An annual march in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, killed by nationalists, took place in Moscow. According to various estimates, from 250 to 500 people took part in the action. They marched along the boulevards from Pushkinskaya Square to Prechistenka, where Markelov and Baburova were killed. During the procession, the activists were pursued by some people who chanted “Sodom will not pass” and other similar slogans.

The Baltic Media Group will come under the management of Aram Gabrelyanov. The media manager himself told Vedomosti about this. According to him, negotiations on this matter were conducted even before the death of the founder of the Baltic Media Group, Oleg Rudnov. Fontanka.ru and RBC, citing their sources, also reported that Gabrelyanov will be responsible for the content of the media company’s assets.

Shot: Branes.ru / YouTube Activists of the “Blue Horseman” movement sprinkled the Mausoleum of Lenin with holy water from five -liter bottles. During the action, they shouted the slogan “Get up and leave”; After a few seconds, both men were detained by the police. City.ru Mausoleum was doused with holy water According to OVD-Info , later the connection with the activists was lost. Presumably, they were delivered to the China-Gorod police department.

Aslan Gagiev, whom Russian law enforcement agencies believe is the leader of a group that killed more than 40 people in Russia, was detained in Austria. He was detained in Vienna on 17 January. Now the authorities of the two countries are considering the issue of his extradition. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Gagiev gang, in particular, killed the mayor of Vladikavkaz, Vitaly Karaev, and the Deputy Prime Minister of North Ossetia, Kazbek Pagiev.

Photo: spbpda / instagram Students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy took a collective photograph using a selfie stick. On January 19, the Internet project "Father Online" published a picture on its Instagram, indicating that in this way the Theological Academy congratulates the Orthodox on the festival of the Baptism of the Lord. At the same time, the same photograph appeared two weeks earlier on Instagram of the most spiritual academy.

In Grozny, a rally was held against French cartoonists: reporting Daniil Turovsky Photo: Eduard Kornienko / Reuters / Scanpix In Grozny on Monday, January 19, a large -scale rally “Love for the Prophet Muhammad and protest against caricatures” took place.

Who helped the nationalists who killed Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburov: the text "Mediazons" Photo: Photo: Vadim Bryadov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix Exactly six years ago, members of the nationalist group BORN Nikita Tikhonov and Evgeny Hasis killed lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburov. "Mediazona" reminds who helped Born. The list has 11 people - from the former State Duma deputy Maxim Mishchenko to the journalist of Komsomolskaya Pravda Dmitry Steshin.

Security measures have been stepped up in Gyumri in anticipation of new mass protests, which may be caused by the news of the death of six-month-old Serezha Avetisyan, who was wounded by a soldier of the 102nd Russian military base. Internal troops are urgently brought into the city. in the area of ​​the Consulate General of the Russian Federation and the Russian base .

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich announced under what conditions the Russian government would be ready to introduce state regulation of food prices. According to Dvorkovich, the authorities may start regulating food prices "in case of their long-term growth by 30%." This mechanism, the Deputy Prime Minister explained, is not used yet, as there are fears of a shortage of food, the prices of which are regulated.

The Jerusalem District Court allowed the extradition to Russia of a priest from St. Petersburg, Gleb Grozovsky, who is suspected in Russia of seducing minors. Grozovsky's defense has already announced its intention to appeal this decision to the Israeli High Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. The defense during the debate argued that the priest was being persecuted for political and religious reasons and the norms of the convention were not applicable to him.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has updated its forecast for the fall of the Russian economy in 2015. If in the previous forecast, published in September, the bank expected the Russian economy to fall by 0.2%, now it is 4.8%. “Our forecast for 2015 <…> is based on an average annual oil price of $58 per barrel and the continuation of sanctions. As structural and cyclical downsides reinforce each other, weak investment activity jeopardizes long-term growth prospects.

Photo: Valery Matisin / TASS / Corbis / All Over Press Media manager Anton Nosik discovered a spelling error in the word Prophet (Prophet) on a balloon that holds a rally participant in Grozny in his hands. On the ball it is written "We ♥ Phrophet Muhammad." Photo: Valery Matisin / TASS / Corbis / All Over Press This is confirmed by another photo of TASS.

Continuation: In Gyumri, by the arrival of Bastrykin, internal troops were brought in Six-month-old Serezha Avetisyan died in Armenia, wounded by a serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base. This was reported in the Ministry of Health of Armenia. “On January 19, the biological death of the child was ascertained.

The Ministry of Culture of the Samara Region asked the Samara Academic Drama Theater for information on the salary of its chief director Valery Grishko, who played the role of a bishop in Andrey Zvyagintsev's film Leviathan. As Grishko said, he learned about this even before the publication of an open letter, the authors of which accused him of mocking Orthodoxy and insulting the feelings of believers.

The minority shareholders of Ekho Moskvy have abandoned their attempt to buy the radio station from its main owner, the Gazprom Media holding. According to Alexei Venediktov, one of the minority shareholders and editor-in-chief of Echo, the decision not to submit a proposal to Gazprom Media to buy out the radio station was made in view of the crisis.