Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the commander of the Somali battalion Mikhail Tolstoy (Givi) was killed to destabilize the situation in Donetsk, Interfax reports. “We hope that there is a certain margin of safety, and those who are behind such murders will not be able to lead [conflict] to further escalation,” Peskov said. Peskov also rejected the possible involvement of Moscow in the death of Tolstoy.

The Ministry of Labor proposed measures to protect those who reported corruption crimes. Amendments to the Law "On Corruption" are published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The amendments stated that the citizen who reported such violations is under the protection of the state. In particular, he ensures confidentiality, and also guarantees protection against unlawful dismissal and disciplinary sanctions.

Kirov, Leninsky District Court of Kirov, sentenced the policy of Alexei Navalny to five years conditionally in the Kirovles case with a test term of a year and a half and a fine of 500 thousand rubles. The broadcast of the meeting was conducted at Newcaster.tv. The court appointed the businessman Peter Officer for four years conditionally and the same fine. Such a punishment by both defendants was requested by the prosecutor's office.

Deputy Head of the Center for Information Security (QIB) of the FSB Dmitry Khraikov became a defendant in the case of receiving a bribe. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to a source close to the special service and two top managers on an IT market. “Claims on some act that he signed with a meager amount,” the interlocutor of the publication said.

The largest Russian chain of stores for the sale of goods for children "Children's Mir" as part of an IPO (primary offer of shares) placed securities of 85 rubles. This was reported in the press release of the retailer. Trading shares of the "Children's World" will begin on the Moscow Exchange on February 10. As part of the IPO, the company's capitalization is estimated at about 62.8 billion rubles. The hostage organizers were Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Sberbank Cib and UBS.

The British-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell launched the process of public hearings on the Brent oil and gas oil and gas field in the North Sea. This was reported in the company's press release. The hearings will last about two months, after which Shell will take into account the recommendations during the preparation of Brent for conservation. The corresponding program has already been presented by the company to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of Great Britain.

The reason for the complex financial situation of the Peresvet bank, the main shareholder of which is the Russian Orthodox Church, was the multi -billion dollar loans, which the financial organization issued the developers affiliated with it. According to RBC, the losses of Peresvet, related to Moscow development companies, amount to at least 20 billion rubles.

According to the results of 2016, the profitability of the placement of pension savings with Vnesheconombank amounted to 10.53% per annum according to an expanded investment portfolio, and 12.2% per annum of the portfolio of state securities. This is evidenced by the data of the state corporations published on February 8. Thus, the profitability of VEB pension investments almost doubled inflation. Over the past year, it amounted to 5.4%, becoming minimal in the history of modern Russia.

Users leading online broadcasts on YouTube will be able to get money for watching their content using the Super Chat service. This was reported on the video service blog. Initially, the function will be available to users whose subscribers exceeds 10 thousand, the creators promise to provide access to this service in the near future. The first to test bloggers from 20 countries of the world and spectators from 40 states. Russia is currently part of the category of spectators.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade determined the basic rules of legal sale of alcohol via the Internet, Deputy Minister Viktor Yevtukhov told RBC. A license for remote trading in alcohol will be received by companies that have a law for its wholesale or production, Yevtukhov said.

The Presidium and Expert Council of the Higher Certification Commission (VAK) will discuss further actions regarding the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky after they officially receive a decision adopted by the dissertation council of Moscow State University. This was told by the head of the Higher Attestation Commission Vladimir Filippov, Interfax reports.

According to the results of January 2017, the number of active Telegram users in Russia reached 6 million, Vedomosti write with reference to the data of the analytical service Combot. A year ago, Russian users of the messenger were three times less. Combot CEO Fedor Skuratov explained to Vedomosti that we are talking about those who use Telegram monthly.

The governor of the Ryazan region Oleg Kovalev can resign. This was reported to the "rain" by sources in the Kremlin. The representative of Kovalev refused to comment on this information. According to the interlocutor of the TV channel, the resignation decision is connected not so much with difficulties in the region as with the health problems of the current governor.

A draft presidential decree has been included in the government, which will oblige ineffective state -owned companies to sell specialized assets. About this "Vedomosti" was told by the deputy head of the FAS Sergey Puzyrevsky. These measures were developed as part of a competition development plan in 2017-2019. “The main threat of competition comes from the state itself, it is necessary to reduce state participation in the economy with a presidential decree,” FAS explained.

The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosavision) annulled the operator’s certificates for two Russian airlines-“Buryat airlines” and “Pioneer-Regional Airlines”. The corresponding application is published on the website of the department. The Buryat Airlines carried out passengers on the An-24RV aircraft, one of the engines of which has expired. A similar situation arose with the Mi-8TV helicopter.