Why did Ali Feruz go to Tashkent? Discuss the Umid Bobomatov, Vitaly Ponomarev, Ekaterina Fomina The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Ali Feruz, who has been in the center of temporary detention for several months due to accusations of violating migration legislation, left Russia. He flew to Germany from the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo. The New Gazeta expressed gratitude to everyone who supported the journalist and assisted him.

On February 15, the 95th anniversary of the birth of Elena Georgievna Bonner - a public figure, human rights activist, publicist, wife of academician Andrei Sakharov.

Journalists of the “ present time ” met with relatives of another Russian who died in Syria on the night of February 8 as a result of the impact of US forces. A 34-year-old resident of the village of Kedrovaya Ruslan Gavrilov left for Syria in October. He was not a military man and, according to relatives, he just wanted to make money. Mother Ruslan Gavrilov Faina calmly lets journalists into the house. The woman says that she has nothing to hide, and there is simply no strength to grieve.

In Moscow, a poet, publisher and TV presenter Alexander Shatalov died. He was 60 years old. The poet's loved ones reported that a serious illness was the cause of death. Shatalov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers. In 1985 he began to engage in literary criticism and poetry. He worked as an editor in the publishing house "Young Guard", a correspondent in the newspaper "Evening Moscow". He was a literary agent of writer Edward Limonov.

OSCE observer mission flag The representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on freedom of the media Arlem Dezir is concerned about blocking in the Russian Federation access to the website of Alexei Navalny, where personal information about Oleg Deripaska is posted. He published a message about this on Thursday on Twitter. Following with Concern Blocking of Website https://t.co/8wyhdnagbc by the regulator @roscomnadzor in Russia for an investigative report.

The President of the South African Republic Jacob Zuma announced his resignation. According to Reuters, the head of state leaves the post against the backdrop of corruption accusations. This week, the ruling party of the African National Congress and its Secretary General Ace Magashule demanded that Zum resign. According to the Law of South Africa, the post of head of state should be occupied by Vice President Siril Ramafos.

Alexey Navalny Roskomnadzor began blocking the site navalny.com. From Thursday, February 15, it is not available for users in Russia. This was announced on his Twitter by the opposition politician himself, clarifying that the site was blocked at the request of large entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska. According to Roskomnadzor, the blocking takes place by decision of the Ust-Labinsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory.

The Russian State Duma will consider the bill on the introduction of criminal punishment for the "intentional distortion" of the history of the Great Patriotic War and the "insulting of feelings" of veterans. The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov made a proposal to adopt such a law in early February. On Thursday, the document was approved by members of the parliament of the republic.

The Russian human rights advice requires the persecution of eight antifa activists in St. Petersburg and Penza and investigate reports that the Federal Security Service used torture. This was announced by a Radio Liberty correspondent with a human rights activist press conference held on Thursday. We are talking about three St. Petersburg and eight Penza activists. Most of them showed confession, but later announced torture.

Today is the 95th anniversary of the birth of a human rights activist and dissident Elena Bonner . Bonner was born in 1923 in Turkmenistan. Her father was shot in 1938, her mother was sentenced to eight years of exile. After the arrest of her parents, Bonner graduated from school and in 1940 entered the Pedagogical Institute. During the war, she volunteered for the Red Army with a nurse.

Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky The Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky on Thursday performed at the All -Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). The performance lasted about two hours.

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Training of the Saorieman Roman Repilov, the Olympic athlete from Russia Russia managed to be in the spotlight at two in the Olympiads in a row. The previous one, in 2014, as you know, took place in Russian Sochi. At the present, in the South Korean Pyeongchang, the Russian theme is also one of the main ones, although formally there is no Russian Federation at the Olympics: there are only Olympic athletes from Russia (OAR).

Roskomnadzor began blocking the resources of Alexei Navalny. Access was closed to the opposition blog . A text version of the investigation about the deputy head of the Russian government Sergei Prikhodko and billionaire Oleg Deripaska was published there. On February 8, Navalny published an investigation about the possible involvement of Prikhodko in corruption.

The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Ali Feruz, who has been in the center of temporary detention for several months due to accusations of violating migration legislation, left Russia. He flew to Germany from the Moscow Airport Sheremetyevo. The New Gazeta expressed gratitude to everyone who supported the journalist and assisted him. Last week, the Moscow Basmanny Court allowed Feruza to go to the third country.