At the end of 2017, the Russian currency will weaken against the dollar by 9-10%. This follows from the new policy of the Ministry of Finance, announced at the end of January. Who wins and who loses - found out The New Times The beginning of the year was quite optimistic for the economy. The industry is gradually recovering after a two-year shock.

On February 6, the Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan found local resident Ulukbek Gafurov guilty of failing to report a crime (Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced him to a fine of 70,000 rubles, Interfax reports. This is the first sentence in Russia under the article on non-information, which is part of the so-called Yarovaya package.

On February 1, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation ratified an agreement with Turkey on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project The idea of ​​the agreement was inspired by the long-standing desire of Moscow (represented by Gazprom) to lay a new route for gas supplies to Southern Europe - bypassing Ukraine. Will it just work? The agreement in question is not even a project, but a promise by the two governments to contribute to its implementation.

The state, in the person of its best representatives, is constantly trying to figure out - for what other Russians are not yet punished? The punitive innovation of the week studied The New Times The State Duma also has its own traditions. “To invent atrocities and nonsense,” the reader will think and will not be mistaken, but we are not talking about that now.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that Maxim Reshetnikov, head of Moscow's economic policy department, become acting governor of the Perm Territory, according to the Kremlin's website. Governor of the Perm Territory Viktor Basargin announced his resignation on 6 February. He announced the decision not to participate in the gubernatorial elections in September 2017 at a press conference.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the accusations of a Fox News journalist against Vladimir Putin, who called the Russian leader a "murderer" during an interview with the US President. It is reported by TASS. “We consider such words of a Fox News correspondent to be unacceptable, offensive. And we would prefer to receive an apology to the President of Russia from such a respected television company,” Peskov said.

54% of Russians were categorically against the abolition of the “Dima Yakovlev law”, which prohibits the adoption of Russian children by US citizens. For the abolition of the law, provided that the United States and other countries will guarantee the lives of children, were 41% of respondents. These are the results of a survey conducted by VTsIOM. The level of approval of the law is still high - 71% in 2017 (at the time of entry into force in 2013 - 54%, in October 2015 - 76%).

In the state of the coordinator of "Open Russia" Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., there have been positive changes, his kidneys are working again, his father Vladimir Kara-Murza Sr. told Interfax. “His bladder began to work, the kidneys began to filter out blood again,” Kara-Murza Sr. said. The hospitalization of Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. became known on the morning of February 2.

The actions and statements of the new owner of the White House are ridiculous to the style of Putin’s third term, and against this background it is easy not to notice how dangerous their differences are The first days of the reign of the new US administration for a person who is familiar with Russian politics look like nostalgic posts from Facebook-"Remember what happened on this day so many years ago." The parallels between mass shares in the first days after Trump’s inauguration and protest

Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov is a key candidate for the post of Russian ambassador to the United States, Kommersant reports, citing 4 government sources. Antonov will replace Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, who has held this post since July 2008. As Kommersant reported in January, his candidacy for the post of ambassador was considered in the fall of 2016, when the Kremlin believed that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would win the presidential election in America.

The cost of hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup was increased by RUB 19 billion. Corresponding amendments to the program of preparation for the world championship, according to Interfax , were approved by the government. The total cost of hosting the 2018 World Cup increased from RUB 619.6 billion to up to 638.8 billion. In this case, the increase will occur at the expense of the federal budget, the costs of which increased from 331.3 billion to 350.4 billion rubles.

A draft law on the exclusion from the Criminal Code (CC) of the Russian Federation of an article on punishment for “repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a public event” (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) has been submitted to the State Duma for consideration by the lower house. The initiative is reported on the website of the LDPR party.

The New Times asked experts Oleg Vyugin : “The Russian economy largely depends on oil: if oil will grow further, then the Ministry of Finance can weaken the ruble strengthening with its interventions, but not much. According to my forecasts, there will be no 10 percent devaluation, it will be less. ” Sergey Dubinin: “The ruble in the last two years fluctuates within 10% in relation to other currencies.

The sentence in the second case of Kirovles, apparently, will be indictable. The main difference: prosecutors this time require a conditional, and not real term - five years to Alexei Navalny and four - to Peter Officer. How they judge and who judges in Kirov - in the report of The New Times from the scene Kirovles-2, despite the fact that interest in it is much less than in the previous process, is no less indicative than Kirovles-1.

With Barack Obama, Russian television said goodbye for a long time - but never said goodbye finally. As the US presidential elections approached, TV presenters painted Obama's more and more demonic image. “Black period” was the name of the plot in one of the issues of “Vesti of the Week”. Obama exclusively “shits”, “makes nasty things”, “it climbs out of the skin” - in general, a small demon.