The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexei Kovalev sent a statement to the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, demanding that the State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov be held accountable "for inciting hatred and enmity to the Orthodox and Jews during the procession of the procession." Earlier, Milonov said that the ancestors of Boris Vishnevsky and Maxim Reznik, two other deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St.

Discuss Dmitry Oreshkin, Vladislav Inozemtsev, Konstantin Kalachev In fact, the first stage of the presidential campaign began. The eternal Vladimir Zhirinovsky appeared, Grigory Yavlinsky promises to participate, there are leaks from the old square that the presidential administration is inclined to make Putin veterans: Gennady Zyuganov and Sergey Mironov.

Mark Rutte The Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that he would not cooperate with Hert Wilders, the extreme right politician and deputy of the parliament, who said that he supported proposals for the ban on Islam in the Netherlands. Rutte wrote on Sunday on his Twitter, which predicts Wilders "zero percent." This was the first brief statement by the prime minister on Twitter to which he has not used the last six years.

At a meeting of the Special Administrative Commission in Podgoritsa The administrative committee of the Montenegro Parliament today unanimously supported the requirement of the special prosecutor Minnoye Kaatnich to deprive the deputy inviolability of the leaders of the opposition “democratic front” Andriy Mandich and Milan Knezhevich in order to bring to criminal liability in the case of an attempt to seize power. Parliament is expected to vote on this issue on Wednesday.

Olga Podchufarova, Tatyana Akimova, Alexander Loginov and Anton Shipulin - the Russian team took third place at the World Biathlon Championship in Hochfilzen The 52nd Biathlon World Championship, held in the Austrian Hochfilzen, has not yet completed, became an arena of several scandals at once. Almost all of them are connected with doping.

In Kazakhstan, the editor -in -chief of an independent newspaper was arrested on charges of laundering money. The non -governmental organization Foundation Adidel the Fund reported on February 13 that the Mamai Zhanbolat was placed for two months in the preliminary conclusion chamber. The newspaper edited by Mamai is known for critical publications to the Government of Kazakhstan.

The main prize of the World Press Photo contest was received by the photographer Burkhan Ozbiliji for the picture from the place of murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov. The ambassador was shot dead on December 19, 2016 at an exhibition in Ankara. Killer - police officer Mevlut Altyntash.

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Opposition activist Ildar Dadin The defense of the opposition activist Ildar Dadin appealed to the Supreme Court of Russia with a petition to cancel the previously made court decision and his release from the colony. This was told by lawyer Dadina Ksenia Kostrina. On February 10, the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that the Dadin case will be revised. The court also made a decision on the need to change the article of the Criminal Code by which he was sentenced.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of February 13 Good morning! In St. Petersburg on Sunday, a procession took place around the Isaacievsky Cathedral , in which several hundred people and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vitaly Milonov took part.

"Nabukko" in the metro Alexander Genis: On the air - “Dialogue on Broadway”, which we and the musicologist and cultural historian Solomon Volkov are leading to the Broadway studio Radio Liberty. Solomon, what is they talking about Broadway? Solomon Volkov: on Broadway, they discuss the production of Verdi’s opera “Nabukko”, in which in the title role, in the party the Nebuchadnezzar, aka Nabukko, was performed by Placido Domingo himself.

Alexander Genis: On the eve of Oscars, the host of our film recording, director Andrei Zagdansky, talks about one of the most unusual films of those who are fighting for awards. Andrei Zadansky: In the English box office, the film is called "Elle", in Russian - "She". The pronoun, made in the name of the film, can be perceived in two ways, and the film itself is very far from an unambiguous interpretation.

Alexey Navalny The Kremlin called the "strange" intentions of the opposition Alexei Navalny to participate in the presidential election in 2018. About this with reference to a senior official in the administration of the current President of Russia Vladimir Putin reports the Financial Times .

The film about Sasha Sokolov on Channel One was the reason for the dispute about cooperation with the regime The show of the documentary " The Last Russian Writer " dedicated to Sasha Sokolov became one of the most discussed events of the week. Disputes began even before the film came to the television screens: some commentators were crushing that the story of the recognized idol of the intelligentsia was shot under the auspices of the first channel.