On hard labor for faith In Moscow, nine defendants were sentenced to the activities of the Islamic organization of the Hizb Ut-Tahrir, which are banned in Russia-from 11 to 16 years of maximum security colony ... At the meetings, students read and discussed religious literature and memorized poetic works-verses. Teachers explained the terms used in the texts ...

The Vatican deprived the dignity of the 88-year-old former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore Macker, who was accused of sexual harassment to teenagers. McCarrika is accused of sexual harassment to three minors, several senior seminarians and clergymen more than 50 years ago with the help of confession and in violation of the commandment of “do not adultery” with adolescents and adults. McCarrick himself claims that he does not remember the details of the case.

The Public Citizen Consumer Protection Group filed a lawsuit in the United States to the US district with a request to cancel the decision of President Donald Trump to introduce a state of emergency in the country. According to BuzzFeed, this is the first lawsuit against this decision. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three landowners from Texas and a group of environmental defenders, on the lands of which part of the fence on the border with Mexico will be built.

British Prime Minister Teresa May a month and a half before the planned exit of the EU trained in parliament a new defeat. On February 14, deputies of the House of Commons on February 14 rejected the bill, which was supposed to approve the MAI mandate to further negotiations on the terms of Brexit, as well as exclude the possibility of an unregulated exit of the United Kingdom from the EU. This vote was predicted for several weeks of fierce debates in the parliament of the United Kingdom.

The European Union decided on new sanctions against Russia due to an attack on Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the head of the Austria Foreign Ministry Karin Knaisl. “The decision has already been made at the appropriate level,” she said. On the eve of Bloomberg, citing a source, it wrote that the European Union could impose sanctions against eight Russian citizens in connection with the detention of Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea.

The fate of a foreigner in Russia The Moscow Basmanny Court decided to arrest the American Michael Kalvi, the founder of the Baring Vostok investment company ... Calvi's side claims that the true reason for the persecution is a conflict with other shareholders of Vostochny Bank, and not the crime allegedly committed by the American ...

News A case of bribery was brought to the deputy chairman of the regional court of Irkutsk 16 February 2019 Ti The Insider The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the deputy chairman of the regional court of Irkutsk, Nikolai Novokrechezhenov, accused of receiving a bribe (part 4 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, in 2017, Novokreshchens through the intermediary received two bribes totaling 200 thousand rubles.

The Pentagon is working on a plan for creating a security zone on the north-east of Syria on the border with Turkey. This was reported by Washington Post with reference to American officials and resort-republican Lindsay Graham. Graham said that Washington demands from his European allies to send about 1,500 soldiers to the Syrian-Turkish border. In case of their consent, US President Donald Trump can leave them 200 American troops.

On February 16, checks and evacuation was held in the shopping centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg due to mining reports. According to TASS, in Moscow, checks and evacuation took place in Capitols on Vernadsky Avenue, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, on Sevastopolsky Prospekt and on Right Bank Street. In addition, they checked the Atrium and Kuntsevo Plaza. According to Fontanka, in St.

Criminal case of fraud for 2.5 billion rubles. Against the founder of the largest investment company Baring Vostok, Michael Kalvi was instituted due to Baring’s conflict about Vostochny Bank with his co-owner Artem Avetisyan, who is friends with the son of the Secretary of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. This is written by The Bell with reference to a source familiar with the leadership of Baring and one of the federal officials.

Donata Mailereles, the Vogue Brazil style director, resigned after photographs appeared on social networks from a party in honor of its 50th anniversary. Representatives of the publication confirmed this information CNN. In the picture, which was published on Instagram, and then deleted Meyrereleles herself, she sat in a white chair, like a throne, and black girls stood around her.

In St. Petersburg, ceilings fell in the building of ITMO University, reports Fontanka.ru. The floors collapsed during repair work. In the building at that time were students and teachers. Some people were locked in the premises. The Ministry of Emergencies announced the evacuation of 60 people. According to Interfax, up to 20 people can be under the rubble. The source of the agency claims that only workers were in the collapsed wing: “The wing was under repair.

The administration of St. Petersburg for the first time did not agree on the march of Boris Nemtsov’s memory on February 24. This was announced by the coordinator of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov. He added that the organizers appeal this decision and "the procession will take place in any case." Officials abandoned all the routes proposed by the organizers. The refusal will be appealed in court on February 18.

The command of the Armed Forces of Venezuela is negotiating with the opposition secretly from President Nicholas Maduro. This was reported by Fox News with reference to the adviser to the US President on National Security of John Bolton. “Key politicians and generals supporting Maduro are conducting constant negotiations with the opposition. President does not notice this, this happens implicitly, but they are negotiating, ”said Bolton.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the founder of the Baring Vostok investment fund Michael Kalvi, Interfax reports . Kalvi was sent under arrest for two months. Previously, five more defendants in the case were arrested. All of them are charged with a crime under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale). “Baring Vostok confirms that four employees were detained as part of a commercial dispute for the Vostochny Express bank, including Michael Kalvi.