The US Ambassador to Russia John Huntsman stated in the article “A forced decision: why the United States leave the INFMD”, which was written for RBC , that Russia violates the provisions of the agreement on the liquidation of medium and smaller missiles (INFMD). The document prohibits the United States and Russia to have ballistic and cruise ground -based missiles with a radius of action from 500 to 5500 km.

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu said that the ground version of the Caliber complex of the sea base with a large -range cruise missile must be developed in 2019–2020, Interfax reports. During the selector meeting at the Ministry of Defense, Shoigu said: “It is necessary to develop a ground version of the Caliber complex of the sea base with a large -range cruise missile, which has proven itself in Syria.

Most antibiotics opened during the 20th century were donated to people with soil bacteria. Now researchers believe that insect-symbio bacteria can become an equally important source of new antibiotics. Professor Cameron Currie from the University of Wisconsin says that bacteria living in insects often release substances that protect their owners from infection. The scientist notes that the bacteria of the genus StreptMyces , which occurred about 380 million years ago, differ in a wide variety.

Applications for violation by Russia of the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are related to the active position of Moscow to protect its interests in trade disputes, said Vladimir Padalko, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the Russian Federation. “Recently, our position on protecting the interests of Russia in the WTO has been more noticeable, active and assertive.

Lawkoster "Victory" (Aeroflot group) changed the rules of transportation of hand luggage, reports Interfax .

Employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained the deputy director of the Aeroflot flight production department Anatoly Yakimchuk, RBC reports with reference to a source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the interlocutor of the publication, a criminal case has been instituted against Yakimchuk under Part 3 of Art. 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (giving a bribe to an official). Yakimchuk himself was released home for a recognizance not to leave.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova, said that the epidemic threshold of the incidence of influenza and SARS was exceeded in 43 Russian regions, RIA Novosti reports. The maximum excesses of the epideman, almost doubled, are registered in five constituent entities of the Russian Federation: in the Altai Territory, Buryatia, Yakutia of Khakassia and the Sverdlovsk region. In the remaining 38 regions, the exceeding the threshold is from 11 to 80%.

Alexey Levinson Traveler / Pixabay.com More than 40 percent of Russians at the age of 18-24 would like to emigrate from Russia, should be from the published poll “Levada Center”. Among all the respondents, the share of those who chose the answers “definitely yes” and “rather yes” to the question “would you like to move abroad to a permanent residence?”, Amounted to 17 percent.

The American non-governmental organization Freedom House called Russia a non-free country due to the difficulties of journalistic investigations and raising the retirement age. In the published annual rating “Freedom in the World-2019”, the level of freedom in Russia is estimated at 20 out of 100 points, as well as last year.

Rosneft published financial results of its activities in 2018. Immediately after this, the company's shares on the Moscow Exchange grew by more than 3% - which indicates that the data turned out to be even better than the bidders expected. And after the S&P increased the Rosneft's credit rating to the investment level of the GDVs with a “stable” forecast, the company's shares have already grown by 4% relative to the opening level.

The International Human Rights Group "Agora" presented the report "Freedom of the Internet 2018: delegation of repression" ( .pdf ), in which it noted a significant increase in the number of facts of restriction of Internet freedom in Russia. According to human rights activists, in 2018, the indicator amounted to 662,842 facts - this is 5.7 times more than a year earlier (115,706 cases).

The deputy director of the Aeroflot flight production department Anatoly Yakimchuk wrote a confession, TASS reports with reference to his lawyer Sergei Chernyakov. Earlier it was reported that Yakimchuk was detained by the FSB officers on suspicion of giving a bribe to an official. “There was no detention of the FSB by employees. Yakimchuk wrote a confession, in connection with which we hope for exemption from criminal liability, ”Chernyakov said.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow has appointed a comprehensive examination of the “Seventh Studio” in the criminal case of theft of funds allocated by the Ministry of Culture of Russia, Mediazona reports. The decision was made during the study of the conclusions of examinations conducted in the case earlier. Experts will have to check the company's activities in 2011-2014. The parties can submit their questions to experts until February 12.

The Basmanny court of Moscow in absentia arrested a citizen of Syria Marvan Abdulkarim Khatyb in the case of the murder of the Russian pilot Oleg Peshkov in November 2015, Interfax reports. “The court against Khatyb chose a preventive measure in the form of detention in absentia. The preventive measure was chosen for a period of two months from the date of their extradition, or from the moment of their detention in Russia, ”the court decided. Hatyb is put on the international wanted list.

Vasily Robak Installation of the meter / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Nikerichev Andrey Rosstandart advocated the cancellation of the responsibilities of Russians to monitor the correctness of the readings of the metering devices of communal resources. According to the department, it should not be entrusted to consumers, but for service providers.