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Mikhail Piotrovsky In the St. Petersburg diocese commented on the letter of the President of the Union of museums of Russia, Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky to Patriarch Kirill devoted to the transfer of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Russian Orthodox Church. The head of the diocesan Department for cooperation of Church and society Archpriest Alexander Pelin said to “Interfax” that Piotrovsky would have to think about the Hermitage instead of Isaac. “Actually, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he called for St. Isaac’s Cathedral as a historical monument, maybe it makes more sense to do the historical traditions of the Hermitage as one of the best museums in the world, and not to make it provocative exhibitions such as the exhibition of Jan Fabre? (We are talking about exposure of an artist with stuffed animals, opened in the New Hermitage October 21 — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) Maybe we should attend to

The presidential Council on human rights (HRC) proposed to leave to the regions the right to decide on the permissibility of wearing headscarves in schools. In an interview with National news service (NSN) said the Deputy Chairman of the presidential Council Evgeny Bobrov. “Wearing hijab is a violation of the Constitution is not, because we have a secular state, and educational activities also must comply with the adopted laws. But I believe that in the regions where it is customary to wear the hijab, perhaps to allow them to wear in schools,” said beavers, noting that this item needs to be written in the law “On education”. A member of the HRC added that the situation must be discussed with the staff of the Ministry of education and representatives of the denomination. It should be regulated at the level of subjects of Federation. Earlier on January 25 the head of

Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Vladimir Putin presented state awards to 30 the Russians for his services in various fields. The ceremony was held in the Catherine hall of the Kremlin. On Thursday, January 26, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru”. Among the awarded — representatives of science, health, arts, manufacturing, civil service. The star of the Hero of Russia Putin presented pilot-test pilot of the first class Valery Potashov, the order “For merits before Fatherland” I degree — the adviser to the head of Russian Railways Gennady Fadeev. TV presenter and President of the international “Club of the funny and inventive” (KVN), the head of the creative Association “AMIK” Alexander Maslyakov, received the order “For merits before Fatherland” II degree. The same award was given to academician of RAS, Director of Scientific center of children’s health Alexander Baranov and scientific Director of the research Institute of biomedical chemistry named after

More than 60 percent of Russians supported the initiative of the Ministry of health to ban the sale of cigarettes to those born after 2014. About it reports on Thursday, January 26, RIA Novosti reported, citing a poll by the Russian center for public opinion studies (VTSIOM). For the ban expressed by 61 percent of respondents, including smokers themselves (from 51 to 59 per cent in different groups). Against the initiative of the Ministry of health, 36 percent of citizens, including 41% men, 44% of people aged 35-44 years, 43 percent of respondents close to retirement age and 44 percent of residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg. “If we want a new drastic reduction in the number of smokers needed a new package of radical measures, one of which was the proposal of the Ministry of health to ban the sale of tobacco to everyone born after 2014. This proposal,

Amur Bay About 50 fishermen were on the ice floe in the Amur Bay near Vladivostok. On Thursday, January 26, reported on the website of the city administration. It is noted that in the area of emergency arrived employees of the municipal rescue service and an airboat “Typhoon -1000”. Later, the RIA Novosti news Agency in the head office of EMERCOM in the Primorsky territory reported that the fishermen left the ice, threatening their life there. A day earlier, in the main Department offices in the region warned that on January 26-27 in connection with the strengthening of the South wind in the Amur and Ussuri gulfs is expected to breaking and motion of the ice. Fans of ice fishing, as well as the rest of the inhabitants of the city recommended these days is not to go on the ice. In January 2016, in the Khabarovsk territory in the

Inhabitants of settlement Vanino in the Khabarovsk Krai will hold a rally against dust generated during coal handling at the local port, reports “Interfax”. According to a member of the initiative group of Docker Alexander Egorov, the event is coordinated in a thousand or more people. It will be held on Sunday, January 29, at Mayakovsky square. “Residents of Vanino concerned that the program of environmental measures in recent years taken more than once, and in fact at the moment it is still only on the purchase of the port guns (to deal with coal dust when handling — approx. “Of the tape.ru”), “—said Egorov. The CEO of the port of Vanino Valery Balakin noted that the company acquired four additional snegogenerator which will be delivered in February. It is also planned to use a vacuum apparatus and to protect all the area with coal. “All of this should lead

In Moscow will soon begin to test the new method emergency alert: drivers are planned to inform about the approaching ambulance on the radio. On Wednesday, January 25, the TV channel “360”. As told the press Secretary of the Department of information technology Elena Novikova capital, the new method allows you to pass information through the receiver, even if the driver in this moment is not listening to the radio. It is sufficient that the device has been enabled. “They [technologies] allow to drown out the voice signal that you’re listening to radio, or CD, or USB flash drive and replace it with an emergency alert,” — said Novikov. She added that the use of such a signal requires large financial costs. That the Moscow authorities and the Ministry of communications are discussing a new method of an emergency informing drivers and passengers, reported the newspaper “Kommersant”. According to one

16-year-old pupil detsko-youthful sports school № 1 in the town of Belogorsk in Amur region with heart attack have taken away from training in intensive care. This was reported in the Thursday, January 26, at the site of administration of the settlement. The incident occurred on January 25. The student (name withheld) became ill during training in the section of athletics. The coach called an ambulance, visiting the doctors assessed the victim’s condition as severe, gave him emergency help and was taken to intensive care. “The diagnosis of a serious heart condition. In practice, Belogorsky doctors this is the first case of a heart attack, diagnosed at the age of 16. At the age of 25, for us it is an extreme rarity. In my experience it’s the first case,” — said the head physician of Belogorsky hospital Andrew Rud. He stressed that to save the teenager’s life failed thanks

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with students of Moscow state University. M. V. Lomonosov said that Europe must stay United against the wishes of some politicians to isolate themselves from neighbors. On Wednesday, January 25, the correspondent “reports Tapes.ru”. “Europe must be United, despite all attempts to build some new walls,” said the Russian leader. During the meeting Putin also thanked the students, members of the search party. He stressed that their work contributes to the reconciliation of the Russian and German peoples. “This is very true, it is part of the reconciliation of the Russian and the German people, it is extremely important for the future,” the President said. Earlier Wednesday it was reported that Putin, together with the students sang to the guitar one of the most popular Soviet songs starting from the 1960-ies “Fourteen minutes to start” (“Tucked into the tablet space maps”).

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the talks in Astana on Syria will be a good base to continue the negotiating process in Geneva. On Wednesday, January 25, RIA Novosti reported. “I think it is very important to note that the participants in the process in Astana has fixed the inability to solve the Syrian problem by military means”, — the Russian leader said at a meeting with king Abdullah II of Jordan. Earlier Wednesday, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the main channel for the search of the Syrian settlement is the Geneva process. Answering the question about the possibility of holding new meetings in the capital of Kazakhstan, Peskov said that it depends on feasibility. Talks in Astana on 23-24 January. As a result of meetings between Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish a tripartite mechanism for monitoring observance of the truce in Syria. In