Bitcoin virtual currency can be called a “positive bacterium”, which entered a symbiosis with a person. Such a comparison was conducted by the vice president of information technology of Vnesheconombank Nikita Smirnov, reports RNS. “Bitcoin is a new philosophical concept. It can be compared with a bacterium, which already exists separately from a person and entered with a person in symbiosis. The virus is a negative bacterium.

The lawyer Ilya Novikov, representing the interests of the defendant of the “swamp business” Dmitry Buchenkov, suggested paying 250 thousand rubles for information about the person who was accepted for Buchenkov in the video about the events in Bolotnaya Square in May 2012. About this writes "New Gazeta". According to Novikov, the accusation believes that a person in a black hood and a cap with a green visor who beat police officers on the recording is Buchenkov.

The car in which the Russian military rode was on the fire of ISIS terrorists, Kommersant writes with reference to sources. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the car was blown up by a landmine installed by the militants of the Islamic State on the road. However, the relatives of one of the dead Lieutenant Magamurov said that the car was fired on the road from the Soviet howitzer D-30, which is at the disposal of the militants of the Islamic State.

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.

The authorities of Ukraine will tighten sanctions against Russia due to the recognition of passports of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass. This was reported on the website of the President of Ukraine. “We see not only a violation of the ceasefire, but also an absolutely cynical decision on the recognition of fake documents of the fake republics,” said Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko.

Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded the Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Vitaly Churkin by the Order of Courage. The corresponding decree is published on the Kremlin website. As noted in the decree, Churkin was awarded the Order "for selflessness, stamina and high professionalism manifested in the post." Vitaly Churkin died in New York on February 20 the day before his 65th birthday.

Roskomnadzor launched a robot tracking violations in the Russian media. About this Medusa was told by the editor -in -chief of the Mediazona publication, which received the Protocols on fines following the work of the program, Sergey Smirnov. According to Smirnov, this program is looking for news in which extremist organizations are not marked as extremist. “Since February, they began to massively write out fines for this.

Photo: Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Two days after the first press conference as US President, Donald Trump called the leading media the "enemies of the American people." In addition to CNN, which Obama did not consider journalists, Trump's black list fell the New York Times, ABC and NBC News. At the same time, the US president among the media also has obvious favorites. One of them is Rupert Murdok, who traditionally supported the Republicans, Fox News.

Trust is built for years, and destroyed instantly. It is enough for the interlocutor to lie or to hench once how each of its next statement has to be checked if it is an alternative fact. Trust is necessary not only for people, but also to the state. Remember how in 2011 the Central Election Commission with all the other election commissions stole ten percent votes in favor of United Russia, how it became clear that it was impossible to believe the election results.

Ukraine’s decision to block the adoption of a special statement by the Chairman of the UN Security Council in memory of the constant representative of Russia Vitaly Churkin-“This is not Christian.” The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov made this comment, Interfax reports.

The head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev appointed his wife Mehriban Aliyev to the first vice president of the republic. This was reported on the presidential website. Aliyev signed the corresponding decree on Tuesday, February 21. Before that, the post of vice president of the country remained vacant.

The issue of returning fines for exceeding the speed limit by 10 kilometers per hour under 20 kilometers per hour now is discussed in the government. About this writes "Kommersant". The publication notes that this is due to the experiment on the establishment of low -format road signs in the center of Moscow. They are 1.2–1.5 times less than standard, and therefore they can be installed on roads with a permitted speed of up to 60 kilometers per hour.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin instructed him to complete the Khrushchev demolition program. This was reported on the Kremlin website. “I know the mood and expectation of Muscovites. Expectations are related to demolish these houses and build new housing in their place. It seems to me that this would be the most correct solution.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided to pay compensation in the amount of € 5.5 thousand of the newspaper Oryol Iskra. This was reported on Twitter of the ECHR. The trial was associated with two articles published in the Oryol Iskra in November 2007. The activities of the then governor of the Oryol region Yegor Stroev were criticized in them. Anatoly Trofimov, the chairman of the election commission of the Oryol region, filed a complaint with the publication.

The main strategist of the White House Steve Bannon warned Germany about the "hostile" US policy towards the European Union. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources. Bannon's meeting with the German ambassador to the United States Peter Wittig was held “last week”. The conversation was “polite”, Washington made it clear that the American leader Donald Trump does not plan to go beyond the previous criticism of the European Union, the agency’s interlocutors noted.