The economic crisis in Russia hit not only by security forces and officials , but also on weather forecasters. The Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) does not have enough billion for salaries to employees whose income level is already about 40% lower than the average in the country, the head of Roshydromet, Alexander Frolov, at the expanded collegium of the department, said on Thursday, February 26.

NTV reporter Andrei Grigoryev, detained the day before in Kiev and deported from Ukraine, returned to Moscow and told colleagues from the Anatomy of the Day program about a conversation with the security service of Ukraine, according to the NTV website . According to the journalist, he was detained in the center of Kiev, where the procession took place in which representatives of the Ukrainian extremist nationalist “right sector” and football fans prohibited in Russia participated.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution in accordance with which changes are made to the rules for calculating the amount of insurance compensation for harm to the health of the victim, Interfax reports with reference to the official website of the Russian government.

Experts of the Russian version of Forbes magazine compiled a rating of the most expensive companies, having studied their financial condition in 2014. At the same time, the companies were ranked not in revenue for the year, but at the cost. The magazine emphasizes that all numbers are an expert assessment of Forbes, and the real value of a company determines an agreement between the seller and the buyer. 1. Internet company "Yandex" - $ 5.2 billion 2.

The Center for the Development of National Alcohol Policy published statistical data for January about changing the dynamics of alcohol imports into Russia, Interfax reports. More than others, due to the economic crisis and the fall of the ruble, the supply of beer (by 78%) to 3.04 million liters decreased. The total import of champagne and sparkling wines amounted to 1.18 million liters, which is 48% less than similar indicators of last year.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia estimates the budget deficit in 2015 above 3% of GDP. About this, as reports RIA Novosti , said Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Lavrov. At the same time, the deputy minister could not specify a specific figure. He also said that the budgets of 2016 and 2017 are not yet due to the lack of forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development.

The Moody's International rating agency reduced the ratings of five Russian energy sector companies: Transneft, Rushydro, Atomenergoprom, Inter RAO and Rossetei, and Negative ratings. About this, as TASS reports, the agency’s report said.

The main rabbi of Russia (Feor - the Federation of Jewish communities of Russia ) Berl Lazar , who spoke on Thursday at a press conference in Moscow before the opening of the Feor Congress, said that the Jewish community in Russia over the past 15 years has become significantly strengthened and life in it has become one of the most comfortable in the world. "Our community is one of the best in the world: very active, very united.

Photos of a pig that descended on the front knees and kneeling before the Buddhist temple in the county of the Yunjui city district of Wangjou, the Chinese province of Zhezzyan during the February 22 festival, spread widely over the network. The animal was removed by visitors to the temple and random passers -by - it was in this position for a long time.

“The results of the latest Levada Center survey “on a representative all-Russian sample of the urban and rural population among 1,600 people aged 18 years and older in 134 settlements in 46 regions of the country have been published.” Questions were asked about attitudes towards the president, the government, local authorities and etc. There are a lot of interesting and “tasty” things there, but my attention was attracted not by today’s, but by the oldest results of similar surveys.

Information about the debts of the former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ex-head of the Menatep bank Platon Lebedev and the deceased businessman Boris Berezovsky disappeared from the Bank of the Federal Bailiff Service.

"1) In itself, speaking out against the revolution in Russia is by no means a disgrace. Moreover, in our country today there are no serious politicians advocating a revolution, especially one inspired from abroad. There are no such people either in the ranks of the “Civil Platform” or in ranks of other, much more harshly opposition parties.

On Wednesday, February 25, the first cargo train went from the port of the Lagnan's port city in the Chinese province of Jiangs to Kazakhstan along the new railway, built by joint efforts of the two countries, reports Xinhua . Travel time to Alma-Ata will be 12 days. Two compositions will be sent weekly along this path. Auto parts, electronics, everyday demand and medical devices from China, South Korea, Japan and the countries of Southeast Asia will go along the railway to Kazakhstan.

On the night of February 23 to 24, the Vladivostok circus workers found a strange cardboard box on the threshold at the official entrance. When she was opened, they saw a peacefully sleeping Himalayan bear cub, wrapped in a gray woolen blanket inside, reports vl.ru. On Thursday, February 26, the bear was shown to journalists: he was happy to pose to photographers and, without hesitation of guests, sucking a milk mixture from a children's bottle.

Documents found during the search in the house liquidated by the American special forces in Pakistan indicate that the al-Qaeda terrorist organization he headed for him planned terrorist organization in Europe and Russia. This was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph .