Experts on army reform The President of the Russian Federation, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree determining the size of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 2016. According to the document, the text of which was published on the Kremlin website on Tuesday, the size of the Russian army from January 1, 2016 will be 1 million 884 thousand 829 people, including 1 million military personnel.

The President held a meeting on the state of the banking system Against the backdrop of the gas conflict with Ukraine and the European Union, which is unprecedented in scope, the Russian leadership is not forgetting about purely internal matters. Yesterday, at his residence in Gorki, President Dmitry Medvedev held another meeting on economic issues, this time in the usual format, measures to stabilize the situation in the banking sector were discussed.

Moscow is trying to mobilize Europe to increase pressure on Ukraine The war of nerves and mutual accusations between Russia and Ukraine continues. Yesterday did not bring any changes to the situation with the transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukrainian territory. Moreover, the prospect of restoring transit remains vague.

Vladimir Putin met with the prime ministers of the countries most affected by the gas war between Russia and Ukraine The government team led by Vladimir Putin is literally trying day and night to resolve the gas conflict with Ukraine, which has led to a stop in the transit of Russian gas through this country to Europe.

St. Petersburg and Moscow are finishing dividing the cultural monuments of the northern capital City and federal authorities have distributed among themselves responsibility for cultural heritage sites located on the territory of St. Petersburg. 155 architectural ensembles were transferred to the ownership of the northern capital, and 119 remained with the Russian Federation.

In the midst of the crisis, Vladimir Churov optimizes the expenses of the Central Election Commission The Central Election Commission will save public funds during the crisis.