The State Duma proposes to move the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day from February 23 to the end of August, specifically to August 29. The corresponding amendments to the Labor Code were prepared by deputy Ivan Sukharev. This was reported on Tuesday, February 28, by Russia Today. Sukharev explained that in pre-revolutionary Russia, it was on August 29 that they celebrated the Day of Remembrance of the Russian Army, which was established in 1769.

February 28, 2017, 20:34 / Economics / Video Why is Gref “for” and Kostin “against” And why does the Ministry of Finance need “people’s” government bonds Vedomosti

The Chairman of the Supreme Court, Vyacheslav Lebedev, spoke in favor of decriminalizing the article of the Criminal Code (CC) on repeated violations of the rules for holding rallies and pickets, under which Ildar Dadin was convicted. "This is not the position of the Supreme Court, since we have not discussed this issue yet. If we talk about my personal point of view, then I support it," Lebedev said.

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The Russian Ministry of Justice is ready to develop amendments to Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on punishment for repeated violations of the procedure for participation in public events, under which Ildar Dadin was convicted. Read also: The difficult freedom of Ildar Dadin The agency will begin developing amendments if the government issues a corresponding order, the press service reported in response to an Interfax request.

February 28, 2017, 20:07 / Business / News Mechel shareholders approved the restructuring of debt to VTB and Gazprombank undefined Vedomosti Shareholders of Mechel PJSC at an extraordinary meeting on Monday approved debt restructuring transactions with VTB and Gazprombank, the company said in a statement. At the end of December 2016, Mechel signed an agreement with VTB to extend the repayment period of the principal debt on credit lines until 2022.

In California, a twin-engine, six-seat Cessna 310 crashed into two residential buildings shortly after takeoff from Riverside Airport. As a result, four people were killed, including one local resident, and two more were hospitalized, KTLA reported , citing city fire chief Michael Moore. Rescuers are looking for several more local residents, whose fate is still unknown; there are between 3 and 5 people involved. The crash happened about 4:41 p.m. Monday local time, police said.

The Patriarchal Metochion of the Moscow Alekseevsky Monastery is asking to return to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) the building of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIIRO), which was rebuilt at the end of the last century from the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the Lord. This is stated in a statement by the abbess of the monastery, head of the legal service of the Moscow Patriarchate, Abbess Xenia (Chernega).

The Moscow District Cassation Court sent the case of the Tomsk television company TV-2 and Roskomnadzor for consideration by the court of first instance in the Moscow Arbitration Court, and also overturned the decisions of the court of first instance and the decision of the Ninth Court of Appeal, a Vedomosti correspondent reported from the courtroom. The conflict between the Tomsk media group and officials began more than two years ago.

February 28, 2017, 06:26 / Economy / News Ministry of Labor proposes returning to unemployment insurance - RBC undefined Vedomosti Labor Minister Maxim Topilin considers it advisable to return to the unemployment insurance system that operated in Russia until 2001. “Most countries live in an insurance system... Again, this is a subject for discussion with business and trade unions. The trade unions are definitely in favor.

February 28, 2017, 09:00 / Business / News Gazprom Neft dividends for 2016 will reach “maximum values” undefined Vedomosti Gazprom Neft may pay dividends for 2016 in the amount of about 11 rubles. per share versus RUB 6.47. for 2015, according to company materials. The net profit of Gazprom Neft according to IFRS for 2016 amounted to 200 billion rubles.

Russia on Tuesday, February 28, used its veto power in the UN Security Council, blocking a resolution on sanctions against Syria for the alleged use of chemical weapons. The document was supported by 9 members of the UN Security Council. Three voted against, including Russia and China, and three abstained, Interfax reports.

The Russian companies Zarubezhneft and Tatneft have submitted applications to participate in a tender for the development of oil fields in Iran, which is organized by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). to TASS This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Energy. It was previously reported that Gazprom and Lukoil also submitted applications for the tender .

The search of the apartment of human rights activist and journalist Zoya Svetova was carried out with serious violations, Interfax reports, citing one of her lawyers, Sergei Badamshin. "The search is over.

February 28, 2017, 11:59 am / Finance In October–December, the population reduced remittances abroad by 8% Vedomosti In the fourth quarter of 2016, the volume of cross-border money transfers from the population from Russia abroad through payment systems decreased by 8% year-on-year and amounted to $1.941 billion. This is reported by Prime with reference to materials from the Bank of Russia. $1.425 billion was transferred to the CIS countries, which is 13.8% less than in October–December 2015.