Director Alexei Krasovsky postponed the premiere of the film "Holiday" about the besieged Leningrad indefinitely due to a gas explosion in the Magnitogorsk high-rise building. about it He wrote on Facebook. “I spoke with director of photography Sergei Astakhov, he shares my feelings, we hope that you will understand us too. Because it’s wrong to show a comedy on such a day, even if it’s not very funny, ”he wrote.

The price of Russian gas on the border of Georgia and Armenia from January 1, 2019 will rise from $150 to $165 per 1,000 cubic meters. m. This decision was made following the meeting of the Chairman of the Board of "Gazprom" Alexei Miller and acting. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, according to a press release from Gazprom.

Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Magnitogorsk, where a gas explosion thundered in a residential building early in the morning. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Putin will meet in Magnitogorsk with the victims and the leadership of the region, and will also hold an emergency meeting of the rescue headquarters.

39 people died, the Ministry of Emergencies completed rescue work Photo: press service of the regional Ministry of Emergencies Updated The dead are 39 people. The Ministry of Emergencies reported the completion of the search and rescue operation. “We have removed the last, 39th body today, we guarantee that there are no more people in the building,” said Alexander Chupyan, the first deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies.

In Ingushetia, the car of the religious figure Ibragim Belkharoev was fired at, he was killed. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region. It is specified that Belkharoev's driver is in intensive care.

In Moscow, FSB officers detained US citizen Paul Whelan during a spy operation. This was reported in the center of public relations of the department, reports . RIA Novosti “On December 28, 2018, in the city of Moscow, employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained a US citizen Paul Whelan during an espionage campaign,” the FSB said.

UPDATED The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested Vitaly Chikirev until February 27 on charges of murdering a BlaBlaCar client. A man arrested in connection with a missing BlaBlaCar customer has confessed to killing her. This follows from the story published on the YouTube channel of the Investigative Committee. The man explained that he tried to rob a woman, he did not know her name and surname. He admitted his guilt and said that he repented of his deed.

The Russian national ice hockey team defeated the Swiss team in the match of the youth world championship, which takes place in Canada. The meeting ended with a score of 7:4 (1:2, 2:1, 4:1) in favor of the Russians. The Russian team was losing during the meeting with a score of 0:2 and 1:3.

In St. Petersburg, the Russian chess player Ekaterina Lahno won the World Blitz Championship. Following the results of 17 rounds, the 29-year-old Russian woman scored 13.5 points. The second and third places in the tournament were taken by Iranian Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (13 points) and Chinese Lei Tingjie (12.5 points), respectively. Among men, the current world chess champion, 28-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, won. At the end of 21 rounds, he scored 17 points.

UPDATED The governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky , said that the number of victims of the collapse of the entrance of a house in Magnitogorsk due to a gas explosion had grown to four people, the fate of another 68 residents remains unknown.& “As of 13:00 (11:00 Moscow time), 111 people were registered in the house, nine people rented housing (a total of 120 people).