The former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov, who is under arrest in the case of bribery, was charged with illegal storage and acquisition of weapons. According to Interfax, this was stated by the investigator in the Basmanny Court of Moscow on Thursday, which considers the issue of extending the term of arrest Markelov.

The head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, Major General Alexander Novikov said that during an attack on Russian bases in Syria, an explosive was used, which is also produced at the Shostkinsky factory of chemical reagents in Ukraine, Interfax reports. “Preliminary studies have shown that a hexogen was used as the basis of explosive in ammunition. The specified explosive is produced by a number of countries, including in Ukraine at the Shostkinsky factory of chemical reagents.

In Ufa, the Investigative Committee began a pre -investigation verification of information that the unknown people had demolished the house of a local resident while he was on a business trip. This was reported on the website of the Office of the IC in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Earlier, the entire Ufa publication reported that Flydat Shainurov, having returned from a business trip, found that his house 68a on Gafuri Street was demolished with the whole situation and personal things.

The International Olympic Committee refused to use the Bosco brand, which is the official equipment equipment, during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang. As TASS reports , the head of the company Mikhail Kusnirovich announced this. “We received a letter from the IOC, where they agreed with our proposal to remove the Bosco brand from the form in which we equip the IOC. They reported that they understand and accept our position.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the Russian government to pay 4 thousand euros to a resident of Tatarstan, Alexander Stryukov, who spent three years in jail, reports Mediazona with reference to lawyer Irina Khrunova. The court ruled that Russia violated Article 5 of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which guarantees the right to freedom and personal integrity. Stryukov was detained in March 2007 on suspicion of tax evasion.

On January 10, in the village of Kurchaloye, the police broke into the house to the head of the Grozny branch of the Memorial human rights center Oyub Titieva, expelled his relatives out into the street, locked the house and left, taking the keys with them. This is stated in a statement by Memorial, published in Novaya Gazeta. In the house were relatives from the family of brother Titiev, Yakub.

The Directorate of the Gorky Park allocated 13 million rubles for the celebration of Shrovetide: a huge rubber sun and an eight -meter stuffed animal will be put in the park, which will be burned. The conditions of the open competition are published on the official portal of public procurement. Shrovetide measures will be held in the city on February 17-18, at the festival in the Park of Gorky Muscovites and guests of the city will meet the luminous rubber art object "Sun".

The Presnensky court of Moscow withdrew from the leader of the religious sect Andrei Popov, known as “God Kuzya”, accusations of organizing a religious association, whose activity is associated with violence against citizens and other causing harm to their health. According to Interfax, the court made such a decision the expiration of the statute of limitations. A similar decision was also made in relation to the rest of the accused.

Former participant in the British hard rock of Motorhead Eddie Clark died at the age of 67. This is stated on the page of the group on Facebook. “Edward Allan Clark, or, as we all know him and love him,“ Fast ”Eddie Clark, yesterday peacefully passed away,” the report said. It is noted that Clark died in the hospital, where he was treated with pneumonia.

The number of foreign observers who will work in the elections of the President of Russia on March 18 can be about a thousand people. According to TASS, this was stated by a member of the Central Election Commission Vasily Likhachev. According to him, on January 11, the Chairman of the CEC Ella Pamfilova signed a letter to the leadership and the Federation Council to “determine the geographical trends, logistics of invitations”.

Saudi Arabia introduced disposable visas for foreign tourists over 25 years old, they will be able to visit the kingdom unaccompanied by a male relative, Interfax reports with reference to Gulf News. “The visa will be single and valid up to 30 days. Currently, work is underway on the creation of an electronic system for their issuance, ”said General Omar al -Mubarak, director of the Licensing, Tourism and National Heritage Commission of Saudi.

The Ministry of Education and Science sent for an additional examination a textbook for the tenth grade “History of Russia: the beginning of the XX - beginning of the XXI century” (O.V. Volobuev, S.P. Karpachev, P.N. Romanov) Publishing House “Drofa”. The scientific and methodological council of the Ministry of Education and Science decided to send a textbook for examination. Its chairman is the Minister of Education Olga Vasilieva. 19 people voted for this decision, two refrained.

The police in Yekaterinburg conducts an audit on the fact of the death of a dog, which was tied by the tail to the fence and exploded a firecracker near it. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Earlier in the media there was information that the flayers mocked the dog, which was stolen from one of the cottages. The dog died according to one version, from the cold, and according to the other - from cardiac arrest.

The deputy head of the SIZO-1 "Sailor Silence" was dismissed after checking information about VIP camera for privileged prisoners. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press Bureau of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

President Vladimir Putin supported the idea of ​​creating the title “Honored Journalist of Russia”. He stated this at a meeting with representatives of the Russian media, the broadcast of which was conducted by Russia 24. This initiative was made by the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Russia Vladimir Solovyov. He noted that now journalists are awarded the titles of “Honored Worker of Culture” or “Honored Suggest”.