The Kremlin has developed a new system of key indicators of activity, common to the domestic political unit of the Presidential Administration and Vice-Governors on domestic policy. With the help of it, they will evaluate the confidence in the president and the governor’s support index by the population in a particular region. In addition, the updated KPI of the election will appear. According to experts, an updated scheme will help to avoid shifting responsibility.

Researchers from the United States have discovered a complex of genes in some tadpoles, allowing them to transfer a fatal disease caused by worshiping for other relatives. The study shows that while maintaining a sufficient size of frog populations, the genes necessary for survival will be able to spread and protect a number of species of frogs from the threatening extinction. Now around the world there is a significant decrease in the number of frogs.

By January 1, 2022, public debt of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipalities may increase 1.3 times - to 2.907 trillion rubles. According to Kommersant , the debt at the beginning of 2019 amounted to 2.206 trillion rubles.

The new anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union due to events in the Kerch Strait will affect certain individuals. About this with reference to its own sources writes the AP agency. It is clarified that the punishment in the form of sanctions will affect people “involved in aggression against Ukraine”, there are only eight. Details of sanctions will be developed in the near future.

Deputy Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences for Organizational Development Ivan Blagodyr was arrested. He was accused of suffering for embezzlement. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The representative of the Vladivostok District Court said that the blessing passes in the same case as the Executive Director of PJSC Far Eastern Energy Company Viktor Milush, but cases against them were instituted under different articles.

In January, gasoline manufacturers fell by 19.1%. This is stated in the materials of Rosstat . As noted, the average cost of diesel fuel fell by 9.2%. It is clarified that in processing industries the greatest reduction in prices was noted for certain types of oil products, in addition to gasoline, propane and liquefied boots - by 17.2%, is 9.3%fuel, diesel fuel - by 9.2%, oil coke - by 8.0%, oil paraffins - by 6.8%.

Kommersant: “ Gazprom” is displaced from the pipe. ” New norms of the European Union can leave the Nord Stream-2 half empty. “ Far Swimming catch ”: fishing companies have difficulties in Russian waters. “ The Pension Fund improves the form”: the FIU has entered the fork of the choice of legal status. The Secret of the Political Council : the conference of the Sevastopol "United Russia" is prepared without participants in a protracted conflict.

Denis Chuprikov, who was detained for the theft of Arkhip Kuindzhi's paintings “Ai-Petri. Crimea ”from the Tretyakov Gallery, pleaded guilty. It is reported by RIA Novosti . Chuprikov wrote a sincere confession. According to the suspect, in this way he wanted to "attract attention to himself." As reported, the picture of Arkhip Kuindzhi “Ai-Petri. Crimea ”was taken out of the hall of the Tretyakov Gallery in front of visitors on January 27.

VKontakte took up its own service for recording and exchanging short videos. This is written by " Vedomosti ". The name of the new product has not yet been disclosed. This will be a separate application, but integrated with the social network. It is planned to be released in the summer of 2019. The source noted that the functionality and tasks of the new application will be similar to the popular Tiktok service.

All the detainees in the Baring Vostok case chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for two months. Meanwhile, the main person involved, American Michael Kalvi denies all the accusations, and the trial connects with an intra -corporate conflict.

Anton Petrunin Founder of the Baring Vostok Foundation Michael Kalvi / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Ivanko Igor All the detainees in the Baring Vostok case chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for two months. Meanwhile, the main person involved, American Michael Kalvi denies all the accusations, and the trial connects with an intra -corporate conflict.

February 18 (28), 1690, Tsarevich Alexei, the heir to the Russian throne, the eldest son of Peter I was born Personal business Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich Romanov (1690-1718) was born in the village of Preobrazhenskoye near Moscow. He was the eldest son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Evdokia Lopukhina. He was named after his grandfather, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. The boy spent his childhood in the company of his mother Evdokia Lopukhina and grandmother Natalia Kirillovna (mother's mother).

The text of the amendments to the gas directive of the European Union allows the European Commission to coordinate the withdrawal from the Nord Stream-2 norms, and also gives such powers to the Committee of representatives of all EU countries. According to Kommersant , this can lead to incomplete loading of the gas pipeline in the first years of work. It is noted that Gazprom is already preparing for the worst scenario of the development of events.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly met with the founder of Baring Vostok American Michael Kalvi. About this with reference to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov reports RIA Novosti . As Peskov noted, the Kremlin knows the founder of Baring Vostok as a large sequential investor who “always defended theses about the investment attractiveness” of the Russian market. Peskov emphasized that the criminal case against Kalvy was not included in Putin's agenda.

The defense of the founder and manager of the Baring Vostok investment fund Michael Kalvi appealed the court decision. About this with reference to the lawyer Kalvy Dmitry Kalokochkin reports TASS . “We filed a complaint with the office of the Basmanny Court. It will be considered in the appeal instance of the Moscow City Court. We ask you to change Kalvi a measure of restraint from detention for house arrest or bail, ”Kelkochkin said.