The Russian delegation leaves the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and ceases all contacts with PACE until the end of 2015. This statement was made by the head of the delegation of the Russian Federation Alexei Pushkov. “In view of the fact that PACE has deprived the Russian Federation of the right to vote and participate in the governing bodies of the organization, there is no need to talk about any contacts in the organization,” Pushkov is quoted by TASS.

Under this slogan, the leader of the Lyuprap Trubetskoy left for Kyiv Under this slogan, the leader of the Lyuprap Trubetskoy left for Kyiv Photo: "New"/ Evgeny Feldman The most famous Belarusian of our time, rock musician Sergei Mikhalok, announced that he had addressed the Ukrainian authorities about a residence permit. Now Mikhakov will live in Ukraine. There to also write albums with your new groupbrutto, which appeared instead of “Lyuprap Trubetskoy”, shoot clips and give concerts.

Photo: Olga Prosvirova / "New" The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe suspended the right to vote of the Russian delegation until April 2015. The delegation is also deprived of the opportunity to participate in the activities of leading structures.

From the moment of joining Russia in the business life of Crimea, three tectonic shifts have occurred From the moment of joining Russia in the business life of Crimea, three tectonic shifts have occurred Photo: RIA Novosti/ Artem Zhitenev Due to sanctions from the Crimea, most international corporations and services left. Large Russian companies also do not want to glow on the peninsula, and therefore prefer to work in the region through formally independent "daughters".

Reforms of migration legislation force illegal migrants to become even more illegal Reforms of migration legislation force illegal migrants to become even more illegal Photo: RIA Novosti/ Maxim Blinov The changes that have come into force look like this: the migrant is obliged to get a patent (2.5 thousand rubles), draw up documents with mandatory fingerprinting (1.5 thousand rubles), pass an exam for knowledge of the Russian language and other (5 thousand rubles), undergo a medical examination

Gazprom has decided to postpone the planned expansion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, through which natural gas is supplied to Germany. This was stated by Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Viktor Zubkov, who spoke at the European Gas Conference in Vienna, reports . Reuters Zubkov explained this decision by falling gas prices. At the same time, he assured that the gas pipeline would have enough capacity to provide existing customers.

The oil company Rosneft has asked for 1.3 trillion rubles from the National Welfare Fund for 28 projects, reports . Interfax According to Nikolai Podguzov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Economic Development confirmed the strategic importance of the company's project for the Zvezda shipyard, for which Rosneft requested 89 billion rubles.

Jordan will extradite a terrorist sentenced to death to Islamic State militants if they receive Jordanian Air Force pilot Moaz al-Kassabeh in exchange. This was stated by the speaker of the government of the country Mohammed al-Momani. “Jordan is ready to release imprisoned Sajida al-Rishawi if the Jordanian pilot, Lieutenant Moaz al-Qassabeh, is released,” was quoted as saying by Reuters. Momani Jordan also requested confirmation from ISIS that the pilot was alive.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow recognized the refusal of the Progress Party of Alexei Navalny's supporters to participate in the elections as legal. “The court refused to satisfy the application of the political party “Party of Progress” on the protection of electoral rights,” told TASS. the press secretary of the court Party lawyer Dmitry Krainev during the meeting provided the court with documents confirming the registration of 44 regional branches. this He announced on Twitter.

The monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved an amendment to deprive the voting right and expel the Russian delegation from the governing bodies in 2015, said Leonid Slutsky, member of the commission and deputy head of the Russian delegation. “This amendment passed with just one vote: “for” - 35, “against” - 34,” Slutsky said.

Foreign ministers from 28 EU member states have issued a statement in support of a six-month extension of sanctions against Russia, reports Reuters . The sanctions package also contains new names and sanctions measures. European diplomats will gather for an emergency meeting tomorrow, January 29, in connection with the separatists' offensive and shelling of Mariupol on January 24, which killed 30 people.

The Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the district court to recover 500 thousand rubles from the publicist Alexander Prokhanov in favor of the musician Andrei Makarevich, reports . Interfax Thus, the court satisfied Prokhanov's appeal and dismissed Makarevich's claims. According to TASS , the judicial board spent about 10 minutes in the deliberation room, and then only the operative part of the decision was read out.

Residents of Kamchatka collected almost two thousand signatures for the resignation of Governor Ilyukhin Residents of Kamchatka collected almost two thousand signatures for the resignation of Governor Ilyukhin In Kamchatka, at the beginning of the new year, the political situation suddenly worsened. The figure of Governor Vladimir Ilyukhin was in the center of everyone's attention. His term of office, according to the law, should expire in 2016.

The German clinic denied the "diagnosis" made by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation to the grandson of an Omsk farmer Thanks to the readers of Novaya, the Raduga Foundation and fellow Shumakovs, residents of the Omsk Region, the farmer's grandson Denis Shumakov is on the mend. As we wrote earlier, 25 thousand euros were collected for his treatment at the Freiburg University Hospital in Germany.

In the latest issue of the project, experts identified the main directions and prospects for the development of relations between Russia and Central Asian countries in the context of the Ukrainian crisis In the latest issue of the project, experts identified the main directions and prospects for the development of relations between Russia and Central Asian countries in the context of the Ukrainian crisis Stanislav Protachin, candidate of historical sciences, researcher at the Institute of