The head of Bashkiria, Rustem Khamitov, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to transfer part of the shares of Bashneft to the ownership of the republic. Khamitov's letter to the head of state notes that the oil company provides about a third of the revenues to the regional budget, and the transfer of a stake in the company to the republic would make it possible to receive additional funds from dividends.

The Golden Ball - the prize to the best football player in 2014 - went to the striker of the Madrid Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team Cristiano Ronaldo. The name of the winner was declared at the ceremony in Zurich. In addition to Ronaldo, the top three finalists also included the striker of Barcelona Lionel Messi and the goalkeeper of the Munich Bavaria Manuel Neuer. The best coach of 2014 FIFA recognized the mentor of the National national team of Germany, Joachim Lev.

Hackers hacked Twitter account the US Central Command . It released a statement saying, "Islamic State is already here, we are in every computer at every military base." Three of the tweets contained tables with the names and contact details of current and retired US military generals. Fragments of maps were also published that allegedly relate to scenarios for military operations in China and on the Korean Peninsula.

In France, attacks on Muslims have increased sharply after the attack on the editorial office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. According to the organization lʼObservatoire contre lʼislamophobie at the Council of Muslims of France, 21 cases of attacks (including with the use of firearms) and 33 cases of threats and insults were registered throughout the country in 4 days. Moreover, these statistics do not take into account incidents in Paris and its suburbs.

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship has docked at the International Space Station. He landed with the help of a 17-meter manipulator arm installed on board the ISS. Dragon is docked to the Harmony module, the US segment of the station. The ship delivered about 2.6 tons of cargo to the ISS, including scientific equipment and food. The hatch between the spacecraft and the ISS Harmony module is scheduled to open on Tuesday, but it could happen sooner. The docked capsule will spend 4 weeks in orbit.

Memory of Elena Obraztsova. Critic Alexei Parin - about the great Russian opera singer Photo: Valery Gende-Rot / RIA Novosti / Scanpix In Germany on January 12, after a serious illness, an outstanding opera singer Elena Obraztsova died. She was 75 years old. Farewell to the People’s Artist of the USSR will be held on January 14 at the Bolshoi Theater, on the stage of which she debuted in 1963.

The international payment system MasterCard has signed an agreement on the transfer of domestic Russian transactions for processing to the National Payment Card System (NPSK), which is being created in Russia. This solution allows MasterCard to avoid paying a security deposit, which is provided for payment systems that are not recognized as nationally significant in Russia.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, when passing the verdict in the case of Yves Rocher, in which Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 3.5 years of probation, was guided by data on the personalities of the defendants, the nature of their acts, the role of each of the defendants in the case in the commission of the crime and the actual circumstances of the case, said the press service of the court.

The farewell ceremony for opera singer Elena Obraztsova will take place on January 14 at the Bolshoi Theatre. This was announced by Natalya Ignatenko, director of the Obraztsova Charitable Foundation for the Support of Musical Art. The ceremony will begin at 12:00 and will continue until everyone can say goodbye to the deceased. Obraztsova will be buried on January 15 at the Novodevichy Cemetery. The funeral will take place in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

WikiLeaks employee Sarah Harrison said that in 2013 the FSB tried to recruit Edward Snowden when he was in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport. According to Harrison, the Russian intelligence service once offered Snowden cooperation, but he refused. The FSB does not comment on this information. At the time, Snowden could not enter Russia or fly anywhere else because his passport had been revoked by US authorities seeking his arrest for leaking classified documents.

Alexei Meshkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, said that the proposal to create a Russian-language TV channel in the EU to combat Russian propaganda violates the principle of freedom of speech. “We have always had a positive attitude towards freedom of speech, but the EU plans to create a kind of counter-propaganda channel hardly correspond to the very concept of freedom of speech,” Meshkov said.

Competition for young pop singers "New Wave" in 2015 will be held in Sochi. According to the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev, holding the competition in Sochi will fill hotels and create new jobs. The governor stressed that the main candidate cities, apart from Sochi, were Kaliningrad and Yalta. The organizers could not make a choice for a long time, but in the end they settled on the Olympic capital.

Malaysian Boeing is shot down by the Russian “Buk”: investigation of the German project Correct! Photo: DAI Tianfang / Photoshot / All Over Press Boeing Malaysian airlines was shot down on July 17, 2014, but it has not yet been established who did it-Russia, Ukraine or pro-Russian separatists in the southeast of Ukraine. Journalists of the German non -profit project Correct!

The vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Igor Albin, suggested that those who are dissatisfied with the quality of cleaning streets and yards from snow should clean the streets themselves. This proposal was made by the official in a commentary post by Pavel Smolyak, editor-in-chief of the Noise magazine, who expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of snow removal in the city. on a Facebook The deputy of the legislative assembly of St.

Shot: YouTube The goalkeeper of the Chinese national team Van Daley repulsed the penalty in the match with Saudi Arabia at the Asian Cup after he consulted with Bulbo. The boy advised the goalkeeper to jump into the left corner from him. As a result, a blow was directed there. Immediately after the broken penalty, Van Dale ran to Bolbo and hugged him. The match ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of China, which allowed him to lead his group. Ahead of China matches with Uzbekistan and DPRK.