TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who received permission from the Central Election Commission to collect signatures to register as a presidential candidate in the March 18 elections, responded today to numerous complaints about the fact that she is spending this time away from Russia - on the island of Bali. According to her, she is raising funds for her election campaign in Indonesia. "I'm so tired of the lies from ill-wishers, envious people and competitors!" Sobchak wrote on Instagram .

January 10, 2018, 23:56 / Economics Exclusively by subscription The railway to Beijing will not start from Moscow They first want to connect Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk with high-speed trains Olga Adamchuk Margarita Papchenkova The gross regional product of the Urals will increase 6–7 times due to the high-speed railway, experts say / Maxim Stulov / Vedomosti Russia's first high-speed railway (HSR) from Moscow to Kazan was announced by President Putin at the St.

The price of Bitcoin on the night of January 11 decreased by almost 14%, then the fall decreased to 10.24%, according to data from coindesk.com. At the opening of trading, the most popular cryptocurrency cost $14,890, and a few hours later it fell to $12,845 (-13.8%), by the time of publication the price had adjusted to $13,370 (-10.24%). The fall in Bitcoin occurred after the South Korean authorities announced the development of a bill banning trading in cryptocurrencies.

January 11, 2018, 20:44 / Finance / News Putin commented on the position of the Central Bank regarding cryptocurrencies undefined Vedomosti Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the position of the Central Bank of Russia regarding cryptocurrencies. According to him, the regulator’s conservatism is justified.

Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov considers fears about Russia's interference in the US presidential elections paranoid. According to him, these suspicions harm not only Russian-American relations, but also the US itself. "When this becomes an obsession, it does not create comfortable conditions for normal social development and life," Peskov noted. He also called Washington's statements about Moscow's interference in the elections unfounded.

EU Foreign Ministers Federica Mogherini, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said the foreign ministers of the EU, the UK, Germany and France had expressed concern at a meeting with their Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif over the current situation regarding Iran's ballistic missile programme. The two sides also discussed the reasons for the growing tensions in the region and the protests taking place in Iran.

The deputy head of the Moscow pretrial detention center "Matrosskaya Tishina" was fired after checking information about VIP cells, Interfax reports, citing the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). Three more employees of the pretrial detention center were brought to strict disciplinary responsibility. The investigation materials have been forwarded to investigative bodies, the FSIN added.

January 11, 2018, 17:16 / Business / News The government is preparing to limit air ticket prices during the 2018 World Cup undefined Vedomosti The Russian government is preparing a decision to limit prices for air tickets during the World Cup, which will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15 this year.

KAMAZ CEO Sergei Kogogin will take vacations during periods of leading Vladimir Putin's election campaign headquarters, the company's press service told TASS on Thursday. “While working at the election headquarters, Sergei Kogogin will be on vacation, and this will not affect the work of KAMAZ,” said a company representative.

Chinese chemists have created paper that can be printed and erased with text and color images several times using a regular inkjet printer. They published a scientific article about their invention on the Nature Communications portal. The paper does not lose its properties even after nine cycles of erasing and printing. As the N+1 portal explains, reusable paper is obtained if three additional layers are applied to ordinary paper, one of which is impregnated with a special solution.

Russia has become one of the leaders in the number of children admitted to private schools in the UK. From 2005 to 2017, their number increased by 77%, writes the consulting company Knight Frank: in 2005-2006, 343 children from Russia were admitted to private English schools, and in 2016-2017 – 608. In total, more than 3,000 Russians are currently studying in private schools in the UK.

January 11, 2018, 10:26 am / Business "Azbuka Vkusa" has introduced a payment service for the Chinese The retailer was the first among food retailers to introduce Alipay Natalya Ishchenko Russian sellers began to provide the ability to pay via Alipay after a noticeable increase in the flow of tourists from China / Aly Song / Reuters The Azbuka Vkusa supermarket chain was the first among Russian food retailers to launch the Chinese payment service Alipay.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told where he celebrated the New Year 2018. According to him, he "was at home, and then went to Siberia for a couple of days." The head of state also noted that he vacations exclusively in his homeland, TASS reports. "As for the New Year holidays and all other holidays, I spend all the holidays in Russia, that's the tradition, and I'm not drawn anywhere, to be honest," he said at a meeting with representatives of Russian media and news agencies.

January 10, 2018, 23:42 / Politics You cannot be elected for life with a foreign residence permit Even if the document is canceled before the start of the campaign Anastasia Kornya The Supreme Court canceled the registration of the initiative group created in support of the self-nomination of St.