German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was surprised by the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who hinted at the concealment by the German authorities of information about the case of 13-year-old Russian girl Liza, who was allegedly raped by migrants in Berlin.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the former chief of police, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Northwestern Federal District, Alexander Monastyrshin, accused of attempted fraud. Interfax reports this with reference to an informed source. According to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Monastyrshin “together with other officials” intended to steal apartments in new buildings in St.

The Alphago program developed by DeepMind won the match in the th three -time European champion Fan Huya. This is the first time that the computer won the match with a professional player in Go without a handicap. The match was preceded by the Alphago competition with other game programs in the GO, in which DeepMind development won 494 matches out of 495. In March, AlphaGo will play with Korean Lee Sedol, who is considered one of the best players in th in the world.

Clients of DeltaCredit Bank, who took loans in foreign currency, blocked the roadway at the intersection of 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street and Butyrsky Val near the bank's office on the evening of January 27. Judging by the videos posted on Facebook by journalist Georgy Alexandrov, several dozen people took part in the action. The police with the use of force managed to push the protesters from the roadway. According to Dozhd , two protesters were detained.

Saudi Arabia invited oil-producing countries to discuss reducing oil production. This was stated by the head of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev. The initiative will be discussed at the OPEC meeting in February 2016, Tokarev said. Russia, which has observer status in OPEC, will take part in the meeting.

Russian debtors of the Austrian-owned Raiffeisenbank who borrowed in foreign currencies staged a protest yesterday, January 26, at a branch in downtown Moscow, demanding that the bank refinance their loans.

VTB Bank filed a lawsuit against Aerofirst, which operates the Moscow Duty Free chain of duty-free stores. The plaintiff demands more than a billion rubles from the defendant. An application was submitted to the Moscow Arbitration Court in connection with non-fulfillment of loan obligations. In mid-January, the Moscow Duty Free store closed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, said an airport representative.

Could the former leaders of ‘Novorossiya’ become a ‘third force’ in Russian politics? Photo: Alexandr Kryazhev / RIA Novosti / Scanpix With the currency collapsing in Russia and Moscow's bombs falling on targets in Syria, it's not so easy these days to find people outside Ukraine still thinking about the military conflict in the Donbas, where two breakaway republics with support from Russia still exist, regularly exchanging gunfire and artillery shots with Ukrainian troops.

Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko criticized the editorial policy of the Match-TV channel. According to the official, he recently drew attention to the fact that during a handball match with the participation of the Russian national team, the TV channel showed the meeting between Arsenal and Chelsea. “That is, all the fans have already been worried, they have long watched handball via the Internet - who will watch it on TV later, knowing the result?

The governor of Sevastopol, Sergei Menyailo, ordered to manually turn off the electricity in residential buildings that are not subject to automatic shutdowns. The website of the government of Sevastopol reports that social justice will be ensured in this way. “Your subordinates follow the line of least resistance. Sevastopol residents are addressing this issue. It's easier to turn off the button, but there should be justice.

What does the new reality of "secret materials" look like Photo: TV-3 In January 2016, the FOX TV channel began showing the mini-series “Secret Materials”, in Russia it was released on the TV-3 channel. By January 27, out of six episodes, two were shown: the first spectators were called mediocre, but the second - good. The scriptwriter and director of the third episode (Premiere - February 1) is Darin Morgan.

The human rights center "Memorial" reported that in the Shelkovsky district of Chechnya, employees of one of the budgetary organizations are forcibly withheld 70 percent of their salaries. Relatives of employees of the state-owned institution "Comprehensive Center for Social Services to the Population" told Memorial that the exactions began in May 2015.

Rapper Bob and astrophysicist Tyson arranged a battles about the form of the third planet from the sun Photo: N8N Photo / Alamy / Vida Press At the end of January, an amazing discussion took place on Twitter - the rapper of the second echelon BOB publicly argued with astrophysicist and a well -known popularizer of science Nile Dergrasses Tyson about whether the earth was flat. The rapper insisted that the earth had a edge, and Tyson tried to politely explain to him that this was not so.

The former deputy head of Russia's state censor, Maxim Ksenzov, is the new deputy general director of National Media Group, according to the news agency ComNews . National Media Group owns shares in Channel One Russia , as well as controlling stakes in REN TV and Channel Five . These networks are considered to be part of the pro-Kremlin media. Mr. Ksenzov has also joined the Cable TV Association Board of Russia. His role there is yet to be specified.

Shot: quartz Quartz published a video of drones racing, shot from the camera of one of them. The race itself took place at the stadium in Florida. Quadrocopter, which can accelerate to 128 kilometers per hour, flew along the perimeter of the stadium, squeezing into the luminous squares, as well as in parking under the stands. IS Drone Racing the Sport of the Future? WelCome to the Multimillion-Dollar Drone Racing League.