Brigitte Bardot, in an interview with the Nice Matin newspaper, commented on her statement about a possible move to Russia. According to the actress, the French authorities do not respond to her requests to protect animals, although she does not demand anything extraordinary. "I no longer support this country," Bardot said. Speaking about choosing Russia as a country for obtaining citizenship, Bardo shared her attitude towards Vladimir Putin. "I find him very humane.

The gold medal in the 10-kilometer sprint race at the fourth stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which takes place in Oberhof, Germany, went to Russian Dmitry Malyshko. As R-Sport reported on the evening of Saturday, January 5, he covered the distance in 25 minutes 7.9 seconds. At the same time, Malyshko made one mistake. Silver in the sprint race also went to the Russian biathlete: Evgeny Garanichev came second, 12.6 seconds behind the leader. He also made one mistake.

The US youth team became the world champion in hockey, beating the Swedish team in the 2013 World Cup final - 3:1. This was reported on the IIHF website. The Tre Krunur team opened the scoring in the match - Philip Sandberg scored the puck in the 21st minute. Then only the USA team scored For the Americans, Rocco Grimaldi scored (twice in a row - in the 27th and 30th minutes) and Vincent Trocheck, who hit the Swedes' empty net in the 59th minute.

On January 5, the Russian consul in Cambodia Pavel Seskanov visited Sergei Polonsky in the Sihanoukville prison. reports this RIA Novosti . Seskanov said over the phone that the businessman himself and two other Russian citizens were in custody, thus refuting the report that Polonsky was released on his own recognizance. “I won’t be able to comment on anything further to you for now, since Polonsky himself asked not to give any information to the press,” the consul said over the phone.

On Saturday, January 5, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred 102 kilometers west of the American city of Craig, located on the coast of Alaska. This was reported on the website of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The source of the earthquake lay at a depth of 9.6 kilometers. The Al Jazeera TV channel tweeted that the population had been notified of the risk of a tsunami. This information is confirmed on the US Weather Service website.

Four people, including the alleged perpetrator, died in an incident that occurred on Saturday, January 5, in the American city of Aurora, Colorado. This was reported by the Associated Press with reference to local authorities. Police responded to a home in Aurora around 3 a.m. after a report of gunshots being heard there. It is believed that three victims were already dead by then. It is clarified that there were no children among them.

Police officers in the city of Marcos Castellanos in the Mexican state of Michiocán have tendered their resignations. This was reported by Univision. As noted, the reason for this act was the police fearing for their lives. During the last days of 2012, a series of attacks were carried out against city police officers, during which four of them were killed, one was kidnapped, and five others were injured.

Six alleged participants in the theft of a private art collection have been charged in the United States, which includes works by the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (Composition (A). Red and White, 1936), one of the founders of abstract art, and contemporary American artist Jasper Johns (Green Purpose ", 1956). The Los Angeles Times reports. The paintings were stolen in September 2012 from the home of financier Jeffrey Gundlach in Santa Monica, California.

The US House of Representatives approved on January 4 the allocation of $9.7 billion to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, reports Agence France-Presse . The bill was supported by 354 members of the lower house of Congress, while 67 opposed it. It is expected that these funds will be provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay insurance to hurricane victims. The document adopted by the House of Representatives was sent to the Senate for approval.

Serena Williams won her first title of the season, winning the tournament in Brisbane, Australia. This was reported on the official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). In the final, the American defeated Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in two sets 6:2, 6:1. At the beginning of the meeting, the opponents took games on their serve until the score was 2:2, after which Williams won seven games in a row and then brought the match to victory. The final lasted 51 minutes.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue to hold office even if he cannot attend the inauguration on the appointed day, reports Agence France-Presse . According to Vice President Nicolas Maduro, speaking on television on January 4, Chavez will later take the oath of office in the Supreme Court.

CSKA Moscow defeated the German club Alba in the second round match of the second group stage of the Euroleague basketball. According to the official website of the tournament, the meeting, held in Berlin on January 4, ended with a score of 75:57 (24:13, 16:15, 17:19, 18:10) in favor of the guests. The most productive players in the Russian team were Milos Teodosic, who scored 17 points, and Nenad Krstic with 15 points.

The record company Rockabye Baby, specializing in the release of albums for children, presented the release "Lullaby Renditions of Rush". The disc consists of songs by the Canadian prog band Rush, re-recorded without words in the form of lullabies. This was reported by the Rush fan community website "Power Windows".

Bulgaria may soon buy a batch of nine used F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 15 fighter jets from Portugal for 700 million Bulgarian leva ($471.9 million). Sofia News Agency reports this. As the agency notes, in 1999, Portugal bought 25 used F-16s from the United States for 268 million leva ($180.6 million). Thus, each fighter will cost Bulgaria seven times more than Portugal. The Portuguese aircraft are about 30 years old.

The Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate on Saturday, January 5, summed up the results of the next preventive “Drunk Driver” raid. According to the department's press release , from January 3 to 4, 2013, 222 drunk drivers were detained in the capital, 123 of whom refused a medical examination. During the previous raid, carried out from December 28 to 30, 2012, inspectors of the capital's traffic police department caught 365 violators. Of these, 188 people refused medical care.