The concentration of troops in Crimea has been increased in connection with military exercises, aviation and air defense forces are ready to repel an air strike by a simulated enemy, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a video conference. "The grouping of troops in Crimea has been increased, aviation and air defense forces are ready to repel a massive air strike by a simulated enemy," Shoigu said.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny reported in his blog that he filed a lawsuit in the Tverskoy Court. The defendant in the lawsuit is Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This defendant violated the federal law "On Combating Corruption", and violated it not in some political way or in general, but quite specifically and personally. That is why I ask the court to force him to correct his violations," the oppositionist wrote in his blog.

February 11, 2016, 15:12 / Auto Cadillac CT6: Attention, engine!

Gazprom planned to spend 480 billion rubles on Power of Siberia alone (part of the Eastern Gas Program) in 2015-2017, according to the company's deputy chairman Andrei Kruglov / Valery Sharifulin / TASS Vedomosti was able to review the minutes of the meeting of the presidential commission on issues of fuel and energy sector development, which took place at the end of October last year. A person close to one of the participants in the meeting confirmed the authenticity of the document.

February 11, 2016, 00:03 / Finance VTB 24 does not yet plan to issue Mir cards A bank serving a million state employees does not yet understand Mir’s business model Anna Eremina The national card “Mir” is not yet very attractive for banks / A. Gordeev / Vedomosti One of the largest banks, the retail subsidiary of VTB , does not yet plan to issue a Mir card, Chairman of the Board of VTB 24 Mikhail Zadornov, , said yesterday.

The mass demolition of retail facilities in Moscow clearly contradicts the government's stated goals of supporting small and medium-sized businesses. But not the real system of interaction between government and business.

Since February 8, the duties of the chairman of the parliament of Sevastopol have been performed by the vice-speaker Ekaterina Altabaeva. This was stated to the newspaper "Kommersant" by the former speaker Alexey Chaly. The secretary of the political council of "United Russia" in Sevastopol, the member of parliament Boris Kolesnikov announced his readiness to support the candidacy of Altabaeva if she is officially proposed for the post of the chairman.

Four supporters of the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia, have been detained in Crimea, the press service of the Crimean prosecutor's office reported to Interfax on Thursday. "Currently, four individuals involved in illegal activities have been detained.

The Defense Ministry will resume purchasing Meridian communications satellites due to problems with the new-generation communications spacecraft, Kommersant writes , citing sources in the ministry and the rocket and space industry. Four new satellites, the first of which is planned to be launched into orbit no later than 2018, will cost the military department 14 billion rubles. The launch itself will add another 8 billion to the costs.

The crew of a Russian Boeing 777 requested an emergency landing at the airport in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) due to an emergency in one of the two engines, a source told Interfax, citing preliminary information. He added that the landing gear tires started to smoke during landing, but firefighters were already waiting for the plane at the airport, who sprayed it with fire hoses to prevent a fire. An Interfax source denied the information that the plane was circling, using up fuel.

The volume of financing for small agricultural enterprises in the future needs to be increased to 40 billion rubles. compared to 14 billion rubles included in the state budget for 2016, TASS reports with reference to the Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev. “The volume of financing for farmers in 2017-2018. it is necessary to increase to 40 billion rubles,” he said at the congress of the Association of Peasant (Farm) Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia (AKKOR).

Donald Trump is the Republican leader / David Goldman / AP Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders received 60% of the vote, significantly ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (38%) in the first primaries of the US presidential campaign, which took place on Tuesday in the state of New Hampshire. Among the Republicans, Donald Trump became the leader (35%), second place went to John Kasich (16%), and Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio received 11% each.

February 11, 2016, 17:57 / Finance Insurers prematurely promised a universal replacement of MTPL policies Goznak denied this; most likely, there will be no need to change policies Vedomosti Z. Milyavskaya / Vedomosti Motorists most likely will not have to change their existing MTPL policies to new ones.

The Kremlin supports the decision of the Moscow authorities to demolish kiosks and other retail outlets that interfere with the movement of vehicles and Muscovites, said the head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, Interfax reports. "These snake pits have nothing to do with so-called small businesses, since, as a rule, they are breeding grounds for crime and unsanitary conditions," said the head of the Kremlin administration (quoted by Interfax).

The operator of the Platon truck toll system, RT-Invest Transport Systems LLC (RTITS), plans to abolish one-time route cards from April 15 and reduce the validity of regular route cards from 30 to 7 days, Interfax reports. A representative of RTITS explained that the innovations will be in effect from April 15 after the introduction of the post-paid principle. Now users of the system can issue a one-time route card by entering minimal information about the car without registering in the system.