Bloody February in Kyiv. Where is the exit? Tragic events in Kyiv are discussing: Radio Observer Vitaly Portnikov, member of the Committee of Solidarity with the Maidan, political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky, Deputy Director of the Razumkov Center, political scientist, former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Valery Chaly.

Ski from the United States Ted Ligeti won a gold medal on the highway of giant slalom. The second and third places were taken by the French - Steve Mission and Alexis Penturo.

Martina Sablikova from the Czech Republic won the gold medal of the Olympiad in skating sports, winning at a distance of 5000 m. Silver and bronze medals went to athletes from the Netherlands - Irene Wyust and Karen Cleibuker.

Maryana Torocheshnikova: How to stop violence and torture in the police and the Federal Penitentiary Service? Every fifth citizen of Russia was tortured and cruel to law enforcement officials, human rights activists say, referring to research conducted by the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Why are most of those who use torture or gives a silent consent to this, most often remains unpunished?

The first 10 sites recognized as extremist are closed in Russia. This was reported to "Interfax" by the representative of the General Prosecutors Marina Gridneva. According to her, after monitoring a number of sites, the facts of the spread of materials that incite terrorist activities were revealed to violence on the motive of nationality and a change in the constitutional system.

In the west of Ukraine-in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopol and in Lviv, the protesters again captured the buildings of regional administrations and other state institutions. So in Lviv, the demonstrators occupied the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the regional prosecutor's office. According to the authorities, at least 30 military personnel were injured as a result of an attack last night two thousand protesters in the military unit in Lviv. One of the barracks caught fire.

Hospital in the Mikhailovsky Cathedral in Kyiv The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine claims that the police and military personnel of the internal troops do not use firearms and claim that "radical" activists shoot the demonstrators. "Given the nature of the injuries of the dead civilians, as well as the characteristics of the weapon that is removed, it can be assumed that these bodily harm could be caused by the injured aggressively tuning protesters," the ministry said in the message.

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In Georgia, where Ukraine is traditionally considered the main ally in the post -Soviet space, with a special addiction is monitored by events in Kyiv. This was reported from Tbilisi by Radio Liberty correspondent George Kobaladze. All three national television companies begin news releases with events in Kyiv and even lead direct broadcasts. It is noteworthy that in the capital of Ukraine there are many Georgian journalists and they are often included in live broadcast.

The ski team of Norway, for which Ingvid Ostberg and Marit Bjorgen spoke, won the "gold" in women's ski sprint. For Bjorgen, this is the second gold medal of Sochi, and she now has five Olympic victories. The second place was won by the Finnish team, the third - the Sweden team.

View from a bird's eye view.

The Moscow City Court today postponed the hearing in the case of the opposition Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Defzzzhaev, so that the lawyers manage to get acquainted with the case file. Yesterday, the accused did not plead guilty. They are charged with the organization of riots on May 6, 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow and an attempt to organize riots in other cities of Russia. On these charges, Udaltsov and Razvoszhaev threatens up to ten years in prison.

Ukraine updated: February 18, 2014 In Kyiv, "Berkut" and internal troops are trying to clear the Independence Square of demonstrators Fresh from above 14:19 19.2.2014 The movement of the forces of internal forces along the Institutskaya Street in the direction of the Maidan is observed. People rush to the barricades. It is clearly visible how they froze opposite each other: the Booktians behind their shields, Maidan activists - behind their structures.

Wounded in clashes in the center of Kyiv In Kyiv, on Wednesday night, a journalist for the Ukrainian newspaper Vesti Vyacheslav Veremiy, who received a gunshot wound during street clashes, died in the hospital. The live broadcast was reported by Gramydsk TV. According to the Ukrainian media, the reporters were pulled out of the taxi when the car stopped at a traffic light, beaten and shot in the chest. Who attacked a journalist is not known.

Human Rights Watch human rights organization insists on an immediate investigation of attempts to arson on February 12 in Syktyvkar of the apartment of local human rights activist Igor Sazhin. The Human Rights Watch report says that law enforcement agencies refuse to institute criminal proceedings on this fact. According to human rights activists, the victim himself believes that local national radicals may be behind the crime, since on January 28 one of them was convicted of attack on the soot.