Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak has spoken out against renaming the Nizhneimeretinskaya embankment in Sochi in his honor, TASS reports, citing Kozak's press secretary Ilya Dzhus. "Kozak treats the initiative of the Sochi residents with respect and gratitude, but naturally does not give his consent. We have no doubt that the Sochi residents have already appreciated the work of many thousands of Olympic builders and organizers of the Games," explained Dzhus.

US President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. This statement was made by the adviser to the head of state on environmental issues, Myron Ebel, writes The Independent . “He can sign the corresponding decree tomorrow, or he can wait and do it as part of a broader package of orders,” Ebel said, adding that he does not know the exact timing of signing the relevant document.

January 29, 2017, 11:16 pm / Business Exclusively by subscription Bashneft wants to change the methodology for calculating losses in the Transneft pipe Previously, such a claim was filed against the pipeline monopoly by the parent company of Bashneft, Rosneft.

January 30, 2017, 16:54 / Business The largest companies are entering the battle for the market of “healthy” snacks Food industry giants are having to find ways to respond to Sheherazade Daneshko's fast-growing startups Companies specializing in healthy nutrition will continue to take market share from large corporations, experts believe / Andy Dean / YAY / TASS Teff is a gluten-free grain originally from Ethiopia and a word that is more likely to be found in the vocabulary of health enthusiasts

Smolny's social block may be headed by Anna Mityanina / Svetlana Kholyavchuk / TASS Kazanskaya graduated from the economics department and postgraduate program at Leningrad State University, and also completed a training course for senior bank managers in the UK. She has a PhD in economics and worked as a teacher at universities.

US President Donald Trump has criticized his intra-party opponents, Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, accusing them of constantly “trying to start World War III.” Instead, Trump advised them on Twitter to take a closer look at ISIS (banned in Russia), “illegal immigration, and border security.” Earlier, senators criticized Trump's immigration orders.

During the reorganization of the US National Security Council (NSC) under President Donald Trump, the Russian direction will be combined with the European one, The Washington Post writes in an extensive article about the role of Trump's political adviser Stephen Bannon in the new presidential administration.

More than half (53.3%) of smartphones sold in Russia in 2016 supported LTE; The share of devices that do not support LTE, but operate in 3G networks, in sales was 45.5%. This follows from materials from the company, a partner of several retailers. These data were confirmed by M.video representative Valeria Andreeva. In general, the numbers are correct, says MTS representative Dmitry Solodovnikov.

On January 26, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened a case against Megafon for violating the law on the protection of competition, the agency reported. The reason was the increase by Megafon from December 12, 2016 of basic tariffs for communication services in international roaming in 38 directions from 20 to 2200% of the previously established ones.

Read also: In the Ulyukaev case there are positive characteristics from Kostin and Chubais The Moscow City Court has ruled that the extension of the house arrest of former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, who is accused of accepting a $2 million bribe, is legal until mid-April, TASS reports. Thus, the court has not satisfied the defense's appeal.

No deals with the US in exchange for lifting sanctions against Russia are being discussed, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said today. "Our president has stated very clearly that the topic of sanctions is not on our agenda, and the president does not intend to raise this topic in any way," he noted. "It is hardly possible to talk about any deals right now: first we need to decide on the date and place of the meeting between the two presidents," Peskov said.

The investigator in court asked to extend the arrest of Renova top managers Boris Vainzikher and Evgeny Olkhovik for three months. They are accused of giving multi-million dollar bribes to the former leadership of the Komi Republic.

January 30, 2017, 16:14 / Business Oil exports from Russia increased by 4.9% over 11 months of 2016 – Rosstat undefined Vedomosti The volume of oil and gas condensate exports from Russia (including data for the Republic of Belarus) in January-November 2016 amounted to 233.2 million tons, which is 4.9% more than the same figure for January-November 2015, Rosstat reported with reference to to the Federal Customs Service of Russia.

January 29, 2017, 11:34 pm / Finance Trump didn't scare global banks with trade war with Mexico They are not going to leave this country Tatyana Bochkareva The trade war with Mexico that US President Donald Trump is threatening to start has not scared global banks. They are not going to leave Mexico / A.

The exhibition of Semyon Faibisovich is a series of dazzling paintings. Although they are painted on canvas in oil, they shine like brand new photographs reproduced on huge monitors. It even seems that these paintings glare, shine and sparkle either in the living sun or with mechanical screen light, but glare, reflections and rays piercing the darkness are only depicted on them. After the crisis Semyon Faibisovich had a break from work that lasted 12 years.