British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond expressed the opinion that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not currently control Bashar al-Assad. According to him, the EU needs Moscow to control Damascus Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin (from left to right) during a meeting in the Kremlin, October 20, 2015 (Photo: Alexey Druzhinin/TASS) Russian President Vladimir Putin does not currently control Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

One large American bank or hedge fund can easily destabilize our financial market, says Sergei Glazyev.

The representative of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Affairs, Artemy Vladimirov, called a number of stories by Chekhov, Bunin and Kuprin a “time bomb” for schoolchildren. According to him, they are not suitable for forming an ideal family Photo: "RIA Novosti" Some stories by Anton Chekhov, Ivan Bunin and Alexander Kuprin are a “time bomb” for schoolchildren.

Vladimir Putin ordered the withdrawal of the main forces of the Russian group located in Syria.

Industry in the eurozone in January showed its best result since September 2009, showing growth of 2.1% compared to December. Analysts, however, do not consider this a sign of the beginning of an economic recovery. Photo: Bloomberg The volume of industrial production in the eurozone increased in January by 2.1% compared to December, reports the European Union statistical agency Eurostat.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree to reduce the cost of living. The document was published on the official legal information portal. According to the resolution, for the fourth quarter of 2015 the cost of living per capita was set at 9 thousand 452 rubles, while for the third quarter of last year the cost of living was set at 9 thousand 673 rubles. For the fourth quarter of 2015, the cost of living for the working population was set at 10 thousand 187 rubles.

Hedge funds increased bets on the strengthening of the ruble against the dollar to the peak since March 31, 2015.

Repair work and final adjustment of equipment on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (orange) line section of the Moscow Metro will last another 10 days, but this will not affect passengers in any way. The head of the capital's subway, Dmitry Pegov, told reporters about this, reports . the Moscow agency “I want to once again apologize to passengers for the incident that occurred due to the fault of the Moscow Metro. We have now established an automated system at the site.

The meeting of the largest oil-producing countries will most likely be postponed to April, OPEC sources told Bloomberg and Reuters. According to them, the meeting could take place in Russia or the capital of Qatar Photo: Reuters/Pixstream The meeting of the largest oil-producing countries will most likely be postponed to April and will be held in the Qatari capital Doha or in Russia. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to OPEC delegates from the Gulf countries.

Deputy Chairman of the PARNAS party Ilya Yashin said that he is ready to defend in court the accuracy of the data contained in his report on the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. In this way, he responded to the demand of Kadyrov’s press secretary to initiate a case against him in connection with the publication of the report. “We were expecting a similar reaction from Kadyrov. This is not the first time he has tried to use law enforcement agencies as a lever of pressure on his opponents.

To open a Subway eatery, you need about 5 million rubles. Franchisees surveyed by RBC recapture them in two to three years Alexander Antropov (pictured) from Moscow opened his first Subway restaurant in 2001 (Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC) Subway is one of the largest fast food chains in the world: at the beginning of 2016, there were almost 44.7 thousand establishments.

President Vladimir Putin brought to the attention of Bashar al-Assad the decision to withdraw the military group in Syria, which will begin on March 15.

The head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Vinnytsia region, Anton Shevtsov, was removed from his post. This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine. The department explained that the decision was made by the head of the National Police due to the need to conduct an inspection based on newly identified circumstances. Shevtsov himself was summoned to Kyiv to give explanations.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed condolences to the Turkish people after the terrorist attack in Ankara, which killed 34 people, noting that “there can be no justification for the crimes of terrorism.” This was announced by the press secretary of the head of government Natalya Timakova Interfax reports , .

Vladimir Putin did not discuss the decision to withdraw Russian troops from Syria with any foreign leader except Bashar al-Assad.