The cost of the anti-crisis plan, which will be presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 10, is 827.42 billion rubles. This is reported by the RBC publication, which managed to familiarize itself with the latest version of the plan. According to the publication, 446.87 billion is planned to be financed from the current budget, 136.65 billion will be received by reducing budget expenditures.

People from Chechnya fighting against the “Islamic State” ( an organization recognized as terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation ) in Syria and Iraq do not serve in the Russian armed forces or units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was reported to Interfax by a source in the leadership of Chechnya. “These are self-organized groups of young people who have set themselves the goal of confronting a terrorist organization,” he said.

In Moscow, on the night of February 9, demolition of shopping pavilions, recognized by the authorities as unauthorized construction, began. In some areas, owners and tenants of pavilions tried to prevent the start of work. In particular, in the Sokol and Airport districts, they tried to block the entrance to retail outlets using cars, Vedomosti writes.

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on the development of the Internet German Klimenko said that he did not intend to apologize to the copyright holders for the comparison with "greedy ghouls." “No one meant people, it was about a simple thing: that if the rights holders want the population to become legal and honest, they need to lower prices. But they don't, because they are greedy ghouls," he told the Russian News Service.

The Cheryomushkinsky Court of Moscow found guilty of disobedience to police officers five participants in a rally against the construction of a public garden in Teply Stan. This was reported in the group of activists "VKontakte". Two activists were arrested for seven days, two for ten and one for 12 days. One activist was released in the courtroom.

The police released from the Meshchansky police department seven people who were detained on shares of foreign currency borrowers from the Central Bank on February 8. Administrative protocols were drawn up against them under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“violation of the procedure for holding rallies”), OVD-Info reports. One activist was left in the department for the night.

Russian animator Konstantin Bronzit acknowledged receiving state funding for the creation of the Oscar-nominated animated film We Can't Live Without Space. “The film itself was made with the support of the Ministry of Culture,” Bronzit told Slon.

In the Pskov region, a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed. As a result of the disaster, according to the Ministry of Defense, four people died - three pilots from the crew and an instructor technician. The helicopter was trying to make an emergency landing in a wooded area a few kilometers from the airfield. The accident occurred during a planned training flight.

More than 100 RSUH teachers signed a letter demanding a transparent election of the rector and the inclusion of university observers in the counting commission. The letter was published in the group of teachers of the Russian State University for the Humanities on Facebook. The letter states that the decision to nominate candidates for the position of rector should be made at an open meeting of the RSUH Academic Council by secret ballot.

A London court found banker Sergei Pugachev guilty of making false statements and violating a ban on leaving England and Wales. This decision was made at the request of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), which requires Pugachev to be held accountable for contempt of court. In total, according to the decision, Pugachev violated 12 court orders. In particular, according to Bloomberg , he refused to hand over his passports, including French, and provide email passwords.

Screencap: Andrey Levkovitch / YouTube A Belarusian shoe store has released a new commercial inspired by an Internet meme based on the 1994 film “Pulp Fiction.” The “Confused Travolta” meme became a hit in November 2015, with Internet users creating GIFs of actor John Travolta standing around confused in various settings. (The original was a toy store.) In the Belarusian shoe store's advertisement, a man dressed like Travolta's Vincent Vega character walks into an empty shoe store.

How the Bolshoi Theater experienced an attack on Sergey Filin Photo: Bolshoibabylon.com In Russian cinemas on February 4, the documentary “Big Babylon” directed by Nika Read and producer Mark Franketti, correspondent of The Sunday Times, was released on February 4. The picture talks about the life of the Bolshoi Theater in the 2013/2014 season - after the ballet artistic and the ballet artistic from Sergei Filin was splashed into his face with acid, and he almost lost his vision.

In February 2015, hackers used a vulnerability in the security system of the Kazan Energy Bank to change the dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange. This conclusion was reached in the company Group-IB, which deals with network security. The hackers forced the bank to make transactions at non-market prices, resulting in instability for 14 minutes. A dollar could be bought at 55 rubles and sold for 62 rubles (this price was fixed on the stock exchange before the intervention).

Shot: Elevation Digital Media / YouTube Lego-inventor Arthur Satsyk built a machine that itself folds a plane from a sheet of paper, and then launches it. It took five days to create a device from Satsek. Arthur Sacek Lego Paper Plane Machine - Arrow Electronics Satseck received an order for such a car from Elevation Digital Media: the result of his work was the hero of the commercial for Arrow Electronics.

What little we know about Tula's new interim governor, Alexei Dyumin Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant In early February 2016, Vladimir Putin dismissed Tula Governor Vladimir Gruzdev. His interim replacement is a man named Alexei Dyumin, who previously served as Russia's deputy defense minister. Dyumin is not a public figure. The first time a major news agency ever mentioned his name was just a month ago, in January 2016.