Pig. Photo from the site www.zooclub.ru The Rosselkhoznadzor canceled the temporary restrictions on the supply of pork and pork meat products from Ireland, introduced at the end of 2008 due to the danger of falling into Russia infected with meat dioxins, RIA Novosti reports.

Detention with the participation of riot police. Photo from the site Yahoonews The fighters of the 2nd battalion of the OMON of the Main Directorate of Moscow addressed a letter to President Dmitry Medvedev, Kasparov reports.

Victor Vekselberg. Photo from ENC.ex.ru website Russian entrepreneur Viktor Vekselberg called the decision of the Federal Department of Finance of Switzerland to finish it for $ 38 million "unprecedented", ITAR-TASS reports. "The decision causes sincere human surprise, it is unprecedented, not typical of Switzerland in all respects," the businessman said. “The level of the fine is unprecedented in nature. The history of Switzerland does not know such cases.

Patriarch Kirill and President Dmitry Medvedev. Frame of Channel One The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril in the first year of the presentation managed to strengthen the unity of the church and society. According to Interfax, on Monday, on the first anniversary of the intronization of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

Electric trains. Frame NTV The Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights "Public Control" filed a lawsuit against Russian Railways, considering unlawful a sharp increase in tariffs for travel in suburban trains of Moscow and the Moscow Region, RIA Novosti reports. In the lawsuit filed in the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow, representatives of the "public control" indicated three defendants: Russian Railways, OJSC "Moscow-Tirm Passenger Company" and the Moscow Government.

Rosstat building. Photo from the website of the department In 2009, the Russian economy was reduced by 7.9 percent, which became the strongest decline over the past 15 years, according to the materials of the Federal State Statistics Service. At the same time, the country's economy is growing a second quarter in a row, which indicates the withdrawal of Russia from a state of recession - a reduction in GDP within two quarters in a row.

St. Petersburg, Gostiny Dvor, January 31, 2010 Mikhail Eliseev and Anton Kosenko for Grani-TV.

A rally demanding Putin's resignation in Kaliningrad. Photo of the press service of solidarity The Saturday ten -thousandth rally in Kaliningrad demanding the resignation of the governor and the Putin government caused strong emotions not only among the direct participants in the event. A variety of opposition parties and movements were a united front. There have been no such mass shares in this region for the past twenty years ( VIDEO ).

Journalist Mikhail Afanasyev. Photo from the site www.svobodanews.ru The editor-in-chief of the New Focus Internet magazine Mikhail Afanasyev became the laureate of the All-Russian competition of the Union of Journalists for the best work of 2009 in the nomination "Journalistic skill". As he told the Echo of Moscow, in his opinion, the award was awarded for publications about the accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.

Gun. Photo from the site Veeer.com In the regional center of Nozhay-Yurt in Chechnya, a policeman, by negligence, shot his colleague, Interfax reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The incident occurred in the protection room of the building of the district prosecutor's office on Kadyrov Street. The police officer who was in the service, as a result of careless handling of weapons, shot Makarov’s service pistol and mortally wounded his colleague.

Poster '' vote against all ''. From the site of Marat Helman The Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Georgy Boos proposes to return to the balloon to the Count "Against All." RIA Novosti was reported in the press service of the regional government. According to the agency, Boos made such a statement at a meeting of the political advisory council.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia. Photo from the site www.ingnet.ru Unknown people fired from grenade launches in the building of the Ingushetia Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nazran. According to ITAR -TASS, one person died, a few more were injured. The incident occurred on Monday at 08.50 Moscow time. Three or four grenades were released towards the assembly hall, where meetings are held on Mondays.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus. Photo by RIA '' News '' President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, signed a decree "On measures to improve the use of the national Internet segment." According to BelTA, according to the law, the suppliers of Internet services in Belarus from July 1 will have to identify subscriber devices of users of Internet services, keep records and store information about such devices and services rendered.

Moldavian wine is removed from the shelves. Photo from the site '' Rossi newspaper '' The Department of Economic Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted searches at the Moscow Aroma TD, alcohol supplier for the fragrant world brand and other retail chains, Vedomosti reports. Storage facilities are sealed, but the leadership of one of the largest alcohol importers claims that the company continues to work as usual, and alcohol supply to Russian retail chains did not stop.

Peter Vince. Photos of faces Russian politicians and human rights activists asked the US President Barack Obama with an open letter to Protection from the unlawful persecution of entrepreneur Peter Vince in Russia.