the coldest since the beginning of the year: at seven in the morning the temperature dropped to –24.3 degrees. While some Petersburgers did not joke about unwillingness to go to work, others were able to admire the haze above the Neva. As the weather forecaster, Alexander Kolesov, previously said, this rare phenomenon is formed in the frost. “Warm water at the mouth of the Neva soars during frost.

During the week in St. Petersburg, the daily number of hospitalizations in coronavirus hospitals increased by 7 %, follows from the report of the city coordination council. At the same time, the number of patients with the Covid-19 who applied for medical assistance decreased by 34 %. The report notes that the daily amount of discharged decreased by 20 %. On February 17, 40.8 % of coronavirus beds are free in St. Petersburg.

Experts of Rosprirodnadzor explained why the water on the Neva does not freeze in almost 30-degree frosts. Information about this appeared on the official page of the department on Instagram. Experts said that even at low temperatures in St. Petersburg in some sections of the Neva, the water does not freeze due to the strong course and operation of the icebreakers, which prevent winter floods.

In St. Petersburg, a local resident was detained by Ilya Pershin in the case of the use of violence to a police officer (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) during a protest campaign on January 31. This was announced by his friend Erzheni Radnaeva, writes Mediazon. According to Radnaeva, the security forces came to Pershin with a search of February 17, after which they took him for interrogation in the UK.

In February, Clubhouse became the most downloaded application among Russian iOS users. Dozens of celebrities came there - from Ivleeva and Urgant to Putin's daughter. Journalists draw news from there, and hundreds of users form “clans” with their habits and tasks. The Russian -speaking Clubhouse has already formed its own terminology. Where did the bio-winners come from and why do they conflict with Lego-human? What does Vladimir Soloviev have to do with it?

On February 18, the night in St. Petersburg became the coldest since the beginning of the year: the air temperature dropped to –24.3 degrees, said Mikhail Leus weather forecasting center. But during the day they expect up to –15 degrees. According to Leus, the weather in the city determines the Scandinavian anticyclone. The precipitation is not expected, and the temperature will drop 13 degrees below normal. Wind - up to 7 m/s.

In Toksov, the 21-year-old activist Dmitry Myakshin, who was searched in St. Petersburg for more than a week, was found in Toksov. It is reported by Fontanka with reference to the acquaintances of Myakshin. According to the Lisa Alert search detachment, Myakshin left the house on January 28 and did not return. Rotonda, citing the activist’s acquaintances, reports that recently he often attended parties outside the city and abused drugs. The circumstances of the death of Dmitry are unknown.

On the Utuub channel "Vedud" an interview with actress Sasha Bortich was published. You can see it by the link . In it, Bortich tells why she flew to Moscow on a protest rally on January 23 and why she changed her attitude to politics, how she met Sergey Tankyan and starred in the System of a Down video, and also as she reacted to the events in Belarus. Earlier, Yuri Dud was interviewed by comedian Alexander Dolgopolov, actress Irina Gorbacheva and Anacondaz group .

332 passengers of a flight from St. Petersburg to Zanzibar cannot fly out of Pulkov for more than 15 hours. The transport prosecutor's office began checking the incident. This was reported by the press service of the department. An employee went to the airport from the St. Petersburg Transport Prosecutor's Office who has to check the compliance with passengers, control the actual departure of the reserve side and accept citizens' appeals.

Former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Evgeny Elin from March 1 will head the space direction S7 Group. It is reported by RBC. According to RBC with reference to the company's press release, Elin will develop the project of the Morskaya Start missile and space complex. In the spring of 2020, the project was moved from the United States to the port in the Far East. Evgeny Elin will leave his position on March 1, the apparatus said. Whoever takes his place is still unknown.