TODAY: Putin hosts EEC, meets new Armenian leader; Lavrov hails close security ties with Egypt; MI5 head attacks Russia; activists seek investigation into Cossack beatings; Russians do not feel affected by sanctions, Kremlin mulls support options for biggest and worst-hit companies; Deripaska giving evidence in London in Abramovich case; former Finance Minister given post at finance watchdog; Germany appeals to Kremlin over banned journalist.