The chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions, Alexander Yaroshuk, gave explanations to the General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus for more than 3 hours. The leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office saw the signs of a crime in Yaroshuk’s statements about the possibility of a boycott of Belarusian goods by European consumers in connection with a violation of trade unions in the country.

The State Duma of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev introduced the draft Federal Law "On the elections of deputies of the State Duma." Is it possible to consider the bill, which became the authority of the authorities to the requirements of protesters against the falsification of parliamentary elections, liberalization? On the air of Radio Liberty, the bill was analyzed by the St.

Former co -owner of Yukos Platon Lebedev The defense of the former co-owner of Yukos Platon Lebedev believes that the Constitutional Court of Russia delays the study of his complaint by the order of parole. The application was submitted on November 23, 2011, the statement said today on the website of the lawyers of the former leaders of the Yukos. And according to the law, the appeal must be studied by the Constitutional Court no later than two months from the date of its registration.

Advertising of the Federation "Federation" in Moscow, February 2012 In Moscow, a new concert of the Federation of the Federation’s mysterious fund will be held. The charity fund continues to sue the media and actress Chulpan Khamatova. At the trial, actor Evgeny Mironov shared his impression of the fund with a RS correspondent. In his opinion, "random people" can undemand for a long time confidence in charity.

Football. European League. 1/16 finals. First matches "Lokomotiv" - "Athletic" 2: 1

In the Kazbekovsky district of Dagestan, where a special operation is on the third day, law enforcement officers blocked three groups of militants with a total number of dozens of people. According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya Ruslan Alkhanov, among extremists there are killed and wounded. There are losses from the fighters of special forces. Their number is not specified.

Yuri Lutsenko The verdict of the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko will be announced, according to preliminary information, on February 27. Today, at the process in the Pechersk Court of Kyiv, the ex-minister made the last word. He does not admit guilt. Lutsenko is charged with excess of power and non -targeted spending of public funds. The prosecutor's office asks the defendant to be sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison.

Freedom, justice and election promises of candidates. In the studio - Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ruslan Greenburg.

Boris Nemtsov The co -chairman of the Party of People’s Freedom (Parnassus) Boris Nemtsov was invited to the meeting of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with representatives of the extra -parliamentary opposition. This was announced by the opposition politician about this, noting that he received an invitation the night before by phone.

Lining of soldiers of the Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia, 1918 150 years ago, the first sports and patriotic club "Sokol" was organized in Prague. A variety of events of the Sokol clubs, which appeared in many XIX - early XX centuries in almost all Slavic territories of Europe, including Russia, contributed to the patriotic (in the then understanding of the word) to educate youth and the spread of the ideas of romantic Slavic nationalism and pan -Slavism.

Russia will not support the draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on the situation in Syria, the vote on which will be held in the coming hours. According to Gennady Gatilov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the text of the document almost completely repeats the draft resolution of the UN Security Council, which Russia - along with China - previously imposed a veto.

Representatives of the Communist Party - on behalf of their leader, presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov, today signed an agreement on cooperation when observing the elections with the Voters League created by a group of public figures.

The international (gold and foreign exchange) reserves of Russia for the period from February 3 to 10 increased by $ 1.8 billion or by about 0.4% to 509.1 billion, the Central Bank said. Great than Russia with gold and foreign exchange reserves today have two countries in the world - China and Japan. According to the latest published data, their volume is 3.2 trillion and 1.1 trillion dollars, respectively.