Christina Orbakaite Concerts of pop singer Christina Orbakaite in Blagoveshchensk and Khabarovsk in mid-March were canceled due to "problems with logistics." This was announced by TASS by the organizer of the speeches Sergey Zaitsev. According to him, problems with building a tour arose due to the cancellation of Orbakaite concerts in other cities. Representatives of the artist decided to postpone concerts in the Far East to other dates, but which ones have not yet been reported.

Anna Narinskaya and Alexander Etkind: Why is the authorities fight again with Bulgakov? Sergey Medvedev: Messir Woland returned to Russia with his retinue. Around the new film by Mikhail Lokshin "Master and Margarita" a devilish scandal unfolds. The Z-publicity accuses the film of non-poatriotism, anti-state and even anti-war sentiments: they demand to ban its rental and punish the authors. Why is the Bulgakov Roman and the film on this novel every time is so objectionable to the authorities?

The countries of the Seven Group intend to take measures to limit the possibility of Russian exporters of oil and oil products to use the so -called shadow fleet to circumvent economic sanctions. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to the representative of the British financial sanctions Office Olga Dimitrescu. According to her, new measures will be enacted in the second quarter of this year.

On Wednesday, the US Senate blocked a bill on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine and Israel, which also provided for tightening control on the border with Mexico. The document, which was developed for several months, could not dial the necessary 60 votes of senators: only in this case it could be put up for a final vote. For a positive resolution of the issue in favor of the bill, 60 out of 100 senators should have been expressed.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Boris Nadezhdin What is the election tactics of the Kremlin? Oppositionist Boris Nadezhdin to prevent the elections? How to relate to the "Noon against Putin" shares? On the air, sociologist and publicist Igor Yakovenko and politician Oleg Stepanov. This material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by foreign agent Sokolov Mikhail Vladimirovich, or concerns the activities of foreign agent Sokolov Mikhail Vladimirovich.

Residents of the city of Votkinsk in Udmurtia on Wednesday evening reported a powerful explosion near the city. They posted their videos on the local channels on social networks, on which a noticeably high flame that arose after the explosion. Further, in some telegram channels there were reports that the explosion was caused by technical work at the Votkinsk Machine-Building Plant. The authors of these channels refer to the regional service of the Ministry of Emergencies.

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"This case says that our country is rolling to an archaic society. Such fundamentalism, it is Islamic, it can be Orthodox." Theater director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk have been in jail since May 2023. They are accused of "justification of terrorism" for the play about the Russians who left for Syria.

Belgorod and Belgorod district on Wednesday were subjected to missile shelling. According to the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov, seven air targets were shot down by air defense systems. Two people were injured: one fragmentation wounds and shells, the other has barotrauma. Both of medical care was provided. The governor also said that about 15 cars were damaged by fragments, windows were knocked out in several houses, there are damage to the reinforced concrete product plant.

The Russian army inflicted on Ukraine another massive blow using missiles and drones. Dozens of people were injured, at least five died. Most victims in Kyiv. The interview with Vladimir Putin was taken by the former TV presenter of the American company Fox News Tucker Carlson. The opponents of the TV presenter accuse him of pushing the policy of Moscow and Putin personally. Also in the release: Joe Bayden accused Trump of attempts to disrupt the bill for assistance to Ukraine.

The Federation Council on Wednesday approved a bill on confiscation of property at convicts in a number of articles under which opponents of the invasion of Ukraine are undergoing criminal prosecution. It is reported that the decision was made without votes against - as in the State Duma, which approved the bill last week. The document will enter into force when it is signed by President Vladimir Putin. The bill lists several articles.

The apparatus of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova did not discover a crime in beating the son of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov, who was arrested in the case of the burning of the Qur'an Nikita Zhurael. A photograph of the response of the apparatus was published by the Rain TV channel. The letter states that the Crane’s beating was tested in September 2023 by police officers of the city of Grozny.

In Latvia on February 5, thousands of farmers reached protests throughout the country, demanding to ban the import of Russian grain and food to the EU countries. “The EU allows you to import Russian grain to our common market and transport it through European ports and terminals,” the france Presse agency, at a rally in Elgava, told the organizer of the protest campaign, Juris Lazdins.

In Moscow, lawyer Alexei Fedyarov was detained: he is accused of who served as an intermediary when transferring a large bribe. The court sent him under house arrest. The maximum punishment that he threatens, if he is found guilty, is 12 years of colony. Along with Fedyarov, on the same charges, lawyer Andrei Zolotukhin, who worked at the Status Center, was sent under house arrest. The founder of the "Rus Sitting" Olga Romanova is sure that the accusation is false.