What happened in Russian politics on January 15: experts explain Photo: RIA Novosti Most likely, Vladimir Putin will not be nominated for the fifth presidential term after the expiration of his authority in 2024 - so many observers interpreted the meaning of the final part of the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. What happened in the next hours turned out to be even more unexpected than the constitutional reform de facto declared by Vladimir Putin.

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree establishing a working group to prepare proposals for amending the Constitution. The document was published on the Kremlin website. It included 75 people, including senators, deputies, public figures, businessmen, cultural figures.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the first part of an agreement to resolve trade disputes, reported . Reuters Now China has to purchase $200 billion worth of agricultural products and other goods from the United States over two - in 2017, the base level of purchases was $186 billion. According to the document, the US authorities will cancel some duties on goods from China. The agreement signing ceremony was held at the White House.

President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to start creating an airline for flights to the Far East. This was reported on the Kremlin website. The airline will operate Russian-made aircraft and carry out passenger and cargo flights in hard-to-reach areas of the region. Until January 31, members of the government must submit their proposals. They will also have to determine the number of aircraft needed, given their model and passenger capacity.

Report from the queue to the trash where pensioners, former commodity experts and entrepreneurs are standing Photo: Ivan Zhilin / "New Gazeta" On January 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a message to the Federal Assembly, said that the country has money. There is what to increase uterus, it is possible to reach the minimum wage to the cost of living. There is, due to what to increase salaries to teachers.

President Vladimir Putin personally decided to dismiss Dmitry Medvedev from the post of prime minister, as he was not satisfied with the execution of the "May decrees", Forbes reports citing sources. According to them, at the end of 2019, Medvedev discussed national projects with the president. “Putin was given a paper from which it was clear that national projects and national goals lie on completely different planes, and the former do not help to achieve the latter in any way.

The average maximum rate on deposits in the country's ten largest banks fell to 5.93%, according to Central Bank data. As notes , this is a new minimum in the entire history of calculating the indicator since 2009. Vedomosti Compared to the last ten days of December, the indicator decreased by 0.084 percentage points. In November the rate was 6.03%. The maximum value for the previous year was recorded in February - 7.67% per annum.

It is not yet clear where in the new configuration the place of Putin himself Photo: Dmitry Astakhov / TASS IMPORTANT Vladimir Putin proposed the head of the Federal Tax Service of Mishustin as prime minister The problem-2024 is recognized as the Kremlin unsolvable in the course of the existing constitutional order.

Video "Novaya Gazeta" The President made an annual message to the Federal Assembly. The main statement was the proposals of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the voting on changes to the Constitution, reports . TASS Peskov noted that the changes that President Vladimir Putin spoke about in his message to the Federal Assembly do not concern the fundamental articles of the Constitution. “In this case, we cannot talk about a referendum and in fact does not even imply any adoption by voting,” he said.

A resident of Yekaterinburg organized a shelter "Dari Good." Everyone can seek help there, and for everyone there is a place Olga Bakhtina. Photo: Ekaterina Uralskaya On the way, it seems that this is an ordinary mansion of a gypsy village - a reminder of the well -fed zero: an openwork forged fence, multi -meter walls, a giant among neighboring one -story buildings. Inside, it is more like a hostel in luxurious interiors: high ceilings, arches, stucco molding and ...

Photo: TASS President Vladimir Putin proposed the candidacy of the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin for the position of prime minister, TASS reports with reference to the Kremlin. The press service clarified that the president held a working meeting with the head of the Federal Tax Service and offered to take him the position of Prime Minister.

The Cheryomushkinsky Court of Moscow has recovered 2.3 million rubles from Alexei Navalny and other opposition figures at the suit of the Moscow prosecutor because of the summer protests. It is reported by MBH Media. The court ruled to recover almost 1.3 million rubles per share on July 27 and another 1 million rubles per share on August 3.

THERE IS A CONTINUATION Putin proposed the candidacy of the head of the Federal Tax Service Mikhail Mishustin for the post of prime minister The news about the resignation of the Russian government, which was announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, came as a surprise to members of the Cabinet. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by sources in the government. According to two Novaya interlocutors among the acting deputy ministers, none of them was ready for the government's resignation.

Demography and constitution. The main topics of the President’s Epistle are in the “New” review Photo: RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin made a message to the Federal Assembly. The main topics are the support of families with children and amending the Constitution. The head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, estimated the costs of fulfilling the measures declared by Putin at 400-500 billion rubles a year. A referendum may be required to carry out constitutional reform.