Whose Ai-Petri?

Good morning!

The US Department of Finance has lifted sanctions from Deripaska companies now heal. The rest is like this:

• In St. Petersburg, a military parade on Palace was held on the anniversary of the departure of the blockade. Germany allocated 12 million euros to the aid of blockade.
• The United States threaten “serious measures” in the event of a threat to Juan Guydo, who proclaimed himself President of Venezuela on January 23. Peskov claims that Russian mercenaries were not sent to Venezuela.
• From the Tretyakov workers in front of the visitors of the exhibition, Kuindzhi’s painting “Ai-Petri. Crimea” was stolen, in Paris, along with the door, Banksy's work dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attack in “Baclan” was abducted.

Parade and memory

January 27 turned 75 years old to break through the blockade of Leningrad. On what is the parade on the palace - with military equipment, the flight of “cutting” and the pronounced of the fronts of the fronts participating in the breakthrough. Here are photographs from official events, including from a visit to Patriotic Association “Lenresterrev”. Here is a story about numerous promotions organized by citizens who do not agree that the anniversary of the breakthrough of the blockade should be marked with parades.

The German government allocated 12 million euros on the anniversary of the anniversary as voluntary assistance to the surviving blockade. Here you can read the retelling of “discussions” between the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which criticized the idea of the parade, and Russian officials.

And here are photographs of Soviet military correspondents who shot a blockade.

January 27 celebrated the Memorial Day of the Holocaust victims.

"No, of course"

The head of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guydo, who proclaimed himself president on January 23, said in an interview with the Washington Post (English) about the negotiations that he and his associates lead with the military and representatives of civilian structures. Venezuela’s military attache in the United States Colonel Jose Louis Silwa recognized Juan Guydo legitimate president of Venezuela. ( Israel and Australia were also recognized).

Trump's adviser John Bolton promised “serious response” on Twitter in the event of a threat to the security of American diplomats and Guaydo himself, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Russia in the UN Security Council for supporting President Maduro, deposited by the head of the National Assembly.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov to the question whether Russia sent to Venezuela mercenaries to protect Maduro, replied : “No, of course.”

(The same Peskov, also on television, said that the signing of a peace treaty with Japan was hindered by the fact that Japan supports the sanctions introduced against Russia. According to the VTsIOM , 77% of Russians are opposed to the transfer of Southern South Kurili. But this is so, for information).

Ukraine: Birch and Savchenko

A duel is planned between the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Borislav Birch and the Russian senator Igor Morozov. A reason: on the sessions of the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Birch pushed the correspondent of “Russia - 1” so that it does not interfere with the member of the Ukrainian delegation Irina Gerashchenko to give an interview. Now they choose weapons.

The Party "Civil Platform of Nadezhda Savchenko" nominated Nadezhda Savchenko in the president of Ukraine. Savchenko sits in a pre -trial detention center on charges of preparing the coup.

Cultural loss

• From the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, in front of visitors, the unknown person in black abducted the picture of Arkhip Kuindzhi “Ai-Petri. Crimea”. A criminal case has been opened.
• In Paris, along with the door on which he was drawn, Banksy's drawing was stolen in memory of those who died in terrorist attacks in Baclanna.
• Composer Michelle Legrand died, he was 86 years old. Here, Boris Barabanov explains that exclusively as the author of music to the “Sherburgic umbrella”, Legrand was perceived only in Russia.

All the other list

• In the Saratov region, a gas boiler exploded in a cafe, one person died, about 30 were injured. In The Hague, a three -story building fell from the gas explosion.
• In Austria, by the age of 14, the head of the ultra -right group was sentenced to introduce Putin to introduce troops. Her associates also received serious deadlines.
• In France, shares of “red scarves” protesting against violence by “yellow vests” were held .
• The letter of European intellectuals calling for the struggle for the idea of Europe and against populists can be found here (English).

Six links

• Blockade. The book of memoirs "At the bottom of the blockade and war" Boris Borisovich Mikhailov. In 1941 he was 16 years old. He survived in the first blockade winter, hit the military school, managed to serve, and after the war he graduated from the university and became a doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences. Therefore, his book was released all -hawks. The story of a resident of Krasnoyarsk Esfiri Kolosova - an orphan evacuated from the besieged Leningrad in 1942 and adopted in Krasnoyarsk. And the blocking geography - baths, hairdressers, hospital, “vitamin pharmacy”.
• Story. The story of how the writer Georgy Vladimov wrote denunciations to himself and what came of it.
• Movie. The film “Memoirs” Sunila Datta entered the Guinness Book of Records as “A picture with the least number of actors” - Datt, an Indian film star himself played the only role. Kinoveda Alexei Gusev tells about the picture.
• Science. For lovers of Stephen Hawking, another chapter from his book “Brief answers to big questions” about whether life on earth will remain.

Sincerely yours,
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