The Memorial Center called Oleg Navalny political prisoners, and the deprivation of his liberty was illegal.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill called for the withdrawal of an artificial termination of pregnancy from the compulsory medical insurance system, RIA Novosti reports.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine denies the involvement of the security forces in the shelling of public transport stopping in Donetsk. As noted on the website of the department, militias may be involved in the tragedy.

President Vladimir Putin agreed to unite the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the United Rocket and Space Corporation (OrcC) into a single state corporation. The option of creating such a structure was considered back in 2012, but then at the insistence of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was postponed. Yesterday, Medvedev at a meeting with the president himself proposed to conduct a new reform of Roscosmos.

The divers of the Indonesia Navy managed to examine the fuselage of the crashed Airasia aircraft and find the body of the dead inside the body of the body, TASS reports with reference to the commander of the Western fleet of Rear Admiral Vidodo. According to him, to date, the bodies of the three dead have been raised from the bottom of the Java Sea, the rescue operation continues.

The Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohano, upon returning to London, from a vacation to Bora-Bor, was delivered to a hospital with a suspicion of a rare virus, writes Huffington Post . The actress told about this incident on her blog. According to her, doctors diagnosed her with a Chicunga virus, with which the actress infected Bora Bor, presumably as a result of a mosquito bite. This disease is accompanied by fever and heat, rash, nausea and a sense of fatigue, articular and muscle pain.

The court of the Jewish Autonomous Region did not satisfy the appeal of the first deputy chairman of the Government of the region Dmitry Prikhodtsev, who appealed the court decision to extend the term of detention, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional court. According to the decision of the Birobidzhan district court, the term of detention of Prozhodtsev was extended by two months, until February 23, 2015.

Petro Poroshenko, in circulation of compatriots on the occasion of the Council Day and Day of Freedom of Ukraine, said that the country would remain a unitary state with a single state language. However, according to him, which is given by Interfax , no one will ever encroach on the right of people to speak Russian or other languages, to freely use them at home, on the street and at work.

World oil prices will come out of a protracted fall and begin their growth by mid -2015, and by the beginning of the next, $ 80 per barrel will be reached, Izvestia reports with reference to the January analytical report Moody's Analytics . After 2018, oil will be quoted above $ 100.

The Vigadas Vigaudas Permanent Representative of the European Union requested a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Dmitry Livanov, on which he wants to find out the conditions for visiting Russian universities, Interfax reports.

The head of the information international service “Party of Novorossiya” Vladislav Brig, on the air of the Kommersant FM radio station, said that the Ukrainian authorities are not complying with any agreements.

In connection with the holding of the World Cup in Russia in 2018, a ban on smoking on trains, bars and restaurants can be temporarily canceled for one year, Izvestia writes. The corresponding draft law was prepared by State Duma deputy Andrei Krutov. In particular, he proposes to allow smoking at trade enterprises, in cafes and restaurants, markets, trains, stadiums, railway and bus stations, and airports. “During the World Cup, many fans will come to Russia who will travel around the country.

Italian police officers during the operation in the Swiss Basel found a large batch of stolen antiquity objects with 45 million euros previously discovered during archaeological excavations in Italy, the France Presse agency reports . Antiquity objects were discovered during the investigation against the Italian seller of art, Gianfranko Berchina, who also owns the gallery in Switzerland and his wife.

The leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin of spreading “misinformation” about the results of negotiations between the Norman Four in Berlin. “To everyone who reads Twitter P. Klimkin: do not give in to disinformation in any case,” the microblog of the Russian Foreign Ministry is indicated in the microblog.

According to the representatives of the Azov battalion, the Ukrainian security forces left the airport in Donetsk. This was reported on the page of the battalion on Facebook. “The Ukrainian warriors who defended Donetsk Airport were forced to surrender what was a wonderful, modern airport a year ago,” said representatives of the battalion.