Elvira Nabiullina. Photo by the presidential press service With a price of oil of $ 50 per barrel of Russia's GDP in 2015, it may fall by 3-4 percent. This was stated by the chairman of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina in an interview with Bloomberg. According to her, the updated forecast of the Central Bank will give in March. Nabiullina also noted that inflation can exceed 15 percent at a certain moment, but then begin to decline.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo The mysterious visit to Moscow Angels Merkel and Francois Hollande could end in a different way. It is equally slurred regarding the problems of geopolitical, but on a high optimistic note. This note would have sounded loudly and full if foreign guests took Nadezhda Savchenko with them. For example, in Munich with his beautiful clinics, where the Ukrainian pilot would be able to restore strength after a long, exhausting hunger strike.

Alexey Polikhovich and Andrei Barabanov in court. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru The court in the Ryazan region refused the swamp prisoner Alexei Polikhovich in parole. His lawyer Alexei Miroshnichenko informed the "faces" that the court announced only the resolution of. The colony administration gave Polikhovich a positive characteristic, but concluded it with the conclusion that the use of parole to the political prisoner is inappropriate.

Angel Merkel and Vladimir Putin. Photo: Bundeskanzlerin.de German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree with a peaceful plan in Ukraine, developed by her and the head of France, to the planned summit on Wednesday in Minsk. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to Western diplomatic sources. Otherwise, she threatened the introduction of new sanctions against Russia.

Nadezhda Savchenko Russian cultural figures made an open letter to the defense of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The full text of the letter is published by the "New Gazeta". Under the document, the collection of signatures continues.

Olga Gorzheinova in court and Vladimir Silievich in the hospital. Photo: Mediaport.ua, FB page Dmitry Drobot Judge of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Kharkov Elena Rudneva sentenced the medic Olga Gorzheinov to one and a half years restriction of freedom in a colony settlement for participating in the beating of the Euromaidan Vladimir Silievich in April 2014. It is reported by "Media Port".

65 years ago, on February 9, 1950, Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy, speaking at the Republican Women's Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, declared: "I have in my hand a list of 205 State Department employees who turned out to be either members of the Communist Party, or its loyal supporters, but who, in spite of everything, are still involved in shaping our foreign policy.” In the future, the list was replenished with about 3 thousand more officials, and it included suspects not only

Chernigov. Photo: Akkompaniator.com The court in Chernigov sentenced the senior soldier of the local unit of the National Guard to 9 years in the colony on charges of treason. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office, without bringing the name of the convict. The soldier received a punishment below the lower limit: the part 1 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine imputed to him provides for a period of 12 to 15 years.

Dmitry Rogozin. Photo: gov.ru The plans of the Russian authorities to completely re-equip the Armed Forces are at risk due to growth in military products. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “The negative impact of the increase in prices on cooperation products will lead to a sharp decrease in the profitability of completed tasks, and in some cases to the losses of the head organizations of the defense industry,” the official said.

Vladimir Abarinov The sensational news that President Putin may have suffered from Asperger's syndrome, bypassed the entire world press. However, this news needs explanations and understanding. The USA Today newspaper, which made a report prepared in one of the research structures of the Pentagon on the basis of the Law on Freedom of Information, did not publish it completely, but only retelling it.

Nikolai Bogdanov. Photo with personal FB page In Yekaterinburg, about 20 people, represented by the "LPR fighters", came home to the leader of the nationalist movement "Common cause" to Nikolai Bogdanov, an enemy of aggression in Ukraine, and threatened him with a murder. It is reported by Znak.com with reference to the activist himself. The incident occurred at about 13:00 Monday by local time (11:00 Moscow time). Several people began to burst into Bogdanov’s apartment.

T -shirts with Putin in GUM. Photo: Grani.ru Anti -Western sentiments in Russia reached a historical maximum. According to Vedomosti, this follows from a survey of the Levada Center. The United States belongs negatively 81 percent of the respondents (a year ago - 44 percent), and the number of Russians who call relations between Russia and the United States hostile increased by more than 10 times (from 4 to 42 percent).

Alexander Skobov The novel by Karel Chapek "War with Salamander" was written two years before Munich. But there in detail it describes how the Western powers step by step hand over Europe to Hitler and what it leads to. People understood everything even then. If not all, then many. Today, not just many understand everything, but everything. The world froze in anticipation: will Munich repeat? Everyone understands that the recognition of a new distinction line is the new Munich.

Vladimir Putin. Photo of the Kremlin press service The Ukrainian crisis was "a consequence of the attempts of the United States and their Western allies to impose their will everywhere." There is no guilt of Russia in it. According to the Kremlin’s website, Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.

The FSB building on Lubyanskaya Square. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended until April the term of arrest to the defendant in Gosisman to a Russian citizen Yevgeny Petrin. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the court, Julia Scotnikov. "Currently, the arrest period has been extended to 10 months, state treason is charged with the defendant," said Scotnikova.