The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced the former air traffic controller from Sochi Petro Parpulov, accused of treason, writes Interfax with reference to the lawyer of the defendant Oleg Eliseev. “The court, taking into account the opinion of the state prosecutor, found Parpulov guilty under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code (state treason) and sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security colony. The announcement of the verdict was held closed, ”the lawyer said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said he sees the prospect of the full implementation of the Minsk agreements in the coming months and the subsequent lifting of sanctions related to the Ukrainian crisis. His words are given by Interfax. “I believe that with the efforts and a sincere and legitimate desire to solve the problem on both sides, it is possible that in the next months the Minsk agreements will be implements,” said the Secretary of State.

The federal budget of the Russian Federation in 2015 was executed with a shortage of 1 trillion 945 billion 99.5 million rubles, or 2.6% of GDP, the press service of the Ministry of Finance provided such data, making a preliminary assessment of the budget execution.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov denied the information that appeared in foreign media that Vladimir Putin proposed to resign President Bashar Assad. His words are given by Interfax. “This information is not true,” he said. Earlier, FT had an article that Vladimir Putin in early January asked Bashar al -Assad to resign, and the head of Syria refused such an offer indignantly.

The Foundation for Combating Corruption (FBK) intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the event that Russian courts refuse to consider his claim for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation to the General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika. It is reported by Interfax. “If our complaints about refusing to consider the claim will be rejected, we will file a complaint about the proceedings to legal proceedings,” said FBK lawyer Ivan Zhdanov.

In early January, Vladimir Putin asked Bashar al -Assad to resign, and the head of Syria refused indignantly from such a proposal, says Financial Times, citing his sources in Western intelligence. According to the publication, the late GRU Igor Sergun traveled to Damascus with a mission to Damascus. According to the sources, Assad "in anger refused" to resign.

In Grozny, there is a multi -thousandth rally in support of the head of the Chechen Republic, according to local television, about a million people took part in it. Participants intend to protect the Chechen leader from attacks, including non -systemic opposition. Judging by the photographs, the protesters came out with the slogans not only in support of Kadyrov, but also with statements against the politician of Ilya Yashin and musician Andrei Makarevich.

On Saturday 16, on the First Channel of Russian Television, a frightening plot was released, which the presenter Ekaterina Andreeva preceded with the following words: “In Germany, migrants began to rape minor children. And citizens of the country talk about impunity and permissiveness of criminals. About the new order now established in Germany - in the report of Ivan the Good.

The first decision of the Moscow City Court on the Lifelong Blocking of the Torrent Tractor Rutracker.org entered into force, RBC writes with reference to the managing partner of the Law Firm Semonov & Pevzner Roman Lukyanov, who represented the SBA-Podakshn in the court of the Musical Libra Warner Music Russia. The court decision entered into force on January 12, 2016, the seal of the Moscow City Secretariat on the document dates from January 22.

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) is going to finish Gazprom by 85 billion hryvnias ($ 3.47 billion) for abuse of the monopoly on the gas transit market for trunk pipelines in Ukraine. This was written by the head of the AMCU Yuri Terentyev on his Facebook page. “The decision has just been made on the abuse of the monopoly position in the transit of natural gas transit by main pipelines throughout Ukraine by Gazprom as a monopoly buyer.

The total outflow of funds in Russian assets investing in Russian assets for a week from January 14 to January 20, 2016 accelerated to $ 91.8 million, Interfax writes with reference to analysts of Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Last week, investors withdrew $ 70 million from funds investing in Russia, the outflow of funds from funds increased by 30%.

Today, the judge of the high court of London, Sir Robert Owen, made a decision in the Litvinenko case, finding guilty of his murder Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun.