The detention of Elena Kostyuchenko and Anna Annenkova at the State Duma. Photo by Yuri Timofeev At the State Duma, the police and "Orthodox activists" dispersed the participants of the "Kiss Day". As the correspondent of the faces reports, almost all participants in the picket against homophobia are detained - 18 people. First, at the main entrance to the Duma, a series of single pickets of supporters of the law on the prohibition of "propaganda of homosexuality" took place.

Ilya Milstein The name of Alexei Pichugin is rarely mentioned in opposition newspapers. Portraits with his image are not raised in the squares. Even in the framework of the Yukos case, according to which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, the name of Pichugin sounds infrequently. So it happened, one might say, historically.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru 60 years ago, in Moscow, the investigation was in full swing in the case of vile killer doctors who killed outstanding leaders of the Communist Party and the Soviet state of comrades Zhdanov and Shcherbakov and prepared for new crimes.

State Duma. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on the introduction of fines for the propaganda of homosexuality among minors. According to RIA Novosti, 388 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill, one against and one refrained. As Socialist -Revolutionary Dmitry Gudkov said on his Twitter, the only voted against the law was Uneneros Sergey Kuzin. He, however, stated that he supported the bill.

Evgenia Vasiliev in court as they stop. Photo of the press service of the Khamovnichesky Court The Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee completed the pre-investigation of the ex-head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilieva, the Kommersant reports .

On January 24, the State Duma considers in the first reading the law on the prohibition of "propaganda of homosexuality." Journalist Elena Kostyuchenko and her like -minded people will again come to the Duma building to kiss in protest against homophobia. The first such action ended with mass detentions, the second - with a fight with "Orthodox" homophobes. Video Dmitry Zykova: Gomophobes at the State Duma Kisses against homophobia

Thomas Melia. Photo: osce.usmission.gov The United States decided to withdraw from the working group on civil society the Russian-American presidential commission. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Deputy Secretary of State on Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Thomas Melia.

Konstantin Shirshov, State Duma deputy. Photo www.maksmedia.ru The State Duma Committee on the regulations recommended depriving the deputy from the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of Konstantin Shirshov, RIA Novosti reports. The TFR considers the communist involved in the “sale” of a place in the State Duma, the Prosecutor General’s Office sent a corresponding request to the lower ward.

Maxim Efimov. Photo: karelinform.ru The TFR in Karelia resumed the investigation in the case of the human rights activist Maxim Efimov, who was accused of Estonia, who was accused of extremism for criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was reported by an open news agency. Investigator Alexander Voronin appointed an additional linguistic examination of the article by Efimov "Karelia is tired of priests", the sixth in a row.

Leo Rubinstein. Photo by Evgenia Mikheeva/Brani.ru What can be added to everything that has already been said and to what else will be said?

Construction of the Zenit stadium. Photo from the site http://zenituwka.ru The St. Petersburg Zenit stadium, which should be delivered by October 2015, may not be built on time. Such a statement made the R-Sport agency the general director of the Zenit football club Maxim Mitrofanov.

85 years ago, January 25, 1928, Eduard Shevardnadze, the former Foreign Minister of the USSR and the former President of Georgia, was born. Being the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, he announced his resignation “in protest against the impending dictatorship” on December 20, 1990 at the IV Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR and left the ranks of the CPSU in the same year. After the resignation, Gorbachev proposed the post of vice president of the USSR, which he refused.

Google. "Google Russia" first revealed data about its users to state bodies. The published report by Google Transparency reports to satisfy 1 percent of requests for the period from July to December 2012. In total, during this period, the company received 97 requests from Russian state bodies regarding data on 123 users or accounts. Over the years, Google Russia, as well as branches of the Internet company in other countries, did not go to cooperate with the authorities.

Alexey Navalny at the rally in defense of "Prisoners of May 6". Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru Oppositionist Alexei Navalny began to get acquainted with the materials of the Kirovles case, according to which he passes the accused. This was reported by the TFR. Navalny is charged with part 3 of Article 33 and part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (organization of embezzlement of someone else's property on an especially large scale).

Mid-60s. Photo: Visockiy.com 75 years ago, January 25, 1938, an actor, poet and bard Vladimir Vysotsky was born. Not receiving official recognition during his lifetime, he nevertheless became a popular idol and remains him today. According to a survey of the VTsIOM, conducted in 2009-2010, when answering the question "Who do you consider Russian idols of the twentieth century?" Vysotsky took second place (31% of respondents), losing only to Yuri Gagarin (35%).