PACE will discuss the possibility of its own investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov PACE will discuss the possibility of its own investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov The official Russian delegation this year did not come to the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). But the unofficial one arrived. If you believe the conversations on the sidelines of the Palace of Europe, they were waiting for her much more.

Snowfalls in the eastern United States have killed 36 people, according to the BBC. In some cities in the east of the country, the height of precipitation reached 91 cm. Due to weather conditions in Washington, all government agencies and schools were closed, and a briefing by the US State Department was also canceled. In addition, at least 1,510 train flights were canceled or delayed due to snowfall. To date, the snowstorm has left about 300,000 people without electricity.

US Deputy Treasury Secretary Adam Shubin announced the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in corruption schemes. this He said in an interview with the BBC. “We have seen how he enriches his friends, his close allies, and marginalizes those who are not his friends and do not hold public office. Be it Russia's energy wealth, be it other government contracts, he gives it to those he thinks will serve him and excludes those he doubts. For me, this is corruption,” Shubin said.

The Moscow metro has no debts to the contractor for decorating stations for Victory Day, told RIA Novosti. representatives of the metropolitan metro “The information published in a number of media that the contractor company involved in the design of metro infrastructure facilities for the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory has not been paid the funds stipulated by the contract does not correspond to reality.

The Khamovnichesky District Court extended the arrest of RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov, accused of participating in an extremist organization. According to the journalist's lawyer Dmitry Dinze, the court granted the investigation's request to extend the measure of restraint in the form of detention and decided to keep Alexander Sokolov under arrest until March 22, 2016.

The Parliament of Chechnya will appeal to law enforcement agencies with a request to check the article of the publicist Andrei Piontkovsky "A bomb ready to explode" for signs of extremism in it. this on his Instagram . announced Magomed Daudov, chairman of the legislative assembly of the republic, According to him, this article contains calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russia and incite hatred and enmity between its peoples. “Someone A.

Russia will expand restrictions on the activities of Turkish companies in the country. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Interregional Forum of the All-Russian Popular Front, reports . Interfax “The current contracts are functioning, but, nevertheless, restrictions in this sector will expand,” the president said. According to him, about 300 construction companies from Turkey operate in Russia, and the volume of contracts concluded is about $50 billion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that he sympathizes with the idea of ​​communism and socialism and compared the code of the builder of communism with the Bible. Speaking at a conference of the All-Russian Popular Front, the president said that he was not an ideological communist during the Soviet era, but he was very careful about being in the ranks of the Communist Party. According to Putin, he still keeps his party card. “I really liked and still like communist and socialist ideas.

For a short time, the capital regains its status as a cinephile city: from 26 to 31 at the Museum of Moscow and the Documentary Film Center festival "2/morrow" For a short time, the capital regains its status as a cinephile city: from 26 to 31 at the Museum of Moscow and the Documentary Film Center festival "2/morrow" eight programs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a conference of the All-Russian Popular Front praised the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov for his effective work in the region, reports . Interfax One of the participants in the conference, representing Chechnya, told the president that the Chechens were very concerned about the problem of terrorism, and also thanked the head of state for the fight against terrorism in Syria.

The Investigative Committee has begun checking information about non-payment of money to commercial organizations for decorating Moscow metro stations, reports . Interfax According to the press service of the Moscow Department of the TFR, representatives of several commercial organizations reported to law enforcement agencies that the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro" did not pay money for services in decorating metro stations for festive events in April 2015.

The Federal Migration Service has canceled the visa of the Finnish journalist Esu Tuominen, who was detained during an interview with the former mayor of Petrozavodsk Galina Shirshina, writes . Kommersant The journalist spoke with Shirshina in the Petrozavodsk cafe in The Kitchen, which had previously provided the ex-mayor with a permanent job at one of the tables. During the interview, the police arrived at the cafe and detained the Finnish journalist.

The MiG-31 fighter jet crashed near Krasnoyarsk, reports with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Interfax According to the department, the accident occurred during a training flight. “A fighter aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Central Military District, during the development of a training task, lost control and fell in a wooded area, 40 kilometers northwest of the city of Kansk,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Russia helps the legitimate Syrian authorities to fight terrorism and is not going to interfere in the internal affairs of the country. This statement was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports Interfax. “You know, we are not going to interfere in any way with the state structure, in solving the problems that Syria and other countries of the region are facing,” Putin said at a meeting with students of the North Caucasian Federal University.

Putin, Medvedev, Matvienko and all ONF were interested in this not built object. But they did not achieve anything Putin, Medvedev, Matvienko and all ONF were interested in this not built object. But they did not achieve anything At the very beginning of December, the head of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov harshly criticized the pace of reconstruction of the airfield in Kamchatka. In recent months, he publicly spoke on this topic for the second time.