The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange for the first time since June 2015 fell below 61 rubles, follows from the trading data. By 14: 50 Moscow time, the euro traded at 60.98 rubles, which is 47 kopecks below the level of yesterday's closing of trading. By this time, the dollar cost 57.37 rubles, decreasing by 61 kopecks. Rule strengthening occurs against the background of the rise in price of oil.

The Russian legislation “provides for a set of actions that allow you to protect the honor and dignity of any citizen, including the president,” said the head of state Dmitry Peskov today, RIA Novosti reports.

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In Saratov, the prosecutor’s office transferred the case of a 19-year-old local resident Alexander Gozenko, who is accused under a criminal article on the initiation of hatred for his comments “VKontakte”. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Owl". Speech, according to the case file, we are talking about the four comments of Gozenko left by him on November 13 and 14, 2015 on his page.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Dmitry Rogozin canceled his visit to Iran, where he was supposed to fly out with the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Energy Minister Alexander Novak and other officials, Kommersant writes. According to the sources of the publication, the reason for the cancellation of the trip was the disclosure of information about it by the Iranian side.

The Russian reconnaissance ship Victor Leonov this morning was seen near the eastern coast of the United States, Fox News reports with reference to two unnamed American officials. It is noted that the ship followed in neutral waters and was 70 miles (130 km) from the coast of Delaware. According to the interlocutors of the TV channel, the ship is able to intercept messages and measure the capabilities of the Sonars of the American Navy.

The smoke from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is not a sign of technical malfunctions, the ship commander Sergei Artamonov said on February 14 in an interview with arguments and facts . “This is not a sign of any malfunctions. In fact, the ships of NATO countries also let smoke. Maybe their smoke goes into heaven not as high as ours. But for that, Admiral Kuznetsov and the highest pipe throughout our fleet!

On Sunday, the authorities of the state of California called on residents of areas close to one of the highest dams in the country - on Lake Oroville, urgently evacuated, reports Assosicated Press. This is due to the sharply increased risk of water breakthrough due to the destructive water supply of the dam. If at first the evacuation of 90 thousand people from nearby areas was reported, then after a few hours it was already about 200 thousand people.

The Kremlin called the resignation of the American presidential adviser to Michael Flynn's national security internal business. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. “We would not want to comment on this in no way, this is the internal affair of the Americans, it is the internal business of the President Trump administration. This is not our business, ”he explained.

Olga Zaitseva Advisor to the US President Michael Flynn. Michael Flynn's National Security Advisor left his post. Flynn admitted that he gave incorrect information to the White House about conversations with the Russian Ambassador, says the source of the New York Times. We are talking about telephone conversations with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the USA Sergey Kislyak, which Flynn led before the inauguration of Trump, not being an official.

Playboy magazine decided to return to the concept, which involves illustrating the first page of the publication with frank photographs. This was announced by the creative director of the publication Cooper Hefner on his Twitter. The leadership of the publication recognized that the abandonment of the old concept of the magazine was erroneous a year ago. Now Playboy’s pages will return a photo of completely naked girls.

The St. Petersburg Administration of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) carried out an unscheduled check of the repair of the cruiser Aurora, as a result of which opened seven cases. This was reported on the website of the department. We are talking about seven cases when a contract for the repair of individual parts of the vessel was concluded without bidding.

Human Rights Watch Human Rights published a report according to which the Army of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in November-December 2016 dropped cylinders with chlorine to rebels who controlled parts of the city of Aleppo.

Over the past year, 14 Russian athletes received permission to take prohibited drugs for health reasons. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko, Interfax reports. “The British anti -doping agency for 2016 issued 14 therapeutic permits to Russian athletes. I will not call other teams in the world that have 250 therapeutic exceptions.

Michael Flynn National Security Advisor Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the adviser Trump, who was discussing the sanctions with the ambassador of the Russian Federation, was resigned, the acting head of the Ryazan region was appointed, and the ex-deputy of the State Duma, who had left for Ukraine, called the Crimea annexation to Russia “a rough mistake”.