The Russian delegation until the end of 2015 ceases to work in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). This was announced by the head of the Russian delegation to the Assembly, Alexei Pushkov, after PACE decided to deprive the Russian Federation of the right to vote and participate in the governing bodies of the Assembly until April 2015.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation again denied registration to the International Historical, Educational, Charitable and Human Rights Society "Memorial". The reason for the refusal was the discovered discrepancies in the statutory documentation of the organization.

Collector Igor Bogachenko, who wounded his partner and stole about 60 million rubles, was detained on January 28 in the Republic of Mari El, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Tatarstan reported. Together with Bogachenko, his accomplice Ilya Kostrubin, who was also on the wanted list, was detained. Earlier, on January 28, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan announced the detention of another accomplice of Bogachenko in Kazan.

Shot: @azamat_mintsaev / Instagram User Azamat Mintsaev published a video in which a young man (presumably Mintsaev himself) is trying to take a joint photo with his mother. He asks the woman to say on the Selfie camera, after which she understands that the video is being conducted, and he worsens her son to a slap in the face. Updated: As Ridus told Azamat Mintsaev, the video shows his “Familiar Ingush”.

Blocking access to video hosting YouTube is explained on the website of Roskomnadzor with the fight against piracy. When checking the YouTube address through a special service on the website of Roskomnadzor, there is a message that access is “limited” at the request of the Moscow City Court on the basis of Article 15.2 (“Combating Piracy”).

The package of new sanctions that the European Union plans to impose on Russia will affect Russian sovereign bonds. This was reported to Reuters by sources close to the preparation of sanctions against the Russian Federation. What kind of restrictions on government loans in foreign markets in question, is not specified.

What happens to the economy of Ukraine: reporting Ilya Zheguleva Photo: Volodymyr Petrov / Reuters / Scanpix According to the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine, to avoid default, needs $ 15 billion. On Tuesday, January 27, the finance ministers of the EU member countries agreed to allocate 1.8 billion to the country; The amount of this, obviously, will not be enough to save the economy of Ukraine.

Direct and state-guaranteed debt of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and banks controlled by it at the beginning of 2015 amounted to 4.728 billion dollars, or 12.2% of the total external debt of Ukraine. Such data was published on January 28 by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. The bonds maturing in December 2015, the agreement to purchase which was concluded at the end of 2013, when Viktor Yanukovych was in power in Ukraine, amount to $3 billion.

Subscribers of the Russian Internet providers Rostelecom and Dom.ru (Er-Telecom) complained about the blocking of YouTube video hosting. As users write on social networks, on the evening of January 28, when they tried to open the site, they received a message stating that access was denied. A similar error appeared for several subscribers of Yota , Akado , Megafon and MTS . It is unknown what caused the blocking.

The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) supported the amendment to extend the sanctions and deprive the Russian delegation of the right to vote and exclude it from the governing bodies of the Assembly in 2015.

Russian media and users discovered the Logo of the Khabarovsk Airport - a white flying bear against a blue background. The logo was posted on the website of the World Bendy Championship (ball hockey), which will be held in February in Khabarovsk. Image: Bandyvm2015.ru There is no logo on the site of the airport itself, so it is unclear how long it appeared and whether the organization itself has an attitude to it.

Real disposable money income of the population of Russia as a whole for 2014 decreased by 1%, Rosstat reported. In December 2014, according to preliminary data, real incomes fell by 7.3% compared to the same period in 2013. The decline in real incomes of the population in annual terms, according to RBC, was recorded in Russia for the first time since 2000. Prior to this, the real incomes of Russians on an annualized basis have been steadily growing.

Former Real Madrid and Barcelona footballer Luis Figo has announced his candidacy for FIFA President. Figo announced his intention to run for FIFA President the day before the application deadline. He became a rival of the current head of the federation Joseph Blatter, Jordanian Prince Ali, former Ajax director Michael van Praag and French diplomat Jérôme Champagne. “I look at FIFA's reputation now and it doesn't suit me. Football deserves better,” said Luis Figo.

Militants of the Shiite movement Hezbollah fired at an Israeli military convoy on the Lebanese border. An Israeli army SUV was destroyed by an anti-tank missile. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven more were injured. In response to the shelling, Israel launched artillery and air strikes against targets in southern Lebanon. As a result, a Spanish soldier from the UN peacekeeping mission was killed.

The government has published an anti-crisis plan - a list of measures that should support the Russian economy, protect its financial system and help the poor in 2015 and 2016. Yes. By publishing an anti-crisis plan, the authorities admit that not everything is in order with the economy. What exactly the government considers to be manifestations of the crisis can be understood by the measures proposed to combat them. Prices are rising in Russia, including for essentials.