Finance Minister Anton Siluanov estimated the cost of additional measures of social support for the population, announced by President Putin, at 100-120 billion rubles per year. For comparison: from an increase in VAT by 2 percentage points. The federal budget in 2019, according to plan, will receive 600-630 billion rubles. There is, of course, nothing surprising in these figures - this is approximately what tax redistribution of national wealth looks like.

Russia is preparing an offensive, as evidenced by the concentration of military forces near the Ukrainian border, said President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during Debatov at the UN General Assembly. “Military experts unequivocally determine that the armed group on the Russian border with Ukraine is an offensive strike group. This has nothing to do with the defense. They are intended for a military strike. The Kremlin is being prepared for this.

Scientists from Germany, Sri Lanka, Australia and Great Britain analyzed the bones found in one of the Sri Lankan caves to determine what its inhabitants fed for tens of thousands of years. It turned out that the main prey of ancient hunters were monkeys. Excavations were carried out in 2009 and 2012 in the Fa Hien cave in the Kalutar district in the south-west of the island. It was populated from 45 thousand to 4 thousand years ago.

More than half (64%) of Russians surveyed approve of the activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and each third (35%) reacts disapprovingly, Interfax reports with reference to the results of the study of Levada Center. A different ratio of respondents regarding the work of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev: 32% of respondents are satisfied with his activities, 67%-no. 39% of the respondents, dissatisfied with the work of the Russian government - 59%.

The Primorye prosecutor’s office began a check on the fact of beating by parents of students of a fifth grader who “brutally behaved” with their children, the press service of the department reports. “On the fact of the Big Stone of Events that occurred on the territory of one of the schools of the city of Big Classes, the prosecutor's office was immediately organized by the prosecutor's injuries.

Former acting chief IK-1, Yaroslavl Dmitry Nikolaev, was released under house arrest until March 20, Interfax reports from the hall of the Kirovsky district court, which considered the issue of the extent of the suppression. As reported , Nikolaev was detained on February 18 in Yaroslavl on the torture case of prisoners. The victims of them were recognized as the former and current prisoners of the Yaroslavl colonies, whom the “public verdict” protects.

Baring Vostok partner Vagan Abgaryan and the director of investment company Ivan Zyuzin officially charged with fraud in the case of the theft of 2.5 billion rubles, Interfax reports. “Today was charged under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code. The defendants do not agree with the accusation, ”said Zyuzin’s lawyer Alexei Lezhnikov and added that the investigators intend to charge the rest of the defendants in the coming days.

The Central Bank revealed problems with loans at Vostochny Bank in August 2018, when the amount of the necessary development of reserves was estimated at 16.677 billion rubles, RBC writes with reference to the materials for checking the regulator.

The remains of the ancient relative of the steller cow were discovered by scientists on the shore of the Panama Canal. Paleontologist Steven Manchester from the Florida Museum of Natural History conducted a search in the coastal zone of the Panama Canal, participating in an expedition, which was to urgently examine the coast before expanding the channel.

On February 20, 1909, Grigory Bakhchyngi, a test pilot, was born. Personal business Grigory Yakovlevich Bakhchyandzhi (1909-1943) was born in the village of Brinkovskaya, Krasnodar Territory, where his father Yakov Ivanovich worked as a mechanic. When the boy was two years old, his mother Maria Efimovna died. Father, remaining a widower with two small children, soon married again - on the widow of Agnes Stepanovna, who also had two children.

Estonia is preparing for war, judging by defense costs, said the head of the defense investment department of the military department of the Salm. “Real defense investments and reorganization of defense forces show that today we are actually preparing for war. What we buy today, what exercises we conduct is <...> preparation for the war, ”Salma RIA Novosti quotes.

AliExpress and Tmall began integration with the VKontakte social network to double the active audience, writes RBC . As part of the creation of the joint venture, Mail.ru Group and Alibaba Group created the market for the VK Apps platform, through which it will be possible to buy goods with AliExpress and Tmall. In addition to bank cards and electronic wallets, you can pay through VK Pay.

The Investigative Committee of Russia asked the court to arrest the mother of the boy, who spent the night in the Moscow Schold Island reserve, the press service of the department reports. A criminal case of attempted murder has been instituted against a woman. According to the investigation, she put on a bag on the boy’s head, fixed it with tape and left him in the reserve.

State Duma deputies from United Russia will propose amendments to the electoral legislation on banners to go to the elections to other regions. It is reported by Fontanka.ru . According to Mikhail Romanov, the uniform deputy from St.

The prosecutor asked the court to appoint 20 years a maximum security colony by the former FSB officer Sergei Mikhailov and the head of the Kaspersky Lab, the former Major of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ruslan Stoyanov. They both are accused of a Stateizer. About this writes " Kommersant ". The debate of the parties in the case took place on February 18 in the Moscow District Military Court in closed mode.