The hacker group "Shaltai-Boltai" received instructions from FSB officers and gave them part of the income. This was stated in an interview with "Dozhd" by former member of "Shaltai-Boltai" Konstantin Teplyakov. According to him, contacts with the special services were established by the group's leader, Vladimir Anikeev; this happened no later than August 2015. Anikeev, according to Teplyakov, communicated with FSB officer Sergei Mikhailov .

A court in Paris found action artist Pyotr Pavlensky guilty of setting fire to the Bank of France building, radio RFI reports. Pavlensky received three years in prison, two of them on probation. The court did not demand the conclusion of the artist in custody, taking into account the fact that he had already spent 11 months under arrest, according to RIA Novosti. Pavlensky's colleague Oksana Shalygina received two years in prison, of which 16 months on probation.

US President Donald Trump canceled his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He tweeted about it. Trump cited "Democratic intransigence over border security" as the reason for canceling the visit. Due to Democrat intransigence on border security and the importance of security to our country, I am canceling my very important trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum. My warmest wishes and apologies to [the organizers of the forum]!

The creator of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov has filed an application for the liquidation of the company Telegram Messenger LLP . This follows from the materials of the British state register of legal entities, which RBC drew attention to. The statement , signed by Durov on December 19, 2018, contains a request to terminate the registration of Telegram Messenger LLP and remove the company from the UK register of legal entities.

Sheena667 , a new film by the Russian actor and director Grigory Dobrygin, will be one of eight films to be evaluated by an international jury as part of the Rotterdam Film Festival’s Tiger Competition. Dobrygin co-starred in the 2014 film A Most Wanted Man alongside Rachel McAdams and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his leading credits in Russia include Black Lightning and How I Ended This Summer. Sheena667 is Dobrygin’s feature-length debut as a director.

The temporarily acting governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, said on January 9 that residents of the city complain about poor snow cleaning on the streets, and promised to give the shovels to St. Petersburg. “To give each head of the district a shovel so that it is written on it“ Beglov’s shovel ”. I myself have in the trunk. If it is not removed somewhere, we will clean up with you, ”Beglov said . The Beglov shovel instantly became a meme.

“Rus’ Imprisoned: Help for Convicts” on VKontakte Inga Krivitskaya stands outside the Federal Penitentiary Service building in Voronezh Oblast Olga Romanova is the leader of Rus’ Sidyashchaya (“Rus’ Imprisoned”), and Lev Ponomarev leads a movement called Za Prava Cheloveka (“For Human Rights”). Both organizations aim to defend human rights in Russia, especially for those imprisoned in the country. On January 10, Inga Krivitskaya’s lawsuit against them was heard in Moscow’s Khoroshevsky Court.

Investigating the CAR journalist murders, how Russia restricts protests, and Oyub Titiev's year in kangaroo court Thursday, January 10, 2019 This day in history (seven years ago): On January 10, 2012, the former Soviet intelligence officer Gevork Vartanian died in Moscow at the age of 87. Vartanian was credited with thwarting “Operation Long Jump” — an alleged plot by Adolf Hitler to assassinate Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt at the Tehran conference in 1943.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. "I am not leaving home so as not to leave my mother alone." The stories of children who have to patronize parents It is not known how exactly how in Russia families in Russia, where children have to take on the functions of the guardians of their parents - but there are not a few of them.

Europoltube / YouTube On January 10, the Civil Guard of Spain spoke about the criminal case of contractual tennis matches, the defendants of which were 83 people. Among them are 28 professional tennis players, one of them in 2018 participated in US Open (the names of athletes are not disclosed). 15 defendants in the case are arrested, the rest remain free.

St. Isaac’s Cathedral, a major historic landmark in St. Petersburg, was scheduled in a controversial move to lose its status as a public museum and become an active institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, an order composed by St. Petersburg’s Committee on Property Relations that defined key protocols for the transfer has expired, Interfax reported.

On January 10, the second term of the President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro begins. Over the past six years of the first term, the country's economy went on a free fall, Maduro tried to remove , they arranged an attempt on him. But in the election he was re -elected almost 68 percent of the vote. In all the troubles of the country, Maduro blames Washington and those who help him. Photo in the announcement: Ariana Cubillos / AP / Scanpix / Leta

In the sky above New Zealand, on January 5, unusual outbreaks and luminous traces could be observed. Most eyewitnesses decided that it was a meteorite rain (there was a version about UFO too!) Experts who watched the videos suggested that it was a satellite that burned in the atmosphere - and were right. On January 10, the Russian military announced that five days earlier from orbit was “scheduled” to the Cosmos-2430 satellite, which had worked out his resource. Subscribe to our YouTube

The movement in the Tushino tunnel in Moscow, blocked due to flooding, was completely restored by 18:00 Moscow time. The tunnel laid under the Moscow channel was flooded on the morning of January 10. Movement along the Volokolamsk highway towards the region was blocked from the Sokol metro to the Moscow Ring Road. Dmitry Serebryakov / AP / Scanpix / Leta

Emmanuel Cotophio's page on Facebook gendarme Emmanuel Kotofio. The “Dossier” claims that he followed the Russians who died in the TsAR and contacted people from the PMC “Wagner” The local gendarme Emmanuel Kotofiofio, who was in touch with their driver and a Russian, allegedly connected with the PMC Wagner and the structures of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, followed the death of their death in Central Africa Jemal, Alexander Rastorguev and Kirill Radchenko, and Kirill Radchenko.