Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that he was amazed and embarrassed by the excitement that was caused by the appearance on the Internet of a photo of him in red pants and Ugg boots, taken at a car wash. He told reporters about this on Saturday, RIA Novosti reports .

After an attack by activists on branches of the Russian Sberbank and Alfa Bank in Kyiv, a criminal case was opened. this to Ukrainskaya Pravda .

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, the title of General of Justice - the highest special rank for employees of the Investigative Committee. The decree of the head of state was published on the legal information portal. Bastrykin has held the post of Chairman of the Investigative Committee since October 2011, he is a 1st class State Counselor of Justice, and also holds the title of Honored Lawyer of Russia.

Residents of Crimea are ready to rename Ukraine, said the head of the peninsula, Sergei Aksenov, commenting on reports of a bill submitted to the Verkhovna Rada banning the use of the word “Russia” for the name of the Russian Federation. “We are ready to rename Ukraine Russia. <...> There are no longer any normal people left in the leadership of Ukraine. Unfortunately for the citizens of Ukraine. It is impossible to predict their actions,” said Aksenov (quoted from RIA Novosti ).

The low-cost carrier Pobeda has suspended flights to Kirov Pobedilovo airport since March 9. A source at the airline told RBC about this. The interlocutor clarified that such a decision by the airline was due to the unprofessional behavior of Pobedilovo management. A source at Pobeda explained that the airport does not comply with the conditions for servicing aircraft and, moreover, inflates the cost of services, which makes flights impractical.

The number of drilling rigs in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since 2009. The reduction in the number of rigs occurs against the backdrop of rising oil reserves in the United States and falling oil prices. Photo: AP American drillers have reduced the number of drilling rigs to the lowest level in more than six years, the Financial Times reports , citing data from oil services company Baker Hughes.

The Investigative Committee asks the court to soften the preventive measure for Svetlana Trishina, a defendant in the case against the top managers of Domodedovo Airport.

Rosneft signed an agreement with the Venezuelan company PDVSA for an additional $500 million investment in the Orinoco oil belt development project. This was reported by VTV channel. According to the document, Rosneft's share in the Petromonagas project increases from 16.7% to 40%. “In the context of a global crisis and economic war, we are receiving the necessary investments for the future,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said at the signing ceremony of the agreement.

Consultations on countries joining the initiative to freeze oil production at January 2016 levels should end by March 1. This was stated by the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy, Alexander Novak, in the program “News on Saturday with Sergei Brilev” on the Rossiya 1 channel, which aired in the Far East. “We agreed that all consultations should end by March 1,” he said (quoted by Interfax ).

US presidential candidate billionaire Donald Trump called for a boycott of Apple products if the corporation refuses to help the FBI hack the iPhone of terrorist Said Farooq, who carried out a shooting in California in early December last year. about this He wrote on his Twitter. “Boycott all Apple products until Apple provides authorities with cell phone data regarding a pair of radical Islamists from California,” Trump urged.

The LPR authorities postponed the elections in the republic from February 21 to April 24, 2016. The DPR announced its readiness to postpone the elections to next year. The authorities of the republics are increasing the deadline for agreeing on the election law with Kiev The current head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS) Local elections in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) have been postponed from February 21 to April 24, 2016.

The Kremlin expressed regret over the UN Security Council's refusal to support the Russian resolution on Syria. This statement was made to journalists by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports . “Here we can only express regret that the draft resolution was not supported,” he said. According to Peskov, Russia will continue a consistent, transparent and understandable line to ensure stability, security of territory, and the fight against terrorism in Syria.

Unprofessional journalists cannot work at polling stations, United Russia considered. Their bill on mandatory accreditation will interfere with the work of “Voice” and similar observer organizations Photo: Reuters/Pixstream Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Development, United Russia member Dmitry Vyatkin, has prepared legislative amendments that introduce additional requirements for journalists on election day. He himself told RBC about this.

The defense appealed the court's decision, which placed Domodedovo owner Dmitry Kamenshchik under house arrest. The businessman’s lawyer, Mikhail Kolpakov, told Interfax about this. According to the defense lawyer, the preventive measure chosen by the Basmanny Court for Kamenshchik is unfounded. The day before, the court placed Kamenshchik under house arrest for two months .

Truckers announced a new campaign for the abolition of the system of collecting tolls for trucks on federal highways. Drivers claim that they have suspended work in 45 regions Photo: Andrey Kovalev for RBC Another protest action by truckers began on Saturday morning, during which time a temporary cessation of work was reported from at least 45 regions, Andrei Bazhutin, a representative of the protesting St. Petersburg drivers, told RBC. The strikers suspended work until March 1.