Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , making a public address for the first time in several months, announced that his victory over the rebels was close, and also again accused foreign forces of a conspiracy that are trying to destabilize the situation in Syria. “Victory is near. Foreign forces have not found a foothold here,” Assad said in an address to the nation broadcast live by the BBC . “The conspiracy from outside is obvious to everyone.

CEO Apple Tim Cook's earnings amounted to $378 million in 2011. Most of his earnings came from stock options worth $376.2 million, which can be exercised after five years. Option programs for top managers are traditional for Apple. another tradition - the minimum official salary But Cook broke . In 2011, he received a salary of $900 thousand. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gave himself a nominal $1 every year. At the time of his death, on October 5, Jobs owned 5.5 million shares of Apple.

A resident of Yaroslavl proved in court the legality of the punishment in the form of a fine of 14 million rubles, imposed on energy workers due to low voltage in the network, due to which her electrical appliances did not work.

A huge number of flights to and from Beijing were delayed or canceled on Tuesday, the delays were caused by a huge cloud of smog that covered the Chinese capital, the BBC reports . Visibility in some areas of the city deteriorated to 200 meters. The US Embassy, ​​which has a laboratory for monitoring air quality in Beijing, reported that the level of pollution has increased sharply, and the maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances in the air have been exceeded.

Shadow excuses Reasoning about sabotage is an illusion of knowledge — 10.01.12 18:36 — TEXT: "Gazeta.Ru" PHOTO: wikipedia.org The head of Roscosmos put forward a version of a hostile impact on spacecraft The search for enemies to explain their failures is typical of both Russian and any other officials. This technique is convenient, but harmful. The head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, could not restrain himself.

January 10, 2012, 21:04 Sports Lokomotiv will play against Zurich and Olhianense in Portugal Lokomotiv will play three friendly matches at a training camp in Portugal, which will take place from January 12 to 26 in Lagos, the railway workers' press service reports . On January 20, the Moscow club will play against the Swiss Zurich, and on January 25, the railway workers will play against the Portuguese Ollanense.

The body of a man who hanged himself was found on Monday evening in the building of the Institute of Economics in northeast Moscow, a law enforcement source said . “The body of a 30-year-old man was found on Kolskaya Street, on the 4th floor of the Institute of Economics,” the source said. He added that, presumably, the man was a teacher and hanged himself due to problems with his dissertation. According to the source, the body was found around 11:37 p.m.

Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk bought shares of the mobile operator Vimpelcom from Oleg Kiselev. An official statement from the EastOne group, controlled by Pinchuk, states that Bertofan Investments Limited, a company associated with the group, became the owner of 123.6 million Vimpelсom shares. The purchased stake corresponds to 28.51% of preferred shares and 5.995% of all voting shares of Vimpelсom.

January 10, 2012, 20:45 Business Russian business is expecting the worst Russian businessmen are more pessimistic than entrepreneurs in the BRIC countries Olga Alekseeva , Gleb Klimentyev close 100% Russian businessmen are more pessimistic about the future than entrepreneurs from other BRIC countries, according to a study by Grant Thornton International (GTI).

Russian writer and journalist Mikhail Idov , living in the United States, confirmed that he will become editor-in-chief of GQ magazine (Russia) from February 2012. He wrote about this on his microblog http://twitter.com/#!/michaelidov. “OK, so: I will be the new chief editor of GQ Russia . I’m starting on February 1 because I want to maximize my chances of arriving on the coldest day of the year,” Idov wrote on his microblog.

January 10, 2012, 19:53 Sports Mutko: criminal liability for match fixing may be established by law before the end of 2012 The Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko commented on the information that criminal liability for organizing match fixing could be introduced in Russia. “We are trying to translate the situation into a practical direction,” Mutko told Gazeta.Ru. — This is one of our legislative plans.

) were attacked In Syria, inspectors of the League of Arab States ( LAS reports, citing an official statement from the Arab League , 11 members of the mission were injured, Reuters . The incident occurred in the port city of Latakia, when crowds of protesters attacked cars, according to the report. Other details of the attack are unknown. “This incident did not in any way affect the work of the mission in Syria,” said Adnan al-Khudeir, head of the Arab League operational headquarters.

January 10, 2012, 11:06 Business The wife resigned Hildebrand left the Swiss Central Bank because of his wife Olga Tanas , Olga Kuzmenkova close 100% Head of the Swiss National Bank Philipp Hildebrand Reuters Philipp Hildebrand left the post of head of the Swiss Central Bank due to the scandal that was provoked by the banking transactions of his wife Kashya. On the eve of the franc's peg to the euro, it transferred assets to American dollars.

January 10, 2012, 15:44 Business Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Pinchuk bought almost 6% of Vimpelcom shares The international investment and consulting group EastOne of Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk acquired a 5.995% stake in the telecommunications holding Vimpelcom Ltd. Bertofan Investments Limited, which acquired 123.6 million preferred shares of Vimpelcom (28.51% of all issued preferred shares) for $111 million, is under the mandate of the EastOne group.

January 10, 2012, 19:13 Sports Ionov officially moved to Kuban Zenit midfielder Alexey Ionov officially became a Kuban player. According to the press service of the Krasnodar club, the 22-year-old football player signed a three-year contract with the team. On January 9 and 10, Ionov underwent an in-depth medical examination in Krasnodar. According to the Zenit press service , the St.