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In the program there are rare notes of Leo Tolstoy, A. Kerensky, L. Trotsky and others.

Johann Mattezon, Opera "Boris Godunov, or a cunning of the acquired throne" (1710)

Pancheists of Pussy Riot punk group Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Ekaterina Samutsevich and Maria Alekhina in court The Presidium of the Moscow City Court postponed on February 21 a consideration of a complaint about the verdict to the Pussy Riot group convicted of hooliganism in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. According to the press secretary of the court Ulyana Solopova, the judges need additional time to familiarize themselves with the case file.

A woman begs special forces not to use force against protesters (Kyiv, January 24, 2014) In the center of Kyiv, on Grushevsky Street, protesters call on special forces and the police go to their side. The law enforcement agencies, in turn, urge demonstrators to disperse. President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said that "law enforcement agencies work within the framework of their powers, within the framework of the law," and radical citizens pose the main danger.

In the Afghan province of Lagman in the east of Afghanistan, unknown people fired at the sports ground, five people were killed. The representative of the province of the province said that the attack occurred on Thursday in the Alindar region. The attackers disappeared. So far, no one has taken responsibility for what happened, but the local authorities accused the Taliban attack. Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a statement in which he condemned the attack.

Women with posters calling for the police to stop violence and go to the side of the protesters (Kyiv, January 24, 2014) Human Rights Watch human rights organization called for carefully investigating cases of the death of activists and cruelty to the police officers with them.

Explosion in Cairo, January 24, 2014 In Cairo today at least five people died in three explosions. This morning, a mined car exploded in front of the city police department, four people were killed, dozens of people were injured. According to local media, immediately after the explosion, shooting began. The facade of the department of the department is damaged. Serious damage to the nearby museum of Islamic culture has been caused.

Julia Orlova. Adkarsk of the Saratov region The Law "On Countering Extremist Activities" reached the "outback" On the eve of the New Year, a resident of Atkarsk wrote in "Odnoklassniki", in the group "The horrors of the children's hospital of the city of Atkarsk" The following: "Some good news before the holiday! Close a children's hospital in Atkarsk. The people that are happening in our city are falling apart. Why do we have to take our children with temperature to the Saratas?

Ukrainian flag on barricades on Grushevsky Street Diary of a special correspondent of radio freedom in Kyiv After two days of tense battles on the street Grushevsky, Euromaidan took a pause. Despite the fact that in the evening on Thursday, those gathered on Independence Square by universal vote rejected the proposal to continue negotiations with the authorities, shooting and armed confrontation did not resume. This is no longer a truce, but not a war.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Turbjern Jagland on Friday discussed the situation in Ukraine during a telephone conversation. This is informed by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Sergey (Spider) Troitsky The court in Novosibirsk transferred the case file to Moscow in relation to the leader of the Corrosion of Metal group Sergey Troitsky (Spider), detained today at the Novosibirsk airport. Troitsky himself asked about the consideration of the case in Moscow, at the place of residence. He was detained on Friday morning at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk after a conflict with the aircraft safety service.

He has been cooperating with RS since 1991. The editor and host of the Road to Freedom Program Vitaly Portnikov on Facebook , Twitter Portnikovv@rferl.org

Fights at the Pavlovsky Palace. January 1944 The descendants of the German diplomat Count von der Shulenburg returned books from the Imperial Library to the Pavlovsky Palace 125 books from the book Assembly of Empress Maria Fedorovna were transferred to the library of Russia of the Pavlovsky Palace. These books were returned from Germany, where they were in 1942, after the occupation of Pavlovsk by the Nazis.