Gennady Onishchenko. Photo: Vasily Smirnov/Russian Look Indicators of children's obesity in Russia are growing, including because of the fascination of fast food. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the assistant prime minister, the former chief state sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko. "As for the obesity of the children's population, we, unfortunately, have an increase in indicators. We have 12.2 percent - the growth rate compared to 2009.

Alexander Litvinenko in the hospital. Photo by Wikipedia The British investigation has serious evidence of the involvement of the Russian authorities in the murder of a former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko. According to BBC News , the corresponding conclusions of the coroner Robert Owen, leading the case, were published on Tuesday in the London court. At the same time, Owen finds no reason for the statements that the British authorities could prevent the death of Litvinenko.

Human Rights Watch logo. For Russia, 2013 was the year of unprecedented repressions. This conclusion was reached by Human Rights Watch in the next annual report on the observance of human rights in the world. Human rights activists noted the audits of thousands of Russian NPOs under the Law on "Foreign Agents", which took place in the spring of 2013. Dozens of organizations received prosecutorial warnings or direct requirements demanding to register as an “agent”.

Boris Sokolov. Photo from the site www.open-forum.ru The documentary of Vladimir Chernyshev "Lenin. Red Emperor", shown on NTV by the 90th anniversary of the death of the Bolshevik leader, was clearly made with propaganda subtext. The main idea comes down to the fact that Lenin is bad as a “red” and a revolutionary, but it’s good as a statesman who first destroyed the Russian Empire, but immediately gathered in its place a new power in the form of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Anatoly Lysenko. Photo: OTR-Online.ru The leadership of "Public Television of Russia" will have to halve the staff of the editorial office in the next two months due to financial difficulties. This was stated by CEO of OTR Anatoly Lysenko at a hearing in the Public Chamber, RIA Novosti reports. “There are a lot of plans, but all plans rest on one.

The body of Vladimir Lenin in the Mausoleum. Photo from the site www.requiem.ru The leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky, on the 90th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin, proposed to bury his body in the military memorial cemetery in Mytishchi. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". "Today is the anniversary of the death of Lenin. We have always insisted on eliminating the entire cemetery - not only Lenin, all the burials that are behind the mausoleum and in the wall.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Photo: ldpr.ru The LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed introducing a new standard: the weight of officials and State Duma deputies should not exceed 80 kilograms, regardless of age, RIA Novosti reports. "Now the whole world is struggling with obesity. We are introducing the standard - 80 kilograms. Everything that is higher - to dismiss officials from work. And deputies. How many old -times do you have?" - said Zhirinovsky, addressing his one -party man.

Evgeny Fedorov. Photo from the site efedorov.ru The bill on "foreign agents" among the media will be again submitted to the State Duma after toughening the formulations. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to one of the authors of the document of the Unicorn Evgeny Fedorov. Earlier on Tuesday at a plenary meeting, the head of the Information Policy Committee, Alexei Mitrofanov, said that the authors were calling out their bill.

On the Turkish-Syrian border. Hard video from YouTube channel Axel Claark The Turkish military detained in the forbidden zone on the border with Syria two Russians who tried to penetrate the territory of Turkey. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the website of the Turkish army. The incident occurred at 23:20 Monday (1:20 Tuesday in Moscow). The violators surrendered without resistance.

Vera Lavreshina in the Moscow District Court of Tver. 01/21/2014. Photo by Igor Mandarinov Witnesses of the prosecution on the process of the Moscow political activist Vera Lavreshina are confused in the testimony. The activist herself reported to the Frances about this. The process began on Tuesday in the Moscow District Court of Tver.

Hegumen Kirill (Ilyukhin). Photo: kds.eparhia.ru The prosecutor's office of the aircraft manufacturing region of Kazan will conduct an audit against the former vice -rector of the Kazan Theological Seminary Kirill (Ilyukhin), whom Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev called Homigumen . The scan of the relevant order sent on January 17 by the supervisory authority of Tataria to the district prosecutor Zavdat Ibragimov, Kuraev published on his blog.

Magomedgusen Shoisutdinov. Photo: government-rd.ru Employees of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the nearest ally of Dagestan Ramazan Abdulatipov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Magomedgusen Shoesinovov in Moscow, Kommersant reports . According to the publication, the official is suspected of large fraud related to the illegal registration of local gas networks in the early 2000s.

Alexander Bastrykin. Photo from the SCR website The chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, considers it appropriate to return such punishment as confiscation of property to the Criminal Code. He stated this in an interview with Rossiy newspaper. “It is such a sanction that is the most effective for preventing corruption,” the head of the TFR noted.

Vladimir Ryzhkov and RPR flag. Photo: Grani.ru The co -chair of the RPR -Parnas Vladimir Ryzhkov creates a new party - "Republicans of Russia". This was reported by Lenta.ru with reference to the list of current organizing committees of political parties, published on the Ministry of Justice's website. The authorized person of the Organizing Committee of the Republicans of Russia in the document was named Assistant Ryzhkov Vladimir Koptsev.

Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvoszhaev. Photo by Ekaterina Mochalova The criminal case of the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov and his assistant Leonid Razvoszhaev re -entered the Moscow City Court from the Prosecutor General. This was reported by RAPSI with reference to the press secretary of the court Ulyana Solopov. The date of preliminary hearings has not yet been set.