Trading on the Russian stock market began today with a decline in leading stock indices. An hour and a half after the start of the trading session, the fall in blue chip quotes intensified. As of 12:15 Moscow time, the MICEX index fell by 1.95% to 1,407.94 points. The RTS Index fell below 1,500 points - to 1,496.53 points (-2.21%) The RTS Standard Index decreased by 1.86% - to 9,806.07 points.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev intends to recommend Rustam Minnikhanov for the post of President of Tatarstan in connection with the self-recusal of Mintimer Shaimiev. This was reported by the press service of the head of state. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev intends to recommend Rustam Minnikhanov for the post of President of Tatarstan in connection with the self-recusal of Mintimer Shaimiev. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

The demolition work in the Moscow village of Rechnik may last another ten days. The chief bailiff of Moscow, Ferdauis Yusupov, told reporters about this.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading the bill “On Amendments to Article 1 of the Federal Law “On a Temporary Ban on Human Cloning.” The document provides that before the entry into force of the federal law establishing the procedure for using technologies for cloning organisms for the purpose of human cloning, a temporary ban on human cloning The previous ban expired on June 23, 2007.

The Russian stock market practically did not react to the rating agency Fitch Ratings raising the forecast for the rating of the Russian Federation from “negative” to “stable”. As of 13:15 Moscow time, the MICEX index fell by 1.9% to 1,408.68 points. index The RTS dropped to 1,497.74 points (-2.13%). The RTS Standard index decreased by 1.9% to 9802.13 points. It is possible that the negativity from external trading platforms outweighs the positive message from Fitch Ratings.

The Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation for the Kaliningrad Region opened a criminal case against the detective of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the Kaliningrad Internal Affairs Directorate.

Russia needs to get used to a significant and rapid real strengthening of the ruble, says Paul Thomson, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in the Russian Federation. In his opinion, the Russian Federation should also be more open and pragmatic towards the idea of ​​​​introducing controls over capital flows, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, most experts agree that by the end of this year the exchange rate of the Russian currency will not undergo major changes.

Based on the results of the autumn regional elections of 2009. The courts of the Russian Federation accepted for consideration only 48 applications for violations of election legislation.

The total amount of funds declared by countries to provide assistance to Haiti exceeded $1 billion. In total, 36 countries became donors for Haiti, which suffered from the devastating earthquake, reports the Associated Press. The largest financial assistance to the island in terms of the amount of funds that have already been allocated and still to be received was provided by the United States ($130 million), Great Britain ($33 million), France ($28.6 million) and Sweden ($25.6 million).

In St. Petersburg from the evening of January 22 to January 25, 2010. travel will be prohibited on most highways on the Petrograd side. According to the press service of the city administration's Committee for Improvement and Road Maintenance, comprehensive snow removal from streets will be carried out in this part of the Northern capital. So, from 20:00 Moscow time on January 22 to 22:00 Moscow time on January 23, 2010.

In Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), an act was signed on the transfer to the Russian Navy of the strategic missile submarine cruiser K-18 "Karelia", which underwent repairs and modernization at the shipyard of JSC "Zvyozdochka Ship Repair Center". The press service of the enterprise reports this. During the repair of the ship, more than a hundred works were completed to modernize the cruiser, aimed at improving its technical and combat characteristics.

The Usinsk Court of the Komi Republic issued a verdict against the general director of Technotrans LLC, finding him guilty of illegal entrepreneurship with the extraction of income on an especially large scale (clause b) of Part 2 of Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the press service of the North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office, the businessman was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.

A rabid dog has bitten at least 14 residents of the Moscow region. As reported by the press service of Rospotrebnadzor, in the period from January 18 to 21, residents of the village of Kursakovo, Istrinsky district, Moscow region, turned to the Istra district hospital to receive anti-rabies assistance. All of them suffered from an attack by a rabid dog. Citizens were provided with medical assistance.

As RBC was informed by the press service of the Moscow State Unitary Enterprise Mosvodokanal, the emergency occurred in the 2nd Krasnogvardeysky Proezd. A fire hydrant was knocked down during construction work. Currently, Mosvodokanal specialists have localized the accident that occurred in the Moscow City area, and traffic has been restored. Meanwhile, information appeared in a number of media outlets that a fire hydrant was hit by a female driver in a Hundai car.

Evgeni Plushenko's first serious success came in the 1996/97 season, when the fourteen-year-old Russian became the world junior champion. In adult competitions, the native of Khabarovsk showed himself in all his glory in the 1998/99 season, winning the Russian Championship and two stages of the Grand Prix series. A year later, Plushenko became the European champion for the first time and won the Grand Prix final.