Activist Daria Polyudova The Krasnodar activist Daria Polyudova is released from the pre -trial detention center. She told Radio Liberty to Evgeny Titov that, on charges of a crime of moderate severity, she had no right to hold for more than six months. Since this period has expired, on Wednesday the preventive measure was replaced by the arrest for a recognizance not to leave.

In the apparatus of the Russian government, in connection with the crisis, they decided to reduce costs by 10 percent and reduce the staff. The corresponding letter was sent to employees by the head of the government apparatus Sergey Prikhodko, Kommersant reports. The letter, in particular, proposes to cut the accompanying expenses, including on business trips and excessively expensive hotels.

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Seven years after the transition to the contract army, Lithuania again introduces compulsory military service. According to the President of the Republic, this decision is due to the "current geopolitical situation." Details in the report of Reuters. Says Maria Yablonskaya.

Olympic champion Sochi Russian Alexander Perevkov took only 17th place in Falun In Falun (Sweden), the World Sports Championship continues. Its results are reported by the official website of the tournament . Masters of ski racing competed in an individual race for 15 kilometers with a free style. The competitions of men were won by the two -time Olympic champion Swede Yukhan Olsson. For him, this is the second gold medal of the world championships.

Shares in Tbilisi demanding government resignation

Daniil Konstantinov The Moscow City Court recognized the legalist verdict to the leader of the nationalist organization of the Moscow Defense League Daniil Konstantinov, sentenced to three years in a colony under the article “Hooliganism” and amnestied in the courtroom. Thus, the court rejected the complaint of Father Alexei Temnikov , of the murder of which Konstantinov was accused.

Ornella Muti (second on the left) at a charity dinner with Vladimir Putin, December 10, 2010 The Italian actress Ornella Muti was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment and a fine of 600 euros for passing the performance under a far -fetched pretext when she went to Russia to participate in a scandalous concert with the participation of Vladimir Putin.

Where, on what marches and with what slogans the Russians will come out on the first day of spring? Public activists are discussed by Mikhail Schneider, Igor Bakirov, Alexander Belavin, Roman Rubanov

Nadezhda Savchenko in the courtroom The Moscow City Court recognized the extension of the arrest of the Ukrainian military personnel Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of involvement in the deaths of Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. Thus, the court rejected the complaint of lawyers who asked to appoint any preventive measure to its client, except for the detentionality in jail. The lawyer Ilya Novikov at the meeting presented to the court evidence of the innocence of Savchenko.

Dangerous allusions are discussed by writer Alexander Tavrovsky, historians Leonid Katskva, Alexander Galkin, Mark Solonin, Pavel Aptekar.

US Secretary of State John Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry said that new sanctions have already been prepared in relation to Russia - in case of exacerbation of a crisis in eastern Ukraine. Speaking on Wednesday in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Kerry emphasized that so far neither Russia nor the separatists whom it supports have fully observed the achieved peaceful agreements.

Says Radio Liberty correspondent Irina Peters