Vladimir Putin at the opening of the Mercedes-Benz plant in the suburbs, photos from the Kremlin website February 1 - Hour X for the Russian state apparatus. On this day, Vladimir Putin is waiting for a report on how successfully his requirement was to transfer officials from foreign cars to domestic cars. But the president may be disappointed. This follows from the study of public procurement of Russian state structures conducted by the Agency.

The politician and political strategist Maxim Katz, who participated in the export of the Bi-2 musicians, told Alexander Plyushchev’s YouTube channel how the operation, which he described as the “hellish diplomatic-political thriller” and the “battle of all with everyone”. According to him, Russian diplomats really wanted to deliver all the group members to Moscow, including Israeli citizens. To do this, they, according to Katz, even used bribery. Details.

The maximum percentage of the votes that Boris Nadezhdin can now count on-4%, Lev Gudkov, the supervisor of Levada-Center, told the agency. He made his conclusion on the basis of a survey conducted at the end of January. This is the first independent sociological assessment of the attitude of Russians towards the shackles in the nearest presidential election. Quote . “Given the willingness to vote ...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has demanded that its diplomats pursue celebrities who are abroad, oppose Vladimir Putin and support Ukraine. Bloomberg writes about this, citing two sources. Details . According to the agency’s interlocutors, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands that stars be pursued in “friendly” countries, that is, in states that have not condemned Russia for the war in Ukraine.

The books of Lyudmila Ulitskaya on Thursday morning disappeared from the electronic system of the Moscow Library, where they were at the beginning of the day, noted the Agency. An employee of one of the capital's libraries told the agency that the writer’s books had received an indication of the Wednesday. The city library confirmed that they received a ban on issuing books. Details . The books of Lyudmila Ulitskaya at 8 a.m.