Why are the victory of the people constantly renamed Stalin's victory Of course, the Volgograd authorities would not make an absurd decision to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad on “big revolutionary holidays” without approval, or even direct instructions from above. They have long been weaned from the initiatives from below - from those times when in 2001 the governor Nikolai Maxyuta came out with the initiative to rename, and was immediately pulled from the Kremlin.

The Russian biathlon before the main start of the season, the world championship in the Czech Nove Mesto, has two problems: the head coach of the women's team Wolfgang Pichler and Ukraine. The Russian biathlon before the main start of the season, the world championship in the Czech Nove Mesto, has two problems: the head coach of the women's team Wolfgang Pichler and Ukraine. Both of these problems are extraordinary and have not yet been solved.

With the director of the film “Long Happy Life”, representing Russia in the competition of the Berlin Film Festival, the film recreation of Novaya Gazeta Larisa Malyukov is talking With the director of the film “Long Happy Life”, representing Russia in the competition of the Berlin Film Festival, the film recreation of Novaya Gazeta Larisa Malyukov is talking - Continuing the story of your “free swimming”, the hero of Alexander Yatsenko will again have a fateful choice.

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A training shaft collapsed at the Suvorovskaya metro station under construction in Moscow It is reported by "Lenta.Ru" with reference to the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Moscow. One worker was injured in the collapse. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, cited by RIA Novosti , the incident was reported at approximately 19.00. “The collapse occurred at a station under construction on Suvorovskaya Square.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the Netherlands on April 8, Gazeta.Ru reports . The opening ceremony of the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia will take place in Amsterdam. The President of Russia will also hold talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Today, the Presnensky Court continued the hearing of the lawsuit filed by former State Duma Deputy Gennady Gudkov against NTV for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation. Gudkov claims that in the program "Emergency" he was lied to, saying that he was engaged in illegal commercial activities in Bulgaria. The story aired in June 2012. And on August 23 Gudkov filed a lawsuit against NTV Television Company and its correspondent Mikhail Chebonenko.

North Korean authorities showed a computer model of the new Unha-9 rocket on one of the government websites on the Internet, the Japanese channel NHK reported on Monday. This is reported by Interfax . The Unha-9 launch vehicle project is only at the development stage and is presented only on computer models. In addition, the North Korean authorities presented to the public a computer model of a spacecraft revolving around the Earth, launched into orbit by the Eunha-9 rocket.

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, sent an invitation to the US Attorney General to pay a working visit to Russia to discuss the investigation of criminal cases of violence against Russian children in the United States, Interfax reports .

The investigation brought charges under part 3 of article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Commercial bribery”) to Ekaterina Smetanova, a defendant in the criminal case of fraud at Oboronservis OJSC. This was reported today by Interfax with reference to the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin.

By closing the sky for Red Wings, Rosaviatsia actually struck a blow at the Aviastar plant in Ulyanovsk, squeezing out the manufacturer of the Tu-204SM aircraft from the aviation market On Monday, February 4, the Red Wings airline laid up its aircraft fleet - all eight Tu-204 aircraft. It was on Monday that the order of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) No. 36 on the suspension of the air operator certificate of CJSC Red Wings came into force.

Members of the working group handed over the completed draft Roadmap for reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. In the near future, the text of the document will be published on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. According to Kolokoltsev, the "road map" will be made public to study public opinion.

In the spring of 2014, it is planned to open the Spartak metro station and the stadium of the same name in Moscow. This is reported today by Interfax . “A year ago, there was, in fact, a zero cycle (stadium construction - IF ). A large amount of work has been done during this time, ”said Sobyanin, having examined the sports facility under construction. Andrey Fedun, general director of Spartak Stadium LLC, told the mayor that the stadium would be put into operation in May 2014.

As the president of the public movement "Union of Right Forces" suggested, he was spoken to as a witness in a criminal case on the embezzlement of funds from the Union of Right Forces, committed by the firm "Allekt", Navalny's "party case". True, according to Gozman, they did not want to report the wording of the criminal case for a long time - until the witness refused to answer questions before it was reported.

On Friday, the administration of St. Petersburg for the third time refused to approve a rally in defense of freedom of assembly and against the tightening of legislation on rallies in St. Petersburg. The coalition "Democratic Petersburg" continues to seek approval for the action on February 9 or 10. The rally in defense of freedom of assembly "Democratic Petersburg" was supposed to take place on January 27th. However, the applicants received a refusal from the St.