The use of the words "national treasure" in Gazprom's new television advertisement does not violate the Federal Antimonopoly Service's ban, the department's press service said. In the new video, the words “national treasure” do not refer directly to the company, but apply to “concepts from the video sequence”, namely “taiga, rivers, mountains, spirit, will, beauty, family, movement, traditions, light, Siberia”, emphasized in FAS.

The Islamic State (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia) confirmed the death of militant Mohammed Emwazi, who repeatedly appeared on videos of hostage killings. Emwazi was known by the nickname Jihadi John. The text dedicated to the death of Emwazi appeared in the Dabiq magazine published by IS, Reuters reports citing the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the activities of terrorists.

A Russian conscript soldier disappeared in South Ossetia on the morning of January 12, Interfax reports, citing a source in the law enforcement agencies of the republic. According to the assumption of the leadership, he arbitrarily left the military unit. Initially, his colleagues were engaged in searches themselves, but a few days later they gave a notice about the loss, reported on January 18.

Before you is a screen that will contain all the materials on the course of lectures "The Return of Ethics". It was organized by the educational project InLiberty with the informational support of Meduza. You can learn more about what this cycle is about from the column of InLiberty Editor-in-Chief Andrey Babitsky. You can view the lecture schedule here .

In Moscow, a rally of memory of Markelov and Baburova was held. Report "Medusa" Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix On the evening of Tuesday, January 19, in Moscow, a traditional procession of memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelova and journalist Anastasia Baburova took place. They were shot dead in 2009 by Nikita Tikhonov from the “combat association of Russian nationalists”, which was helped by his friend Yevgeny Hasis.

Information that law enforcement agencies did not spend 850 billion rubles in 2015 is not true, said Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova. According to her, the Ministry of Defense "by 99.9 percent" fulfilled its budget for 2015. “I want to say that these data are incorrect, unreliable, I don’t know where such information comes from and for what purpose it was published,” the deputy minister said.

The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said that the Russian authorities are trying to frighten society on the eve of the elections, since the economic crisis has caused a lot of dissatisfied people in the country. “For the past week, I have been watching with disgust the PR activity of Putin’s vassal and his ‘heroes of Russia’. A week is too much for another personal stupidity of Putin's "pet". Too much not to perceive this as a message from his owner, ”Khodorkovsky wrote.

The Writers' Union of Russia awarded Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as part of the Imperial Culture Prize. He received an award in the nomination "Events. Exploits. People". “You and I have one of the most eminent foreign ministers in the world. His poem “Ambassatory Order” is one of the most outstanding examples of service to the people,” said Valery Ganichev, chairman of the Union of Writers.

The Interdepartmental Commission for the Protection of State Secrets refused to declassify information about the work of the special services for the period from 1917 to 1991, despite the appeal of 60,000 Russians. As stated in the commission, information on working methods is still relevant. The commission's response , published by Team 29 lawyer Ivan Pavlov, states that information about mass repressions (including the execution order) is not secret.

The movie academy will change the composition due to charges of racism Photo: Mark Ralston / AFP / Scanpix In Los Angeles on January 14, nominees were announced to the 88th Academy Award. It turned out that not a single black artist (as a year earlier) is not represented in all four acting nominations. The composition of the nominees caused a sharp condemnation in the American media, in social networks, where the hashtag #SoscarsSOWITE, and in the cinematic community, became popular again.

Why Chechnya's ruler has returned to Russian airwaves with new hostility Photo: Kremlin Press Service Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, has dominated national headlines in recent weeks, proclaiming the country's liberal opposition to be “enemies of the people” and “traitors.” He's even threatened to throw protest leaders, whom he accuses of working for Western intelligence agencies, in insane asylums.

The Moscow City Court announced that its decision to permanently block rutor.org and 11 other torrent trackers has come into force. On October 14, 2015, the court made a decision on the suit of Bazelevs Distribution LLC. During the period established by law for appealing this decision, no appeals from the participants in the process were received by the court.

Ukraine has decided to increase the transit rate of Russian gas through its territory by approximately one and a half times. This was announced by the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Vladimir Demchishin. According to him, the tariff will be $4.5 for transporting a thousand cubic meters of gas per 100 kilometers. Until 2016, the rate for transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine was stipulated in a bilateral contract.

Senator Dmitry Sablin sued opposition leader Alexei Navalny for 408,000 rubles (250,000 for moral damages and 158,000 for legal costs). He demanded compensation for Navalny's post . Neither the plaintiff nor the defendant were present at the court session, only their lawyers. The Lublin District Court has just satisfied the claim of Senator Sablin against Alexei Navalny and ordered him to recover 250...

The life of a military town on the island of Iturup. Photo station Oleg Klimov Photo: Oleg Klimov Military town of Mountain in the Gulf of Karlya in the Kuril Islands was built in the early 1980s and was inhabited by the families of military personnel of the artillery, helicopter and fighter regiments deployed near it.