The crew of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) is planned to be increased from two to three people, RIA Novosti reports. “Since September 2019, to integrate the multi -purpose (laboratory] module of the MLM module, the crew of the Russian ISS segment should be increased to three people,” said Yevgeny Mikrin, general designer for piloted space systems and complexes of RSCC.

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guydo, talked with US President Donald Trump about Venezuela's withdrawal routes from the crisis, CNN reports. “Yes, we talked with the president [Trump] and other leaders of the countries of the region and the world,” Guydo said. According to him, the main topic of discussion was the ways of leaving the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

The Federal Security Service opposed the proposal of the Human Rights Council to create a single database of detainees. This position is explained by the fact that it is necessary to protect the personal data of the detainees, which is why only a circle of persons determined in the law can find out about their detention. Another argument is that accomplices of the alleged criminal should not know about the detention.

Rosneft in 2018 sold 16% more fuel in retail than a year earlier. The company itself believes that this became possible thanks to the attraction of counterparties and the expansion of the range of retail network. The revenue from the sales of related goods at the Rosneft gas station over the past year increased by 6% - this, in turn, happened due to the expansion of the range of cafes at gas stations and increase sales efficiency.

Dutch scientists from the Royal Institute of Studies of the Sea after prolonged observations and experiments found out how some types of sponges destroy coral reefs from the inside and why they are helped by the increase in the acidity of ocean water.

The structures associated with businessman Evgeny Prigozhin plan to conduct the election campaign of the acting governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Rain reports with reference to sources close to the presidential administration. According to the study “Mediaology”, “Neva News”, RIA FAN and InForeaktor.ru, which are considered part of the Prigozhin media imperial, since October 2018, more than 1300 positive news about Beglov have published.

The new review of the biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea lists 28 new species that penetrated there from other parts of the oceans. Carmen Barberá from the University of Marine, Alikante's Marine Research Center, reports on the ongoing spread of blue crabs off the Spanish coast, which already cause serious damage to fishing. The birthplace of blue crab ( Callinectes sapidus ) is the Atlantic coast of America, where it meets from Massachusetts to Argentina.

"Kommersant" in the article "Exhaust classes" writes that Moscow and St. Petersburg are preparing to limit the entry of non-ecological transport. “ The secret does not withstand competition”: banks will reveal the FAS customer data. “ The TV retreated to the refrigerator”: Rosstat published details of household impoverishment in 2014-2017. “The Battle Brotherhood will deal with the Sevastopol conflict: the State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin headed the Sevastopol branch of United Russia.

In the capital, zones closed for cars with engines of low ecological classes may appear. The Council under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of civil society and human rights, made a proposal to limit the movement of machines with a dirty exhaust. The Moscow City Hall supported this proposal, promising human rights activists to help in its implementation. Excerpts from a letter signed by Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin were published on January 28 on the HRC website.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia proposed to cancel the punishment for corruption “due to the circumstances of force majeure”, follows from the bill published on the official portal. The Ministry of Justice, together with a number of departments, proposed to exclude cases from the offenses when non -compliance with the prohibitions and restrictions that are established to counteract corruption occurs due to force majeure circumstances.

Portuguese scientists have discovered a previously unknown family of mushrooms, but it is unlikely that this discovery will make them happy, since these mushrooms destroy a culture of a culture of national significance - the old cathedral in the city of Koimbra. Mushrooms from the Capnodiales order usually have the appearance of black or gray films. They can settle on the roots of trees, on the leaves, stones and rocks. Among them there are pathogens of plant disease, known as the mob .

Experts calculated what medicines the Russians spend the most money. The main drug of 2018, according to the results of the study, was Nurofen. In terms of the number of packages sold in Russian pharmacies, citimon and bactericidal patch are leading. Analysts note that the population prefers foreign manufacturers.

The deputy head of Rosgeology Ruslan Gorring was fired by order of the Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. This happened after the publication on the Internet of a scandalous video, where the top manager talked about work in the state corporation and sexual relations with its employees.

Issues of improving the quality of food products and the responsibility of the business for the production of falsifications were discussed at a meeting of the interdepartmental working group for the implementation of the strategy for improving the quality of food products in Russia until 2030, which took place, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexei Gordeev, RIA Novosti reports .

Consideration of seven amendments to the UK withdrawal from the European Union will precede the vote on the text of the document, RIA Novosti reports. The list of amendments is defined by the speaker of the House of Commons. The text of the agreement caused criticism of parliamentarians, and they proposed more than ten amendments, including amendments to the text of the document. Voting on amendments will begin at 19.00 (22.00 Moscow time).