St. Petersburg deputy Maxim Reznik appealed to the Prosecutor General regarding the statements of the head of the Chechen Republic Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik asks Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to check the statements of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov about the opposition against extremism. The reason for the appeal was the information posted on the official website of the head of Chechnya on January 12, 2016.

The US and EU lifted sanctions on Iran. Now Iran can gain access to its frozen assets worth more than $100 billion and increase oil exports - by 0.5 million barrels, for starters. in a day Photo: Global Look Press Sanctions lifted The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that, effective January 16, it has lifted prohibitions on third countries doing business in Iran or with Iranian companies.

In St. Petersburg, a criminal investigation has been completed against businessman Maxim Cheshev, accused of attempted murder (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for St. Petersburg. The incident occurred on October 14 last year at about 15:00 Moscow time in front of house 69 on Bolshaya Morskaya Street. A 44-year-old St.

A criminal case has been opened in St. Petersburg regarding an accident involving a car of the Consulate General of Ukraine. this The State Traffic Safety Inspectorate reported to Fontanka. According to the department, the accident occurred on January 17 on Suvorovsky Avenue. According to preliminary information, a Volkswagen car of the Ukrainian Consulate General, driven by the driver of the diplomatic mission, flew onto the sidewalk and hit a 67-year-old woman.

On Monday, the Moscow City Court was unable to consider the complaint of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov against the decision of the Nikulinsky Court of the capital, which decided to recover 16 million rubles from them. in favor of the company KOGUP "Kirovles". The appeal panel of judges considered it necessary to request additional evidence from the Kirovles criminal case: decisions of arbitration courts and copies of timber supply contracts.

Photo: Bloomberg The state will support sales of Russian cars abroad by allocating 5 billion rubles. to compensate for the transportation of cars to the border. This should help exports, which are falling even despite the devaluation of the ruble. All types of transport The government plans to allocate an additional 5 billion rubles.

Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachev, asked the government to consider the issue of a possible conflict of interest, since his family owns an agricultural business. Deputy Alexander Khinshtein sought this. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Anti-Corruption Committee Alexander Khinshtein demanded that the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev report on a possible conflict of interest.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke about her relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, comparing him to a bully. She also commented on the possibility of a restart with Moscow US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to a hooligan, writes The New York Times.

The Presidential Human Rights Council promised to send for linguistic examination the statements of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, about the opposition as “enemies of the people.” The results of the examination will be reported to President Vladimir Putin Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov (Photo: Mikhail Japaridze/TASS) The Human Rights Council under the President of Russia will conduct a linguistic examination of the statements of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, made at a meeting

Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina/RBC Vladimir Putin transferred the leadership of the Federal Customs Service and Rosalkogolregulirovanie to the Ministry of Finance. By May 1, the government must also decide who will administer pension payments and insurance contributions. The leaders remain Russian President Vladimir Putin transferred the leadership of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) and the Federal Service for Regulation of the Alcohol Market (Rosalkogolregulirovanie) to the Ministry of Finance.

Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova warned that the flu epidemic in Russia will begin in January. She made this statement in a conversation with journalists, Interfax reports . “Russia will enter the flu epidemic in January. For us, this is an early date; usually everything started later,” Skvortsova noted. She emphasized that in 2016 the epidemic will come to Russia not, as usual, from the northern regions of China, but also from Ukraine, where a critical situation has developed.

Photo: RIA Novosti RBC read a report on the crimes of the leadership of world athletics and found out how a criminal network was organized that made money by extorting and hiding the doping problems of Russian athletes in exchange for bribes. The second part of the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on corruption and doping in world athletics was made public on Thursday, January 14.

The focus of the next session of the Davos Forum is the prospects for innovative development. According to the organizers, all current world crises are tied to this: from the influx of refugees to Europe to the decline in the PRC economy Photo: Reuters/Pixstream The 46th annual session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will open on Wednesday in the Swiss resort town of Davos.

The author of the modern Russian tax system, Sergei Shatalov, who was relieved today from the post of Deputy Minister of Finance, named his replacement in a quick interview with RBC and spoke about the latest discussions in the Ministry of Finance Former Deputy Minister of Finance Sergei Shatalov (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC) — Is it true that you are leaving of your own free will? - Certainly. The absolute truth. Moreover, I should have left a year ago.

Russian producers of sparkling wines spoke about a decline in sales during the New Year season.