Context 1K 1 min. ... In Nalchik, an attack was carried out on a traffic patrol squad, as a result of which two police officers were killed, three more police officers, as well as one civilian were injured.

Yuri Grigorovich celebrated his 85th birthday Anniversary ballet On the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theater a three-part evening took place in honor of the birthday of Yuri Grigorovich, the program of which was compiled and rehearsed by the hero of the day himself. TATIANA KUZNETSOVA reports. The anniversary evening dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the main Soviet choreographer was not much different from the evening dedicated to his 80th anniversary.

Kim Jong-un became a movie hero A film dedicated to the country's new leader was shot in North Korea. In the film, Kim Jong-un is presented in a heroic form, firing several types of weapons. The promotion of the North Korean leader is very similar to the PR of Vladimir Putin in Russia, foreign publications note. A documentary was dedicated to the heroic achievements of Kim Jong-un in North Korea. It was shown on central television on the birthday of the country's new leader.

World practice 196 1 min. ... Germany on Monday placed treasury bills at negative yields for the first time as German government securities, considered the safest assets in the eurozone, are in high demand among investors amid the debt crisis, Bloomberg reported. On January 9, the country's authorities held an auction of six-month bills worth €3.9 billion, which resulted in a weighted average yield of minus 0.01%. Demand for securities almost doubled supply.

OJSC Management Company United Engine Corporation (UEC, 100% of shares owned by OPK Oboronprom) became the owner of 85.64% of the shares of OJSC Star, the Perm enterprise said in a statement. The previous owner of the stake was the state corporation Oboronprom. Let us recall that Oboronprom unites all its engine-building assets within the framework of the UEC.

Specialists from the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor identified violations in the activities of the canteen of the Klyuchi resort in the Suksunsky district of the Perm Territory. According to the department, it was established that food products with expired expiration dates were stored in the canteen, and the deadlines for the sale of finished products were not observed. As a result, from January 3 to January 5, an outbreak of acute intestinal infection occurred at the resort.

The oil company LUKOIL extended the contract of the current general director of LUKOIL-Perm LLC, Alexander Leifrid. According to Kommersant's information, the new contract was concluded for a period of three years and begins to operate on January 12, 2012. Mr. Leifried has led LUKOIL's main oil production company in the Kama region since October 2005. Vyacheslav Sukhanov

North Korea, in honor of the upcoming anniversary of the country's former leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, announced an amnesty for prisoners. Nothing is known yet about the number of amnesties. “The amnesty will come into force on February 1 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung and the 70th anniversary of the birth of leader Kim Jong Il,” RIA Novosti quoted a report from the Yonhap agency on January 10.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia has requested from the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia the materials necessary for the extradition from Poland of the former first deputy prosecutor of the Moscow region, Alexander Ignatenko. “On January 5, the Prosecutor General’s Office requested from the Russian Investigative Committee the materials necessary to resolve the issue of sending a request for the extradition of Ignatenko to the competent authorities of Poland.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed Yuri Baluevsky from the post of Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council. The decree releasing Mr. Baluevsky from office was published on January 10 on the portal of the state legal information system .

2012 brings global economic cooling 8K 2 minutes. ... The first batch of macroeconomic forecasts from the world's largest investment banks in 2012 continues the cycle of worsening estimates of expected economic growth that began in the second half of 2011.

Former Turkish President Kenan Evren, 94, who led the military coup in 1980, faces life imprisonment. The Ankara Criminal Court today accepted the indictment against Evren and former head of the Turkish Air Force Tahsin Sahinkay, the only survivors of the 1980 coup. The document notes that Evren, who became president of Turkey after the coup, and Sahinkaya committed a crime by organizing a conspiracy to overthrow the legitimate government.

Dmitry Medvedev instructed the mayor of Moscow to take all measures to assist the victims of an explosion in a restaurant in the southwest of the capital. Most of the victims are hired workers from the CIS countries. Doctors hope to avoid deaths, but one person is in critical condition. Those injured in an explosion in a restaurant in the south-west of Moscow need to be provided with all the necessary assistance, Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with Sergei Sobyanin.

She accuses the intelligence services of sending viruses A scandal is breaking out in Belarus due to the publication of details of cyberattacks by Belarusian special services on opposition websites and electronic surveillance of opponents of the authorities. Independent experts have already called what happened “the Belarusian version of Watergate.” The Belarusian IT resource electroname.com posted the scandalous details on its page.

Member countries of the European Union (EU) have decided to postpone the meeting of EU foreign ministers, at which the ban on Iranian oil imports will be discussed, from January 30 to January 23. The postponement of the date of the meeting to January 10 is reported by Reuters , citing a statement from the EU.