The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg arrested the chairman of the board of directors of the Ust-Luga company, Valery Izraylit, on suspicion of embezzlement of one and a half billion rubles. This was reported by Fontanka without specifying the source of information. later Interfax confirmed that Izraylit had been arrested for 25 days. According to the publication, Izraylit is suspected of withdrawing money "allocated for the port" to offshore companies.

Businessman Osman Kadiev became the owner of the Makhachkala football club Anzhi, which had belonged to Suleiman Kerimov since 2011. This is reported on the club's website. According to the press release, Kerimov's structures "guaranteed the settlement of all debts" of the club and all its existing obligations.

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has authorized the police to launch an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was reported with reference to its source by the Israeli Channel Ten. We are talking about two unrelated cases, reports the Times of Israel. Netanyahu is expected to be called in for questioning in the coming days. In late December, the Second Channel reported on the request of the police to authorize a full-fledged investigation against Netanyahu.

Russia, Turkey and Iran are developing a project to divide Syria into unofficial zones of influence, Reuters reports citing sources. According to the agreements, which are still in their "infancy", Syria should turn into a kind of federation under the control of the Alawites - followers of a religious movement close to the Shiites, to which current President Bashar al-Assad belongs.

The New York Times journalist Rebecca Ruiz said that she correctly quoted the words of Russian sports officials in the article about the recognition by the Russian side of the existence of a doping system. “Russian officials told me that they no longer deny the existence of doping fraud, [but] only that they were controlled by the state,” Ruiz tweeted.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been subjected to cyberattacks by hackers allegedly linked to the Russian Federation. This is reported by the French newspaper Le Monde, citing intelligence sources. The OSCE representative confirmed the fact of the attack to the publication, saying that it became known at the end of October 2016. When exactly the hackers attacked the OSCE servers is not reported.

Vice journalist David Allegretti told how he and his friend used a reflective vest to visit a Coldplay cinema and concert for free, and also got into the enclosures of the Melbourne Zoo. “When you see someone [wearing a vest] on the other side of the fence or walking past security, naturally you think that this person is needed there for something,” says Allegretti. The journalist and his friend Sean started the experiment by going to the cinema.

On December 28, the Russian embassy in Syria was shelled in Damascus. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The shelling took place at 13:00 and 13:19 Moscow time. There is no mention of casualties in the message. “One mine, which, fortunately, did not explode, fell in the courtyard of the complex of administrative buildings of the Russian diplomatic mission. The second is in close proximity to its territory," the Foreign Ministry said.

Update. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on his Instagram denied Alaudinov's resignation, and called the publication of Novaya Gazeta "blatant chatter and empty talk." Chechnya's deputy interior minister, police chief Apti Alaudinov will resign, Novaya Gazeta reports, citing two sources. As the newspaper writes, “a number of high-ranking officers” of the Chechen police, as well as the heads of regional departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, may also resign.

This week we have already talked about the best English-language materials of the year and about the most important texts written in Russian . There was a turn of news photos that will remind us of 2016. Photo: Noah Berger / Ap / Scanpix / Leta Forest Fires in California, August 17 Photo: Matteo Guidelli / EPA / Leta Pope Francis in the city of Avotrota, destroyed by earthquake.

Assistant to the head of Rosprirodnadzor Dmitry Valenza was detained in the case of attempted fraud on an especially large scale (part 3 of article 30, part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). It is reported by the RF IC. Together with him, his alleged accomplice, businessman Rafis Kupkenov, was detained.

In Tver, a new stop was installed on Victory Avenue. But they forgot to clear the snow. In a snowdrift, they even made recesses under the support of stops and a bench. “Snow was piled here back in the November snowfalls, they raked off the road, and left it. And the stop itself was installed last week, ”the saleswoman Larka, located near the new stop, told Tverigrad to Tverigrad. Tverigrad Information Portal Tver.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin proposed making prescription drugs containing alcohol available. Among other things, he talked about brilliant green and iodine - however, he later refuted his own words. However, this is still a good opportunity to talk about how to live without these antiseptics. Certainly. The most popular antiseptics in the West are chlorhexidine, povidone-iodine, hydrogen peroxide and ethanol (you can buy ethanol here, for example, as part of hand gel).

The Moscow City Duma adopted amendments according to which meetings of deputies with voters are equated to rallies. Now the deputies will have to coordinate such meetings with the authorities. The amendments were adopted by 32 votes "for" with four "against". “If a deputy organizes a rally, then there is no need to dissemble and cover up this public event with the term“ meeting with voters ”, you need to comply with federal law,” Moscow City Duma deputy Kirill Shitov told RBC.

In Berlin, police detained a 40-year-old native of Tunisia on suspicion of involvement in the December 19 Christmas market attack. According to Deutsche Welle, the man was detained on the morning of December 28 after searches were made at his home in the Tempelhof district. His name is not reported. The prosecutor's office said that the detainee's phone number was stored in the phone of the terrorist Anis Amri. The investigation suggests that the man may be involved in the crime.