Opposition activist Mark Halperin was released from a special detention center in the city of Elektrostal. He served 10 days of arrest for disobedience to the police. Mark Halperin is known for participating in pickets and the so -called “walks” of opposition activists in Moscow, during which demands were put forward to change power in Russia.

The largest sailing -motor yacht in the world was arrested in Gibraltar - it belongs to the Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko. Last week, a super-yield worth $ 450 million entered the port of Gibraltar, where she was arrested in the lawsuit of the German shipyard. Its lawyers claim that the customer company owed the shipyard more than 15 million euros

From February 14, Russian federal television channels have reduced the number of mention on the air of US President Donald Trump. About this with reference to the study of the company "Mediassogy" reports the Rain TV channel. According to the results of the study, if in the first half of the month the name of the American leader on the air of “Channel One”, “Russia-1” and NTV sounded up to 60 times a day, then after February 14 the maximum number of mention of Trump fell up to 12 times a day.

Detention. Archive photo In Vladivostok, the court arrested for two months the General Director of the Admiral hockey club Ilya Dolnov. It is reported by "Interfax." The press service of the regional investigative department refused to explain the reason for the arrest. According to PrimaMedia agency, they are calmly suspected of fraud, committed by a group of people on an especially large scale.

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The Opposition Georgian television channel Rustavi -2 today resumed broadcasting - after a thousands of protest in his support was held in the center of Tbilisi.

On Monday, Ukrainian troops and separatists observe the ceasefire in the Donbass. The separatists of the self -proclaimed Donetsk Republic began the withdrawal of heavy military equipment from the contact line. In recent weeks, the largest shelling and clashes in two years took place in the area of Avdeevka.

Interview on the eve of the premiere of the film "Place Gorenstein" March 2 marks the 15th anniversary of the death of a wonderful writer, playwright and film script by Friedrich Gorenstein, March 18 - 85 years since his birth. On March 2, on the main page of our site, an exclusive demonstration of the documentary of Yuri Veksler “Place of Gorenstein” will begin.

The situation in Ukraine is discussed by journalists Elena Fanailova, Viktor Girzhov, political scientist Vyacheslav Gamesov.

The Wiedling Literary Agency , which is in Germany , engaged in the representation of the interests of mainly Russian (Russian -speaking) authors and the registration of rights to transfers their works in different states, decided to abandon further cooperation with Zakhar Prilepin.

In Moscow, the metro builders held a protest. About a hundred employees demanded to pay them all the wages of salary from October.

Laura Guerra will come to Moscow in April when the presentation of the Bella Russian-Italian Prize will be held. One of the nominations of the award bears the name of the Italian screenwriter, writer, poet and artist Tonino Guerra and is called "Optimism - the aroma of life." Once it was Bella Akhmadulina who first translated into Russian the poetry of Tonino Guerra. Five years ago, the Bella Award was founded by the husband of Akhmadulina, artist Boris Messerer.

A week later, it will be two years since the murder in the center of Moscow of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. On the eve of this date - February 26 - in the capital, the march of his memory will be held . Last Friday, the Organizational Committee of the Promotion accepted the proposal of the Moscow City Hall to hold the procession on last year’s route - on Boulevards from Pushkinskaya Square to Sakharov Avenue.

Ukrainian soldiers in the Donbass (archive photo) In the Donbass, one Ukrainian soldier died per day, another was injured. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine at the same time declare a decrease in "combat activity" in the zone of armed conflict. According to the agency, on Monday, the separatists fired at the positions of government troops 15 times, heavy weapons were not used.

US Vice President Mike Pence said Washington wants “closer ties” with the European Union and is ready to establish relations with Moscow. Pence, speaking in Brussels before the officials of the European Union, also called on Ukraine and Russia to observe the ceasefire in the east of the country.