In the evening of the same day, when Vladimir Putin read his message to the Federal Assembly, he met with the leaders of the Russian media ( a transcript of the meeting was published on the Kremlin’s website) and answered their clarifying questions about the topics raised in the performance. I met in the evening with the editors of the media. They raised a lot of relevant topics, discussed a lot. It was an interesting day.

The State Duma approved in the first reading amendments to the criminal and criminal procedure codes, introducing a new article to Russian legislation. She intends to punish for the "occupation of the highest position in the criminal hierarchy." The broadcast of the plenary session is on the website of the lower house of the parliament. Amendments were made to the Duma by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Rescuers provide assistance to the affected fan of CSKA, Rome, October 23, 2018 The Ostankino District Court of Moscow fined 25 thousand rubles, Vedomosti publication for a link to a video in which fans of the CSKA football club are cursing after the accident in the Roman metro. The publication was found guilty of the distribution of products containing obscene abuse.

In Moscow, members of the pro -Kremlin movement SERB tore off the show "Holiday" directed by Alexei Krasovsky. The closed show of the picture took place in the international "memorial". Prochremlin activists chanted "Shame!" And they accused the organizers of the show of betraying the interests of the Motherland. Krasovsky shot the comedy "Holiday" in 2018. The film takes place in blockade Leningrad.

In Gdansk in the north of Poland, a monument to the priest Genryk Yankovsky, a famous participant in the Polish democratic opposition of the 80s, who died in 2010, was demolished at night. In the early 2000s, the priest was accused of sexual violence against minors. As a result of demolition, the monument was only slightly damaged. The three activists surrendered to the police surrendered to the police, which arrived at the scene.

The Insider and the Bellingcat investigation published details from the biography of the third suspect in the attempt on Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia. We are talking about the alleged military intelligence officer of Russia Denis Sergeyev (agent name Sergei Fedotov). As the journalists found out, Sergeyev grew up in the Kazakhstani Usharal. In 1990, he graduated from the Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School, after which he continued his military career in the Airborne Forces.

In 2018, insurance companies paid $ 185 million due to two accidents, this is about 30 percent of losses for insurance companies operating in the space market. This was told at a professional conference by adviser to the general director of the state corporation Valentin Rakitin, it is quoted by the newspaper Vedomosti.

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French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to the French Council of Jewish organizations, proposed introducing measures that would strengthen criminal liability for the commission of anti -Semitic acts. One of them can be the equalization of antisionic statements to anti -Semitic. According to the Le Monde newspaper, the key position among the proposals of Macron takes a change in the legal definition of anti -Semitism.

Non-governmental organizations in Russia that criticize or do not share the government's views do not receive government funding, according to a report by the international human rights organization Amnesty International, published on February 20. At the same time, “significant funds,” according to human rights activists, are directed to “social service providers” who do not defend rights publicly and do not demand accountability from the authorities.

In Nizhny Novgorod, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of torture in the local police department of a local resident Alexander Semenov, the Committee against torture reports . The case is investigated under the article "Excess authority with the use of violence." At the same time, the event itself occurred back in 2011. In May of that year, three police officers came home to Semenov and demanded to travel with him to the police department No. 1 of the Avtozavodsky district.

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Vladimir Yurovsky is one of the most famous conductors of the world. His schedule is painted several years in advance, and the managers of the best orchestras and theaters on all continents are trying to find a window in the Maestro Yurovsky graph and a musical production. The opera Alexander Vustin "Devil in love" allowed the Moscow public to see Vladimir Yurovsky again for the conductor's remote control of the musical theater.