The Urban Planning and Land Commission of Moscow supported the construction project of the Musical Institute and the Hotel on Baumanskaya Street. The sources in the city hall told Vedomosti about this. The Moskomstroyinvest said that the applicant was Spartak Loft. In this company, 99% of the shares belongs to the “farmland Inca” from Beliz, 1% with the general director Igor Skiba. He also heads the Kobzon Fund State Duma and singer Joseph Kobzon.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issued a warning to the representative of Apple in Russia (company "" Apple Rus ") and ordered it to open its own single service center. This was reported on the website of the department. The service should be open until May 1. The application to the FAS was submitted by Muscovite Dmitry Petrov.

Activists of another Russia, previously detained during a search in the office of an unregistered party, were released. This is stated on the official page of the National Bolsheviks VKontakte. As noted in the message, the police limited itself to "preventive conversations" with party members. Earlier on February 20, the founder of another Russia, Eduard Limonov, announced the detention of 14 activists in the party’s office.

Alexander Lukashenko, apparently, is still at the stage of denial and is not ready to accept his loss. Meanwhile, he, like any dictator, has different options for painless care. Here is the old text of Grigory Golosov about how African dictatorships are replaced by democracies from year to year. Belarus (and Russia) has something to learn from them Member of the anti-government rally in Uagadugu, Burkina-Faso, October 2014.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation again disconnected from the system of banking electronic payments (BESP) Bank "Peresvet" (main shareholder - Russian Orthodox Church), reports Prime . The agency recalls that, as a rule, after disconnecting from the BESP, banks lose their license. Peresvet was disconnected from the system in October 2016. In the same month, the Central Bank introduced a temporary administration in a credit institution.

The project of the revised Decree of the US President Donald Trump on migrants lifts the ban on entering the country from the owners of Green Cart and American visas, as well as from those who have a second American citizenship. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to a senior official from the US Presidential Administration.

Channel One, Russia-1 and NTV several times reduced the number of references to US President Donald Trump on their air. It is reported by "Rain" with reference to the study of "Mediaology". The reduction began on February 14: from that moment in Trump, from six to 12 times a day was mentioned, while earlier the name of the American president on the air of television channels sounded up to 61 times.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help Somalia to print the first bills for more than 25 years, writes Bloomberg. The country will replace banknotes that were issued until 1991. New bills will be put into circulation in 2017. “Almost 98% of the currency in the country is fake. The rest was printed in 1990-1991 and was in very poor condition, ”said Bloomberg representative of the IMF Samba Tiam.

The Moscow District Military Court rejected the complaint of the defendants in the case of the Stateizer, who complained about the violation when extending the arrest. It is reported by RBC. The complaint was filed by the Deputy Head of the Center for Information Security (QIB) of the FSB Sergey Mikhailov, an employee of the QIB and former hacker Dmitry Dokuchaev, as well as the top manager of the Kaspersky Laboratory Ruslan Stoyanov. Previously, all defendants were arrested.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia called the DPRK ambassador to demand an explanation about his statements about the murder of the brother of the head of North Korea. This was reported on the website of the ministry. In addition, the Malaysia Foreign Ministry withdrew his ambassador from the DPRK.

In December, Russia became the world's largest oil producer, bypassing this indicator Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg reports with reference to Joint Organization Data Initiative (JODI). During December, 10.49 million barrels per day were mined in Russia, which is 29 thousand barrels less than in November. The production in Saudi Arabia, according to JODI, decreased to 10.46 million barrels per day from 10.72 million barrels a month earlier.

In the city of Parachute, Colorado will open a marijuana store for customers with a car, reports Business Insider with reference to AP. “Tumblewhed Express) will be the first in the United States a retail outlet of this kind. The parachute authorities approved the opening of the store, also the owners will have to obtain permission from the state regulator. The store will not be allowed to sell marijuana to anyone under 21 years old, even if we are talking about a car passenger.

Maidan, 2014. Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters In 2014, the main event of Russian history took place outside of Russia. In the capital of a neighboring state, protesters were killed in the central square, the president fled from the country, power changed in the country, new faces and names appeared, new slogans sounded, monuments collapsed, and Russia changed.

The square in front of the Capitol on the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 (left) and his predecessor Barack Obama (right). After taking office, Trump said that the ceremony attracted an “incredible, perhaps record” number of people. In the press, his statements were called unreasonable. Photo: Lucas Jackson, Stelios Varias / Reuters Donald Trump and the outgoing President of Barack Obama at the inauguration, January 20, 2017.

Four Russian military advisers were killed in Syria and two were injured, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This happened on February 16 when the car is undermined on a radio -controlled landmine. As specified in the Ministry of Defense, a car column of the Syrian army, which included a car with the Russian military, was driving in the direction of the city of Homs.