The Ministry of Defense and other departments did not spend 850 billion rubles in 2015, included in closed budget items. RBC reports this with reference to government sources. According to the publication, this amount was named at a closed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 13 and caused “strong dissatisfaction” with the head of state, who demanded to “understand and explain” why the money was being spent so ineffectively.

The calls of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to consider members of the non-systemic opposition as enemies of the people and to judge them for subversive activities do not apply to those who act within the framework of the Russian Constitution. This was stated by the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya Nurdi Nukhazhiev.

The press service of the Moscow police denied reports that a man's body was found in the elevator shaft of the Scarlet Sails residential complex. “According to updated operational information, there has been no confirmation of the discovery of the second body,” the press service of the capital’s police headquarters told Interfax on Thursday evening. Interfax On January 14, it became known that the floor of one of the elevators in the Scarlet Sails residential complex in Moscow had collapsed.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation resumed interrogations in the case of fraud in raising funds for the mayoral campaign of Alexei Navalny in 2013. This is reported by RBC with reference to the person who transferred money to Navalny and is a witness in the case.

The agreement on the deployment of a Russian aviation group at the Khmeimim airfield in Syria was concluded on August 26, 2015 - more than a month before the start of the Russian operation in Syria. A copy of the agreement is published on the legal information portal.

Interpol put on the wanted list the former consultant of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Papa Massato Diack, the son of the former president of the organization Lamine Diack. This was done at the request of the French authorities, where Diack is accused of taking bribes, money laundering and other crimes.

The body of a man was found in the elevator shaft of the Scarlet Sails residential complex. This is reported by the agency "Moscow" with reference to a source in law enforcement. Earlier it was reported that a woman died as a result of the failure of the floor of the elevator car. According to Lifenews , it was 35-year-old Irina Volodina, the daughter of Yevgeny Kochergin, the announcer of the Central Television of the USSR State Radio and Television.

The head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Igor Artemiev, said that he had achieved a ban on the use of the phrase "national treasure" in the slogan of Gazprom. According to him, he raised this topic at one of the meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after which Gazprom stopped using the phrase. In a conversation with reporters on Thursday, the head of the regulator explained that people and the like can be property, but not Gazprom.

Russian Forbes was headed by Nikolai Uskov. How did this happen? Photo: Christina Kormilitsyna / Kommersant On Thursday, January 14, the editor -in -chief was replaced in Forbes magazine - instead of Elmar Murtazaev, they will be Nikolai Uskov, who previously led the Russian GQ, as well as the Snob project. The appointment until the last was kept secret - the team found out about it only at a special meeting with the editorial office.

Ahead of a vote next week on the first reading of legislation that would ban public displays of homosexual affection, the Duma's legal experts are criticizing the proposal.

In the UK and the USA recall Alan Rickman Photo: Olivia Harris / Reuters / Scanpix On January 14, Alan Rikman died, one of the most famous British actors in recent years. Rikman was 69. The cause of death was cancer. Great Britain knew him as an outstanding theater actor, but Alan Rikman brought worldwide fame to the cinema. Among his main works are roles in “Strong nut”, “Dogme”, “Real Love” and a series of films about Harry Potter.

The roles of Alan Rickman. Photo gallery Photo: Warner Bros / Everett Collection / Vida Press On January 14, at the age of 69, the English actor and director Alan Rickman died, one of the most beloved and famous artists of Great Britain. The outstanding cinema, the owner of the rare timbre of voice and a mysterious smile, ironic and charming - with his talent, Ricman caused admiration for both colleagues and spectators.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation recognized the Committee for the Prevention of Torture as a "foreign agent". According to the agency , officials came to this conclusion after checking the organization, whose office is located in Orenburg. The head of the organization, Igor Kalyapin, said that it had never received money from foreign sources.

Meduza speaks to the author of draft legislation that would ban being gay in public Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS Next week, the lower house of Russia's parliament will review the first reading of a draft law targeting the LGBT community, punishing “public expressions of non-traditional relationships.” Duma deputies want to amend Russia's Code of Administrative Offenses to take a hard line against non-heterosexual displays of affection.

One of the richest people in Russia sacrificed Bashneft for the sake of freedom Photo: Artem Korotaev / TASS / Scanpix Vladimir Yevtushenkov-the second after Mikhail Khodorkovsky a Russian billionaire from the top 15 list of Forbes, which was put (though Yevtushenkov-under house arrest). Khodorkovsky spent ten years in prison and lost his main asset - the oil company Yukos.