The investigation into the execution of Nicholas II and his family has been completed The investigation into the circumstances of the murder of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and members of his family has come to an end. In any case, the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office (SKP) insists on this.

Lawyers, investigators and prosecutors can now be brought to court without trial Recently, amendments to a number of laws adopted and approved at the very end of December as part of the national anti-corruption plan initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev came into force. These measures, as well as the anti-corruption law that came with them, were quite lively discussed last fall, and experts expressed different opinions.

The rector of the Sechenov Academy will represent the capital at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church The Moscow diocese has decided on who will represent the capital's clergy and laity at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which will meet in 11 days to elect a new patriarch.

UPC security officer shot dead In St. Petersburg yesterday, 29-year-old Dmitry Marinin, a security officer from the Russian Investigative Committee, was shot dead in broad daylight. Such high-profile crimes have not occurred in the northern capital for a long time. It caused an even sharper and more painful reaction from the authorities because in this case the victim was an employee of the central apparatus of a federal department. As it turned out, Mr. Marinin was in St.

An outbreak of African swine fever was recorded in Sochi Sochi, Russia's largest resort and the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics, may be left without pork: the city has been closed to the import and export of pig meat since Wednesday. Pork is prohibited from being sold in all markets, and since January 14 it has become a delicacy in Sochi. The lack of pork immediately provoked an increase in prices for beef and lamb. The price of meat reached 200-250 rubles. per kilogram.

The trial of the FFOMS leaders has begun The trial of the scandalous case of corruption in the Federal Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (FFOMS) began yesterday in the Moscow City Court. In the dock are the former general director of the fund Andrei Taranov, his first deputy Yuri Yakovlev, deputies Dmitry Usenko, Natalya Klimova and Dmitry Shilyaev, chief accountant Galina Bykova, heads of the audit and financial departments Tatyana Markova and Nina Frolova.

Moscow authorities are preparing for new spending cuts It is possible that as early as March of this year, the already optimized budget of the country’s wealthiest city will be subject to sequestration. At least, this is exactly the deadline that was announced yesterday at the regular meeting of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship by its head, Deputy Alexander Kovalev.

Chechnya threatens him with new sentences Yesterday it became known that former Russian army colonel Yuri Budanov, sentenced in 2003 to ten years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of 22-year-old Chechen resident Elza Kungaeva, left the colony early and was released. Law enforcement agencies were unable to clarify information about the whereabouts of Mr.