US President Donald Trump signed executive orders lifting the ban on the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines, which were introduced by the Obama administration. Trump explained that in both cases, the terms of construction may be revised. The construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the route of which passes through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, was frozen in December 2016 by decision of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

During search and rescue operations near the Rigopiano hotel in central Italy, which was hit by an avalanche on January 18, the body of the 17th victim was found on the evening of January 24. The missing are 12 people who were in the hotel at the time of the avalanche. On the morning of January 24 , it was reported that the bodies of 12 dead had been found. Hotel Rigopiano, located in the mountains in central Italy, was hit by an avalanche on the evening of January 18th.

Israeli Ambassador Harry Koren said on Ekho Moskvy that he intends to discuss with State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin the statements of Vice Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy, who called opponents of the transfer of St. temples." Koren, who began as ambassador to Russia in January 2017, said Tolstoy's statement "will be a topic" in his upcoming meetings with senior officials. “I will try to meet with the chairman of the State Duma, and, probably, this topic will also be touched upon,” Koren said.

The 2016 NOS Award ceremony took place in Moscow at the Gogol Center. The winner was the writer Boris Legault with his novel Twilight Tales. The Audience Award went to Igor Sakhnovsky with his novel “Freedom by Default.” The laureate did not come forward to receive his own prize; instead, the prize was received by a representative of the Eksmo publishing house. Most likely, Boris Legault is the pseudonym of the publisher and writer Oleg Zobern.

The son of the US president was ridiculed due to unusual behavior in the inauguration Photo: Chip somodevilla / getty images Donald Trump's son, 10-year-old Barron was ridiculous on the Internet due to unusual behavior on the inauguration of his father. He was called a “vampire”, “frick” and “Joffrey Baratheon” (refers to the negative character of “Game of Thrones”). Other users, on the contrary, stood up for the child: the post with a call to lag behind him scored two million likes.

President of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce, US citizen Sergei Millian (Kukut) was one of the sources of information that ended up in the "Trump dossier" published in January by Buzzfeed. The Wall Street Journal writes about this, citing a source familiar with the topic.

As well as the return of Mel Gibson to Hollywood and the triumphal procession of the film, which you can no longer hear Photo: CROSS CREEK Pictures / WDSSPR Hard from the film Mel Gibson "For Conscience Conscience" On January 24, the American movie academy announced a list of Oscar nominees. The most chance of getting a figurine is the musical Damen Shazella “La La Land”: the film appears in 13 categories, in one of them it is presented twice.

The head of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media, Vladimir Legoyda, urged not to connect with each other the issues of transferring the objects of the Tauric Chersonese Museum-Reserve to the Crimean diocese of the UOC and the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg to the Russian Orthodox Church. “Unlike Tauric Chersonesos, no premises for museum collections are required for the transfer of St.

Investigation of Daniel Turovsky in the podcast "Medusa" Photo: Semyon Katz for Medusa Bath on the site of the former director of the School League Sergei Bobchuk in the village of Bobrovo On January 23, Medusa issued an investigation into Daniil Turovsky about how, in a small Moscow school for gifted children, the League of Schools, the director and his deputy sexually harassed the students for 20 years - the correspondent was told by numerous graduates and former employees of the school.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. 25 years of violence. Investigation of Daniil Turovsky On January 23, Medusa issued an investigation into Daniil Turovsky about how, in a small Moscow school for gifted children, the League of Schools, the director and his deputy sexually harassed the students for 20 years - the correspondent was told by numerous graduates and former employees of the school.

School Violence, Domestic Violence and Anti-Semitism League of Schools. What's next? Yesterday, Meduza published perhaps our most difficult and scary, but at the same time very important text - an investigation into sexual harassment in a Moscow school that lasted more than 20 years. This material remains one of the most discussed both in the media and social networks, and at the official level: one of the consequences of the publication was the verification of the UK.

In Voronezh, the head of the department of the chief architect of the city, Anton Shevelev, was detained on suspicion of taking a bribe (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This happened the day after Governor Aleksey Gordeev criticized Shevelev and asked law enforcement agencies to "carry out appropriate work" with the department that he heads.

The first trailer for Britney Ever After, a film about the life of Britney Spears, has been released. The video shows, in particular, how the main character shaves her head (in the life of Spears, this episode occurred in early 2007) and breaks the car with an umbrella. Britney Spears ArgentinaBritney Ever After (Trailer) The role of Britney Spears was played by Natasha Bassett. The film was directed by television director Leslie Liebman.

Photo: Evgeny Feldman Judge Alexei Vtyurin during the court in the case of Kirovles, December 5, 2016 On Tuesday, January 24, in the Leninsky District Court of Kirov, the interrogation of witnesses of the charges in the Kirovles case ends. The process takes place a second time; The conviction to the policy of Alexei Navalny and entrepreneur Peter Officer, issued during the first consideration, was canceled by the Supreme Court in December 2016 - after the acquittal of the European Court.

Photo: Columbia Pictures / WDSSPR Hard from the movie "Arrival" In Los Angeles on January 24, the film academy announced the nominees for the 89th Academy Award. The most nominations were predictably received by Damien Shazella “La La Land”-in the category “Best Song” the picture is generally presented twice. "Medusa" says what you need to know about the current nominees on the Oscar - in one paragraph. “La La Land” as “Titanic”-as many as 14 nominations.