Sergey Magnitsky. Photo from the site www.russian-untouchables.com The Switzerland authorities froze the bank accounts of Russian officials and members of their families involved in 5.4 billion rubles involved in the country's illegal return from the country's budget. This was done in the framework of the investigation conducted by the prosecutor's office of the Switzerland at the appeal of Hermitage Capital, the fund’s press release reported.

People who attacked the defenders of the Khimki forest. Hard of video recording "Radio Liberty" Attacks on public activists who set up a camp at the site of illegal deforestation in the Klyazma River in the Khimkinsky forest continued. On Friday night, as a result of attacks by the Chop’s employees guarding the cutting, and unknown people in civilian clothes were injured by several people, including women.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua On the eve of Victory Day, this always exacerbates, like a bad illness: the desire to drag at least some of his idol and fold his hands in front of him in prayer reverence. This day is one of the few when the fans of the Generalissimo seems that from his pedestal you can wash the bloody spots and give out victory in the war for his personal achievement.

Monument to Dzerzhinsky on Lubyanka. Photo from the site CultNews.ru In the coming years, on the site of the former monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow, no monuments will be installed. According to Interfax with reference to a source in the Moscow City Duma, among members of the commission on monumental art under the Moscow City Duma, an unspoken rule does not act not to touch the place left by Dzerzhinsky on Lubyanskaya Square.

Evgenia Hasis and Nikita Tikhonov in court before the announcement of the sentence. Shooting by V. Dmitroshkina/Grani.ru The Moscow City Court sentenced Nikita Tikhonov, found guilty of the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, to a lifelong opinion, Grani.ru correspondent reports. The civil wife of Tikhonov Evgenia Hasis, recognized as a jury accomplice of the murder of a lawyer, was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Detention of participants in the opposition action in Minsk. Hard of news Ex-candidate for the presidency of Belarus Vladimir Neklyaev is ready to take all responsibility for the events that occurred in Minsk after the presidential election on December 19, RIA Novosti reports. “I said earlier, let me take the blame for everything. Take the 357th shot article,” Neklyaev said during the interrogation as the accused of the Frunze district of Minsk.

Sergey Sobyanin and Yuri Luzhkov. Photo from Newsland.ru The Moscow authorities will conduct inspections of the previously issued permits for the demolition of objects located on the territory of the city’s security zones, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the capital's cultural heritage department Alexander Kibovsky. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin intends to cancel all such permits issued under his predecessor Yuri Luzhkov.

Sergey Mironov and Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site ladno.ru The leader of United Russia Vladimir Putin is aware of the initiative of the Speaker of the State Duma, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the party Boris Gryzlov, so that the Council of the Federation after the departure of Sergei Mironov will be headed by Uneneros. According to RIA Novosti, the press secretary of Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this.

Vladimir Putin acts with an annual report in the State Duma. Photo from the site www.rbc.ru Representatives of the unsystematic opposition will not be able to join the initiative of Vladimir Putin to create the "All -Russian Popular Front". According to ITAR-TASS, this was announced by the press secretary of Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov.

Poster with Stalin in St. Petersburg metro. Photo from the Fontanka.ru website Petersburgers found posters with the image of Joseph Stalin and his quotes in the subway wagons. According to Fontanka.ru , the posts of the website of the website of the revolutionary communist union of youth are indicated on the posters, but the Komsomol members themselves deny their involvement in the action and attribute authorship to their unknown supporters. According to the press service of the St.

Attack on ecologists in the Khimki forest. On the left - activist Yaroslav Nikitenko. Photo "Radio Liberty" One of the suspects of beating ecologists in the Khimkinsky forest on Friday was detained by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov from the scene told Gazeta.ru . Later, in the house of guards, the police found and detained another of the beaten activists, the New Gazeta reports.

Boris Gryzlov and Sergey Mironov. Photo from the site premier.gov.ru The State Duma speaker and chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia Boris Gryzlov announced the support of the position of St. Petersburg Unicorn to support the review of the speaker of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov from the upper house of the parliament, RIA Novosti reports. "The party has a position against Mironov - he must hand over the senator mandate," Gryzlov said to reporters. “If he (Mironov.

Boris Gryzlov. Photo from the site '' News '' '' The State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov offers all medical institutions to rename medical cards of patients from the "Story of the disease" to the "Health House", Interfax reports. "We come to the registry and what do we take?" The history of the disease. "Or maybe this should be called" History of Health "?" - said Gryzlov at a meeting with students of the Volgograd State Medical University.

Nadezhda Babkina. Photo from the site www.echo.msk.ru People's Artist of Russia, singer Nadezhda Babkina stated that she is excited by the phrase "United Russia". As Gazeta.ru reports, she made such a confession, asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the party’s interregional conference in Volgograd. Babkina expressed gratitude to United Russia several times. “The words“ United Russia ”excite me,” Babkina said to the applause of those present.

Tea. Photo from the site www.4aj.ru Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised that members of United Russia will only consume domestic wine and tea. According to RIA Novosti, Putin made such a statement at the Interregional Party Conference, addressing one of the participants from the Krasnodar Territory, which raised the issue of supporting domestic producers of wine and tea. "Of course," United Russia "will only use domestic products," Putin said.