On February 13 (2), 1769, fabulist Ivan Krylov was born. Private bussiness Ivan Andreevich Krylov (1769–1844) was born in Moscow. His father, an army officer, was an assistant commandant of the Yaitsk fortress during the Pugachev uprising. Shortly before Pugachev's Cossacks besieged the fortress, he managed to send his wife and little son to Orenburg. The boy was riding on a cart, hiding in a large clay pot.

The al-Qaeda, which was prohibited and recognized in Russia, abducted five UN employees in Yemen, reports Associated Press. The militants attacked the UN employees in the province of Abyan. Among the stolen are four local residents and one citizen of another state. “ We know about this case, but for obvious reasons we are not going to comment on ,” Stefan Duzharrik, General Secretary of the United Nations (UN), told the press.

Crocodile with tire, Indonesia, source - YouTube/Wion Every weekend we collect funny, wild and just good news for you over the past week. In this issue: In the United States, the family was returned to the cat, which was lost six years ago In the American state of Maine in 2015, the Silly family lost a cat. Six years later, the animal was found in another state - Florida, writes The Guardian. A cat named Aeses was lost when Silly celebrated a decade of the youngest daughter.

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

Four young children died in a fire in Yuryevts (Ivanovo Region), the press service of the regional SU TFR reports . “The investigation found that in the morning of February 13, a fire occurred in a private house in the city of Yuryevets, during the stew, the bodies of four young children were discovered, the age of the dead - 1 year, 4, 5 and 10 years old,” the message said. Previously, a mother with four children lived in a tanned house.

The skiers of the Russian national team Alexei Chervotkin, Alexander Bolshunov, Denis Spitsov and Sergey Ustyugov won the relay race of 4 x 10 kilometers at the Beijing Olympics, reports Sports.ru. The Russian team was distance in 1 hour 54 minutes. Silver went to Norway, bronze - France. In an unofficial team standings, the Russian team rose to seventh place. Russia has four gold, four silver and six bronze medals at these games.

In Russia, over the past 15 years, the popularity of Valentine's Day has decreased four times, writes RIA Novosti with reference to the study of the Superjob service. In 2022, only 12% of Russians will be celebrated by lovers. 78% of Russian residents this year are not going to celebrate Valentine's Day. Fans of this holiday are larger among residents of the country under 34 years old (16%).

Martin Van Creleg The Publishing House "New Literary Review" represents the book of Martin Van Kreveld "Sinning the future. Brief history of predictions ”(translation of Daria Panayotti). Throughout its history, humanity tried to look into the future and find out what was waiting ahead: many peoples developed complex prediction systems, trusted in signs and prophecies. Positivist science inflicted a crushing blow to mysticism.

Representatives of the White House, the US Department of Internal Security, held a meeting about possible cyber attacks from Russia, CNN writes with reference to sources. Representatives of the departments believe that cyber attacks can occur in connection with tension in Ukraine. The interagency meeting was held on February 11 due to the fact that the US officials called on the company to be in a state of increased readiness for hacker attacks from Russia.

The nuclear submarine of the United States did not go the day before to the territorial waters of Russia, said the official representative of the Pentagon Captain Kyle Reins, his words quoted by Reuters. “ “ In Russian claims to our actions in their territorial waters there is no truth. I will not comment on the exact location of our submarines, but we fly, swim and work safely in international waters , ”Rhinx said.

The Samara District Court arrested the son of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Zubov Denis Zubov in the case of a large bribe. Zubov was arrested for two months, reports TASS. The court also arrested two other defendants in this case- the former director of the MO NTP Peregrin Flower Vasily Ermakov and the president of the Dynamo-Samara mini-football club Igor Karpov “The court arrested Zubov for two months.

The Publishing House "New Literary Review" represents the book of Martin Van Kreveld "Sinning the future. Brief history of predictions ”(translation of Daria Panayotti). Throughout its history, humanity tried to look into the future and find out what was waiting ahead: many peoples developed complex prediction systems, trusted in signs and prophecies. Positivist science inflicted a crushing blow to mysticism.

Operational services detained the son of the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Igor Zubov in the case of a large bribe, TASS reports with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. This information was also confirmed by the State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein close to power structures.

The Russian skater Valieva, who has given a dubious doping test, was still included in the list of participants in the short program of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, the list is published on the competition portal. The program will perform 30 athletes. 24 of them will be held on an arbitrary program. Valieva will perform on February 15 under the 26th number. Two more Russian athletes, Alexander Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova will perform under 28 and 29 numbers, respectively.

Over the past day, doctors revealed 197 949 new cases of coronavirus infection in all 85 regions of Russia. 706 sick Kovid died, statistics gathered an operative. On February 11 and 12, more than 200 thousand infections per day were identified in Russia. On February 13, the most infected were identified in St. Petersburg ( 20 136 ), Moscow ( 12,496 ), the Moscow region ( 7 349 ), the Krasnoyarsk Territory ( 6 317 ) and the Perm Territory ( 5 553 ).