Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the economic bloc of the government and the leaders of a number of state -owned companies. On it, he outlined the criteria for privatization of large state -made state, Interfax and TASS report. In particular: - Buyers of assets should not attract funds from state banks.

State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin at a meeting with the delegation of the Montenegrin “Democratic Bloc” called for a referendum to solve the issue of the possible entry of Montenegro in NATO, TASS reports. “Of course, the choice of the path is the internal business of the Montenegrin people, but of course, we pay attention to the fact that this makes a serious split into society (Montenegro),” the State Duma speaker stated.

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The Cabinet of Ministers discusses the introduction of an additional payment from working Russians to the Pension Fund, Vedomosti write. According to the publication, raising fees to extrabudgetary funds was discussed in mid -January at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev said that the topic of raising insurance premiums to the Pension Fund in the government is not discussed, Interfax reports. “In the government, this topic is not discussed. I know that there are ideas of this kind, but there is no discussion in the government, ”he said Ulyukaev.

From February 8, the largest Japanese Auto-Toyota Motor Auto Concerte will stop production at its enterprises in Japan for six days due to a shortage of steel after the explosion at one of the suppliers of the concern, according to the company's website. On January 8, at the Aichi Steel factory, an explosion in the province of IIT, seriously damaged one of the production lines, the repair of which can last until March.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that he signed an action plan in the economy for 2016, TASS reports. “Yesterday, as I agreed, I signed a government action plan in the economy for the current year,” the head of the Cabinet said. According to him, the document is aimed at ensuring stable socio-economic development in 2016.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky takes part in the Seventh Duma election. He himself, of course, does not have the right as a former prisoner to run, but is looking for candidates all over the country that he could support. On Sunday, the large material was published by RBC. To support various opposition candidates, Mikhail Khodorkovsky created the Open Elections project. One of the main support conditions is that the candidate must openly declare his cooperation with Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The question of the transfer of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Temple of the Savior-on-blood and the Isaac's Cathedral is closed today. These buildings will remain museums, the director of the Isaacievsky Cathedral Museum Nikolai Burov told Interfax . “To date, it [the topic] is closed, but this is today. We live in a changing world. What tomorrow will whine into our opponents, I do not know, ”he added.

In continuation of the materials for the elections of the rector of the Russian State Humanitarian University, we publish a conversation with a candidate for rector, a graduate of the Russian State Humanitarian University, director of the Institute of History and Philology of the Russian State University, head of the Department of History of the Ancient World of the Institute of Eastern Cultures and Antiquity of the RSUSU , doctor of historical sciences, professor Pavel Petrovich Kaparekov.

The FSB announced the detention of participants in the criminal group in Izhevsk, who supplied small arms to various regions of the country. More than 100 weapons were seized from them, the FSB press release quotes TASS . It is reported that three residents of Udmurtia organized regular illegal supply of firearms to the regions of the Volga region, Siberia and Central Russia. All three were detained in January.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, will continue to allow the utterances extreme for most Russians, but the measures of influence on him will be non -public, not harmful authority. This opinion in the Polit.ru conversation was expressed by the first vice-president of the Center for Political Technology, the editor-in-chief of Politkom.ru Alexei Makarkin, commenting on a series of statements of the head of the republic, among which there were unambiguous threats.

This week, President Putin must hold a meeting at which a privatization plan will be discussed, including 2016. Judging by the information of Vedomosti, the head of state supports the idea of ​​selling stakes in the country's largest companies. Although plans for the sale of state property have existed for a long time, the current difficult economic situation can finally force the government to take real steps in this direction.

Anna Sakoyan Migrants Belgium continues attempts to get rid of refugees by returning them to their homeland on a voluntary basis. The Belgian broadcasting company RBTF said that on Monday the first charter flight was organized on the crossing of 111 migrants from Iraq who were waiting for the asylum, back to Baghdad. It should be clarified that this is the first special flight for migrants.

The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol appreciated the work of the city government as unsatisfactory and ask Governor Sergei Chanipolo to decide on his resignation, TASS reports. According to the agency, the resignation proposal was announced by the chairman of the Legislative Assembly Alexei Chaly, he was supported by 13 deputies of those present in the hall. “I gave an assessment of the government on December 29 and did not change it.