The Moscow City Court, where today the hearings begin on the merits of the criminal case of opposition Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozhaev, intensified security measures. According to the RAPSI correspondent, there are several buses with riot police fighters at the building, police officers are on duty at the approaches, and the enhanced composition of the bailiff service employees work in the court.

Participants of Euromaidan on Independence Square in Kyiv In Kyiv, a column of several thousand demonstrators began traffic from Independence Square towards the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The columns are at the head of the deputies from the opposition parties "Freedom", "Fatherland" and "Blow". They are followed by Self -defense units with shields, sticks and in helmets, Interfax reports.

Logo of the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" The meeting of shareholders "Echo of Moscow" was replaced by the Director General of the radio station The powers of Yuri Fedutinov, who held the position of CEO of Echo of Moscow since 1992, have been stopped ahead of schedule today. His place will be taken by the former top manager of the Voice of Russia Ekaterina Pavlova. This is stated in a press release from the Gazprom-Media holding, which owns 66 percent of the shares of the radio station.

At the building of the Moscow City Court, where open hearings began on the merits of the criminal case of opposition Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozhaev, a picket took place. Its participants came to support the opposition, who are accused of preparing the riots on May 6, 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow and in an attempt to organize riots in other cities of Russia. Razvoszhaev, in addition, was charged with illegally crossing the Russian border and false denunciation.

President Islam Karimov with daughter Gulnara The close associates of the eldest daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Gulnara Karimova , were detained after a search in her apartment in Tashkent. Karimova’s friend, Russian journalist Anton Korobkov, said that everything happened on Monday. The boyfriend of Karimova, Rustam Madumarov, and her two closest employees, Gayan Avakyan and Ekaterina Klyuyeva, who were in the apartment during the search were detained.

Norway biathlonist Emil Hegle Svenders won the race from the general start. The second place was taken by the two -time Olympic champion of Sochi Marten Fourcade from France. The third became the Odrzhi Moles from the Czech Republic.

The male Russian hockey team reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament. In the 1/8 final match, the Russians defeated rivals from Norway 4-0. In the ¼ finals, the Russian team will play with the team of Finland. The Russian women's team took 6th place in the hockey Olympic tournament, losing in the match for the 5th line in the final table to the Finland team 0: 4.

Venezuela. Clagings of students with guardsmen The explosive situation has developed in Venezuela, where the clashes between opponents and supporters of the government have been going on for several days. On February 18, a demonstration unauthorized by the authorities is planned in the very center of the capital of the country of Karakas. It should begin at 18 o’clock in Moscow time, and the leader of the opposition, whom the authorities accuse of inciting to violence, will be headed .

US Secretary of State John Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tunisia on Tuesday to discuss American assistance to this country in North Africa. During his meetings, Kerry called on local authorities to develop democratic reforms enshrined in the new Constitution adopted at the beginning of this month after the formation of the Provisional Government.

The procession of oppositionists in Kyiv, which began in the morning, under the name “peaceful offensive” to the building of the Verkhovna Rada did not last long. Half an hour after the start of the action, the first clashes with the police occurred. Participants in the opposition procession broke through a cordon at the intersection of Grushevsky Street and Fortress Lane.

Hadija Ismailov in the editorial office of the Azerbaijani service of our radio station Investigations in the Azerbaijani service "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty" journalist, said that it was called for interrogation in connection with the investigation of the leakage of state secrets. Hadija Ismailova says that on Tuesday, the Department of Investigation of serious crimes in Baku called her for interrogation as a witness.

State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev More than 27 percent of the signatures submitted to the city municipal election commission by State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov for registration by a candidate for mayor of Novosibirsk are invalidated.

Foreign Ministers of Russia and Estonia exchange agreements on the border signed in Moscow on February 18, 2014 Russia and Estonia signed on Tuesday in Moscow agreements on the border between the two countries. Work on the text of these documents was carried out for 23 years.