The dean of the Faculty of Sociology, Economics and Law of the Moscow Pedagogical State University, Olga Shusharina, who was involved in scandals with “fake” dissertations and “sham” universities, was fired from the university. Sources familiar with the situation told Lenta.ru about this. The press service of the Moscow State Pedagogical University confirmed the fact of dismissal, adding that Shusharina resigned of her own free will.

The lawyer of the travel company Eviterra Travel, Ilya Novikov, denied the statement about the company’s purchase of the website eviterra-kidalovo.com and called the information that appeared there about compensation for tickets false. this message Novikov published on his Facebook page. “This is really a scam. The company’s managers told me that they never planned this, this table is fake,” Novikov said. The site presents a table of payments, which increase the closer the departure date.

On January 14, 2014, Kalashnikov signed a contract with the Russian Weapon Company for the supply of small arms to the United States and Canada, the Russian concern said in a statement. The agreement is designed for five years and involves the supply of 80 to 200 thousand weapons per year. We are talking about sporting and hunting weapons of the Izhmash and Baikal brands.

A criminal case was opened against several employees of the Federal Drug Control Service and an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for drug trafficking. This was reported on January 16 on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

In Russia, the economy is either very good or hopelessly bad - this conclusion can be drawn from the speeches of experts at the Gaidar Forum, which takes place in Moscow in mid-January 2014. While some experts argue that Russia is coping with the crisis much better than other countries, others note that previous ideas for growth have been exhausted and there are no new ones.

At the Australian Open in Melbourne, tennis players are hampered by the heat throughout the first days of the tournament. Several players had to seek medical attention, and on January 16, the organizers interrupted a number of matches. Nevertheless, tennis continues. “Lenta.ru” presents a gallery of tennis players exhausted by the heat, but still pretty.

In Berezovsky, Kemerovo region, a local resident lost his false jaw while leaving the crime scene. According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, a man robbed his girlfriend’s apartment and climbed out of the room through the window. The attacker was soon detained. In a conversation with the police, the man (his name has not been released) said that he committed the crime after waking up alone in his lover’s apartment, locked from the outside.

A plane landing over the sea at Sochi airport. Photo: Alexander Vilf / RIA Novosti Russian airlines increased passenger traffic in 2013 by 14 percent compared to the previous year to 84.4 million people. This was reported in a press release from the Federal Air Transport Agency. Passenger turnover increased by 15.5 percent, amounting to 226.1 billion passenger-kilometers.

As of the beginning of 2014, the cost of the most expensive apartment on the secondary market in Moscow was 465 million rubles. As stated in a study by the MIEL company, for this amount you can purchase 411 of the most affordable apartments in the Moscow region. As experts note, the most expensive property on the capital’s regular housing market is a five-room apartment with an area of ​​372 square meters, located in Zamoskvorechye.

Studio IO Interactive has revealed the first details about the new part of Hitman, which is currently in development. An open letter dedicated to the project was published on the series' official website. As the creators of the project write, in the new part Agent 47 will again collaborate with the organization known as the Agency, which was his main employer in almost the entire Hitman series of games. The game will also feature Diana Burnwood, who has been the hero's liaison for many years.

The American newspaper The Chicago Sun-Times will make all materials on its website paid for for one day. This was reported by the online publication Mashable. You can pay for reading articles using the electronic cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The payment system will be introduced on suntimes.com on February 1. All bitcoins collected that day will later be transferred to the Taproot Foundation charity account.

Due to smog in Beijing on the morning of January 16, roads were closed. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, highways in the direction of Shanghai, Harbin and Pinggu, as well as the Daqing-Guangzhou highway, are blocked. Smog began to gather in the city on Wednesday, January 15, and its density continued to increase throughout the night. Due to dense smoke, skyscrapers are not visible on the streets, the agency reports, citing eyewitnesses.

Gore Verbinski's "The Lone Ranger" and M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth" are nominated for Golden Raspberry in the 2013 Worst Film category, according to the awards website. Both directors are also nominated for Worst Director. Also vying for the anti-award in the main category are the comedies Movie 43, A Madea Christmas and Odnoklassniki 2.

LDPR deputy Mikhail Degtyarev withdrew from the State Duma his bill, which proposed banning the circulation and storage of US dollars in Russia. reported this on January 16 Interfax with reference to Andrei Makarov, Chairman of the Lower House of Parliament Committee on Budget and Taxes. Makarov did not comment on the reason for the withdrawal of legislative initiatives by a member of the LDPR faction. The bill was submitted to the State Duma on November 13.

Two men have been arrested in India in connection with the rape of a Danish tourist. This was reported by the Press Trust of India news agency with reference to a Delhi Police representative. The arrests were made on the evening of January 15.