The little -known LLC “Complex Energy Solutions” acquired the largest Russian National Commercial Bank (RNKB) from the Crimea authorities. New owners plan to deploy funding for projects in Crimea in the field of energy, heat supply and road construction. According to experts, large players would not risk their reputation, participating in the transaction, due to fear of possible sanctions. It is reported by Kommersant . The bank reported the change of owners on Friday evening.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that on board the Tu-95MS, which flew on the last Wednesday off the coast of Great Britain, there was no nuclear weapons and any other weapons. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the department. “The flight of a pair of strategic missile carriers over neutral waters in the area of ​​the Barents and Norwegian seas, the Atlantic Ocean was carried out without any weapons,” he said.

A bill was submitted to the State Duma on the introduction of the Counts "Nationality" to the passport. Senator Zhanna Ivanov made such a proposal, TASS reports about it. “The marks on the nationality of a person in the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation are now not affixed, including because the Federal Law“ On Basic Documents certifying the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation has not yet been adopted, ”the author of the bill notes.

The US administration on Independence Day will receive a gift from the leaders of the self -proclaimed DPR and LPR in the form of Shakhtar Cake, RIA Novosti reported. The leaders of the republics agreed on this after the leadership of the militias in the American press was called the "rebel leaders." “The United States had an interesting thing in its history: they also fought for their independence, they were also called rebels,” said the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko.

The Russian Ministry of Energy expects the restoration of gas production in the country to the level of 2013 in the amount of 668 billion cubic meters in 2015. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the materials of the department. Earlier, the Ministry of Energy predicted that in 2015, gas production will reach 682 billion cubic meters, however, the updated gas production forecast in 2015 was reduced by 2.1%.

Specialists of the Fitzuyillam Museum at the University of Cambridge found that two bronze sculptures, the authorship of which was previously ordered to another sculptor, were created by Michelangelo di Buonarotti, reports Associated Press . Sculptures depict men on wild panthers. Experts revealed the similarity of sculptures with a drawing of one of the students of Michelangelo and suggested that the famous sculptor and artist of the Renaissance could be the author of bronze figures.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro accused US Vice President Joseph Biden of organizing a conspiracy to overthrow the Venezuelan government, Reuters reports. Turning to his supporters, Maduro said: “You heard the government on the continent announced the overthrow of my government. I accuse the Vice President of the United States Joe Biden in personal conversations with the presidents and the Prime Ministers.

The Minister of Finance of Germany Wolfgang Shoible expressed concern about the desire of the new Greek government, led by Alexis Tsipraz, to get closer to Russia, Reuters reported. Answering the question of what extent the relationship between the Greek Cabinet and Russia is concerned with Berlin, Shoible said: "We do not like it." “I do not think that Russia will be able to replace European solidarity,” he said.

The editors of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo temporarily stopped releasing new numbers, according to the publication’s website . The authors of the message expressed gratitude to the readers for their support and sympathy and notified that the magazine would reappear in newspaper kiosks in the coming weeks. The reason for the suspension of publication of the magazine is not reported.

The Foreign Minister of Poland, Grzegozh Kotyna, supported the president of the country to celebrate Victory Day in Poland. He announced on the air of the Polish RMF FM radio station. “Why are we so easily used to the fact that Moscow is a place where they honor the end of hostilities, not London or Berlin, what would be even more natural?” - said Kotnana.

Barack Obama talks with congressmen photo: Whitehouse.gov The draft federal budget of the United States for the 2016 financial year, which President Barack Obama will send to the congress, will amount to $ 4 trillion. In addition, it provides for a deficit of $ 474 billion, which is 2.5% of GDP. The project of the country's main financial document will be proposed by congressmen on Monday, February 2, reports The New York Times, which had a 10-year budget plan at the disposal.

Investigators are conducted on the death of a 39-year-old resident of Voronezh. The passenger died on board the aircraft following the Sharm-El-Sheikh-Moscow (Domodedovo) route, when landing at Rostov-on-Don Airport on February 1, 2015. This was reported by the Southern Investigation Department of Transport of the IC of Russia. According to investigators, death occurred at about half-past eight nights when landing on the landing strip of Rostov-on-Don airport.

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the anti-crisis plan requires more funds than to provide the Ministry of Finance of Russia. He said about this on Monday at a meeting, conducted by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with Deputy Prime Ministers, writes Interfax . Shuvalov added that the plan must be financed to a larger volume. He also added that on Tuesday the first meeting of the anti -crisis commission will be held in accordance with the signed Medvedev plan.

More than a quarter of Russians consider a rather high probability of the beginning of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, Vedomosti reports with reference to the results of the survey conducted by the VTsIOM. Half of the respondents called events in Ukraine a civil war, 17% of respondents consider what is happening in a neighboring country terror and genocide.

Former police chief of Noginsk Moscow Region Major Ilya Yukhman was released from arrest, Kommersant reports with reference to Yukhman's lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov. According to the defender, the investigation did not demand an extension of the period of detention of ex-police detention, which may be associated with the return of the case file from the Moscow Regional Prosecutor's Office.