The proposal by the chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO), aide to President Vladimir Medinsky to chant the country's state symbols in schools has nothing to do with the official position of the Russian leadership.

A high-ranking official of the Investigative Committee (IC) was detained in Moscow on suspicion of corruption.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky is alive, he is in hospital in a serious condition. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

It is necessary to create a new design of the Russian passport, including in its design historical and culturally significant events from the country's history. Such an idea was put forward by the State Duma deputy.