A group of civilian activists "Yekaterinburg - for freedom" submitted applications for two events in memory of Boris Nemtsov to the Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region. This was reported on the official page of the group on Facebook. The organizers expect to hold a picket on February 26 on labor Square in Yekaterinburg. The next day - February 27 - activists plan to arrange a rally of Nemtsov’s memory. The event should also take place on the area of ​​labor.

The members of the election headquarters Donald Trump and other people close to him had “contacts with high -ranking Russian intelligence officials” a year before the US presidential election. This was told by the four current and former American officials, reports The New York Times. They stated that this indicate records of telephone conversations and intercepted calls.

US President Donald Trump is waiting for an active part in the de -escalation in Ukraine. According to Interfax, this was stated by the White House press secretary Sean Spicer. According to Spice, Trump takes a tough position in relation to Russia. “He continues to raise the issue related to the Crimea, the capture of which was allowed by the previous administration,” the press secretary emphasized.

The Kremlin does not see anything extraordinary in the contacts of US President Donald Trump's advisers with Russian officials, said President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. “Usually working communication is ongoing. And the fact is that representatives of the American embassy here communicate with Russian officials, go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. American diplomats here communicate with representatives of the regions, they travel around Russia.

News A suspect of the murder of his brother Kim Jong -un was detained in Malaysia 15 February 2017 Malaysia police detained a Myanmar citizen in the murder of Kim Chon Nam, the half -brother of the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un. This was reported by the Malaysian State Information Agency Bernama. According to the agency, the woman was detained at the Kuala-Lumpur airport. Her name is not revealed.

Ukrainians Evgenia Panov and Andrei Zakhetey, who are accused of preparing the “sabotage” in the Crimea, was transferred from Lefortovo to the peninsula. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to lawyer Ilya Novikov. As the lawyer told the agency, the criminal case is close to completion, the accused will be able to get acquainted with the case materials in the Crimea. “We were not notified that the investigation is over. I am not even ready to say what will happen to the deadlines.

The resignation of adviser Donald Trump on Michael Flynn National Security, a scandalous story with the Russian ties of the new president of the United States did not end, write in The Times the rice of Blakeli and Dankan Geddis. The Insider offers a translation of the British newspaper’s material on how General Flynn’s lies forced the American parliament and the special services to deal with the question of the connection of Trump’s environment with the Kremlin.

In Moscow, two crimes were committed at once against the lawyers of the accused in the case of the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov. According to the Moscow Agency, unknown people fired from traumatic weapons a car of lawyer Mark Kaversin, which protects the interests of the main accused Zaur Dadaev. The lawyer of another accused, Khamzat Bakhaev, Zaurbek Sadakhanov said that all the materials were abducted from his car.

News The head of Karelia announced early resignation 15 February 2017 The head of Karelia, Alexander Khudilainen, announced early retirement, Interfax reports. Earlier, the media, citing sources, wrote that the head of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) Arthur Parfenchikov could take his place. Recall that yesterday, the Governor of the Ryazan Region, Oleg Kovalev, filed an application for early resolution of authority.

Malaysia refused to convey to North Korea the body of Kim Jong Nam, the brother of the head of the DPRK Kim Jong -un. It is reported by Reuters . According to the agency, the DPRK made an appropriate official request. Earlier it became known that the Malaysia police detained the Myanmar citizen in the murder of Kim Jung Nam. According to the agency, the woman was detained at the Kuala-Lumpur airport. Her name is not revealed. Kim Jong was killed in the capital of Malaysia on February 13.

Russia took Crimea due to the fact that the previous US President Barack Obama behaved too softly, Donald Trump curled up. He wrote about this on his Twitter. Crimea Was Taken by Russia During the Obama Administration. Was Obama Too Soft on Russia? - Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) February 15, 2017 According to Business Insider, immediately after the publication of Trump’s message on Twitter, the ruble exchange rate on the dollar decreased by 1.2% to 57.81 rubles.

The former State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Communist Party Denis Voronenkov was put on the federal wanted list on charges of fraud and falsification of documents. This was reported in the press release of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The criminal case against Voronenkov was opened in 2011. He is suspected of involvement in the theft of a building located in Moscow, worth 127 million rubles.

The Investigative Committee of Russia issued absentee accusations and put on the wanted list of the former State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Communist Party Denis Voronenkov, Kommersant reports with reference to sources in the department. According to the publication, the former parliamentarian is accused of organizing fraud on an especially large scale. We are talking about the raider seizure of the building in the center of Moscow worth $ 5 million.

By a decree of the Moscow Government, one of the squares in the Russian capital was named after the former leader of Cuba Fidel Castro, and the street - the deceased ambassador of Russia to Turkey Andrei Karlov. It is reported by Interfax. Judging by the document, in memory of the Cuban dictator they called the area located at the intersection of the 2nd sandy and Novopeschana streets in the north of Moscow.

News Russian intelligence is “surprised” by the NYT article about contacts with the Trump team 15 February 2017 The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is surprised by the publication of the article by The New York Times about supposedly repeated contacts with the members of the US President Donald Trump. This was stated by the official representative of the SVR Sergey Ivanov, reports RIA Novosti. “We read the publication of the newspaper with surprise,” he said.