Natalia Timakova plays cards. Photo by Russian look The press secretary of Prime Minister Medvedev Natalya Timakova denied information about the upcoming verification of the Izvestia newspaper for access to official correspondence of officials. “And do not confuse the concepts of“ freedom of speech ”and“ freedom of plum, ”Timakova remarked tape.ru, referring to the message“ Izvestia ”about such an audit.

The leaders of the ATP Nikita Belykh and Leonid Gozman. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru The leader of the Union of Right Forces, Leonid Gozman on the eve of the interrogation in the Investigative Committee, published his written testimony in the case of Alexei Navalny.

Epiphany bathing in the Moscow River at -30. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Employees of the Faculty of Physics of St. Petersburg State University sent a request for the advisability of the water treatment of the consecration rite at the city station, Rosbalt reports at the Vodokanal St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise. The request was signed by the heads of the Laboratory of the Physics and Enterprise Mikhail Arkhipov and Sergey Belov.

Alexander Bastrykin. Photo: rg.ru The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, invited the US Prosecutor General Eric Holder to negotiate cooperation in the investigation of crimes against children from Russia adopted in the United States. This was reported by the press service of the TFR.

Oscar Feltzman. Photo: kremlin.ru Oscar Feltzmana composer died on Sunday evening in Moscow. This is reported by Interfax. Felzman was 91 years old. The day before, information appeared that it was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Central Design Bureau with circulatory disorders. Felzman began as the author of musical comedies. He wrote the first songs for the orchestra Leonid Utesov. In 1952, the song "The ship" appeared, in 1956 - "My Black Sea".

25 years ago, on February 4, 1988, the verdict was canceled in the case of the “Anti -Soviet right -through bloc”, issued in March 1938. Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov and all other defendants, except Henry Berry, were completely rehabilitated. With regard to the berry, the Prosecutor General’s Prosecutor's Prosecutor's Prosperisure was not brought.

Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru The current anniversary of the Stalingrad Victory once again demonstrated the duality of the position of the authorities in relation to this great historical event. The anniversary was preceded by an absurd decision of the Volgograd City Duma that six days a year, including the anniversary of the surrender of the Paulus army, the city would be called Stalingrad.

Konstantin Malofeev. Photo: Profi-Forex.org On Monday, the Marshall Capital’s office, which is led by the Orthodox Entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeev, conducted a search. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to a source in law enforcement. Malofeev himself was not detained; He refused to comment on the situation. Comments from the official representative of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have not yet been received.

The server was not found. Screenshot The Human Rights Association of Agora in the annual report "Russia as a global threat to a free Internet" noted 1197 facts of restriction of Internet freedom in 2012. In particular, the lawyers of the Association recorded 103 criminal persecution of users, 208 cases of administrative pressure and 609 facts of restricting access to sites.

Andrey Andriyanov. Photo by ITAR-TASS The director of the specialized educational and scientific center named after Kolmogorov, Moscow State University, Andrei Andreyanov resigned from his position. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the university, he left of his own free will until the final resolution of the issue with his dissertation. "I do not agree with the accusations put forward against me and in accordance with the procedure to defend my point of view.

Syrian rebels. Photo Reuters In Syria, two Russians were liberated hostage in mid -December. As reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a citizen named Gorelov and Abessattar Hassun, who has citizenship of Syria and Russia, was exchanged for fighters of the Syrian opposition. The Italian Mario Belomeom, stolen with the Russians, was also released. The exchange was made on Sunday. Gorelov and Hassun are at the Russian embassy in Damascus.

Alexander Podrabinek and Oksana Darova, defenders of Maria Alekhina. Photo from Twitter Peter Verzilov Consideration of the complaints of the Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina for the penalties received by her in the IK-28 Solikamsk, again transferred. "The process of appealing the penalty of Masha Alekhina sets an absolute record and goes into the fourth instead of the usual 15 minutes," Bereznikumuzh Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Peter Verzilov reports from the City Court.

Vladimir Pecheny. Photo: Er.ru I.O. The Governor of the Magadan Region Vladimir Pecheny dismissed the entire administration of the region. "The new composition of the administration will be formed gradually. I will announce additionally about all the appointments," RIA Novosti reports the word of the official. The baked mayor of Magadan since 2004. Since 2003, it has been in United Russia; In May 2012, he became a member of her General Council.

Participants in the capture of Nord-Ost. Frame NTV The Moscow City Court again sent to a review a decision that obliged the prosecutor’s office to initiate a case of the negligence of officials when storming the theater center on Dubrovka in 2002. This was reported by RAPSI. Thus, the court granted the cassation appeal of the prosecutor's office against the decision of the Lefortovo court in December.

140 years ago, on February 4, 1873, the outstanding Russian writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin was born, in Soviet times, widely known for his stories about nature and hunting. All his long life (and he lived for almost 81 years) the writer kept a diary who considered his main work. From the posthumously published diary it is clear that Prishvin never accepted communist power.