We publish a fragment of the book “Essays on Initial Russia” by the Doctor of Historical Sciences, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, his senior scientist and the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, participant in the Polit.ru projects and “Paul I t. UA ” Alexei Petrovich Tolochko . The book is published in 2015 at the Kiev publishing house Laurus .

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov met in Abu Dhabi with the Minister of Defense of Italy Roberty Pinotti and discussed with it the issues of resuming military-technical cooperation between countries. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “We talked about the fact that we need to begin to establish military-technical cooperation again. Italy and Russia are long -standing partners in this area, and I hope that the pause will be reduced, ”Manturov said.

Maria Blokhina A map of federal districts in accordance with Russian law “Polit . RU ”offers to your attention regional news of the week . The TOP included one news from each federal district . In Stavropol, a competition of fashion designers of Orthodox and Cossack clothing was held On February 20, the Interregional Youth Festival was first held in Stavropol - a competition of fashion designers of Orthodox and Cossack clothing , the portal “1777 News of Stavropol” reports .

“Polit . RU ”offers to your attention regional news of the week . The TOP included one news from each federal district . In Stavropol, a competition of fashion designers of Orthodox and Cossack clothing was held On February 20, the Interregional Youth Festival was first held in Stavropol - a competition of fashion designers of Orthodox and Cossack clothing , the portal “1777 News of Stavropol” reports .

The Turkish armed forces organized a special operation to evacuate 40 soldiers from Syria. According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah , they guarded the tomb of the ancestors of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire Suleiman Shah. According to the publication, since 2014, the Memorial has been controlled by militants of the Islamic State. The special operation was carried out on the night of February 22. It was attended by ground and air units.

Maria Blokhina Kharkov, February 22. On February 22, a year has been made a year from the date of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Decree on “self -removal in an unconstitutional way” of the President of Ukraine from the fulfillment of constitutional powers. ” The march of unity in Kharkov , dedicated to this date , was overshadowed by a terrorist attack .

The official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, said that he could continue musical activities after a duet with singer Stas Piekha. He told about this the radio stations " Says Moscow ." “If someone will offer something like this, you can try, if anyone expresses a desire, we will consider this issue,” Markin noted. Recall, on February 21, the official representative of the SK sang a duet with singer Stas Piekha on the TV show “Who wants to become a millionaire?”.

During the outbreak of pork flu in India since mid -December 2014, 774 people died, Reuters reports with reference to representatives of the Indian health system. The total number of cases reached 12,963 people. The states of Gujarat and Rajusta suffered most of all of Pig influenza. In the capital of India, New Delhi recorded nine deaths. This flash of the H1N1 virus has become the strongest for India over the past five years.

The exchange of prisoners in Ukraine will end on March 4-5, the chairman of the Center for Assistance to the release of prisoners and hostages under the Security Service of Ukraine Yuri Tandit said on the air of the 24 television channel. Tandit confirmed that on February 21, the militia handed over 139 prisoners to the Ukrainian military. In the near future they are waiting for the transfer of another person.

In Bangladesh, when a passenger ferry and a cargo ship, 38 people died on the Padma River. It is reported by The Los Angeles Times . According to the police representative, this figure is not final, and the number of victims can grow. Dozens of people are missing, their search continues. According to the authorities, the final number of dead can reach 100 people. Earlier it was reported that 30 people were saved during the crash of the ferry.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained four explosions in an explosion on a march in Kharkov. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexander Turchinov. According to him, a grenade launcher is removed from the detainees.

Today, the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Sergei Donskoy, held a meeting with the Minister of Oil Iran Bijan Namdar Zangen, said Gazeta.Ru .

The gloves of the famous boxer Mohammed Ali were sold at auction in New York for 956 thousand dollars, reports the Associated Press . In these gloves, Ali in 1965 held a duel with Sonya Liston, in which he won the so -called ghostly blow: the judge announced Ali the winner on the basis of a statement by one of the journalists, who allegedly saw that after the blow of Mohammed Ali Liston spent 17 seconds on the floor, that is, he was sent to knockout.

The commander of the Donbass battalion Semen Semenchenko denied information about his resignation on the air of the Kommersant FM radio station. “The information is fake. I did not write any statement about the resignation, ”said Semenchenko. He also explained that the page of the battalion on Facebook was subjected to a hacker attack.

On February 22, 1943, Eduard Limonov, the chairman of the unregistered party "Other Russia", and a writer was born. Personal business Eduard Veniaminovich Limonov (real name - Savenko, 72 years old) was born in Dzerzhinsk Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) region, in the military family. He spent his childhood and youth in Kharkov. “My ancestors obviously loved the earth. Like spring-so dreary, beach, I want to plow and plow, to feel the earth with a hand, to flee to the ground.