The Council of Ministers of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic decided to make the ruble the main monetary unit. It is reported by RIA Novosti . “The Council of Ministers of the Luhansk People's Republic decides: 1. To establish that the Russian ruble is the main monetary unit in the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the council was in the Council. This resolution will enter into force on March 1.

The impromptu memorial in memory of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov on the Big Moskvoretsky Bridge is risks for the safety of passers -by, and therefore was disassembled. This was reported to " Interfax " in the press service of the Moscow Institution "Hormost". “Big Moskvoretsky Bridge is a monument of cultural heritage, one of the popular tourist routes of the capital.

Ludwig Faddeev, a Russian scientist, who is considered the founder of modern mathematical physics, died. He died in St. Petersburg on February 26 after a long illness. Academician Faddeev was 82 years old.

The new Lemurfaceid computer program is able to distinguish between the external appearance of red -bearing lemur ( Eulemur Rubriventer ) with an accuracy of 97 %. The team of researchers created this recognition program to facilitate the study of these animals in the wild and eliminate the need to use various collars and identification marks that can negatively affect the relationship of lemurs in the pack and complicate the life of the animal.

The son of the ex-head of the Presidential Administration, Sberbank Sberbank Senior President Sergei Ivanov was presented to the post of head of Alrosa. This was announced by Interfax by Vice Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. “Ivanov Sergey Sergeyevich,” he answered the question about the future appointment. It is worth noting that before that Trutnev did not answer the question of the future head of the company. However, he confirmed the approval of the candidacy.

The Dutch holding Vimpelcom Ltd., which owns the Russian Beeline, will change the name to Veon. This was reported on the company's website. Veon is a company messenger launched in Italy in November 2016. It is attached to the Italian operator Wind and is an analogue of Skype. At the same time, users do not pay the operator for traffic. Vimpelcom plan by the end of 2017 to make a messenger available for 200 million customers and in other countries, including in Russia.

The Ministry of Finance may already place the first issue of “folk bonds” in April, which the population will be able to buy directly, and not through brokers. The head of the department Anton Siluanov announced this at the investment forum in Sochi. The minister said that federal loan bonds (OFZ) can be bought in two banks - Sberbank and VTB24. The volume of the first issue is 20 billion rubles, the minimum purchase cost is 30 thousand, the period of circulation is 3 years, a half -year coupon.

Employees of the FSB of Russia detained the preparation of a resident of the Samara region recruited IG (Islamic State, the organization is banned in the Russian Federation), Interfax reports on February 27 with reference to a source in the regional law enforcement agencies. A citizen of Russia born in 1997 was detained on February 21 in the village of Ust-Kinelsky of the Kinelsky district of the region.

"Kommersant" in the article "North Plus" writes that the Ministry of Economy asks for a new state development program of the Arctic 210 billion rubles. “ Kaizen is put on the conveyor: Russia and Japan are mastering new areas of cooperation. “ Judgment percentage ”: the Supreme Court left citizens without overpayments for early repaid loans RBC in the article “Banks to stock up on a rainy day” writes that the Akra agency predicts an increase in reserves due to poor quality loans.

Simon Zhavoronkov The informal election headquarters of Vladimir Putin will open in March, a year before the presidential election. With the beginning of formal preparation for the elections, you will have to wait until they are official, and this will happen at the end of 2017. It is assumed that now not only the United Russia and the ONF will be involved in the campaign - that is, political structures that are imprisoned to support the president if necessary - but, for example, large business.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to allow the driver’s license to confirm the adulthood of the buyer. The corresponding draft order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade was published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. In total of 12 such documents, according to the current legislation, 12.

A single voting day should be held in October, and not in September, says Ella Pamfilova, chairman of the Central Election Commission, TASS reports. According to the head of the CEC, "it would be better if he [a single voting day] be at least in October." She noted that this is her personal opinion, and not the position of the entire CEC.

The head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities, Igor Barinov, said that, according to the FADN survey, the Crimean Tatars did not want to move from the peninsula to Ukraine. The dream reported this in an interview with Izvestia .

The Los Angeles hosted the Academy Award ceremony. She became the 89th in a row and, in general, went smoothly and predictably, leaving the main surprise at the end. This year, the most nominations had the picture “La La Land”-she could get 14 awards at once, including in the most prestigious categories “Best Film”, “Best Director”, “Best Actor” and “Best Actress”.

Russia and Belarus have disagreements on the issue of prices for Russian gas. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, reports TASS . Answering the question whether in Russia they studied the text of the protocol on the oil and gas question prepared by Belarusians, Dvorkovich replied: “We have disagreements remain.” Dvorkovich said that negotiations with the Belarusian side were ongoing.