The damage from trade restrictions against Russia in 2018 amounted to $ 6.3 billion, the Ministry of Economic Development reports . In total, 62 countries introduced 159 restrictive measures against Russia. The countries of the European Union (25 measures per $ 2.4 billion of damage) and Ukraine and Ukraine (22 measures for $ 775 million damage) introduced the most restrictions. Nine measures are valid from the United States, the damage from them amounted to $ 1.2 billion.

The Industrial Court of Stavropol sentenced to one and a half years the restriction of the freedom of programmer Vladislav Kuleshov in the case of calls to the riots. About this writes "Mediazona" with reference to the press service of the court. Earlier in this case, mathematician Dmitry Bogatov was held. Kuleshov was detained in Moscow in the summer of 2018. He pleaded guilty.

The painting “The Great Beautiful Russia” by the artist Alexei Kudelin, known as Vasya Lozhkin, contains a designation of negative emotions in relation to ethnic groups, but does not allow us to conclude that they are aimed at arousing hatred of a person or group of persons based on the race, nationality, social or religious group. This conclusion was reached by a psychological-linovistic and cultural examination of the Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, writes Vedomosti.

Danske Bank announced that he was closing his branches in Russia, as well as Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia after suspicions of laundering money through his Estonian unit, RBC reports with reference to the official release of the bank.

On February 18, “Snob” , “Komsomolskaya Pravda” , Lenta.ru , Izvestia and other media spread the news: in Florida, an 11-year-old student of the sixth grade was allegedly arrested that he refused to take an oath of fidelity to the national flag. However, completely different information is reported in the text of the news.

Magic assistant Today, Sberbank decided to create a neuronac laboratory and human behavior, which will conduct scientific research in the field of neurophysiology, social psychology and cognitiveness and implement the results of scientific developments into the daily practice of Sberbank groups.

The deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Stavropol Territory, Colonel Sergei Rubezhny, opened a case of creating a criminal community for the “roofing” of prostitution. This is stated in the message of the Investigative Committee. The suspect in the case is also held by the operative of one of the departments of the threat of the region.

The Fores Worker of Fores from the city of Sukhoi Log of the Sverdlovsk Region Rustam Korelin, who arranged a picket against low salaries on Red Square, was fired from the factory for violation of labor discipline. It is reported by "Rain" with reference to Korelin himself. Korelin said that he learned about the dismissal of February 18 from the chairman of the trade union Dmitry Dudirin, who received a notice of termination of the contract with Korelin on the basis of Art.

The deceased soldier of the military unit No. 91711 Stepan Tsymbal was found at the training ground near Voronezh with tape with tape with his hands and a package on the head wrapped around the neck with tape. According to Mediazon, this is stated in the resolution of the investigator of the military investigation department of the UK at the Voronezh garrison. According to the documents, Tsymbala was called up for service in October 2018, in the unit he was a driver.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk found three police officers guilty of torture of a witness, from whom they sought testimonies. This writes "Rain" about this. The operatives of Alexander Krivoshein and Maxim Clothing were sentenced to four and three and a half years in a general regime colony. The court appointed the former head of the criminal investigation department of the Right -Bank district of Irkutsk Sergey Tarasov three years conditionally.

The program “60 minutes” on the Russia 1 TV channel, where they discussed the incident with the Russian flag posted on the facade of the cathedral in Salisbury, was attended by a writer and journalist, a former KGB officer, the author of two books on Soviet intelligence, Alexander Vasiliev, who has been living in the UK since the mid-1990s. His statement seemed so important to the channel that he was even dedicated to a separate plot in Vesti.

Roscosmos and the American company Space Adventure signed a contract for the flight of two space tourists to the International Space Station, it will take place until the end of 2021. Roskosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that state corporations will be offered to space tourists to fly around the land along the route of Yuri Gagarin. The ideas of space tourism began to actively develop at the end of the 20th century. The Insider recalls how the first five flights to space with civilians have passed.

The head of the Vologda branch of the “For Human Rights” movement Grigory Winter was sent to a psychiatric examination to an open -type psychiatric hospital. This was announced this by the head of the movement Lev Ponomarev. “Winter was read out a court decision, but he was not given him to his hands. I do not know how the events would develop further, we were afraid that he would be sent to a closed psychiatric hospital for prisoners.

The Moscow Arbitration Court ruled to fine the medical center of Elena Malysheva for "gross violations of licensing requirements in the implementation of plastic surgery." This was reported by Open Media with reference to a court decision . Violations were revealed by an unscheduled audit of the Roszdravnadzor department in Moscow.

“Northern Stream 2” with a high degree of probability will remain unloaded half due to amendments to the EU gas directive . The bill indicates that the gas pipeline should have an independent from Gazprom an operator with the access of third parties to capacities. This is impossible to carry out, since only Gazprom can serve fuel to the Russian end of the pipe.