All the most interesting about nominees on Oscar -2015 Photo: Mario Anzuoni / Splash News / All Over Press On January 15, Beverly Hills announced the nominees for the 87th Oscar. The main intrigue-whether Leviathan will fall into the short list-was resolved in favor of Russia. As for the main nominations, almost all the main films of the year were selected in them, which were considered the favorites - Berdman Alejandro Gonzalez injarita, and the Hotel Grand Budapest "Wes Anderson.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications denied reports that additional funding was allocated to the Rossiya Segodnya agency and the Russia Today TV channel in 2015-2017. Deputy Minister Alexei Volin assured that no changes in the financing of the mass media "are happening and are not planned." The head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Rospechat) Mikhail Seslavinsky also made a refutation.

In clashes near the Russian consulate in Gyumri, 15 people were injured, including 5 policemen. According to a Meduza correspondent, the condition of the three victims is assessed as serious. Two policemen were shot in the head. The clashes took place during the action of local residents who demand to hand over to the Armenian law enforcement agencies a Russian soldier detained for the murder of a family of 6 people. More than 10 protesters were detained .

Continued: The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and Rospechat denied information about the increase in the budget of Rossiya Segodnya and Russia Today The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation proposed to allocate an additional 23 billion rubles to the Rossiya Segodnya news agency and the Russia Today TV channel in 2015-2017. This money is included in the new edition of the Information Society program, which the ministry has proposed for discussion.

On Manezhnaya Square in the center of Moscow, where opponents and supporters of Alexei Navalny gathered on the evening of January 15, 13 people were detained. 11 of them were delivered to the Meshchansky police department, two more - to the Kitai-Gorod police department. According to OVD -Info, Navalny's supporters were taken to police stations. At the same time, three people with St. George ribbons, who were also detained on the square, were later released from the paddy wagon.

An opposition rally “For Honest Power” took place on the Champ de Mars in St. Petersburg. About 1 thousand people took part in it. The rally participants came out in support of the brothers Alexei and Oleg Navalny, who were convicted at the end of December in the Yves Rocher case.

Continued: 15 people injured in clashes in Gyumri In Gyumri, not far from the building of the Russian consulate, clashes broke out between the police and demonstrators, who demand that a Russian soldier detained for the murder of a family of 6 be handed over to the Armenian law enforcement agencies. The police used special equipment, the demonstrators responded by throwing stones at them. Explosions are reported - most likely, we are talking about stun grenades.

Continuation: 13 people were detained on Manezhnaya Square On Manezhnaya Square in the center of Moscow, where it was previously planned to hold a rally in support of Alexei and Oleg Navalny, Cossacks and people with St. George ribbons gathered. They chant "Fascism will not pass!" and “Maidan will not pass!” There are also police officers on the square, there are police buses. Navalny's supporters are not visible on the square, no one shouts out any slogans in their support.

Mitya Aleshkovsky, head of the Need Help.ru charity project, has been suspended from participation in the Sensitivity program on the Ekho Moskvy radio station. Aleshkovsky claims that this decision was made by Lesya Ryabtseva, assistant to the chief editor of the station, Alexei Venediktov. Ryabtseva, together with Aleshkovsky, hosted the program “Sensitively”. Venediktov said in response that only he himself makes personnel decisions at Ekho Moskvy.

Lassana Batili, an immigrant from Mali who saved a group of hostages in a seized Parisian store, will receive French citizenship. This was announced by the Minister of the Interior of France Bernard Kazneuve. Batili's application for naturalization will be processed and approved as a matter of urgency. He will be granted citizenship on January 20 at a ceremony to be personally officiated by the Minister of the Interior. Lassana Batili, 24, has been living in France since 2006.

Pope Francis said that freedom of expression has limits, and no one has the right to insult and ridicule the faith. Thus, the pontiff commented on the release of a new issue of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo with a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover. According to Francis, every religion deserves respect. He noted that both freedom of speech and freedom of religion are among the fundamental human rights.

Standard & Poor's downgraded Russia's credit rating to BB+. S&P became the first of the three largest international agencies to downgrade the solvency of the Russian economy to the so-called “junk” level. Two other agencies - Moody's and Fitch - may also downgrade Russia in the near future. Rating agencies are commercial companies that evaluate the solvency and quality of management of corporations and states.

to lecture again . Director of the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (part of the Higher School of Economics) Alexander Tikhonov promised not to invite the pseudoscientist Valery Slesarev, who spoke to students on January 13, According to Tikhonov, Slesarev was invited to speak "because of the report he made in 2014 at one of the international conferences." What kind of work, he did not specify.

The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting issued a warning to the Inter TV channel in connection with the broadcast of the New Year's program with the participation of Iosif Kobzon, who was declared persona non grata by the Ukrainian authorities. The council also decided to conduct unscheduled inspections of five TV channels - Inter, 1 + 1, ICTV, TRK Ukraina and Tonisa - for compliance with the requirements of the law.

The head of the housing committee of St. Petersburg, Valery Shiyan, said that on weekends he sometimes cleans the snow near his house, and compared snow removal with fitness. “On weekends, when the weather is good, I take a shovel and do physical exercises. If there is such an opportunity, then why not. We have a lot of people go to gyms, do fitness and pay money for it. They experience discomfort from the presence of the same athletes, ”said the head of the committee.