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An illustrative photo Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the title of Major General of the internal service to the temporarily acting head of the FSIN department in the Saratov region Anton Efarkin. This is stated in the presidential decree signed on February 17. Efarkin has been headed by the Saratov Office of the FSIN since October 2021. The former chief resigned after reports of torture of convicts.

Alexander Franketti while consideration of his case in the Czech Republic The City Court of Prague decided to issue Russian Alexander Franketti to Ukraine. The explanation of the court states that this complies with the norms of Czech legislation and the European Convention on issuance. The prosecutor of Yaroslav Novotna insisted on this.

The Russian Foreign Ministry certifies the West in writing that Russia is not going to invade the territory of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announces the withdrawal of new and new troops from the borders of Ukraine. The United States and NATO do not stop saying that the invasions should be expected from day to day, and refute the Russian concept of "Division" .

Information digest "Freedom time", February 16 The situation around Ukraine is becoming more and more intense. In the Donbass, the second day shelling of settlements controlled by the Ukrainian authorities does not stop. There are wounded. The authorities of the self -proclaimed "DPR" and "LPR" declare shelling from the Ukrainian side and declare the evacuation of civilians to Russia. Does this mean that a reason for a big war was found?

On February 16, to the former professor MGIMO, the political commentator Valery Solovoy came with a search, after which he was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee. The son of a political scientist was detained, a search was held in the apartment with the seizure of computer equipment.

Continuation: Donbass separatists recorded a call to evacuate the population to Russia two days before its beginning Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to issue 10 thousand rubles to each refugee who arrived in the Rostov region from the eastern regions of Ukraine, controlled by pro -Russian separatists. The acting head of the Ministry of Emergencies was sent to the Rostov region to control the placement of refugees.

Convicted in the case of training for terrorist activity, 16-year-old Nikita Uvarov from Kansk was registered in jail as "prone to extremism." This was announced by the head of the Human Rights Group "Agora" Pavel Chikov. “Nikita feels normally, wants to study, study history, language, literature, he also wrote a statement of admission to work,” said Znak.com, lawyer Vladimir Vasin. According to the defender, registration is a "standard procedure" for convicts under similar articles.

Donetsk Continuation: Putin instructed to give out 10 thousand rubles to refugees from the districts occupied by separatists of Ukraine The head of the so -called "DPR" Denis Pushilin announced the organized mass exit of residents of the districts of the Donetsk region of Ukraine controlled by the separatists to the territory of Russia - to the Rostov region. According to Pushilin, an agreement on a temporary reception has been reached with the Russian leadership.

The sports arbitration court (CAS) published a motivating part of the decision in the case of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, in whose doping industry the prohibited substance was found by trimtazidin. The visiting panel of the CAS international sports arbitration examined the Valieva case on February 13. The next day, the judges decided to allow Valiev to Olympic competitions in women's single skating, rejecting the appeal of the IOC and Wada.

The City Court of Prague decided to issue Russian Alexander Franketti to Ukraine. The explanation of the court states that this complies with the norms of Czech legislation and the European Convention on issuance. The prosecutor of Yaroslav Novotna insisted on this. In Ukraine, Franketti is suspected of participating in the illegal armed groups of Crimea Self -Defense and North Wind during the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia.

Victor Vekselberg The Russian billionaire, founder of the Renova group of companies, Viktor Vekselberg, won the case against the Swiss bank Postfinance due to the closure of its accounts after the United States imposed sanctions against the businessman. This was reported by RBC with reference to the decision of the Federal Court of Switzerland.

Oleg Navalny The court in Moscow replaced Oleg Navalny, the brother of the opposition Alexei Navalny, one year of the conditional term in the "sanitary case" for the year of the real one with serving a sentence in a maximum regime colony. It is reported by TASS. The criminal-executive inspection petitioned for the replacement of punishment due to the fact that Navalny did not register with the inspection. Previously, he was put on the federal wanted list.