Vladimir Medinsky. Photo: Medinskiy.ru Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky is ready for public discussion about his dissertation and intends to make fun of the attacks of his opponents. This is reported by Interfax. "I have nothing to be ashamed of, I am absolutely sure of my position, and any attacks on it, under the pretext of considering a scientific dissertation, will be publicly ridiculed by me. I am absolutely ready for any public discussion," Medinsky said.

January 21 at 19:00 in the Sakharov Center (Zemlyanoy Val, 57, building 5) will be held a charity evening in support of political prisoners. The event will be held in the form of an author's evening directed by animator Harry Bardin. At the evening, it will be possible to make donations for political prisoners and their families, as well as write letters to them.

I riots in Washington. Shot CNN On the day of the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, shares of his opponents were held, CNN reports . In Washington, police detained about two hundred protesters. An hour and a half before the ceremony, dressed in black opponents of Trump began to smash the windows and break the glasses of parked cars. They arrived in the capital of the United States from all over the country. Many were armed with batons and axes.

Nikolai Semyon. Photo: krymr.com In Crimea, journalist Nikolai Semen was awarded the final version of the indictment in the case of separatism. It is reported by "Crimea. Realities." Journalist’s lawyer Emil Kurbedinov noted that the norms of the Code of Criminal Procedure were violated. The document was to be awarded by the representative of the prosecutor's office, while Semena was transferred to the FSB investigator Alexander Parshutin in the Office building.

Bus catastrophe in Italy. Photo: vigilfuoco.it In Italy, 16 people died in the catastrophe of the bus, according to the website of the National Fire Department. Another 39 passengers were injured, the state of one of them is estimated as critical. On the night of Saturday, under Verona, a bus returning from France to Hungary through the territory of Italy crashed into a fence, then into the support of the flyover, and caught fire. It is still unknown what exactly caused the accident.

Pensioner. The real amount of pensions in Russia will decline for another three years, despite the restored annual indexation procedure. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Labor of Russia Maxim Topilin, Interfax reports . “Despite the fact that we restored the indexation, if we see the forecast, then we have real pensions - they are still reduced in the future for three years,” Topilin said on Saturday at the Congress of United Russia in Moscow.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: tccb.gov.tr The Turkish parliament adopted amendments to the Constitution on the introduction of a presidential form of government in the country, the Anadolu agency reports . For amendments, 339 deputies of 488 participated in the meeting spoke. The deputies of the ruling party of justice and the development of standing welcomed the decision. Before the vote, the deputies examined each of the articles separately over the past three amendments.

The judge of the Korenovsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory, Elena Ermolaeva, appointed Nina Popova as the head of the agricultural enterprise "SPER" 40 hours of compulsory work under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure for organizing or conducting a public event).

Donald Trump. Shot CNN US President Donald Trump signed his first decrees. First of all, he sent proposals to the Senate on appointments to posts in his administration is reported on the White House website. In addition to the leaders of the main departments, the president proposed candidates for US representatives to the UN and other international organizations, as well as ambassadors in China and Israel.

Women's march on Washington. Shot CNN Several hundred thousand people, both women and men, participate in the "march of women on Washington", CNN reports . The demonstration takes place the day after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. The organizers, including activists of the left -wing parties, feminist and "green" movements, want to draw attention to the problem of women's rights, who, in their opinion, are in jeopardy in connection with the advent of the new US administration.

Dmitry Peskov. Frame of the Air Force Russian-American relations cannot be free from contradictions and disagreements. About this Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the Vesti on Saturday, Interfax reports . "Probably, a big mistake to indulge in some illusions regarding our future relations in the sense that the future of our bilateral relations will be free from contradictions and disagreements. This cannot be," Peskov said.

Special operation in Dagestan. Frame NTV Two militants were killed in the village of Kizlyarsky district of Dagestan during the counter -terrorist operation. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the information center of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee. The militants were blocked in one of the private houses. They showed armed resistance and died in battle.