The Minister of Communications and Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov rejected the involvement of the Russian side in the creation of the Notpetya virus, which attacked computers in several countries in June 2017. Nikiforov emphasized that the Ukrainian trace is traced in the creation of Zlovred, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, the US Presidential Assistant for Cybersecurity Rob Joyce said that Russia should answer for the attack of the Notpetya virus.

The First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Dietrich said that in the current 2018, the tariff in the Plato system is not changing , Interfax reports. Dietrich noted: "Changes in the decisions of the government at the Plato tariff in 2018 are not planned." Earlier, Assistant Presidential Assistance to Igor Levitin reported that the proposal for the tariff indexation in the Plato system for 2018 was discussed, but the decision was not made.

German entrepreneur Andrei Kovalchuk, whom investigators consider the organizer of the supply of 389 kg of cocaine from Argentina, called himself a person close to special services and often visited the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires. This was told by Republic by a familiar source of investigation. This information was confirmed by the interlocutor of the publication from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Information about the failure in the Sberbank system, which allegedly occurred on February 26, is not true, told Vedomosti in the Bank’s press service. So in Sberbank commented on reports that, due to a failure in the banking system, some of the Sberbank customers were re-writing off on previously performed operations.

People's Artist of Russia Valery Garkalin is in the intensive care unit of the Ambulance Research Institute. N. Sklifosovsky in serious condition, the Moscow News Agency " Moscow " reports with reference to the institute's reference service. “He is in emergency resuscitation, the condition is difficult,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He added that Garkalin has been in a medical institution since February 16, 2018. Earlier, the media reported that the artist became ill during the tour.

Anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West in 2014 and only tightened since then, will never be lifted, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant , emphasizing that for Russia these restrictions give "the chance to show the best features of our national character." “ The revival of the national identity of Russia usually leads to the rapid growth of its physical forces.

The chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Nikolai Bulaev said that by February 26, the number of Russian citizens who intend to vote in the presidential election on March 18, not at the place of registration, exceeded a million people - 1.16 million, RBC reports.

Igor Bunin Supporters of anti -Russian sanctions Flickr.com Anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West in 2014 and only tightened since then, will never be lifted, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

Deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Family Affairs Oksana Pushkina said that she intends to initiate the inclusion of a provision on liability for sexual harassment in the bill on equal rights for men and women, RBC reports . Let us recall that earlier three journalists who worked with the head of Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsk , the said that the deputy harassed them.

Grigory Golosov Alexander Yakovenko Russian Embassy in London/Flickr.com The Ambassador of Russia to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, was called to the British Foreign Ministry, where he will have to answer, how Russia will fulfill the UN Security Council resolution on the ceasefire in Syria. This was stated by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, speaking in parliament on February 26; His words are given on the department’s website.

The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Maxim Topilin at a meeting of the relevant committee on the Federation Council said that it is planned to allocate 20 billion rubles of additional financial assistance to Russian subjects to increase the minimum wage (minimum wage). According to RIA Novosti , the Ministry of Finance has already prepared a draft government order.

The Moscow Arbitration Court refused the ANEXIM group belonging to Mikhail Prokhorov in a lawsuit against the Opening Holding JSC in the amount of over 1.4 billion rubles. According to RIA Novosti , the holding included FC Otkritie Bank. Onexim demanded to terminate the loan agreement and recover from the “opening of the holding” the nominal value of the holding bonds acquired by the group after the reorganization of the FC Opening bank.

After the completion of the Olympics in South Korea, North Korea stated that it was open to negotiations with the United States. The United States, in turn, began to emphasize that these should be negotiations on the disarmament of North Korea. The media is observed with interest in the development of events. The end of the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, writes Bloomberg , marked the end of the period during which a truce with North Korea acted.

During the planned meeting at the British Foreign Ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko will call London to use his influence on armed groups in the Eastern Guta for the complete implementation of the UN Security Council resolution. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the embassy.

The Romir research holding analyzed the primary expenses of Russian households (families) and, comparing them with average incomes, obtained the Free Money Index (FMI). Their volume reached its maximum since 2008 and amounted to 18.4 thousand rubles per person per month. The IDI reflects the amount of funds remaining with Russians after paying for housing and communal services, purchasing food and consumer goods, as well as transportation expenses.