Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded the powers of the Ministry of Development of the Far East to the territory of the Arctic. The decree on the renaming of the Ministry is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The authority of the Ministry includes the development of state policy and regulatory regulation in the field of development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation.

The entrepreneurial community of the Russian Federation is ready to raise money for bail for the founder of Baring Vostok Michael Kalvi, Boris Titov’s business ombudsman said after visiting Kalvi in ​​a pre-trial detention center. According to Titov, the businessman can assign the simplest measure of restraint - a recognizance not to leave, but even if there will be a decision to use the pledge, Russian colleagues are ready to help Kalvi.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that he sees nothing special in the internship of his daughter in the European Parliament, Interfax reports. Peskov noted: “No, here we are talking about an ordinary student and ordinary practice. Something else I would not want to comment on, this applies to my daughter, this does not concern my official duties, my work.

Briana Abrahms from the National Administration of the Oceanic and atmospheric research of the United States (Noaa) and her colleagues came to the conclusion that blue whales during their migrations rely on memory to reach the right time with an abundance of food, and do not react to current events. The main food of blue whales is kril - plankton crustaceans, sometimes found in the ocean with vast clusters.

The Ambassador of Great Britain to the Russian Federation Lori Bristow said that Sergey and Julia Skripal are alive, but do not want to meet with representatives of Russia. He said that the request of the Russian embassy was transferred to them and the British side is ready to provide an opportunity to meet with their consent. Earlier, the mother of the ex-GRU employee asked the police to recognize relatives missing, and at the Russian embassy in the UK doubted that they were alive.

The Russian poet and prose writer Gleb Gorbovsky died in St. Petersburg at the 88th year of his life, writes Literary Gazeta . “More recently, our 85th anniversary was celebrated on our pages, but time, alas, is inexorable. The Literary Gazeta expresses condolence to the family and loved ones of the deceased, ”the newspaper’s website said in a statement. Gleb Yakovlevich was born on October 4, 1931 in Leningrad in a teacher's family.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree that prohibits representatives of Russia to participate observers in the elections in Ukraine.

Russia does not negotiate the transfer of the Kuril Islands, since Japan, and not Russia, have a territorial problem, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation on environmental protection, ecology and transport Sergey Ivanov during a trip to the Kurils. “The so -called territorial problem exists and is in Japan, and not with us ...

And the second-point of Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) decided to return the Opel brand to the Russian market, Interfax reports. The company's report says: “During the presentation of the financial results of the PSA group for 2018, the financial year and the second stage of the strategic plan“ Push to Pass ”for the period 2019-2021. The Chairman of the Board Carlos Tawarez confirmed the desire of the group to win new markets and said that the Opel brand was ready to enter the Russian market.

The official representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov curled up to make any generalizations relative to excessive intervention of power structures in business affairs is unlikely to be possible, Interfax reports.

The mortality rate of Russian men in prisons is three times lower than at large, Interfax reports with reference to materials to the meeting of the round table of the Federation Council on Social Policy. Members of the Committee noted that it is important to study the issue "about the quality of freedom, methods and places of improving the life expectancy of Russian men." The document notes that alcohol makes a significant contribution to the mortality of Russians.

In St. Petersburg, the Russian model Olga Pantyushenkova, who gained world fame in the 1990s, died. Pantyushenkova died on February 6, but this has become known only now. The cause of death was the disease: Pantyushenkova was diagnosed with cancer, one of the colleagues of the model Oksana Polevikov said . “What a terrible news ... Olya Pantyushenkova did not become ... I died of cancer ... Once upon a time, in 1990, we were together at the beauty contest, we were the smallest, minors ....

Social security canceled the decision to transfer the boy left in the reserve under the guardianship of her grandmother, the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia reports.

In September last year, one of the inhabitants of London dug an object on the southern shore of Thames, which seemed to him a fragment of ancient ceramics. He handed over the police find, and from there she entered the London Archeology Museum. Now scientists have talked about the results of her research. It turned out that this is not a piece of the ancient pot, but the frontal bone of a person , and this is the oldest fragment of the skull that has ever been found in the city.

Kommersant: " They went to update ." Gazprom leave two key top managers. “Ticket prices went to take off”: air carriers are trying to compensate for fuel costs. “ Pensions are taken out for the cost of living”: the Ministry of Labor presented the methodology for recalculating their indexations. “ The head of the Kursk region preferred United Russia”: candidates for governors are regarding party and self -nominates.