The Prime Minister’s rating stopped at the level of the second round of the presidential election, the surveys of the two largest sociological services - the FOM and the VTsIOM, indicate, the results of which were published on Friday. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains the leader of the presidential race, but his rating is no longer growing, surveys testify.

In Yekaterinburg, a rally “Behind the Labor Ural” was held on Saturday Square on Saturday in support of the working people and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Earlier, "United Russia" had to explain that they had nothing to do with the rally, and no one had a forcibly there. As Interfax told the spokesman for the Central Internal Affairs Directorate in the Sverdlovsk region Valery Gorelykh, the rally was calm, without violations of law and order.

Divers conducting search work on the sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia found on Saturday the body of another deceased as a result of the crash of the vessel, RIA Novosti reports. The woman’s body was found on the sixth deck of the ship. Thus, the number of those killed in the accident increased to 17 people. The search operation on the liner continues, but the fuel pumping work on Saturday is suspended due to excitement at sea, local media note.

The Russian national team won two more medals on the European Figure Skating Championship in the Sheffield: Ekaterina Bobrov and Dmitry Soloviev won Silver, and Elena Ilyin and Nikita Katsalapov in the competitions of dance duets. “For me, it was the best performance in the season,” Bobrova told reporters after the performance. “It was very difficult to ride. I was in the first place, I was a little worried, but it was a pleasant excitement.

State Duma deputy, adviser to the mayor of the capital, Vladimir Resin, was invited by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia of Russia Cyril to work as his construction adviser, Interfax reports with reference to the statement of Bishop of Podolsky Tikhon, which he made during the Saturday bypass of the construction of Moscow temples. Resin confirmed this information. "I have never been deprived of posts in my life. But you can’t refuse such a proposal.

The player of the Serbia team in handball, Hyshum, suffered at the hands of his own fans during the semifinals of the European Championship against Croatia and was hospitalized, said Veselin Vukovich, head coach of the Serbian team. The unknown Serbian fan threw from the rostrum towards the members of the Croatian team, which fell into the face of Sheshum. The athlete with damage to the eye was sent for examination to the hospital.

Russia should be prepared for wars in the aerospace and information areas, said the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Army General Nikolai Makarov. “You see that the Center for Military Enlightenment from the traditional war theaters - land and the sea - has shifted to the aerospace and information sphere, including cybersecurity. The concepts of the spitentric war have already stepped far ahead.

An agency for strategic planning should appear in Russia to evaluate threats to the national and technological security of Russia, Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday. It is this structure that should develop long -term development strategies - including in the field of economics and science, Rogozin is convinced. In his opinion, no one is engaged in medium and long-term planning in Russia.

In Bashkiria in the village of Priyutovo, gas exploded in a residential building - five people died, three more were hospitalized in the village hospital, the Ministry of Emergencies of the region . “According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred due to improper operation of gas equipment during installation of stretch ceilings in one of the apartments. Two workers who carried out installation were killed. The rescuers took the bodies, women and men from under the rubble.

The insurance coverage of 100 million rubles should be enough for all injured clients of Lanta-Tur Voyazh, said ITAR-TASS as head of the Department of International Cooperation of Rostourism Valery Korovkin following an emergency meeting, which took place in the department with the participation of leading tour operators. “At the meeting, together with insurers and tour operators, we discussed, in particular, the issue of insurance coverage.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in an interview with Vesti of the Week talked about why he likes labor people and how registration of presidential candidates is being registered in Russia. Being in Kemerovo, the prime minister stated that the local people are a "real connection with the country." The process of registering presidential candidates is carried out in full accordance with Russian law, the prime minister and presidential candidate said.

A large fire was liquidated in the central market in Omsk, where the pavilion roof caught fire. There are no victims. The fire broke out in a confectionery shop inside the pavilion and quickly spread to the roof of a huge building, said Alexei Puryshev, head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Omsk Region, ITAR-TASS.

The aircraft technician died at the Vnukovo Moscow Airport, falling under the shoulder blades of a passenger aircraft, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the Moscow Region told Interfax . The incident occurred the day before. After landing the ATR-42 aircraft in Vnukovo, the mechanic, without waiting for the rotation of the screw, tried to substitute parking pads under the wheels of the chassis. As a result, one of the blades touched her head.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday visits Japan on a visit. With his colleague Koitiro Gambo, he agreed to simplify the visa regime, as well as more vaguely - to look for a decision under a peace treaty between countries and, possibly, joint economic projects on the Kurils.

The owner of the bankrupt Swiss football club KSAMAX, Chechen businessman Bulat Chagaev will be in preliminary imprisonment until February 27. Recall that the Disciplinary Committee of the Swiss Football League on January 18 deprived Ksamax "licenses for a performance in the championship of the country . On Thursday, the arbitration and regional courts rejected the instructions, after which the leadership of Xamax recognized the club bankrupt.