Monument to the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide in the city of Desin, France The approval by the French Senate of the Law, which provides for a criminal punishment for the public denial of genocide, caused a sharp reaction from the official Ankara, which threatens the most rigid retaliatory measures - up to a complete breakdown of diplomatic relations.

The total number of unemployed in Russia, calculated by the methodology of the International Labor Organization, in December 2011 decreased by 2.6% to 4 million 643 thousand people, and the unemployment rate - from 6.3% to 6.1% of the economically active population, the Federal Statistics Service said. In general, over the past year, the total number of unemployed in the country decreased by 13.3%.

Banner demanding the resignation of the head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov The parliamentary opposition introduced a draft resolution to the state Duma of Russia on the distrust of the head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov. The document signed by the leaders of the three opposition factions - Gennady Zyuganov (Communist Party), Sergey Mironov (“Fair Russia”), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR) - will be discussed at the plenary meeting on January 27.

Hockey. NHL. Regular championship "Detroit"-"St. Louis" 3: 1. Pavel Datsyuk ("Detroit") goal and program "Los Angeles"-"Ottawa" 4: 1 "Edmonton"-"San Jose" 2: 1 b "Nashville" - "Columbus" 4: 1 "Carolina" - "Winnipeg" 2: 1 "Toronto"-"New York Ilanders" 3: 0

The US Department of Finance announced the introduction of sanctions against the third largest Iranian bank Tedzharat and its branch of Trade Capital Bank located in Minsk. According to Washington, these banks helped the Iranian government bypass already imposed sanctions and finance the Iranian nuclear program.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ordered Russia to pay 24.5 thousand euros to four Russians who applied to Strasbourg. We are talking about compensation for moral damage suffered by the Russians during the maintenance of in prison and as a result of cruelty by law enforcement officials. In particular, the ECHR awarded 6 thousand euros to Alexander Mitrokhin and Andrei Nekto, who was serving time in correctional institutions in different regions of Russia.

Ex-Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin Former Russian Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin believes that Vladislav Surkov’s departure from the post of first deputy head of the Presidential Administration means the end of the Era of restrictions in the political life of the country.

Irina Lagunina: Residents of the Russian regions are increasingly defending their rights to a favorable environment: last week, residents of the village of Bobrovsky near Yekaterinburg opposed the construction of the Ukekon industrial enterprise, and about 300 citizens of Izhevsk conducted a rally against cutting up Yarushkinsky forest. On February 4, at the rally “For Fair Elections”, representatives of the Russian environmental movement intend to put their requirements for power.

The action in memory of the victims of the attack in Domodedovo, held in Moscow on January 27 The investigative actions were completed in relation to four detainees in the case of a terrorist attack at the Domodedovo airport, which occurred exactly a year ago. According to the representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Vladimir Markin, Iles and Islam Yandiev, Ahmed Evloev and Bashir Khamkhoev will soon be charged with the final edition.

Sergey Mironov Mikhail Sokolov: Today in our Moscow studio is a candidate for the post of president of Russia, leader of the Just Russia party Sergey Mironov. Sergey Mikhailovich, how do you lead the campaign? Here the CEC reports that the election fund is open, and the funds have not yet been received. Have you been abandoned by sponsors?

In the signature sheets filed in support of the nomination of Grigory Yavlinsky, about 24 percent of the marriage, with permissible five percent, were currently detected. The Central Election Commission conducts a check of the secondary sample of signatures. Yesterday, during the first audit, 23 percent of the marriage were identified. These data give reason to refuse to register Yavlinsky, said the Secretary of the CEC Nikolai Konkin.

Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, speaking on Tuesday in the country's parliament, said that Paris did not plan an immediate withdrawal of his military contingent from Afghanistan. “We should not panic and make poorly thought -out decisions,” said Juppe in connection with previously sounded statements about the possible early withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan after four French soldiers became victims of the armed attack in this country, another 15 were injured.

Delivery is not the shore of the body found among the dead on board "Costa Concordia" On board the Kostordi Kostordia cruise liner, which sank off the west coast of Italy, the body of another victim of the disaster was found today. The number of dead is now 16. The body was found on the third deck, where part of the rescue vests was stored. On Monday, divers removed two women to the surface of the body, saying that they were found near the Internet cafe.

Over the past day, three deputies of the Palestinian parliament representing Hamas have been arrested, Radio Liberty correspondent in Israel Ela Kotler reports. The Israeli police arrested two members of the Hamas terrorist organization, who for a year and a half used asylum in the territory of the International Red Cross complex in Eastern Jerusalem.

Most of the Vladivostok was left without water due to a major accident. It is reported that during the construction work the water carrier was damaged, as a result of which residents of the houses of the Pervorechensky, Soviet and Leninsky regions of the city were left without cold water. To eliminate the accident from the water supply, hundreds of houses in these areas were turned off.