The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) revealed violations in connection with the ban on the adoption of Russian children in Russia (the Law of Dima Yakovlev). The decision is published on the court website. Thus, the court satisfied the claims that filed 45 citizens of the United States and 27 Russian orphans.

Gazprom demanded $ 5.3 billion for Naftogaz for gas not elected in 2016. This happened due to the condition in the Take or Pay Treaty. This was reported in the press release of Gazprom, reports Prime . It is clarified that we are talking about a gas that was not selected in 2–4 quarters of 2016. The Ukrainian side must pay the bill within 10 days. Ukraine purchases gas from Russia for transit to the EU.

The police refused to institute criminal proceedings against the artist Peter Pavlensky on the beating of the actor of “theater.doc” Vasily Berezin. This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to the lawyer Pavlensky. Now, in relation to Pavlensky and his friend Oksana Shalygina, a pre -investigation check is ongoing at the request of the actress Anastasia elephant about violent actions of a sexual nature.

The largest airline in Germany Lufthansa and the National Carrier of the United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways are negotiating the merger. On January 17, Il Messaggero wrote with reference to unnamed sources, reports Reuters . According to the publication, at the first stage of the UAE, the Lufthansa shares will buy a 30–40% of the Lufthansa shares during an additional issue that the German carrier will conduct, and on the second will discuss the option of a complete association.

The murdered employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alikhan Murzaev was not a personal guard of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, but worked as an “ordinary watchman”. This was announced by Kadyrov himself, reports Interfax . “Separate media write that Muzaev was a guard of the head of the Chechen Republic. Again, I say that this is not true, absolute lie. He never entered into security neither the head of Chechnya or officials. Never performed these functions!

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Christopher Steel “runaway crook”, which the media is called the author of the Russian report on the elected President of the United States Donald Trump. The words of the minister quotes RIA Novosti. “Some kind of fugitive crook from Mi-6,” said Lavrov. WSJ previously reported that the report on Russia has been prepared by Russia by Orbis Business Intelligence, the head of which is the former Mi-6 employee Christopher Stil.

The ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky launched the draft annual quest “Instead of Putin”, in which 25 regional activists and politicians will take part, “rain” reports . As Timur Valeev, the head of Khodorkovsky Khodorkovsky, told the publication, the participants will “perform different tasks” during the year, the results of which will be evaluated by the expert jury and users on the network.

The Office of the IC in the Oryol region opened a criminal case against the poet and former German teacher Alexander formerly for the poem about Ukraine. He told the Novaya Gazeta about this. As he specified, the criminal case was opened under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (arousal of hatred or enmity). “The accusation is associated with my poem“ On the Independence of Ukraine ”, which I published on February 22, 2015 on my VKontakte page.

The son of the head of the Rostec Corporation Stanislav Chemezov became the owner of 50% of the company Financial Systems, one of the assets of which is the Primorye boarding house in Gelendzhik. This was reported by Vademecum. According to the publication, the second half of the “financial systems” is controlled by structures affiliated with the wife of the Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia, the main plastic surgeon of the country Natalya Manturova.

Activist Ildar Dadin, after a transfer to IK-5 in Altai, asked him to return him to the Segezh colony. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the representative of the public observation commission (PMC). Dadin believes that his stay in the Karelian colony can help other prisoners who are also tortured. “His presence in that colony, increased attention to his cause would have a positive effect on the situation.

The Nigeria Air Force mistakenly struck the refugee camp in the northeast, as a result of which more than 100 people were killed, reports the Associated Press with reference to sources in the local government. According to the agency, the airier was supposed to be applied by the extremist group "Boko Haram".

Peter Paul Rubens. Massacre of the innocents The problem of family, home, domestic violence is only in the zone of public attention only from time to time, then interest is reduced to the next information occasion. There are usually some egregious cases. In the summer of last year, tens of thousands of women from Russia and neighboring countries took part in the Internet flash mob #I would like to say, where they told chilling history about the survivor of violence.

UN International Court in The Hague. Photo: Peter Dejong / Reuters On March 6, the UN International Court begins the consideration of the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia. The accusations concern the events in the Crimea and the Donbass, the formal basis for claims give international conventions to combat discrimination and terrorism.

Russia took the 26th position in the ranking of countries with the most innovative Bloomberg Innovation Index. In 2016, Russia was in the 12th place of the rating, in 2015 it took 14th place. The fall of Russia in the ranking turned out to be the largest among all the countries falling into it. As its authors explained, this is due to the consequences of falling oil prices and Western sanctions.

American diplomats travel around the country and communicate with people during their work just like employees of the Russian embassy in the United States. This was announced by the press secretary of the embassy, ​​Maria Olson, reports RIA Novosti. “Like Russian diplomats in the United States, American diplomats and officials meet with a variety of people during everyday work.