A judge who dozed off during a court hearing lost his job. He will be able to be reinstated after confirming his professional suitability and passing all exams. At the beginning of February, cassation appeals from those who were convicted during the filming of the video in which the sleeping judge appears will be considered. A video of the judge dozing appeared on the Internet and caused heated discussion on blogs.

Consumers face double payments for electricity From February 1, in six Russian regions, consumers will have to pay for electricity not to the usual energy retailer, but to the electric grid company. The Ministry of Energy and the Market Council decided to remove from the market the sales outlets of the Energostream holding that had accumulated huge debts. But it will be difficult to quickly replace it.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Voronezh Region opened a criminal case following the picket that took place on January 20 against the adoption by the State Duma of a law on the promotion of homosexuality. Let us remember that the action brought together about ten participants and about 300 of their opponents, and ended with the beating of a minority.

Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev appealed to the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kolokoltsev with a request to increase the staffing level of the Don police, bringing it to the standard level. As the press service of the head of the region reported, Vasily Golubev, in particular, told the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the reduction in staffing levels that took place in 2010-2011.

The purchase of Veropharm was on the verge of failure As Kommersant has learned, the owners of Pharmacy Chain 36.6 have frozen negotiations with AFK Sistema on the sale of drug manufacturer Veropharm. The likely reason was that the parties could not agree on a price. For Veropharm, the pharmacy retailer could earn more than 5 billion rubles. and pay off more than half of your debt.

The agency has written amendments to the law on the turnover of agricultural land and proposes to prohibit leasing it for less than three years. The Ministry of Agriculture explains their ideas by the lack of control over the current rental situation; the Ministry of Economy is waiting for comments from landowners and tenants. The Ministry of Agriculture proposes to limit the minimum lease period for agricultural land to three years.

The Ufa company demands 120 million rubles from the Samara company The Samara Region Prosecutor's Office conducted an inspection of the progress of the proceedings surrounding the Transneft contractor, Samara-based Vozrozhdenie CJSC. Their subcontractor, Ufa OJSC Trust Neftegazvzryvpromstroy, is trying to hold the management of the company accountable and get the 120 million rubles they earned.

And about. the head of Dagestan forms a government 3K 2 min. ... Yesterday, the parliament of Dagestan unanimously approved Mukhtar Medzhidov, who had served as deputy prime minister since 2009, as prime minister. His candidacy was introduced to parliament by the acting head of the republic, Ramazan Abdulatipov. The ministers, who are acting until the government is formed, received “homework” from the head of Dagestan, on the completion of which their fate will depend.

Living in Berlin and performing under the creative pseudonym Chinawoman, Canadian author and performer Michelle Gurevich is quite suitable for the role of And. O. Regina Spektor, who is difficult to lure to Russia often, despite her local roots, Regina has higher fees and more employment. Chinawoman is originally from St. Petersburg. Mom is a ballerina, for her birthday Michelle even wrote the song “Russian Ballerina” with drums like the Kino group.

Lars Nyberg announces his resignation A corruption scandal in Uzbekistan cost the president of the Swedish-Finnish company TeliaSonera (owns, in particular, 25.17% of MegaFon) his job. Despite the fact that the hired law firm Mannheimer Swartling found no evidence that TeliaSonera gave bribes to Uzbek officials and participated in money laundering, Lars Nyberg left the company of his own free will. The dismissal of Lars Nyberg is stated in a message issued by TeliaSonera on Friday, February 1.

WTO begins to select a new leader Member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) yesterday completed hearings on the programs of candidates for the post of new director general. Representatives of developing countries, in particular Africa, have the highest chances of being elected. The candidates promise to modernize the WTO's internal structure and foreign policy, giving new impetus to years of negotiations to liberalize global trade.

Rusnano CEO Anatoly Chubais (left) at the Otkritie FC party with its co-owner Vadim Belyaev in Davos Photo: House of Russia

The rise in price of the European currency turned out to be short-lived The value of the European currency yesterday increased on the international market to its highest since the fall of 2011 - $1.3584/euro. On the Ukrainian market, the euro exchange rate also reached another peak on the interbank market - UAH 11.05. However, after negative news from Europe, the dollar went up again.

Barack Obama is unlikely to arrive before the G20 summit The visit of US President Barack Obama to Moscow, which Moscow and Washington agreed upon, does not seem to take place this summer. According to Kommersant's sources in the US State Department, the parties are unlikely to have time to reach an agreement on arms reduction by this date. “So far everything is going to the point that Obama will arrive only in September for the G20 summit in St. Petersburg,” Kommersant’s sources say.

There are fewer citizens who value other qualities of the president Most Russians now value President Vladimir Putin for his experience, although they previously valued him as a “decisive, strong-willed man” and a guarantor of stability. Such changes in public sentiment were revealed by experts from the analytical Levada Center.