to the State Duma A draft law has been submitted providing for criminal liability for regional authorities for illegal spending of funds on “informing about activities”.

In January 2016, the FSB distributed lists of persons convicted or under investigation in the Russian Federation, including on suspicion of terrorism, to post offices in Crimea. This is reported by the website "Krym.Realii", which had copies of the documents at its disposal. According to the publication, the FSB officers verbally ordered postal workers to report letters and parcels that would come to the names of people from the list, as well as if someone would ask about them.

Employees of the Oryol perinatal center did not provide timely medical care to the newborn child, as a result of which he died. This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Oryol region. The child died on January 6th. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Art. 124 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (failure to provide assistance to a patient without good reason, resulting in death).

Shot: Emilian Sava / YouTube The life of Gooteborg, the second largest in the city of Sweden, was alarmed by a giant penis drawn in the snow. Someone portrayed him on the ice of the pond in the royal park. After several complaints, the park employees decided to remove the illustration. However, this was not easy to do - the ice was too thin so that you could get to the penis.

Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin does not rule out a fall in oil prices to $16–18 per barrel. “Today, there are a number of factors, which are working to reduce the price. The price will be lower than what we are seeing today. It may reach $18 or even $16 [per barrel], but only for a short time. Indeed, this will be the lowest point [prices will go],” Kudrin said at the VTB Capital business breakfast in Davos.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and US Vice President Joseph Biden met in Davos to discuss a “road map” for constitutional changes in Ukraine. “We separately discussed a ‘road map’ for constitutional changes,” said Poroshenko after meeting with Biden on Thursday night.

Bankers at a meeting with the leadership of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation discussed concessions in the calculation of standards for banks. This was told by the head of the Association of Regional Banks Anatoly Aksakov. His association initiated the meeting. According to Anatoly Aksakov, the meeting was attended by three deputy heads of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Alexei Simanovsky, Vasily Pozdyshev and Mikhail Sukhov.

Opposition politician Ilya Yashin says he'll soon release a new report detailing the crimes of Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov. The report is titled “A Threat to National Security,” according to the newspaper Vedomosti . Yashin plans to unveil the report on February 23. He says it focuses on Kadyrov's biography, including his time spent as a rebel in the 1990s. It will highlight political assassinations in Russia—in which Kadyrov may have been involved—and examine Chechnya's political regime.

The responses in Moscow to a British inquiry that says Putin likely approved Litvinenko's murder Photo: Matt Dunham / AP / Scanpix In the UK, public hearings on the murder investigation of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko have concluded. Litvinenko died on November 23, 2006, after drinking tea laced with a radioactive poison.

Visitors to the exhibition of artist Valentin Serov broke down the door to the branch of the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Central House of Artists), Meduza correspondent Ilya Azar reported. According to Azar, there are two queues for the exhibition: one for regular tickets, the other for people who bought tickets on the Internet. The door was broken down by those who stood behind simple tickets. Some people managed to get inside, a stampede began.

Four gifs about a huge amount evaporated from the Russian bank Photo: Artem Geodakyan / TASS / Scanpix The Central Bank of Russia withdrew the license from Zayprombank. This financial organization was successful with state -owned companies, families of high -ranking officials and even the Russian Orthodox Church.

Vladimir Putin's official spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, says the results of a British police inquiry into the murder of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko “can be attributed to that elegant British sense of humor,” according to the news agency RBC . Litvinenko, who became a vocal critic of Putin, died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with a radioactive poison.

Report on the involvement of the President of Russia in the murder of Litvinenko. Short Photo: Matt Dunham / AP / Scanpix In the UK, public hearings dedicated to the investigation of the circumstances of the murder of the former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko ended. Litvinenko died on November 23, 2006 from Polo-210 poisoning.

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation scheduled an emergency meeting with bankers for the evening of January 21 in connection with the collapse of the ruble. This was reported by the Interfax agency, citing an unnamed source in the market. The press service of the Central Bank reported that the head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, canceled a trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum. The press service did not name the reason for this decision.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the conclusions of the investigation into the death of Alexander Litvinenko belong to the category of "British humor." According to him, such “quasi-investigations” are not taken seriously in Russia.