Obama said rather elegantly: Ukraine and Syria "slip away" from the Russian orbit. Moscow propagandists will spend a day today to “expose” the American president, explain that and where the United States “eludes”. Details - in the evening program, which is conducted by Yaroslav Shimov on Wednesday.

A criminal case on the embezzle of state property on an especially large size was instituted to be Lieutenant General Alexander Protopopov The head of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Komi Republic, Alexander Protopopov, was detained on suspicion of corruption. A criminal case on the embezzlement of state property on an especially large scale was instructed to be instituted with the use of official position. This was reported by the Investigative Committee of Russia.

25 years ago, tragic events in Lithuania shocked Europe and led to the collapse of the USSR. Recalls Vitautas Landsbergis

On the streets of St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, a transport collapse is observed due to abundant snowfall Despite the fact that in St. Petersburg it is no longer minus 20, but minus 10, heating mains continue to break: on January 13, 36 buildings were left on Marshal Zhukov Avenue without heat. In the Nevsky district, where the accident occurred on January 6, people in many houses continue to freeze: the employees of the housing office can not connect cooled risers to heating.

Mikhail Kasyanov To the statement of the head of Chechnya that representatives of the opposition in Russia are "enemies of the people" were also responded by human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, politician Ilya Yashin and the Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova The leader of the "Party of People's Freedom" Mikhail Kasyanov said that the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov "lives in a different dimension, not in the 21st century" and "does not, apparently, does not want to know the Constitution

A picket with a demand for the authorities to observe the 282nd article of the Criminal Code and not to incite hatred of representatives of the LGBT community, Moscow, April 2012 Continuation of the discussion about Russia after Putin: why do not cancel the 282nd article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation?

What was the last year of tsarist Russia, why 1916 became a year of no return and how poets predict the revolution This happens, although not too often: the calendar of 2016 completely coincided from 1916 , even though hang on the wall the yellowed calendar of a hundred years ago.

At the site of the attack in Istanbul (Sultanammet Square) During the explosion in the historical center of Istanbul, 10 foreign tourists were killed on Tuesday - mainly from Germany, 11 out of 15 wounded remain in hospitals The Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey Efan Ala said that the Syrian suicide bomber who committed the attack in the center of Istanbul on Tuesday was registered with the immigration authorities a week ago, but was not listed on the wanted list.

“If the decline in oil prices is delayed, other factors are simply faded” In 2016, Russia will enter the top five countries with the worst indicators of economic growth-following Venezuela (-3.3%), Brazil (-2.5%) and Greece (-1.8%). The recession of GDP in the country will be 0.5%, as in Ecuador. Such data of their own surveys of dozens of economists conducted over the period from October to December 2015, the Bloomberg agency presented their forecasts regarding the economies of 93 countries.

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What do Moscow spectators think about Russian heroes of Hollywood on the example of the film by Stephen Spielberg "Spy Bridge".

Guests: Dmitry Soloviev, researcher of "Joy of Understanding", co -author of the methodology "Debid cities"; Anna Selyanina, curator and producer of the film project "City Code"; Olga Vendina, sociologist, urbanist, leading researcher at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Barack Obama made the last appeal to Congress in his career, in which he determined the goals for the future: the equality of economic capabilities, support for innovation, leadership based on equality.

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Awarding of the "aristocrat" Yakunin Ex -head of Russian Railways Yakunin threatens the "rotation of the elites", the head of Chechnya Kadyrov - repression The ex-head of the Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, who had fallen into disgrace in recent days, developed violent activity, giving several interviews to the Western press.