On January 31, television columnist Arina Borodina announced her departure from Kommersant. And then came the news that the owners of the 24DOC channel did not renew the contract with creative producer Vera Krichevskaya. On February 1, the creators of 24DOC, Krichevskaya and Obolonkina, received the Golden Pen Award from the Union of Journalists. These unrelated stories fit, however, into the general situation that we have been observing for more than a month.

How they fought for a hospital in St. Petersburg The 31st city hospital will not be re-profiled for medical care for judges of the Supreme and Arbitration Courts of the Russian Federation, the St. Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko said on January 24. The decision is clearly forced. The petition in support of the hospital collected more than 100 thousand signatures that were transferred to the presidential administration.

Israeli air force strikes targets in Syria On a rainy night from January 29 to 30, the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in Syria Open preparations for a strike on Syria began a few days before the air raid. At the beginning of the week, the Iron Dome missile defense systems were deployed to the north of Israel - to Haifa and to the border with Lebanon.

On January 28, power was changed in Dagestan: and. O. Ramazan Abdulatipov was appointed head of the republic, and Magomedsalam Magomedov, who led it since 2010, became deputy head of the Kremlin administration. Next up is Ingushetia. As early as December 13, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev criticized Magomedov for the insufficiently effective restoration of Derbent, which suffered from the October flood - the situation there is still really deplorable.

Caracas. January 30. Igor Sechin (left) and Minister of Oil and Mining Industry of Venezuela Rafael Ramirez give a press conference On January 30, the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, delivered a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Karakas: he wished his Venezuelan colleague Hugo Chavez as soon as possible. The message was read out on the air of Venezuelan TV. The viewers were unlikely to guess about the true reason for the unexpected visit of Sechin.

Interview with Bill Browner, who lobbied Magnitsky’s act in the US Congress The head of Hermitage Capital Bill Brighter, who has lobbied Magnitsky’s act in the US Congress, is back in the news.

What can result in the creation The project of creating the next state corporation - the Rosfinagenism - caused fierce disputes.

Why the Tahrir Square will not calm down in any way Egypt met the two -year anniversary of the revolution with new unrest - they cost the lives of more than 60 Egyptians and led to the introduction of martial law in the northern cities of the country The police spray tear gas against demonstrators in Cairo Tahrir is protesting again. "The people want to overthrow the regime!" - Sing the protesters of a new old screaming. "Down with Mursi!" - Others chant.

*"Chronicle of current events" - a typewritten human rights information bulletin, distributed in samizdat in 1968-1983. The press in Russia is becoming more and more unfree. The investigation got to Nikita Belykh. It's still not safe to rally January 28, Monday The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow sentenced nationalist Konstantin Krylov to 120 hours of compulsory labor for "extremist statements" during a "Stop feeding the Caucasus" rally on October 22, 2011.

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On January 25, Valery Abramkin, a dissident who served in Soviet camps for six years, was one of the most passionate and effective defenders of the rights of prisoners in Russia in Soviet camps. Colleagues and friends call Valery Abramkin the great human rights activist He seemed to know and understood about the Gulag. In recent years, Abramkin has been seriously ill, and his voice was not enough. Now it's time to re -read his articles, stories, interviews.

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The 31st hospital in St. Petersburg will not be given to judges The 31st city hospital will not be re-profiled for medical care for judges of the Supreme and Arbitration Courts of the Russian Federation, the St. Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko said on January 24. The decision is clearly forced. The petition in support of the hospital collected more than 100 thousand signatures that were transferred to the presidential administration.

On January 28, Elena Ilchenko, Minister of Social Development and Family Policy of the Krasnodar Territory, said that the residents of Krymsk should return to the treasury about 30 million rubles, "erroneously overpaid in the form of compensations for the overhaul of houses." At the same time, the department of Mrs. Ilchenko sent letters to those who received monetary compensation from the state.