An interesting message came from Hungary: the Budapest authorities decided to dismantle the monument to Dierdy Lucac , within the framework of the decommunization and destruction of the former ideological symbolism in the country. Lukak makes us recall the posthumous fate of Voltaire, who was either introduced or taken out of the pantheon. The stormy life of Lukak continues after his death.

In Sevastopol, on Thursday, events were held dedicated to the third anniversary of the beginning of the so -called "Crimean spring", which ended in the annexation of Crimea by Russia. A rally concert was held in the city center, which was attended by city officials and leaders of the Black Sea Fleet. Sevastopol, February 23, 2017 ​ According to the Radio Liberty correspondent from the scene, several thousand people took part in the event.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia asked the Supreme Court to cancel the verdict of Evgenia Chudnovets, sentenced to six months of a colony for a repost of a video with mockery of a child. A teacher from Yekaterinburg was accused of spreading children's pornography. The submission to the court to cancel the sentence and the termination of the criminal case was introduced by the deputy prosecutor general Leonid Korzhinek.

On the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland at the Arch of the General Staff in St. Petersburg, a new family of troops was represented: "LGBT-Putznaz", named after the speaker of Zaks Makarov. A dozen LGBT activists swore allegiance to protect the interests of the LGBT community and keep the spirit of the LGBT Brand. Special techniques were demonstrated: the neutralization of Milonov with an embrace, extension of the bastard and others.

The Syrian opposition, with the support of the Turkish army, almost completely captured the El-Bab city center and began to clean the city from the Islamic State Group fighters (prohibited in Russia). This was reported on Thursday by Reuters with reference to the data of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey. The Turkish agency "Anadolu" reported that now the opposition is engaged in the clearance of bombs and explosives laid down by terrorists.

Vladivostok In Vladivostok, on Thursday, employees of the Radiopribor defense plant rareded, who were left without work. Protesters turned to the representative of the President in the Far Eastern District to Yuri Trutnev and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin with a request to pay off salary debts in the amount of 460 million rubles and accelerate the launch of the plant opened at the Radio Prix base. As a result of the reduction last year, 1,200 Radio Prix employees lost their jobs.

The evening of memory of those killed on the Maidan in Kyiv on February 21-22, 2014 was held by the Consulate General of Ukraine in St. Petersburg. About 50 people came to light candles and lay flowers. The audience read "Lithuania, committed by the layman of the house and in the cemetery", several people with the flag of the "Donbass" tried to interfere with them.

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The island of Kunashir The Japanese government protested Russia in connection with the plans of the Ministry of Defense to place a division in the Kuril Islands within a year. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Yoshihide Suga. He noted that the strengthening of Russia's military presence in the region of four islands of the Kuril ridge does not correspond to the position of the Japanese side in relation to these territories.

Memorial to the victims of political repression in Nazran (archive photo) In Ingushetia, a rally of memory was held dedicated to the 73rd anniversary of the deportation of the Ingush people. About five thousand people participated in the campaign at the memorial to the victims of political repression in Nazran. The event was performed by the head of the republic Yunus-Bek Evkurov. He called the Ingush responsible for the deportation in 1944 by "terrorists", Interfax reports.

In the Ivanovo region, low pensions brought pensioners first to hunger, and then to theft. Their sentences by a conditional time or correctional work. Here is the story of a woman who stole products from neighbors for 630 rubles

In the annexed Crimea by Russia, relatives of 11 arrested Crimean Tatars complained to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov that they still do not know where their relatives were serving sentences. The lawyer himself reported this on Facebook. On February 21, in the house of the Crimean Tatar activist Marlene Mustafaeva, a search was searched for a demonstration of a certain extremist symbolism. Mustafaeva came to support 10 people. They were detained.

Budapest The Hungarian government announced that he was recalling an application for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Budapest. This was reported on February 22 by Reuters . The authorities explained such a step by the lack of political and national unity on the issue of the need to hold games in their country. The decision was made after the meeting of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, mayor of Budapest Istapan Tarlosh and the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

The Communist Party of Russia was march in the center of Moscow in honor of the Day of Defender of the Fatherland

Staffan de Miscistry (Geneva, February 22, 2017) In Geneva, there are separate meetings of the special envoy of the UN Staffan de Mistura with participants in the inter-Syrian peace negotiations-the representative of Damascus Bashar al-Jaafari and the main negotiator from the Syrian opposition Nasrom al-Kariri.