February 12, 2014. Moscow. The official application of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee - “Sochi 2014 Results”, developed by MegaFon, ranks first in the ranking of free programs in the application store for the iOS operating system. The application has been topping the rankings for several days now, since February 8, 2014. In the application store for Android users, the “Sochi Results 2014” application is already among the 20 most popular free programs, confidently moving towards first place.

321 1 min. ... Russian Railways denied information about involvement in the incident with the fire of tanks at the Ryazan Oil Refinery (an asset of Rosneft OJSC). “Russian Railways has nothing to do with the incident at the Ryazan Oil Refinery, since it occurred on the access roads of the enterprise. The tanks also belong to the plant, and employees are also assigned to it. The shunting work was carried out by the company’s employees,” Interfax quotes a Rosneft representative.

The Turkish government dismissed 166 judges at various levels, ITAR-TASS reports. This decision was made in accordance with the decision of the country's Supreme Court in connection with a corruption scandal related to the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Judges and prosecutors who held high positions in Ankara, as well as in Istanbul and Izmir, were dismissed. Read more about corruption scandals in the Kommersant article “Turkish Prime Minister Called to Resign.”

The head of Russian Railways (RZD), Vladimir Yakunin, whose term ends in the summer, is unlikely to be able to renew his contract, the Dozhd TV channel reports, citing several sources. Last summer, the channel’s interlocutors said that a fundamental decision to change the head of Russian Railways had been made. One of the contenders for this post may be the chairman of the company’s board of directors, Kirill Androsov. Mr. Androsov himself does not comment on the information.

The company left the defrauded investors and closed all offices In Bashkiria, within the framework of a criminal case initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud on a large scale”, the owner of the Drevprom company, Evgeny Sundukov, was recently detained. All offices of this company are closed in Orenburg, and defrauded investors are turning to the prosecutor's office.

The number of victims of the crash of a military transport plane in Algeria, according to final data, was 77 people, RIA Novosti reports. It was previously reported that there were 77 people on board the plane, including four crew members. Algeria's official news agency APS reported 52 dead and one survivor as a result of the plane crash. There was no previous information about the fate of the remaining 24 people, and no details about the survivor were provided.

"Maidan Self-Defense" formulated its principles Yesterday, the commandant of Euromaidan, people's deputy Andrei Parubiy (Fatherland) issued written order N1 "On the basic principles of the organization of the Maidan Self-Defense." It says that “Maidan Self-Defense” is an all-Ukrainian supra-party social movement designed to preserve the sovereignty and unity of Ukraine, defend the European choice, protect the rights and freedoms of citizens, and also “resist the current criminal regime until it

The decision on its rehabilitation will be made later Ufa “My Bank. Mortgage yesterday came under the control of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA). The Central Bank of Russia did not revoke its license following the parent “My Bank”. According to the Central Bank, measures will be taken to prevent bankruptcy against the subsidiary bank, and after assessing its real situation, the DIA will consider the prospects for rehabilitation.

The Rostov branch of ROSGOSSTRAKH BANK announced the start of cooperation with OJSC Novoshakhtinsky Petroleum Products Plant. The bank has set a limit of 2.5 billion rubles. valid for 2 years in favor of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation for guarantees of fulfillment of obligations to return the amount of VAT to the budget and guarantees for exemption from excise duty (excise guarantee). Sergey Ivanov

US President Barack Obama said that he does not rule out resolving the Syrian crisis through the use of military force, Interfax reports. “Now we do not believe that there is a military solution to the problem. However, the situation (in Syria - Kommersant ) is very unstable, we continue to consider all possible ways to resolve this issue.

All Russian Olympic medalists in Sochi were awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Sports. Thus, seven figure skaters of the Russian national team who won gold at the Sochi Olympics in the team tournament (Ekaterina Bobrova, Elena Ilinykh, Nikita Katsalapov, Fedor Klimov, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Dmitry Solovyov, Ksenia Stolbova), speed skater Olga Graf, biathlete Olga Vilukhina and freestyler Alexander Smyshlyaev.

Russian parliamentarians are outraged by the initiative of their Baltic colleagues: the Latvian Seimas is going to introduce prison sentences for those who publicly deny, justify or glorify the Soviet and Nazi occupation of the country. Photo: Vladislav Sodel, Kommersant / buy photo The Latvian law on punishment for denying the Soviet occupation of the country is the path to the rehabilitation of Nazism, said the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Alexei Pushkov.

Six sets of medals will be played on Wednesday at the Games in Sochi. Olympic champion in the 800 m race, participant in four Olympics, Yuri Borzakovsky shared his expectations with presenters Oleg Bogdanov and Maxim Mitchenkov. Photo: Dmitry Azarov, Kommersant / buy photo On the fifth day of the Games, competitions will be held in alpine skiing, speed skating, Nordic combined, luge, snowboarding and figure skating.

The ban on the import of pork from the European Union provoked an increase in prices for raw materials from Russian producers Saratov meat processing enterprises are concerned about rising prices for domestic pork. According to them, the ban on the import of raw materials from the European Union provoked an increase in the cost of domestic meat by 70% in some cases. The regional Ministry of Agriculture is confident that a rapid rise in prices for finished products will be avoided.

Ukrainians refuse Egyptian resorts One of the most popular tourist destinations among Ukrainians, Egypt, is losing its attractiveness. In 2013, revenues from the country's tourism industry hit a three-year low due to the political crisis and civil unrest. Market participants note that Egypt's position has also been weakened by competition from other resorts. Experts expect the downward trend in demand for the Egyptian route to continue.