The Russian Foreign Ministry called the American edition of Buzzfeed "an information tool of American intelligence agencies" because of an article about transactions on the accounts of the Russian Embassy in the United States and Russian diplomats, including former ambassador Sergei Kislyak.

In California, spouses David and Louise Turpin, who kept 13 children locked up, were charged with torture and ill-treatment. They face life imprisonment, according to the Associated Press. Prosecutors said the Turpins kept their children chained to their beds as punishment and did not allow them to bathe more than once a year. All 13 children suffered from malnutrition, as a result of which some developed mental disabilities. The oldest of the children (29 years old) weighs only 37 kilograms.

The Guardian spoke about sexual harassment at the UN Sandra Baker / Alamy / Vida Press UN headquarters in New York The journalists of the British publication The Guardian talked on the basis of anonymity with several dozens of former and current UN employees from around the world. Fifteen of them stated that they had encountered sexual harassment and violence or heard about such cases; Some of those who filed official complaints were faced with threats of dismissal or lost their jobs.

Russian athletes took three prizes at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships, which takes place in Moscow. The first place was taken by Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, who scored 221.60 points in the short and free programs. The second was Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, the third - Natalia Zabiyako and Alexander Enbert. Russian couples have been winning European championships since 2012; Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov also won the tournament in 2017.

Russian students started making videos in support of the students of the Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation, who were criticized by the university and regional authorities for a parody clip for the song "Satisfaction". First, a video appeared on the Internet, filmed by students of the Ryazan Agricultural College of the Ulyanovsk Region. Vadim Lebedev Later, a clip was posted on YouTube with young people in T-shirts of the Ministry of Emergencies.

The press service of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic is one of the photographs attached to the press release of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya. On her, the Aminat Avturakhanova and her mother. The picture is allegedly taken on January 18, 2018 A resident of Chechnya Aminat Avturkhanov was looking for information about her husband.

"Volga" On January 17, it became known that the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation transferred for two weeks the Russian premiere of the European family comedy “The Adventures of Paddington 2” - at least on February 1.

Several figures in the Russian film industry, including director Fyodor Bondarchuk, wrote a letter to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in defense of the Ministry of Culture and personally Minister Vladimir Medinsky, who had previously been criticized by the Association of Cinema Owners .

A soldier died under the caterpillars of a tank at a training ground near the city of Chebarkul in the Chelyabinsk region, according to the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia. The soldier died on January 17 when two servicemen were transporting a stalled tank. Military investigators opened a criminal case under the article on violation of the rules of driving cars, which negligently caused the death of a person. On January 17 at about 5 p.m.

January 18. 52 people died in the tanned bus Main In Kazakhstan , a bus burned , on which citizens of Uzbekistan went to Russia. 52 people were killed, only five managed to escape. According to preliminary data, the fire began due to a short circuit; The situation was aggravated by the fact that the side door was blocked, and in the cabin, presumably, there were cans of fuel.

Natalia Selvestova / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Apple stores a quarter of a trillion dollars on foreign accounts. This is the largest “cache” in the world-for such an amount, the most expensive company can afford to buy literally anything. There is only one problem: Apple did not want to import this money into the United States-due to too high taxes on “repatriation”. After the tax reform of Donald Trump, the corporation finally agreed to invest them in America.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that the Moscow mayor's office proposed to hold a protest action on January 28 in the Shchukino district, and not in the city center. "Thanks, no. This would be an illegal violation of the rights of the participants,” he tweeted. The Moscow mayor's office said that in addition to the Shchukino option, they offered Navalny to hold a rally in Sokolniki or Lyublino.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. As a former head of the defense concern, the Space Kingdom is building In 2016, Igor Ashurbei, the former head of Almaz-Antei, one of the largest Russian defense concerns, announced the creation of the new state of Asgardiya. According to the businessman’s plan, soon he should become a member of the UN and establish a colony on the moon. Tens of thousands of people from all over the world have already signed up in Asgardi citizens.

Near the village of Krasnoarmeiskoye in the Saratov region, on January 18, the Transneft oil pipeline broke through. The spilled oil caught fire, the fire spread to houses in the village. No one was injured in the fire, Interfax reports with reference to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Saratov region. Four houses caught fire in Krasnoarmeyskoye; the fire in them was extinguished, the central regional center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Police in different cities across Russia are raiding Alexey Navalny’s campaign offices, seizing leaflets promoting a “voters’ strike” for the March 2018 presidential election. On January 18 in St. Petersburg, officers from the Interior Ministry’s “Center E” anti-extremism unit told all staff and volunteers to vacate the office while they conducted the raid.