Valentin Balakhnichev. Photo: rusathletics.com The Council for the Ethics of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was lifelously removed from the sports activities of the ex-president of the All-Russian Athletics and Former IAAF Treasury Valentina Balakhnichev, as well as the former coach of the Russian endurance group, Alexei Melnikov. This was reported on the website of the Association.

Emirali Ablaev and Refat Chubarov. Photo: Day.kiev.ua The Council of Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol called on the Crimean Tatars not to join the volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, formed by politician Lenur Islyamov in continental Ukraine. The corresponding application is published on the website of the Spiritual Directorate.

Pipeline. Frame '' Vesti '' At tenders on Wednesday morning, the cost of a barrel of oil Brent fell below $ 33. This is evidenced by Forex market data. As of 10:44 Moscow time, it amounted to 32.21 dollars. The fall in the price was swift. Even at night, Brent barrel traded more than $ 34, but shortly before 5 in the morning, its price fell below this mark. In the following hours, the collapse continued, and before 9:30 the 33-dollar mark was pierced.

Saudi Air Force aircraft. Photo: islamtimes.org Iran accused Saudi Arabia of an air attack on his embassy in Yemen. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Khosein Dzhaber Ansari on the air of the IRIB state television channel. According to the official, as a result of the raid, the building received damage, and some of the embassy employees were injured.

The corpse of a shot at a police station in Paris. Photo: @akilincs In the 18th district in the north of Paris, a police officer shot a man armed with a knife, who with a cry of "Allah Akbar!" I tried to go to the police station. This was reported by Reuters with reference to official and unofficial sources in law enforcement agencies. It was noted that wires stuck out from under the clothes of the alleged terrorist.

Igor Sergun. Photo: mil.ru The chief of the GRU Igor Sergun died not on January 3 in the suburbs, as the Russian media previously wrote, but on January 1 in Lebanon. This was reported by the American private intelligence agency Stratfor with reference to an unnamed source.

Igor Kolomoisky. Frame of the TV channel "2+2" The constant chamber of the arbitration court in the Hague adopted for consideration a lawsuit filed by Russia by the Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and its structure - LLC "Airport Belbek". It is reported by Reuters.

Ernest Ablyazimov. Photo: avdet.org In the annexed Crimea, another Crimean Tatar - 44 -year -old Ernest Ablyazimov disappeared. It is reported by AVDET with reference to the relatives of the missing person. The last time Ablyazimov was seen on the evening of January 4 at the Simferopol bus station. Since then, there are no news about his fate. The abductions of the Crimean Tatars in Crimea began in March 2014, even before the formal annexation of the peninsula.

Patriarch Cyril. Photo: Patriarchia.ru The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril called the war that Russia wages in Syria, defensive. It is reported by "Rain" with reference to the Christmas interview with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church by TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev, published on the Russia-1 channel. “This is literally our neighbor,” Cyril spoke about Syria, despite the fact that the distance between the borders of the two states in a straight line is about 1000 kilometers.

Henrietta River. Photo: Henriette-reker.koeln The Minister of Justice of Germany Haiko Mas was criticized by Ober-burgomaster Cologne Henrietta River for her statement about sexual violence, to which local residents were subjected to new year from migrants. It is reported by The New York Times. Commenting on the New Year's incidents, the river noted that women "can always avoid harassment" if they are at an extended arm from men.