The government bill on amendments to the article of the Land Code regarding the allocation of land plots to large families requires significant improvements, since in the existing form it cannot solve the tasks, according to Olga Batalina, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. “There are no sufficient lands in large cities. The land is provided in uncomfortable conditions, or outside the municipalities.

Stagnation of domestic demand, including consumer , has become a fact that new growth sources are not obvious, but the old ones are enough for a year to further reduce activity in the economy without great economic upheaval. These are some conclusions of the “main parameters of the forecast of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation”, which the Ministry of Economy traditionally publishes in December.

In the capital of Great Britain, a 21-year-old student from Cunning Town Mary Koni, who is suspected of attacking a familiar girl, appeared in court. The vengeful friend mutilated the victim, splashing acid in her face.

In the Sakhalin Region, the circumstances of the death of a 52-year-old resident of the village of Yasnoy Tymovsky district, whose body was found in the forest on Wednesday, January 8, is being checked. "During the inspection of the scene, it was found that a man committed suicide by arson, dousing himself with gasoline," the press service of the TFR reports . According to Vostok-Media , the deceased was engaged in private entrepreneurship, and went to suicide due to debts.

The Bank of Russia filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court on the declaration of Investbank JSC, deprived of a license in December 2013, RIA Novosti reports.

“But God bless them, the security forces. We have too many of them. Lack of professionalism is manifested everywhere. Didn’t you notice how the hockey team for the Olympics was announced? I remember well how in 2002 they announced the composition of the football team that was going to Japan and Korea for the World Cup. This was made the first news in the Vremya program.

In the Leningrad Region, a cadet of the St. Petersburg militarized college was charged, who forced the teenager to take out 45 thousand rubles from the house. In December 2013, the suspect turned 17 years old. He is charged with extortion using violence. For this crime, a punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to seven years is provided, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the press service of the Office of the IC of the Russian Federation in the Leningrad Region.

The social network "VKontakte" ceased to open about 15 hours on Friday. A little earlier, the site began to "freeze". The press secretary of the network, and later Pavel Durov himself announced problems with access to the resource. In the Russian segment of Twitter, the Heshtag of the Day - #inclusive Kontatedurov. " “We observe some technical problems with access to VKontakte. We hurry,” wrote Georgy Lobushkin about 3 days on his Twitter at about 3 days.

Indian athletes, by decision of the International Olympic Committee, will play at the Games in Sochi under the Olympic flag, R-Sport reports with reference to Ar. "In accordance with the decision of the Executive Council in December, the IOC will take all the necessary measures so that the Indian athletes who will play at the Games in Sochi take part in the competitions as independent participants in the Olympiad under the Olympic flag," the IOC statement said.

The situation with the payments of wages to workers in Sochi, because of which one of the builders even sewn his mouth , will be resolved by January 14, when a little more than 20 days remain before the Olympics. Vladimir Lukin promised to follow this by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. He said that now the amount of debt is two million rubles, and construction companies promised to report on payments by mid -January, Interfax reports.

The Krasnodar club "Lokomotiv-Kuban" suffered a second defeat in the top 16 of the basketball Euroleague. In the match of the second round of group F, the wards of the mentor of the Russian national team Evgeny Pashutin at the exit lost to the Tel Avivsky McCabi with a score of 75:85 (21:21, 17:24, 24:19, 13:21). The most productive player in the match was the center McCabi Sophocolis Skhortzanitis, who scored 22 points. As part of the Krasnodar, Mantas Kalnius recorded 18 points.

In the prayer house of the village of Lenino, restored after the arson on November 17, worships were resumed in the Novosheshminsky district of Tatarstan. As reported on Friday in the Tatarstan Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church, the first service - the festive Christmas service - was committed on January 8, Interfax reports. “The premises have made a cosmetic repairs. This is still a temporary measure, but very impressive.

The US government commission decided to release from prison in Guantanamo that in Cuba, 33-year-old Yemenz Mahmud Mujahid, who was detained for more than ten years without charges. Mujahid was the first to be considered a commission convened by US President Barack Obama to prepare the closure of the prison, the Air Force said.

“The movement of former journalists to positions of top managers responsible for PR is, in principle, not uncommon. However, in oil and gas companies, preference was almost always given to those who wrote, so to speak, with an economic bias. Leontiev, before that, was engaged in almost “pure” politics The exception was the recent and rather harsh attacks on the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, which probably surprised even seasoned media killers.

Brazilian journalists added oil into the fire of the difficult relations between their country and the USA, complicated after the scandal with wiretapping with the American intelligence services of the first people of the state, which became known thanks to the fugitive agent Edward Snowden.