British architect and Pritzker Prize winner Sir Richard Rogers will create a park named after Hugo Chavez in Caracas, reports the Associated Press . Rogers visited the capital of Venezuela on Friday, January 17, where he inspected the site for future construction. The famous architect, receiving symbolic keys to Caracas at a special ceremony, said that he had been a devoted socialist all his life, adding that he views architecture as one of the manifestations of politics.

The authorities of the Moscow region have denied reports of an impending ban on the passage of heavy trucks on the roads of the Moscow region during the daytime. reports this Interfax with reference to a statement from the press service of the Main Directorate of Road Facilities of the Moscow Region.

US President Barack Obama signed a decree on financing the work of the government and government agencies until September 30, the end of the current fiscal year, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, January 17. Government spending, according to the decree signed by Obama, will amount to $1.012 trillion. Another $92 billion is allocated for military operations abroad, and $6.5 billion is reserved for natural emergencies.

On January 16, a former member of the Shambhala Ashram sect sued half a million rubles from the organization’s leader Konstantin Rudnev, who is now serving an 11-year sentence for rape and other crimes. The total amount of compensation reached 4.2 million rubles. Konstantin Rudnev, who called himself the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and an alien from Sirius, led the sect for more than 20 years. It included up to 30 thousand people.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow on Saturday arrested until March 17 the head of the Sokol district administration, Vyacheslav Ivanov, suspected of fraud. reports this Interfax . Thus, the court granted the investigation's request. As previously reported, on Friday Ivanov was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe from a certain citizen in the amount of 200 thousand rubles “for general patronage.” Exactly what promises the official made to the bribe-giver are not specified.

The Cuban authorities notified Moscow of the detention of nationalist Maxim Martsinkevich, nicknamed Tesak, who was put on the international wanted list by Russian law enforcement agencies. agency reported this on Saturday, January 18, The Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. According to Novaya Gazeta , the nationalist was detained on January 17. Now the Cuban authorities are preparing to extradite him to Russia.

Cradle for the flea Three stories about biological weapons Troop 731 personnel in protective clothing The Japanese publication Kyodo News recently obtained documents according to which the US Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa in 1961-1962. According to published data, Americans were investigating the potential of a parasitic fungus to destroy rice crops.

Shambhala through the ashram How the “alien from Sirius” sect worked Konstantin Rudnev. Photo: Maya Shelkovnikova / RIA Novosti On January 16, a former member of the Shambhala Ashram sect sued half a million rubles from the organization’s leader Konstantin Rudnev, who is now serving an 11-year sentence for rape and other crimes. The total amount of compensation reached 4.2 million rubles.

Among those killed in the terrorist attack that occurred in Kabul on Friday, January 17, were three UN employees and the IMF representative in Afghanistan, Lebanese citizen 60-year-old Wabel Aballa, reports Agence France-Presse . The IMF representative in Afghanistan was one of the highest-ranking foreigners to die in the country since 2001.

The Playboy publishing house has accused the online version of Harper's Bazaar magazine of violating its exclusive rights to photographs of nude supermodel Kate Moss, reports the Associated Press . The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, says Harper's Bazaar committed infringement by providing readers with access to nude photographs of Moss taken for the January issue of Playboy.

The pursuit race at the pre-Olympic stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Anterselva, Italy, was won by the German athlete Andrea Henkel. this on Saturday, January 18 . reported The Russian Biathlon Union The message clarifies that second place at the end of the race was taken by Nadezhda Skardino from Belarus, who passed all the shooting ranges without mistakes and was 1.6 seconds behind the winner. Norway's Tura Berger finished third, making three penalties and losing to Henkel by 6.6 seconds.

The Japanese publication Kyodo News recently obtained documents according to which the US Army tested biological weapons in Okinawa in 1961-1962. According to published data, Americans were investigating the potential of a parasitic fungus to destroy rice crops. Upon closer examination , it turns out that the scale of these tests was simply ridiculous - the spores were sprayed using a hand-held apparatus on several small fields.

German biathlete Simon Schempp won the pursuit race at the World Cup stage in Anterselva, Italy. this on Saturday, January 18 . reported The Russian Biathlon Union Frenchman Jean Guillaume Beatrix finished second, losing one and a half seconds to the winner. The bronze medal went to Norway's Henrik L'Abe Lunn, 4.8 seconds behind Schempp. Among the Russians, the best result was shown by Timofey Lapshin, who managed to take 11th place. His gap from the winner was 26.3 seconds.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the list of universities that in 2014 are allowed to conduct additional entrance examinations along with the Unified State Exam. The document prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science was published on the government website on Saturday.

It won't be long before you die. Filmmakers are mastering advertising campaigns in the horror genre. Credit: YouTube In the first half of this winter, you could see a baby stroller on the streets of New York. This fact in itself is not surprising - in the Big Apple, of course, there are hundreds of thousands of individual vehicles for the little ones.