In 2017, three brigade sets of Iskander-M missile systems were received from the industry / Yuri Smityuk / TASS In the Kaliningrad Region, infrastructure has been created for the deployment of the Iskander-M operational-tactical complex, Anatoly Gorodetsky, commander of the 152nd missile brigade stationed in the region, reported via video link on Wednesday during the "military acceptance day" at the Ministry of Defense.

Russians' incomes have been declining for the fourth year, but consumption is picking up: such an economic paradox was not observed in Russia even before the last crisis. In 2017, the volume of loans issued by banks to individuals increased by 13.2%, while real disposable incomes decreased by 1.7% (data from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and Rosstat). Russians were also enthusiastically borrowing in 2011–2013, but then incomes increased by 4–5% per year.

The President clarified that “we are happy for those athletes that CAS supported,” but not all 100% are justified / Mikhail Metzel/TASS Russian President Vladimir Putin sees no reason for euphoria in the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which lifted sanctions against 28 Russian athletes. He said this at the Rostselmash plant, answering a question from journalists.

Xerox copier, 1972 / Vitaly Sozinov / TASS American Xerox, one of the largest companies in the copying machine market, will become part of a joint venture with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp. Fuji Xerox, the companies announced. Current Xerox shareholders will receive $2.5 billion and a 49.9% stake in the updated Fuji Xerox joint venture, according to a press release, while Fujifilm Holdings Corp. will hold 50.1% of the shares.

During the first day of accepting applications from Russians who want to vote at their place of residence, 36,979 applications were received. This was reported by Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Bulaev. According to him, the "absolute champion" among other methods of filing applications was the public services portal - 23,851 applications were received there.

01 February 2018, 12:29 / Business Dvorkovich responded to VIM-Avia’s proposal to pay off salary debts at the expense of Aeroflot Vedomosti The government does not support VIM-Avia’s proposal to pay salary debts at the expense of Aeroflot, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told reporters. “No, this would still be a bad precedent: to pay salaries to some companies that have problems, bankruptcy, at the expense of other companies.

US Treasury Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tony Sayegh explained why the lists of names from the “Kremlin report” look like “copy-pasted” from open sources. On January 30, the US Treasury Department included 210 Russians in the so-called "Kremlin report." The list includes Russian officials and businessmen close to the country's leadership: 114 officials and 96 "oligarchs" (according to Forbes, each has a fortune exceeding $1 billion).

Gudkov to take over surveillance / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti Former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov is opening a headquarters for monitoring the presidential elections in Moscow on Thursday. He plans to recruit 7,000 people to ensure two observers at each polling station; so far, 1,176 people have responded. According to Gudkov, representatives of Open Russia, Civil Initiative, PARNAS, Alexei Navalny, and Yabloko have been invited to the opening.

The Russian Investigative Committee has opened two more new criminal cases of fraud on an especially large scale against former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov, who was previously charged with embezzlement, Interfax reports.

Since the beginning of the year, Moscow authorities have issued ten certificates of conformity (ZOS) for the developer and the project declaration with the requirements of the law on shared construction No. 214-FZ, according to a report from Moskomstroyinvest. “The conclusions were received, for the most part, by those developers who managed to submit documents for consideration at the end of 2017,” the statement quotes the committee chairman, Konstantin Timofeev, as saying.

The Telegram messenger has returned to the AppStore. Telegram founder Pavel Durov wrote about this on Twitter. Earlier, Telegram disappeared from the AppStore app store. At first, Durov called it a "minor problem." Then he clarified that Apple issued a warning to Telegram about inappropriate content. This is the reason why the app was removed from the AppStore, Durov clarified. As soon as Telegram installs protection, the app will return to the online store, he added.

Twitter has expanded the circle of users who may have been exposed to Russian propaganda during the 2016 US election campaign. Warnings about possible interaction with accounts allegedly linked to the “Russian pro-government organization” Internet Research Agency (known as a “troll factory”) were sent to 1.4 million users, Twitter said in a blog post. Users who may have simply seen content from one of the 3,814 suspicious accounts did not receive a warning.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave details of Operation Olive Branch in northwestern Syria, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to him, the number of militants killed in Afrin has reached 800 and continues to increase. The Turkish leader said this at a meeting with young people in Ankara. The Turkish army launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20.

Florian Jansen will take the post of Chief Executive Officer of Lamoda from March 1, 2018. This is stated in the company’s statement. He will succeed Niels Tonzen as co-founder of the company. He and the company's other co-founder, Dominique Picker, decided to leave Lamoda in order to focus on new business challenges, the report notes. What exactly they will do is not specified. Online retailer Lamoda was founded by Niels Tonzen, Dominique Picker, Florian Jansen and Burkhard Binder in 2011.

The US Navy has released several new videos showing the interception of a US EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft by a Russian Su-27. According to the US military, the incident occurred on January 29 in international airspace over the Black Sea. The US Navy called the actions of the Russian pilots dangerous. According to the US military, the Russian aircraft approached the US EP-3 at "excessive" speed and made a sharp turn near it.