Journalists trace mansions outside Moscow to the new prime minister’s family Evgeniya Novozhenina / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s family owns 2.6 hectares (about 6.4 acres) of land in the “Cotton Way” community outside Moscow, in the prestigious Rublyovka neighborhood, according to Rosreestr records uncovered by Open Media , which says the Mishustins own five homes with a total area of 2,457 square meters (more than 26,445 square feet).

The Moscow Mayor's Office agreed to hold a rally against the constitutional reform in Russia. According to Interfax , a 10,000th rally on Sakharov Avenue on February 1 has been agreed. The press service of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption reported that a group of citizens had applied for the rally. Who exactly acted as the organizer, the mayor's office did not specify.

How Mikhail Mishustin made a career in politics outside Russia’s traditional clans Sergey Karpukhin / TASS / Scanpic / LETA On January 15, President Vladimir Putin laid out a plan for sweeping reforms to the structure of state power in Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to give effect to the statement of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, who has submitted his resignation.

Aeroflot Airlines at some airports refused the services of cleaning companies and shifted the responsibility for cleaning the cabin to flight attendants. The corresponding internal document, dated January 15, was at the disposal of Meduza.

Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta rally in front of the building of the President of Abkhazia. Sukhum, January 10, 2020 In Abkhazia, after a short domestic political conflict, President Raul Hadjimba resigned ahead of schedule. For the first time, he nominated for the presidential post back in 2004, only on the fourth attempt he achieved it and several months after the election for a second term was forced to leave - after several days of confrontation with the opposition.

This ginger cat's name is Bazooka - and he's about to lose weight. In mid-January, 16-pound Bazooka was brought to a shelter in North Carolina. Two shelter employees were needed to transport him. Together they carried a heavy carrier with a cat, which they jokingly nicknamed the tiger. As the shelter suggested, the cause of obesity could be the elderly owner, who probably forgot that he had already fed the animal. But it continued to eat.

Christopher Tolkien, the youngest son of The Lord of the Rings author, has died. He was his father's chief critic and editor On January 16, Christopher Tolkien, the youngest son of John R. R. Tolkien, died in Provence at the age of 95. He edited most of the writer’s works after his death (including The Silmarillion) and made a significant contribution to Tolkien studies. Christopher also drew the original maps of Middle-earth that illustrated the first editions of The Lord of the Rings.

In Moscow, the former VGTRK operator Leonid Krivenkov was beaten, who spoke about censorship and corruption on TV. We talked with him Page Leonid Krivenkov in VKontakte On January 15, it became known that 61-year-old Leonid Krivenkov was greatly beaten in Moscow.

The Zavolzhsky District Court of Yaroslavl sentenced Maxim Yablokov, former inspector of the security department of the Yaroslavl colony No. 1, to three and a half years in prison. This was reported by the human rights foundation "Public Verdict". In addition, the court banned Yablokov for two years from holding senior positions in law enforcement agencies.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin appointed Daniil Egorov the head of the Federal Tax Service. It is reported by Interfax. Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant In this post, Egorov will replace Mishustin himself. Daniil Egorov was born in 1975. He has been working in the Federal Tax Service since 2001, and he took the post of deputy head of the department in 2011.

In the city of Wuhan in China, a second patient died, in whom a previously unknown strain of a virus from the coronavirus family was found. This was reported by the local authorities. The 69-year-old man died on January 15 from pneumonia. A few days earlier, he had been hospitalized with impaired kidney function and serious damage to other organs. An outbreak of pneumonia caused by an unknown pathogen began in the city of Wuhan at the end of December.

The new Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will appoint new ministers in the near future-those who worked in the government of Dmitry Medvedev and completely new people can get there. Medusa asked readers to name one of the former ministers whom they would never want to see in the new government. The anti -rating by a wide margin was headed by Vitaly Mutko and Vladimir Medinsky.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Jan. 16 pardoned Jimmy Fletcher Meders, who was convicted of murder. The website of the board of pardons reported that Meders' death sentence was commuted to life in prison without the right to parole. According to UPI, Meders was pardoned a few hours before his execution, which was scheduled for the evening of January 16th. Meders was convicted in 1989 of the murder of convenience store employee Don Anderson during a robbery in 1987.

What is happening with Russian politics - the opinions of Western experts in the podcast The Naked Pravda On January 15, Vladimir Putin announced the reform of state power in Russia, after which Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the resignation of the government. Medvedev became Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, and the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin was appointed the new prime minister.