Residents of the central districts of St. Petersburg allegedly themselves ask the city authorities to sharply raise parking rates “at least to 600 rubles” (per hour). This was stated by the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Kirill Polyakov.

The Russian register of foreign agents was updated on January 30. Officials of the Ministry of Justice decided to include scientist Alexander Goldfarb, writer Ian Shenkman (pictured), as well as the media “New Tab”, projects “MISRA” *, “Switzerland for All” * and “Watch in Volgograd” *. The explanations in the register indicate that these individuals live abroad, and the organizations are allegedly supervised from there.

The Gatchina City Court sentenced Dmitry Bogmut, an employee of the Kurchatov Institute, to seven years in prison on charges of distributing “fakes” about the army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), reports MR7. The prosecution asked for eight years in prison. Bogmut was accused of publishing anti-war materials on the Internet from his workplace at the St. Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics, which is part of the Kurchatov Institute.

Modern “patriotic education,” as the press service of Vladimir and Apti Alaudinov calls it. Photo: TG channel Apti Alaudinova At school No. 22 in the city of Vladimir, a meeting of schoolchildren with a participant in military operations in Ukraine took place. In it, minors trampled on American and Ukrainian flags, and then recorded a solemn video message to the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, holding the flag of the Chechen unit stretched out in their hands.

Judge of the Pskov City Court Victoria Kulikova granted the request of investigator Dmitry Vasiliev to extend the detention of politician Lev Shlosberg for two months - until April 2, 2026 - in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army. The defense will appeal the extension of the arrest.

Why was the performance based on Brodsky's play canceled in Moscow? Poster for the play “Democracy!” The St. Petersburg Joseph Brodsky Museum “One and a Half Rooms” announced the premiere of the play “Democracy!” back in early January. Evgeny Tsyganov worked on the production as a director; this was to be his second premiere based on one of Brodsky’s two published plays. "Democracy!" it was planned to present exactly a year after the previous premiere, “Marble,” on January 28 of this year.

What could the UAE President talk about with Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin? Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: kremlin.ru On January 29, the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, visited the Kremlin. Telegram channels spread a touching story that the sheikh flew to Moscow wearing a jacket donated by Putin himself during one of his meetings.

State Duma deputies allegedly agree in calling on the country’s leadership to strike Ukraine with “more powerful weapons,” “weapons of retaliation,” State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suddenly said in his Telegram channel. This statement came at a time when Moscow, on the contrary, announced a ceasefire until February 1, responding to a personal request from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin.

Fragment of the refusal decision of the Constitutional Court The ruling of the Constitutional Court, signed by its chairman Valery Zorkin, states that the complaint of Boris Vishnevsky and Lev Shlosberg should be rejected, since such a complaint cannot be considered in this instance. The judges of the Constitutional Court decided that the status of a foreign agent of an individual can and should be challenged in ordinary courts.

“Achievement” and the race for wealth as a symbol of triumph were invented in America and 250 years later are misunderstood by the whole world Drawing: Pyotr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta The Russian media space of the 2010s and early 2020s was literally permeated with the idea of ​​success. And even after February 24, 2022, this state of affairs changed only partially, which showed at least an unhealthy interest in Anastasia Ivleeva’s party.

As of January 28, Canadian visa centers in Russia have stopped accepting documents for visas. This announcement appeared on the Canadian government website. For what reasons the points were closed is not specified. Now, to submit documents, applicants from Russia are offered to choose visa centers outside the country. The closest ones: Almaty and Astana (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and Dushanbe (Tajikistan).

And yet a scandalous church will be built in Krasnodar Picket at the city administration, January 29. Photo: social networks Yesterday, the Krasnodar City Duma supported the allocation of a plot of land in the park named after the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Krasnodar Territory in the Yubileiny district of the city for the construction of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and reducing the area of ​​the park for the construction of the temple.

Russia agreed to refrain from striking Ukraine until February 1 in response to a personal request from Donald Trump to “create favorable conditions for negotiations.” This was announced by Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov. However, he did not answer the question whether the truce concerns only strikes on the energy sector or all military operations in general.

How do people live in border areas? In the Belgorod border area, firefighters respond to calls under drones, put out fires under fire, and return to the unit that was also hit. They know that fear will come later, but now “we have to work.” This is a text about people who do not consider themselves heroes, but every day they do the impossible. And about the service, where the question is “who, if not us?” - not rhetorical. But not only firefighters continue to work on the risk line.

Twenty-five years ago, not just a new century began for Russia - a new historical era Photo: Vasily Shaposhnikov / Kommersant For Russia - already post-Soviet - this meant the end of the 90s, which at that time were not yet commonly called “dashing”. And if we look back today and compare what was and what has become, we will see a movement back for a quarter of a century. “Countermotion,” as the Strugatsky brothers would say. Or a “reverse time ring,” as Sergei Snegov would say.