I don’t even know how to start writing about it ... One, Khodorkovsky, who did not ask for anything for 10 years, finally asked. The other, Putin, who defiantly declared for 10 years about the “hands in the blood”, agreed and pardoned. And nothing foreshadowed ...

At the press conference of Vladimir Putin, the correspondent of Novaya Gazeta Diana Khachatryan asks the question of the so-called “third case of Yukos”. Press Conference of Vladimir Putin (chronicle, video)

Economist Sergei Guriev, one of the possible defendants in the so-called third Yukos case, said he was not going to return to Russia yet, despite the fact that today Vladimir Putin said that a decree was being prepared to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The former rector of the Russian Economic School said this in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel .

Press conference of Vladimir Putin (ONLINE, VIDEO)

Public television is slowly lying Russian public television began broadcasting six months ago, May 19, on the day of Pioneer, or thereby emphasizing that it is a pioneer, or hinting that a pioneer is an example to all the guys. An interested and pre -informed audience, having difficulty finding a new channel (who is on her own TV, some on the Internet), closed the screens, waiting for a breakthrough and happiness of touching the real, socially useful and free from state dictatorship TV.

The Ministry of Economic Development believes that the pardon of the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will positively affect the investment climate in Russia, RIA Novosti reports . This statement was made by Deputy Minister Andrei Klepach. Earlier today, Putin said that Khodorkovsky wrote a petition for pardon and that it would be granted in the near future.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the release from criminal liability of oppositionists detained during the storming of the presidential administration. According to Ukrayinska Pravda , the adopted document provides for the release of all detainees from November 21, when rallies against the abolition of European integration began in Kiev.

The Moscow City Court has extended the period of house arrest for defendant in the Oboronservis case Evgenia Vasilyeva until February 23, 2014, Interfax reports . Moscow City Court judge Andrey Rasnovsky agreed with the arguments of the investigation that Vasilyeva, if the measure of restraint is changed, can hide from the investigation, influence witnesses and otherwise interfere in the course of the criminal case.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today during the press conference said that he did not see prospects in the so-called "third case of Yukos." According to the world media, the question of the Novaya Diana Khachatryan correspondent about the upcoming criminal case and the “answer” to him-a message about the preparatory pardon-became the main event of today's press conference. Photo: Evgeny Feldman - "New" The market instantly reacted to these statements with a sharp jump up .

Chairman of the Committee on Legislation of the St. Petersburg Parliament Vitaly Milonov intends to visit Ukraine to participate in the installation of worship crosses, meetings with local political and civil organizations that maintain friendship with Russia.

Facebook Inc., which owns the social network of the same name, intends to place 70 million of its own shares on the stock exchange, Interfax reports . The company itself will put up for sale 27 million shares, its shareholders - 43 million shares, including 41.4 million shares will be sold by the founder and CEO of the social network Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook will use the proceeds from the sale to fund operations, while Zuckerberg will use most of the proceeds to pay taxes.

Many journalists came to the final session in the Lublin Court. But, as it turned out, prematurely. The last word of the defendant Pavel Sopot, voiced by him at the last meeting, it turns out, was a speech in the debate. And today is the “last” last word, after which Judge Balashov will go to the verdict. Sopot's speech, having shaved off his bushy beard on this occasion and immediately looked ten years younger, took no more than ten minutes.

The stock market of the Russian Federation on Thursday evening twitched up after the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin that the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky wrote a petition for pardon and such a decision would be made, Interfax reports .

According to Putin, the decree will be signed in the near future. According to Interfax , the president told reporters about this after today's press conference. “As for Khodorkovsky, I have already spoken about this, Mikhail Borisovich was supposed to write the appropriate paper in accordance with the law, he did not do this, but now quite recently he wrote such a paper and turned to me with a request for pardon.

In Kyiv, at the same time as Vladimir Putin, Viktor Yanukovych held a press conference, or rather, a collective interview. The press service of the head of state accredited 9 representatives of national Ukrainian media for a conversation with the guarantor. Accreditation was not transparent and accessible to most journalists, from which we can conclude that the participants were selected on the principle of loyalty to the head of state.