Barack Obama tried to explain how he sees a strategy for the fight against radical groups The fight against the “ideology of violence” should be the foundation of the international strategy for the confrontation between the extremist groups “Islamic State” and “Al-Qaeda”. This thesis was made on Wednesday by US President Barack Obama at a conference on countering extremism, held in the White House with representatives of several dozen states.

In Falun (Sweden), the World Ski Championship started. Its results are reported by the official website of the tournament . Masters of ski racing competed in a sprint. The first title of world champion 2015 was won by Marit Bjorgen from Norway - for her it is the thirteenth gold medal at the world championships. The silver medalist became Styne Nilsson from Sweden, the bronze medal was received by another representative of Norway, Michen Fallum.

Vladivostok mayor Igor Pushkarev Direct elections of the mayor were canceled in Vladivostok. Corresponding amendments to the charter of the city by a majority vote were adopted today by deputies of the City Duma, Interfax reports. According to the amendments, the next head of the city will be elected by a secret vote from among the deputies of the Duma of Vladivostok, he will also act as a speaker of the city parliament.

Head of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Alexander Cherkasov The Tver court of Moscow today will consider the lawsuit of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" to the Ministry of Justice of Russia. The public organization is trying to appeal it to the register of “foreign agents”.

Anti -Maidan advertising in Moscow Quotes of Freedom on February 19, 2015 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 18:04 19.2.2015 Humanitarian gas. The philosophy of pensions and the magic of the new budget. Ten Putin's blows. Who will be responsible for the fascist of the population? Intellectuals repent. Judge Zubov closes Navalny While the funny gas is beating from the kitchen cranes in the DPR, they are dull in Russia about pensions that will not be.

Nadezhda Savchenko in court (Moscow, February 10, 2015) The Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been continuing the hunger strike in the Moscow prison hospital for 70 days , refused glucose injections and asks to collect the international consultation of doctors. This was announced by her lawyer Nikolai Polozov .

Ukrainian troops leave Debaltseve. Vera Savchenko says that her sister may die in a week and a half. Anti -Maidan spent 3 million rubles on Moscow posters

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Alexey Navalny was detained in the Moscow metro on February 15, 2015 The Presnensky court of Moscow arrested the oppositionist Alexei Navalny for 15 days , accusing him of violating the established procedure for holding a rally. According to RAPSI, the court admitted that Navalny handed out the leaflets in the metro with an appeal to come to the anti -crisis march "Vesna" when the action was not yet agreed with the Moscow authorities.

The positions of separatists near Debaltseve After the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Debaltsev, the battles moved to Shirokino. The separatists strike at the village, located twenty kilometers from Mariupol in the south of the Donetsk region, said Anatoly Stelmakh, representative of the special operation headquarters in the Donbass. According to him, Shirokino is actually around the clock under fire. 13 shelling from mortars, artillery and tanks was recorded per day.

In the picture: Pakistani Taliban Sources in the ranks of Afghan Taliban said on Thursday that their representatives would hold the first round of peace negotiations with US officials in Qatar at the end of today. “The first session will take place today in Qatar, and then there will be another session on Friday. Let's see what is happening, how negotiations will be held before talking about the results,” a representative of Afghan Taliban said on the phone from Qatar.

The mayor of Birobidzhan Andrei Parkhomenko was detained on suspicion of abuse of authority , TASS reports with reference to the regional department of the Investigative Committee. Parkhomenko was detained on the morning of February 19 after arriving. A criminal case has been instituted against him under the article “Abuse of power”. Now he is interrogated by investigators.

Editor of Echo Moscow Alexei Venediktov The leadership of the Echo Moskvy radio station will soon arrange an audit of its branch - Echo of St. Petersburg. Based on the results, losses will be evaluated and claims through the court will be made. According to Mikhail Demin, the Director General of Echo of Moscow, the cause of the conflict is the dispute of business entities.