Kaspi Bank and Home Credit Bank have suspended the opening of debit cards for non-residents of Kazakhstan, RBC reports with reference to bank representatives. Home Credit Bank has suspended issuing cards to non-residents for an indefinite period. Kaspi stopped production from January 19 to February 3. After this, non-residents will be able to open cards in this bank for a period of one year. All cards issued before January 19 will be valid until their expiration date, Kaspi added.

The government of the Saratov region has opened a special account to raise funds to support participants in military operations in Ukraine; catering enterprises will transfer money to it, writes Kommersant. Establishments will voluntarily transfer 0.2% of turnover, officials say. According to them, the business itself proposed a similar initiative. Officials do not specify exactly what amounts they are talking about.

A hundred years ago, an attempt was made on Einstein’s life by a woman whom few people remember, but who appeared in the biographies of many “greats.” Albert Einstein, 1928. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS The woman discussed in this article lived an amazing life. Arkady Averchenko and Ilya Ilf, Mikhail Bulgakov and Archbishop Nikolai (Kasatkin) wrote about her. She interviewed Pyotr Stolypin, made scandals with Pavel Miliukov and came to see Lenin in the Kremlin.

This happened as a result of consultations between pregnant women and specialists, who “informed about social support measures taking into account their specific life situation,” said Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. According to the official, more than 260 thousand pregnant women completed “motivated surveys” that talked about social support measures.

The department filed a lawsuit with the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, in which it demanded that 2,753 PNT shares belonging to the children of the company’s co-founder Dmitry Skigin be seized for state income. The businessman’s heirs now have German and French citizenship: they own up to 50% of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal. The Prosecutor General's Office wants to reduce this share, demanding that transactions made in 2016-2020 be declared void.

The lawsuit was filed by Roskomnadzor due to the lack of foreign agent markings in two news stories: about the politician Boris Vishnevsky* and the human rights group IC “SOS”*. RKN considered this an “abuse of media freedom,” despite the fact that the MR7 editorial board eliminated the violations immediately after receiving warnings. The Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region sent a letter to the Supreme Court in support of the publication.

What is indoctrination? Psychologist talks about what Soviet practices have carried over into our time and how to keep children safe Photo: Kristina Kormilitsyna / Kommersant Still, it’s not for nothing that people remember the USSR so often. And those who lived in it, and those who only heard about it. After all, much of our modern life began there, in the Soviet Union. Why do I remember him more and more often when I see groups of small children in military uniform?

Expert Ilya Shumanov explains* Donald Trump announced the United States' claims to the lands of several countries under his administration: he proposed that Canada become an American state, demanded that Denmark (not for the first time) “sell” Greenland, and is allegedly already discussing the fate of the Panama Canal with the Panamanian authorities. “Allegedly” - because the Panamanian authorities publicly categorically deny this.

Karelia authorities refused to protect Finnish and German graves Cemetery of German prisoners of war in Piski. Photo: Valery Potashov The Directorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Karelia began the year by depriving Finnish and German cemeteries of the status of identified monuments. Such an order, signed by the head of the department, Victoria Gurtova, was published on the portal of legal acts, but the Karelian officials themselves chose not to advertise the document.

Artist Slonov appeals the verdict and wonders why “Gentlemen of Fortune” is not banned Vasily Slonov and his tumbler with stars covered with a plaster at the announcement of the verdict. Photo: Alexey Tarasov / Novaya Gazeta January 23 - appeal in the case of Vasily Slonov. The artist himself is appealing the verdict. The hearing will take place in the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court.

Muscovites who have reached the age of 17 will automatically receive a notification about military registration, the city’s military commissar Maxim Loktev told the Moscow agency. In addition, the identity card of a citizen subject to conscription will appear in the personal account of the user of the capital’s State Services. This document can be presented when enrolling in training or employment.

Ownerless cars rusting in Voronezh courtyards got a chance to end their days not under pressure, but much more heroically. The city hall announced know-how on this topic. The Administrative and Technical Control Commission of the City Hall will inspect all Voronezh courtyards, and if ownerless cars are noticed there, then after converting them into buggies (for off-road driving), they will be sent to the SVO zone.

On January 23, the adventurous picaresque comedy “Vasily” directed by Dmitry Litvinenko will be released. Still from the film “Vasily” The film tells about twins from an orphanage swapping places: Vasily, a modest life safety teacher from the village of Kovylkino, and his brother Kolya, who in Mexico cheated a drug cartel out of money and also stole the drug lord’s beloved woman, the beautiful Bonita, a mother of many children.

Lawyers believe that the number of criminal cases will increase Illustration: Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta In Russia they plan to toughen the punishment under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (“Inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity”), Vedomosti writes , citing sources. The publication claims that a government commission has already approved this initiative of the Ministry of Justice.

The health condition of Russian and Israeli citizen Alexander Trufanov, who is being held captive by Hamas, is “not entirely satisfactory,” said Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov. According to him , the leadership of the Palestinian Islamist group made a “firm promise” to release the Russian.