The Investigative Committee is investigating the fact of disclosure of data from the preliminary investigation in the Navalny case. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in an article published in Novaya Gazeta on February 8, 2013, procedural documents were published that constitute the secret of the investigation.

Pope Benedict XVI resigns. He will leave the Holy See on February 28 at 20.00. After this, a period of vacant throne will begin in the Vatican - until the meeting of cardinals elects a new pontiff. The news of the Pope's departure came as a surprise, writes La Stampa. The pontiff announced his resignation in Latin during the consistory, a meeting of cardinals at which they discussed the canonization of new saints. The reasons for Benedict XVI's departure are related to his health.

The song of the year at the 55th Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles, was the composition of the indie pop group FUN We Are Young, reports Reuters . In total, FUN was nominated in five categories - Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Album and Best Pop Duo or Group.

A methane explosion at the Vorkutinskaya mine on Monday killed 9 people. At the moment, 3 people and 9 dead have been brought to the surface, according to a message published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Komi Republic on Monday. The fate of another 8 people remains unknown. In total, 20 people worked at the emergency site. According to preliminary data, the cause of the tragedy was a methane outbreak at the site.

The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the claim of MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC to declare illegal the decision to issue a license to the Amur company to develop the southern part of the Norilsk-1 deposit. This was reported on Monday, February 11, by the RAPSI agency . Norilsk-1 is one of the three largest deposits of sulfide copper-nickel ores on the Taimyr Peninsula. The results of the competition for the development of the southern part of the deposits were summed up in June 2012.

The total amount of ineffective spending of budget funds in the field of national security and law enforcement at the end of 2012 amounted to almost 6 billion rubles. This was announced on February 11 by the auditor of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, Alexander Zhdankov, Interfax reports. “Ineffective spending of funds amounted to 5.8 billion rubles.

The Investigative Committee announced the completion of the criminal investigation into the crash of the motor ship "Bulgaria". This was announced on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin. “According to the investigation, it was the combined actions of the accused that caused the crash of the motor ship “Bulgaria” on July 10, 2011 in the waters of the Kuibyshev Reservoir and the death of 122 people on board,” RIA Novosti quotes Markin .

The film “Operation Argo” by American director Ben Affleck received the main prizes of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Based on real events - the rescue of American diplomats taken hostage in Iran in 1979 - received three gold masks, including in the categories "best film" and "best director", reports Reuters. The film received another prize for best editing.

The number of miners killed in the explosion at Vorkutinskaya in the Komi Republic on February 11 has increased to 18 people. The updated data was provided by the Komi Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday afternoon. “According to preliminary data as of 14.20, 18 people died,” says a message published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Komi Republic. 10 bodies of the dead have already been lifted from the face to the surface.

On Monday morning, an explosion occurred at the Vorkutinskaya mine in Komi, according to a message published on the website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. The fate of the nine miners remains unknown. The explosion occurred at 10.28 Moscow time at a mine in the city of Vorkuta in the Komi Republic. According to preliminary data, methane gas exploded. In total, 22 miners were working at the mountain site where the explosion occurred.

Rostekhnadzor considers the cause of the emergency at the Vorkutinskaya mine in the Komi Republic to be a gas-dynamic explosion. Deputy head of Rostechnadzor Boris Krasnykh announced this on Monday at a conference call at the Ministry of Emergency Situations. “According to preliminary data, the cause of the emergency at the mine was a gas-dynamic explosion,” the Interfax agency quoted the Reds as saying .

An Aeroflot passenger Boeing 777-300ER, flying from Bangkok to Moscow, landed at Sheremetyevo with a non-working engine. “On approach to Moscow, it experienced a serious problem with the right engine, which led to a leak in the engine, and the pilots had to turn it off. As a result, the plane landed on one left engine,” a source in the airport’s engineering services told Interfax. None of those on board were injured. “The plane is new, recently left the factory in Seattle, America.

On February 11, 1847, inventor and holder of more than 1,000 patents, Thomas Edison, was born. He was not a brilliant student at church school, and one day a teacher even called him a “brainless idiot,” after which Edison’s mother took him out of school and began educating him on her own.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the formation of a presidential commission on civil service issues and the reserve of managerial personnel. press service reports The head of the commission was appointed head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, the Kremlin .

Photo by Diomedia The corporate war between Vladimir Potanin and Oleg Deripaska has entered the “cold” stage The victory of common sense over emotions, greed and ambition? A time bomb planted by three of the richest businessmen on the Forbes list under one of the largest metallurgical companies in Russia and the world? What does the MMC Norilsk Nickel shareholder agreement signed at the end of 2012 look like and what does it actually mean?