Execution. Photo from the site www.wek.ru Of the 46 countries - members of the Council of Europe, only Russia did not legally abolish the death penalty. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis. Upon entering in 1996, CE Russia took over a number of obligations, including ratify the sixth protocol to the European Human Rights Convention, canceling the highest measure of punishment.

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital. Photo from the Air Force website The Russian special services are not involved in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, since he did not have any secrets, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in the Kremlin. Speaking of Litvinenko, the president emphasized several times that the ex-office of the FSB did not have any secrets. "He (Litvinenko. - Ed.) Is not a carrier at all that the investigation will respond at all.

Alexander Ponosov. Frame NTV The prosecutor's office considers the illegal action near the building of the Vereshchaginsky district court, which was held on the eve of the students of the Syphevsky rural school in defense of its director Alexander Ponosov. As Kommersant writes on Thursday, its participants face a fine. As the prosecutor of the Vereshchaginsky district, Alexander Troyanov, told the publication, his subordinates began an audit on the fact of this action.

Cake. Image from the site Sunhome.ru The Karasuksky District Court of the Novosibirsk Region sentenced the mayor of the city of Karasuk Yevgeny Bevza and his deputy Natalia Pakhomov to deprive liberty for 3.5 years and 2.5 years, respectively, with serving a general regime, Interfax reports. According to the agency, the acting chairman of the Karasuk district court Alexander Perevoschikov, the verdict was issued under Part 1.

Plato Lebedev. Photo by ar Ingodinsky District Court of Chita posted on February 7 on the complaint of the former head of the bank Menatep Platon Lebedev. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the representative of the court. The hearing on the complaint of Lebedev should have resumed on Thursday, but the meeting did not take place. What this is connected with, the court was not specified.

Vladimir Putin. Photo by ar Answering a question from the journalist of the American National Public Radio about what forces the image of the enemy is trying to impose on Russia, and whether it is about the United States or Great Britain, Putin said that there are such forces, but this is not done on a state scale.

Meeting Vladimir Putin with journalists. Frame RTR The policy of Russia is aimed at protecting intellectual rights, but this should not be carried out formally, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in the Kremlin in response to a question about the case of the director of the Perm school Alexander Ponosov. The president noted that he is not aware of this matter. “To grab and in no way is a simple matter, and it’s always more difficult to understand on the merits.

Levon Chakhmakhyan. Photo from the website of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation In Moscow, a former senator from Kalmykia Levon Chakhmovyan was detained. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the lawyer of the ex-senator Boris Kuznetsov. "At present, my client is under interrogation at the Prosecutor General, the charge has not yet been charged," Kuznetsov said.

Gennady Melikyan. Photo from the site of the Central Bank Since February 1, 2007, Gennady Melikyan was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Central Bank reported. Earlier, this position was held by Andrei Kozlov, who was killed in September 2006. On September 21, Melikyan was appointed chairman of the banking supervision committee, which was also headed by Andrei Kozlov.

Central Bank. Photo from the site www.chronicle.ru The Bank of Russia withdrew the License from the credit institution of OJSC Commercial Bank "City Client" and appointed a temporary administration in it. This was reported on Thursday by the Department of Foreign and Public Relations of the Bank of Russia.

Participant of a flash mob against censorship against the backdrop of the square accused by the police. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Russia has received a minimum possible score for the level of civilian freedoms. According to Kommersant on Thursday, in the annual report "On the state of freedom in the world" of the international human rights organization Freedom House, Russia was on the same level with Cuba, Libya and North Korea.

The remnants of a very large ancient settlement, numbering many buildings dating back to about 2600 BC, were discovered near the famous megalithic structure Stoneenge ( Stoneehenge , 3000-1600 BC) in southwestern England. Scientists suspect that the inhabitants of this largest Neolithic village throughout the UK were the builders of the famous stone circle, which is both a temple, a cemetery and an astronomical observatory.

Fire engine. Photo SFN In St. Petersburg, a house on the embankment of the Obvodny Canal, near the East Express, is on fire. According to Fontanka.ru, the signal of the fire in house 118b entered the on -duty remote control at 8.51. According to preliminary information, the house is resettled, and there should not be people in it. There is no threat to the shopping center building.

Limonov, Kasparov, Kasyanov are the leaders of the "Marsh of Disagent". Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The next "march of disagreements" will be held on March 3, 2007 in St. Petersburg. This was announced at the press conference of the participants in the Coalition "Another Russia". It was the leader of the United Civil Front Harry Kasparov, the leader of the National-Bolshevik party Eduard Limonov, as well as an independent deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Sergey Gulyaev.

Gun. Photo from the site Makarych.ru The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the criminal investigators to Oleg Gavrilyuk and Alexei Ignatov, who shot the detainee during the interrogation, RIA Novosti reports. Ignatov was sentenced to three years and seven months of imprisonment, Gavrilyuk - to five and a half years in prison. Both policemen are deprived of the right to occupy the positions of police officers for three years.