The head of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, posted on his Instagram a post dedicated to Ramzan Kadyrov's Caucasian Shepherd Dog named Tarzan. Daudov's note, written in a sarcastic tone, says that Tarzan "terribly dislikes dogs of foreign colors", especially those who "until recently sat on a chain with us under the strict supervision of the owner." According to Daudov, Tarzan's "fangs itch" for "Pikinese Kalyapa" ( original spelling - approx.

The first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle failed to successfully land on a platform in the ocean after launch. SpaceX has attempted to land on an offshore platform for the third time. The reason for the hard landing was a malfunction in one of the module's legs, which could not gain a foothold in a stable position, said SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Previously, the company managed to land the first stage on a specially prepared site on the ground.

The Russian airline Aeroflot, 51% of whose shares are owned by the state, announced a call for applications to organize the Runway corporate award in March 2016. The cost of the event is estimated by the company at 64.9 million rubles. Gostiny Dvor in Moscow has been approved as the venue for the award. The event should be attended by 1,400 people, including 300 VIP guests.

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions over Iran's ballistics program. In particular, the sanctions were imposed on six Iranian citizens and one Chinese citizen, as well as one Chinese company and two enterprises from the UAE. All of them are involved, according to the US, in the supply of components to Iran for the development and production of ballistic missiles. According to the US authorities, Iran's ballistic program poses both a regional and a global threat.

The Moscow police have launched an investigation in connection with the publication of a video in which a law enforcement officer does not let an ambulance pass before a motorcade with flashing lights passes. The video was published on the Youtube video service on January 16. The author of the video claims that the events took place on January 13 in the Moscow region.

The website of the Russian Embassy in Israel stopped working on Sunday, January 17, after a hacker attack. Initially, the Turkish flag was placed on the site, by the time the note was published, it began to give a 403 access error. hacker A Facebook group from Turkey, Börteçine Siber Tim, posted a message about the hacking of the embassy website.

Photo: Maxim Shemetov / TASS Medusa continues to explore the pantheon of Russian news heroes. This issue is dedicated to the average portrait of the doctor - as he is represented in the Russian -speaking media. It turned out a selfish international villain-a person-doctor. News draw a doctor-doctor to the villain, and the geography of his activity is wide-he is constantly moving from region to region, from the country to the country.

The MAKING A Murderer series allows the audience to feel like a jury Photo: Netflix On the Netflix channel, in December 2015, the documentary series Macing a Murderer was released - “Creating a killer”. The film is dedicated to the case of Stephen Avery, convicted in 1985 for rape, which he did not commit. In 2003, Avery was released according to the results of the new DNA examination, he became almost a national hero.

The Tadawul All Share index on the Saudi stock exchange fell almost seven percent to its lowest level since March 2011 in trading on Sunday, January 17, writes Bloomberg. As of this writing, the index stood at 5440.09 points, down 6.82 percent from the previous trading day. The decline in the index came a day after the EU and the US decided to lift part of the sanctions against Iran, including lifting the ban on oil trading.

The militants of the "Islamic State" (an organization banned in Russia as a terrorist organization) killed at least 300 people during an attack on the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor. It is reported by the Associated Press with reference to the Syrian state news agency. Syrian authorities claim that most of the dead are civilians, including the elderly, women and children.

Russia protested to Poland in connection with the desecration of a monument of gratitude to the Red Army in the center of the city of Szczecin. The Russian Foreign Ministry demands that the original appearance of the memorial be restored, and those responsible for its desecration be found and brought to justice. The Foreign Ministry notes that cases of desecration of monuments related to the Soviet Union have become more frequent in Poland.

Austria has introduced document checks for all those entering the country. This was stated by Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann in an interview with Osterreich. According to the Chancellor, the rules of the Schengen Agreement, which guarantee free movement between the countries participating in the agreement, are no longer in force in Austria.

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has been instructed by the US Congress to launch an investigation into Russian influence on European political movements over the past 10 years. The Daily Telegraph writes about this, citing its own sources. A preliminary dossier on Russian influence in Europe says it has been seen in France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. It is not reported which parties are in question. “There is a new Cold War.

Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov published a series of posts on his Instagram, in which he sharply criticized Russian opposition politicians and the media. According to Daudov, an “information-terrorist war unprecedented in its scale and insidiousness” is now unleashed against the Russian leadership, in which “monstrous experiments are being carried out on the minds of Russians” by the Dozhd TV channel and the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

A flower has bloomed for the first time on the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly posted a photo of the blossoming zinnia on his Twitter. As stated on the NASA website, the experiment on growing flowers in space is aimed at studying the issues of growing various plants in zero gravity. A total of four plants were planted, two of which died. Previously, flowers were not grown on the ISS.