The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading the law on the ban on military personnel and conscripts to have gadgets with the function of storing information and connecting to the Internet in the performance of certain duties of military service, Interfax reports.

The All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion conducted a study on the attitude of the inhabitants of the Kuril Islands to Japan's claims to the southern islands of the ridge. A continuous VTsIOM survey was conducted from February 11 to February 17, 2019 among 7695 residents of the southern islands of the Kuril ridge aged 18 years of interview. 96 percent of the survey participants said that Russia should not transfer to Japan the southern islands.

The history of wolves in Central Europe is very dramatic. In the 20th century, they almost completely disappeared, but by our time the population was partially recovered, and now there are several thousand individuals. In Germany, the number of wolves increases by 36% per year. As a recent study shows, military bases that provide wolves with a safe habitat play a significant role in this. Wolves in Germany were completely destroyed in the 19th century.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk sentenced two former police officers to a real deprivation of liberty and one to the conditional for the torture of the witness, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the court.

The retired GRU Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, convicted of trying to overthrow the state system, was released from the Mordovian colony, reports Interfax . Lawyer Andrei Vikanov confirmed that his client left the colony. Recall, on February 8, 2013, the Moscow City Court sentenced Kvachkov to 13 years in a maximum security colony in the case of an attempt to organize an armed rebellion and the assistance of terrorist activities.

The Moldovan authorities did not let the crew of NTV and Russia 1 to the country's territory, Interfax reports with reference to the Moldavian border police. According to the border guards, members of the crew were returned to Russian territory because they could not report the exact goal and deadlines of the trip. The administration of the President of Moldova condemned the actions of the border guards, adding that the crew were sent in an interview with the head of state Igor Dodon.

The study of the genomes of representatives of the fifty African peoples conducted by scientists from Pennsylvania University established the general origin of the native speakers of four African languages, whose linguistic family ties remain unclear. One of the questions that interested the authors of the study was the genetic connections of the native speakers of the Coisan languages. This language family is common in the south of Africa.

Anton Petrunin Medical Laboratory / MSKAGENCY.RU A deterioration in the incidence of measles is noted by doctors in several regions of Russia. In Rospotrebnadzor, a surge is associated with the "importation of infection from dysfunctional countries." Experts consider the cause of the outbreak of the disease of the problem with vaccination or in general its absence.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova, said that in the Russian Federation over the seventh week of the year, the number of regions with excess of the epidemic threshold of the incidence of influenza has significantly decreased, RIA Novosti reports. If earlier the excess of the epideman was recorded in 48 Russian entities, then to date there are 38.

Karl Lagerfeld / Twitter.com Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the famous couturier Karl Lagerfeld died, the topics of President Putin’s message to the Federal Assembly became known, ex-colonel GRU Vladimir Kvachkov was released. The legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld died The world famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who has been managing the Chanel House since 1983, died at the age of 85.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants to get the right to introduce minimal retail prices (MRC) for weak alcohol. The department believes that this will help in the fight against counterfeit products. At the same time, market experts predict an increase in alcohol prices without health benefits for Russians. In their opinion, the amount of fake alcohol on the shelves from this measure can only increase.

Today, in the third, final, reading, amendments to the law “On the status of military personnel” have been adopted. The adopted norm forbids the military to publish official information on the Internet, information about their close relatives, colleagues, command or arrangement of military units and limits for them the use of any devices that can spread media files and geolocation data. The ban will not affect only those whose job responsibilities suggest the dissemination of information.

Vasily Robak Drink man / pixabay.com The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation wants to get the right to introduce minimal retail prices (MRC) for weak alcohol. The department believes that this will help in the fight against counterfeit products. At the same time, market experts predict an increase in alcohol prices without health benefits for Russians. In their opinion, the amount of fake alcohol on the shelves from this measure can only increase.

Messages about the disappearance of Ukrainian, convicted in Russia, Vladimir Balukh, is not true, said the Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. She clarified that Baluh was sent to the place of serving the sentence imposed by the court in the mainland of the country. “I understand the alarm and the excitement that the relatives of Vladimir Balukh experience.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed the former deputy chairman of the Moscow Region Government Denis Butsaev, RIA Novosti , the head of the “Russian Ecological Operator” (REO). “The Public Legal Company“ Russian Ecological Operator ”was created. I also want to notify everyone, today I signed an order for the appointment by the general director of the company, they will be Denis Petrovich Butsaev, ”Medvedev announced.