Demonstration in London, February 16 The feeling of impending war slept a bit: Russia reported about the relocation of part of the troops collected earlier on the border with Ukraine. Some are in a hurry to triumph. The troops drove back from where they arrived. We walked at our expense. No, so that at the expense of who drives them back and forth.

Memorial complex in the valley of those who fell under Madrid The Spanish writer Juan Antonio Miranda wrote a novel about Russia, incorporating the most characteristic that should happen in Russian life. The author himself tells about the book "Birch" and about Spanish parallels and differences. Ivan Tolstoy: About dictatorships ... or why the Spaniard wrote a novel about Russia.

Information digest "Freedom time", February 16 On February 18, the meeting of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin should take place, the further fate of the Russian troops posted in Belarus will be decided on it . A significant part of these compounds is located near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. The joint exercises "Union determination" according to the plan should be completed on February 20.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday handed over to the US Assistance in Moscow John Sullivan a Russian response to the proposals of the United States on the issue of security, which, in turn, became a response to Russian requirements. The TASS agency publishes the full text of the Russian answer. At the same time, the US response was not intended for publication, but its text was at the disposal of the Spanish edition of El Pais and became known.

Additional expenses of ships per day of delay - about $ 2.5 million, or $ 15 million in 6 days of Russia's exercises

In Saratov, schoolchildren are judged, who, according to the FSB, prepared a mass murder in their school. The accusations are built on the testimony of a secret witness, whom the parents of the defendant adolescents are considered a provocateur and intelligence agent

LLC Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, representing in Russia, the media corporation of the RSA/RS, and its general director filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights with a request to consider on the merits a complaint about the actions of the Russian authorities that included Russian -language journalistic projects of the corporation in the register of the media - foreign agents.

Council of the Federation Council (Archive photo) The Federation Council, together with Roskomnadzor, is developing a bill to expand the list of illegal content on the Internet, which can be blocked without a court decision. RIA Novosti told one of the authors of the initiative, Senator Margarita Pavlova. In her opinion, more and more new content appears on the Internet, which “poses a threat”, but so far does not fall under the definition of unlawful.

An illustrative photo Great Britain is considering the possibility of cancellation within a few weeks of the program for issuing "gold visas", according to which wealthy foreigners could obtain citizenship in exchange for capital imported into the country. This was reported by Financial Times and The Times with reference to sources close to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Pritish Patel.

Russian troops in Belarus: will they leave or stay? *** The Belarusian philosopher Vladimir Matskevich stopped the hunger strike *** The Russian skater won the gold medal of the Olympiad in a single discharge. And this is not Kamila Valieva *** The father of the opposition Ivan Zhdanov was sentenced to three years in the colony *** The results of the Berlin Film Festival *** year of the Marshound Mars of the Perseverans

The Investigative Committee began checking the posts of the Pussy Riot group of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (included in the register of media-foreign agents) to insult the feelings of believers. This was reported to RBC by a source in law enforcement agencies. A source familiar with the case file, confirmed the information.

The court in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug changed the verdict to the father of the opposition Ivan Zhdanov to Yuri Zhdanov and replaced him with conditional imprisonment for a real term - three years in the colony. The punishment is real. 3 years of deprivation of swindle in a general regime colony. - iVan zhdanov (@ioannzh) February 17, 2022 An appeal for the verdict was filed both with a defense that demanded the release of Yuri Zhdanov and the prosecution that insisted on a real time.

France announced on Thursday, February 17, which was withdrawing its peacekeeping units from Mali after almost a ten -year presence in the country, reports AFP. The reason was a breakdown of relations with the ruling junta, which came to power in August 2020. In Mali, the civil war between Islamists and government troops continues.

Vladimir Matskevich Vladimir Matskevich stopped hunger strike The 65-year-old Belarusian political prisoner, philosopher Vladimir Matskevich interrupted the hunger strike, lasting two weeks (the last two days-dry)-after a meeting with the investigator. Matskevich, accused of "organizing actions grossly violating public order" and recognized "prone to extremism" (he faces up to four years in prison), demanded to complete the investigation and transfer his case to court.