A breakdown bill of 50 euros. Photo by ar The European Central Bank reduced the key account by 0.5 percentage points - to 2.0 percent from 2.5 percent, RIA Novosti reports. The decision of the leadership of the Governing Council of the main financial authority of the European Union was no surprise for analysts who previously expressed the opinion that the reduction in the discount rate should be a response measure to roll the EU into a recession.

Julia given. Photo ikd.ru The case of an activist of the "poetized association of the development of the theory of public happiness" of Julia, who was accused of creating an illegal armed union, illegal deprivation of the freedom of minors and the torture of children, was returned to court.

Magomed Khazbiev. Photo by Anna Karpyuk - Grani.ru In Moscow, a sanctioned picket of representatives of the Ingush opposition was held on Chistoprudny Boulevard near the monument to the Griboedov monument, the Grani.ru correspondent reports. About 20 people took part in the protest against the appointment of the former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Musa Musa Musa Musa Musa Medov. The event was organized by one of the opposition leaders in the region Magomed Khazbiev.

The FSFR stopped trading. Photo RBC The Federal Financial Markets Service revoked the license of a stock intermediary committing commodity futures and optional transactions from Forex Club. This is stated in the official press release of the FSFR. According to Interfax, this decision was made due to the fact that the company violated the provisions of the securities market.

Brain. Illustration from the site www.fu-tokyo.ac.jp/~taisuke/ In a cave in the southeast of Armenia, not far from the border with Iran, the brain of an ancient person was found. According to preliminary estimates, the age of a well -preserved find is about 6 thousand years, the website of the journal " Around the World " reports with reference to Science News . During the excavations in the Arena-1 cave in 2007-2008, archaeologists discovered many artifacts whose age is 5.9-6.2 thousand years.

Steve Jobs. Photo by ar The founder and executive director of the manufacturer of computer technology, Steve Jobs, took a vacation by illness for six months - until the end of June of this year, reports the Associated Press. As the company representatives specified, the health of the head of Apple was more serious than previously expected. His duties will temporarily fulfill the director of production issues Tim Cook.

Soldiers in Plesetsk. Frame "Vesti" Military units will be endowed with the right of a legal entity for conducting independent economic activity. This provision is contained in the bill sent to the State Duma, Kommersant reports. Parliamentarians are ready to give the status of a legal entity to individual military units and units so that they can independently purchase food, engage in repair and other economic activities.

Car of collectors. Photo from the site www.psdp.ru In the south-west of Moscow, an attack on the collectors was made, as a result, one of them was injured. According to RIA Novosti, citing a source in the capital's law enforcement agencies, the attack was committed near house number 24 on Krzhizhanovsky Street on Thursday morning. Armed criminals took a bag of money from the collectors and left the crime scene in the VAZ-2109 car. To search for robbers, the interception plan has been introduced.

View of the Gaza sector in the morning of January 4. Photo AP The Israeli military fired at the 16-storey building "ASh-Shukeu Tower" in Gaza, in which there were correspondents of foreign media. According to Newsru Israel, the representative of the Reuters agency Julian Reik said about this on the air of the Israeli radio station. According to Reak, the building was fired by the Israeli military. He said that all the victims were correspondents of foreign media living in Gaza.

Dmitry Shusharin In the year before last, special propagandons (this self -name ) launched a fake about Madeleine Albright. Allegedly, she said that Russia is unfairly alone owned by hydrocarbon resources. That these resources are the property of mankind. The operation was carried out in the literal sense of the highest level - one of the performers was Vladimir Putin. They laughed and forgot. Meanwhile, the time to recall. For, as they say, the course of thoughts of propagandons was correct.

Ilya Milstein On the site khodorkovsky.ru, this fresh story from the life of the Russian femid is presented with the unambiguousness that does not seem to cause the slightest objections. The case of Khodorkovsky-Lebedev "went into a muffle dead end and is approaching the final collapse." Not knowing what to do, the authorities reach insanity.

Yuri Budanov. Frame NTV The former colonel of the Russian army Yuri Budanov, convicted of the murder of a resident of Chechnya Elsa Kungaeva, was released, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to law enforcement agencies of the Ulyanovsk region. He was released on Thursday. Earlier it was reported that the protection of the Kungaev family sent a cassation appeal against the decision on the parole of the former colonel Yuri Budanov.

Iran flag In Israel, information on the arrest of a citizen of the country is allowed to publish on suspicion of contacts with an Iranian intelligence agent, Newsru Israel reports with reference to the Kol Israel radio station. The suspect, a repatriate from Argentina, Maurizio Segal, who also has Argentine citizenship, was arrested three weeks ago as a result of the investigation conducted by the general security service together with the Israeli police and military intelligence.

Yulia Tymoshenko. Photo from the site tymoshenko.com.ua Ukraine did not steal Russian gas, and this is evidenced by the conclusion of an independent examination of the commission of European observers. This statement was made by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, reports Echo of Moscow. According to Tymoshenko, unauthorized gas selection, which in Moscow is called "theft", were carried out exclusively for further pumping.

Kremlin. Photos of faces The summit on the gas problem, with the initiative of which was made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, will be held on January 17 in Moscow. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Presidential press secretary Natalya Timakova. "Currently, invitations are sent through diplomatic channels to the heads of states and governments of Russian gas transitors," she said.