Photo: press service of the Presnensky court/Agency "Moscow" I just returned from a meeting of the appeal that lasted a minute - and during this moment the court made a decision. I will not delve into the essence of the dispute, it is important that in a minute an justice decision cannot be made in any case. Coronavirus seriously changed all spheres of our lives. The judicial sphere was no exception.

KEYSTONE XL pipe photo: government of alberta/Flickr/CC by-NC-DD 2.0 Almost immediately after the inauguration of Joseph Biden, the American Ministry of Internal Affairs forbade for 60 days to lease new plots for production of oil and gas on federal lands. The American president himself annulled the permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline, designed to help bring Canadian oil varieties to the global market, and announced the return of the United States to the Parisian Climate Agreement.

In Arkhangelsk, the police came to activist Elena Kalinina, who placed snowmen with posters near her house. She reported this on her VKontakte page. The police did not draw up a report against Kalinina. According to her, they took the posters and sent them for examination. Kalinina published photos of snowmen on VKontakte the day before.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow found that State Duma deputy from United Russia Sergei Sopchuk was illegally engaged in business activities, deceived the presidential administration and opposed the investigation, Kommersant reports . At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, assets worth 38 billion rubles were confiscated from him. Sopchuk in 2011–2020 invested more than 1 billion rubles. in Terney Gold LLC, which develops the Salyut and Primorskoye deposits.

The CEO of Russian TikTok, Sergei Sokolov, was invited to the State Duma for a conversation in connection with the investigation into foreign interference in the internal affairs of Russia. Deputy Vasily Piskarev reported this to TASS. According to him, they “have accumulated questions” for the social network. Deputies are interested in foreign resources complying with Russian legislation, Piskarev said.

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Graffiti Street art of the artist Harry in Rome Photo: Fabio Frustaci/EPA/TASS The protests around the detention of Alexei Navalny caused a different reaction in Russian society. Despite significant investments in promotion, rallies did not collect the expected number of participants. Many veterans of the opposition shares of the early 2010s. They refused to go out.

The exhibition "Non -always. 1968–1985 ”in the new Tretyakov Gallery. Photo: Sofya Sandurskaya/Agency "Moscow" The Art Newspaper Russia, one of the main publications about culture and art in Russia, announced applicants for its annual award for achievements in the field of Russian culture. Judging by the short-list, the year does not look empty or in vain at all.

Forest on abandoned agricultural lands in Tatarstan. Photo: Greenpeace In the article: No work. There is food Three conditions of effective forestry Than the forest fund is bad for the forest Road for brave and persistent Over the past decades, tens of millions of hectares of agricultural land have been abandoned in Russia.

KEYSTONE XL pipe photo: government of alberta/Flickr/CC by-NC-DD 2.0 Almost immediately after the inauguration of Joseph Biden, the American Ministry of Internal Affairs forbade for 60 days to lease new plots for production of oil and gas on federal lands. The American president himself annulled the permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline, designed to help bring Canadian oil varieties to the global market, and announced the return of the United States to the Parisian Climate Agreement.

Photo: US Secretary of Defense Slow vaccination can interfere with the restoration of the economy in countries with low and medium income, therefore limited access to vaccines against Covid is a risk for financial stability in the world. This is stated in the report of the IMF. “The uneven distribution of vaccines can aggravate financial risks, especially in countries with border markets,” the fund experts say.

On January 27, the board of directors of RusHydro appointed Viktor Khmarin as the company’s general director, Kommersant reports , citing two sources. The contract with him was concluded for five years. In November 2020, Nikolay Shulginov left the post of general director of RusHydro. He took the post of Minister of Energy instead of Alexander Novak. At the same time, Khmarin became the acting head of the company.

Photo: kremlin.ru For the first time since 2009, Vladimir Putin spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, which is held in online format this year. In his speech, he emphasized the topic of poverty and social crisis, and also warned that in conditions of tension due to the pandemic of coronavirus there is a “risk of breakdown” and “war of all against all”. Here is a brief retelling of his performance.

Photo: Maxim Stulov/Vedomosti/TASS VTIMES learned how the Federal Tax Service is going to work with rich people. A special inspection will be created for them, two federal officials said: people whose income exceed 500 million rubles will be its customers. per year. But property qualification will not be a prerequisite. The Federal Tax Service will be able to register in the new human inspection and with less income.

The State Duma and the Federation Council supported the extension of the treaty between Russia and the United States on the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive weapons (START-3) on the same terms. According to the bill, it will be in force until February 5, 2026. The bill was submitted to the State Duma the day before by Russian President Vladimir Putin.