Before Nikita Belykh had time to refer to my post “Holidays Inspired” about National Corruption Day, the wrath of the Prime Minister fell on him. Of course it's a coincidence. But the mayor, a tank general and a prominent United Russia member, is responsible for the rise in tariffs in one of the districts of Kirov. He heads the reception of V.V. Putin as the leader of the ONF.

On the eve of the presidential elections in Russia, the special services, commissioned by the Security Council, conducted a closed opinion poll about the state of mind in the security forces of Russia. The survey was carried out in almost all structures related to the country's security. And although it is labeled “For official use,” some of its results have been leaked. According to information leaked to the media, about 90% of employees have complaints against the authorities.

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin clarified that he is not holding negotiations, but consultations on the creation of a new liberal party, Interfax reports. “Consultations are not negotiations. They are clarification of the situation,” Kudrin clarified his post on Twitter. “I am holding consultations on uniting democratic and liberal forces and creating a new party,” he previously tweeted . "Meetings are being held with individual politicians and experts.

Businessman Mikhail Prokhorov said that he had collected more than 2 million signatures in his support required to register as a candidate for the presidency of Russia, Interfax reports . “My supporters have collected more than 2 million signatures. In the coming days we will submit them for verification to the Central Election Commission,” Prokhorov said. The deadline for collecting and submitting signatures of presidential candidates to the CEC ends on February 18.

Having learned that two first -graders disappeared in Bryansk, we, out of habit, rested our feet on the ground and began to try this land from here from Moscow. Out of habit, because, as a rule, this very land, that is, law enforcement agencies and local administrations, swing extremely slowly. And you need to start acting with lightning speed quickly. To get to Bryansk is a few hours, and we understood that we would come very late.

The investigation in Primorye is investigating a criminal case against a traffic police officer who, in a personal car in the village of Novoshakhtinsk, Mikhailovsky District, hit a child to death and fled the scene of the accident.

Negative comments and proposals for resignation that disappeared from Vladimir Putin's election website have been restored, but their ratings have dropped significantly, Interfax reports . On January 12, during the first hours of operation of the prime minister’s election website www.putin2012.ru, it received several proposals for Putin to abandon the fight for the presidency. Three of them, according to users, then disappeared from the site.

The Accounting Board plans to check Gazprom for the presence of corrupt transactions in offshore companies, Kommersant reports. According to the head of the department, Sergei Stepashin, checks for corruption should begin this spring. A Gazprom representative said that they are “ready” for inspections, “as always.” Criminal schemes will be identified in other state corporations and companies with state participation.

An Oslo court has ordered a new psychiatric examination of Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, Interfax reports. The court explained that they took this step given the importance of the case under consideration. The results of Breivik's psychiatric examination in November caused outrage among most Norwegians. After a dozen hours-long conversations with the accused, experts came to the conclusion that he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and a delusional state.

This is the head of the public support headquarters for Vladimir Putin in Kirov, Nikolai Lipatnikov himself! In order not to be unfounded, I wrote down all the moves: the “Minority Report” program on Echo with Nikolai Lipatnikov, broadcast from 01/11/2012. I recommend listening to the entire program, because Nikolai Mikhailovich remembered the past - and becomes a nightingale.

The Accounts Chamber will check the expenditure of budget funds allocated for the installation of web cameras at all polling stations in Russia for the presidential elections, Interfax reports. “Starting next Monday, the Accounts Chamber will begin daily monitoring of the expenditure of funds allocated for equipping polling stations with web cameras,” said Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber.

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on Friday, January 13, instructed the government of the republic to cancel the resolution on the introduction of travel restrictions on public transport for benefit recipients from January 1, 2012, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the head of the region.

Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko held the first organizational meeting in Vladivostok to prepare the city for hosting the 21st session of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in January 2013, the Interfax agency reported on January 13. “Russia has taken upon itself the honorable mission of chairing and hosting the APPF session in 2013. It will be held in Vladivostok from January 15 to January 30, 2013,” said Valentina Matvienko.

“Everyone loved Uncle Styopa for his beauty and becoming...” D. Bykov When publishing a New Year's remark on a provincial website about Prokhorov, he did not foresee a continuation. But there was a repost on one of the political sites and a completely expected reaction in the comments: “Surkovsky will hire!” Well, tell me, what’s not a reason to talk about painful things? I am explaining my own point of view, because I have no authority to represent anyone else.

The head of the Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, said that he was pleased to read the final report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which concluded that the elections were held without “fair competition,” Gazeta.Ru reports. “I was very pleased to receive yesterday the official text of the final report of the OSCE/ODIHR mission,” Churov said at a meeting of the Central Election Commission.