A criminal case has been opened regarding the escape from pre-trial detention center No. 5 in Moscow of a 22-year-old citizen of Tajikistan, who was arrested on charges of attempted drug trafficking on a particularly large scale. This was reported to Interfax by the official representative of the capital’s prosecutor’s office, Elena Rassokhina. According to her, the arrested M. Odinaev escaped on January 13 at 15:20 Moscow time.

Like all retail, Begemotik children's goods stores are going through hard times. But those that do not close in the near future may well be profitable Photo: Artem Geodakyan/TASS Crisis franchise The Grand Toys group of companies, which today includes 75 own Begemot hypermarkets and 769 franchised Begemotik hypermarkets, was founded in 1998 by Togliatti resident Sergei Kiselev.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, did not see any threats to the non-systemic opposition in the words of the leader of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. This is stated in a message on the website of the Chechen government. “I think the media are exaggerating the statements of both the head of Chechnya and our federal colleague [Ombudsman Ella Pamfilova].

Photo: Mikhail Fomichev/TASS Moscow authorities have summed up the results of the tender for the audit of the Active Citizen project. The winner was PwC. The mayor's office wants to verify the "reliability, completeness and integrity" of the survey results. Tender for 9 mln The Moscow Department of Information Technology announced the completion of a tender to analyze the architecture, infrastructure and vulnerabilities of Active Citizen.

As a result of an elevator fall in the Scarlet Sails residential complex in Moscow, the daughter of famous TV presenter Evgeny Kochergin, Irina Volodina, died. This was reported by Moskovsky Komsomolets with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. Kochergin himself confirmed the information about his daughter’s death to the publication. As the newspaper writes, the deceased left behind two children.

The Russian Ministry of Culture is checking information about the burning of books published with the support of the Soros Foundation in Komi. This was stated by the head of the ministry Vladimir Medinsky, TASS reports . “I’m figuring it out now. I have now requested materials and am looking into it. I will find out what really happened there,” he said, noting that it is necessary to wait for confirmation of this information.

During December 2015 alone, the partners filed claims for 700 million rubles against A5, one of the largest pharmacy chains in Russia. The plaintiffs believe that the network stopped making payments due to a change of owner and merger with “36.6” "Payments suspended" In December, A5 was hit by a wave of legal claims: pharmaceutical distributors, manufacturers and other counterparties filed about 30 claims against the network’s structures, as follows from the file of arbitration cases.

In January, the recalculation of rent due to breakdowns will amount to about 5.4 million rubles At the end of January, St. Petersburg residents will have their rent recalculated due to network failures. writes As Fontanka with reference to information from the State Unitary Enterprise VTsKP, which calculates receipts for 70% of city houses, the recalculation amount will be 5.43 million rubles.

Lightning damaged an Aurora Airlines plane taking off from Harbin to Khabarovsk. this to RIA Novosti . Tatyana Kozyreva, public relations specialist for the airline, reported She said that the incident occurred on January 13. According to a company representative, atmospheric electricity struck an Airbus A319 operating flight 5657.

State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin announced his intention to participate in the next elections. This time he will run as a single-mandate candidate from one of the constituencies in the Leningrad region, his colleagues say State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin (Photo: RIA Novosti) Speaker of the House Sergei Naryshkin announced his desire to be re-elected to the State Duma in 2016 on Thursday, speaking at the Gaidar Forum.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) and the Syrian Air Force conducted the first joint operation in Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports. A video of the operation on January 14 was published on the official channel of the Ministry of Defense on YouTube. As specified in the ministry's statement, Syrian MiG-29 fighters provided cover for Russian attack aircraft during attacks on terrorist targets.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has presented the second part of its scandalous report on doping in world athletics. This is reported on the agency's website. The report was released at a press conference of the WADA Independent Commission in Munich. As noted in the message, after the press conference, WADA will issue a press release regarding the conclusions and recommendations contained in the published part of the report.

Checks of Renault vehicles revealed no signs of software fraud that underestimates emissions. French Energy Minister Ségolène Royal told reporters this, Reuters reports . French authorities have been conducting tests to determine whether cars in the country are equipped with software similar to that used by Volkswagen to bypass emissions tests. Earlier on January 14, the AP news agency reported searches at the company .

The US State Department has confirmed that Iran has poured concrete into the central part of the Arak nuclear reactor. This was announced by the official representative of the American department, John Kirby, reports Reuters . Earlier on Thursday, the official representative of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi , said that the country had dismantled the central part of the reactor in Arak, and UN inspectors would visit the site in the near future.

In 2016, the world will face a migration crisis, experts from the World Economic Forum in Davos predict. Russia and its neighbors will be threatened by budget deficits, hyperinflation and unemployment The report, based on a survey of 750 World Economic Forum members, was published a week before the official opening of the site in Davos on January 20.