The Moscow City Court cancelled the arrest of Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, the third accused of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov, and remitted the case for a new trial concerning the measure of restraint for him.

The investigators of the case of the murder of Boris Nemtsov from MIA and FSS picked up the trail of the ethnic criminal group consisting of six people.

The residents of Moscow bring flowers to the place of the murder of the Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.

During Saturday hundreds of people were bringing flowers and notes to the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge where Boris Nemtsov was killed. Those who came to commemorate him formed a heap of flowers. People also put a Russian Constitution wet with rain and propaganda leaflets “Spring won’t come without you”.

According to the Federal Statistics Service of Russia, consumer prices in Russia increased by 5.8% in less than two months that have passed since the beginning of 2015. They have not been rising this quickly since 1999.

The writer Vladimir Voinovich published an open letter to the Russian President Vladimir Putin with an urge to release the former Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko accused of involvement in the death of Russian journalists in Lugansk.

The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of the former Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko concerning the change of the preventive measure applied to her.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry told about the deterioration of health of Savchenko. Due to the hunger strike, irreversible changes began in the body of the former Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko, according to the Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevgenii Perebiynis with the reference to the medical data.

The detainee caught at the Moscow memorial event dedicated to “Heavenly Hundred” appealed to the Prosecutor’s Office.

The Ministry of Economic Development introduced the package of measures on improvement of the business climate in Russia for consideration of the government.

The microblogging service of Twitter does not comply with the requirements of Russian legislation, including those aimed at countering extremism.

The last satellites of “Oko-1” constellation monitoring the launches of ballistic missiles are out of order, and the launch of new satellites is expected no earlier than in June 2015.

The members of the Minsk negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis agreed on a cease-fire and control over its implementation, as well as coordinated the scheme of withdrawal of heavy weapons.

By March 2015 the number of people unable to pay the full amount of the monthly payments on foreign currency mortgage may reach 45%. This forecast was made by the All-Russian movement of foreign currency mortgage borrowers.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance is negotiating the renewal of import of certain products from the European Union.

Alekseyi Navalny called the charges against himself and his brother absurd. Basmanny Court of Moscow has seized the property of the opposition member Aleksey Navalny and his younger brother Oleg under the investigation of the case on the laundering of funds and fraud during the transportation of goods of the “Yves Rocher” company.

“We all make mistakes. Facebook needs to fix its mistakes in Russia as soon as possible. The current actions are a monstrous precedent and are bad for business” - McFaul wrote.

The Ministry of Finance allowed for a withdrawal of 500 billion roubles from the Reserve Fund.

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance decided to ban the supplies of plant products from Albania since December 8. Albania has been used as a cover country for supplies of products from the European Union via Belarus and “false transit” to Kazakhstan.

The State Duma adopted the law concerning the federal budget for 2015 and planning period of the years 2016 and 2017. The document takes into account the annexation of the Crimea, the potential losses caused by the sanctions, as well as the tax maneuver in the oil industry.