Alexander Belov (Potkin). Photo: Bloknot.ru In the Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow, preliminary hearings began in the case of the former member of the political council of the now prohibited ethnopolitical association "Russian" Alexander Belov (Potkin). This was reported by TASS with reference to Ivan Mironov, the lawyer of the Politzek.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia. Photo: minfin.ru The government is preparing a 10 percent sequestration of the budget. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to unnamed officials. The ministries and departments are ordered to inform the Ministry of Finance what kind of expenses they intend to reduce. If such information is not presented until Friday, the Ministry of Finance will determine the costs to be reduced at its own discretion.

Roman Manko and Ramil Khalilov. Photo: Postimees.ee The Kharya County Court in Tallinn sentenced 25-year-old Ramil Khalilov and 30-year-old Roman Manko to seven and five years in prison, respectively, for the assistance of the Islamic State. It is reported by Postimees. As Interfax clarifies , both convicts are Russian citizens who were born and lived in Estonia.

Pipeline. Photo: government.ru At the auction on Tuesday, the price of oil Brent dropped below $ 31 per barrel. This is evidenced by Forex market data. On the morning of January 12, the cost of one barrel Brent was about 30.5 dollars. The last time such a low value was recorded in April 2004. In the future, oil has risen somewhat in price.

Istanbul. Photo from the site www.vetusporta.ru In the historical area of ​​Istanbul, the Sultanammet explosion thundered. According to Haber Turk, the unidentified explosive device worked on the square next to the Obelisk of Theodosius. The cause and source of the explosion has not yet been established. The explosion was powerful enough - as a result of detonation, a police car was turned upside down. Doctors and a large number of police officers arrived at the scene of the incident.

Vladimir Yakunin. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The ex-head of the Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin will create the creation of the International Expert Analytical Center. As he said in an interview with TASS, "this analytical center will search for solutions and the development of specific sentences to reduce tension in the world." According to Yakunin, the tasks of the center will echo with the orientation of others, already working projects.

Rafis Kashapov in court. Photo: Press Center WTOC The head of the department of the Tatar Public Center Rafis Kashapov, sentenced to three years in colony for "public calls for separatism", filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

Vladimir Putin and German journalists. Photo: kremlin.ru Syrian President Basar Ashad made many mistakes in the course of the development of the conflict in the country. Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with the German publication Bild. The full text of the second part of the interview on Tuesday was published on the Kremlin website.

Explosion on Pokrovka. Photo: @polinanem The Moscow police established the identity of the suspect, who blew up the grenade next to the public transport stop in the center of Moscow on Pokrovka. As Interfax reports , referring to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, it turned out to be a native of the North Caucasus. "On suspicion of committing a crime, Mahmoud Akhmedov born in 1983 is wanted, a native of the North Caucasus Federal District.

Ilya Zelendinov. Photo: vk.com Ilya Zelendinova, the former doctor of the Belgorod city hospital No. 2, was charged with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, which caused the death of the victim by negligence (part 4 of article 111 of the Criminal Code). According to RBC, this is stated in the message of the Investigative Committee. Initially, the case was opened under a less difficult article - about causing death by negligence.

In the port of Latakia. Photo by Fadi Shakhina/Wikipedia Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia intends to create a dwarf state in the territories of the North-Western Syrian Muhafazy Latakia. It is reported by Reuters. The desire to prepare the ground for the formation of such a state, Erdogan explained the attacks of Russia on the Syrian Turkmen living in this area.

Ilya Zelendinov strikes The head physician of the Belgorod Hospital, in which the patient was murdered, was removed from his post. The doctor Ilya Zelendinov was detained. The murder occurred on December 29, but attracted public attention only on January 9, when shooting from a hospital video camera got into the network. A discussion continues on the network about the reasons that could lead to tragedy, and about the difficult relationships of doctors and patients in current Russian hospitals.

Gennady Afanasyev in the Rostov pre-trial detention center, August 2015. Photo from the FB page Alexander Popkov Judge Syktyvkar City Court, Alexander Smirnov, began consideration of the claim filed by the Crimean prisoner Gennady Afanasyev and his mother Olga Afanasyeva, who achieve the transfer of the Politzek from the IK-25 to the colony, less distant from the annexed peninsula. It is reported by "Mediazona".

"Crosses". Photo from the site www.imenno.ru In the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg, a trial begins on charges of illegal storage of drugs that died in the investigative insulator of 26-year-old Evgeny Romanov. As the lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov, representing the interests of the mother of the deceased, told the Frances.ru, the mother of Romanova insisted on the criminal case after death, confident in the innocence of her son.

Zapor on the R-336 highway. Photo: oren.sledcom.ru The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case based on the results of an audit of the actions of officials engaged in the liquidation of an emergency on the Orenburg -Orsk highway in early January. As reported on the website of the regional department of the SK, the criminal case was opened under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code ("negligence that entailed the death of a person").