The opening to the public of the Dau project in Paris, scheduled for January 24, has been postponed until permission is received from the Prefecture of Police, according to a message posted on Twitter by the organizers. One of the organisers told AFP that there would be "a new meeting between technicians and the prefecture" on January 25, but he did not specify what would be discussed.

Russia's risks in Venezuela, the latest Internet crackdown legislation moves forward, Deripaska's escort may have been with the FSB Thursday, January 24, 2019 This day in history (41 years ago): On January 24, 1978, the “Kosmos 954” Soviet satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere after a malfunction the year prior, scattering radioactive debris over northern Canada and prompting an extensive cleanup operation known as “Operation Morning Light.” What does Russia stand to lose in Venezuela?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he agreed to the proposal of the governments of Mexico and Uruguay for an "international initiative" to reach an agreement within the country. “I publicly say to the governments of Mexico and Uruguay: I agree to a diplomatic initiative for the sake of a national dialogue in Venezuela,” he said, speaking in the country's Supreme Court.

On January 23, the head of the Venezuela parliament Juan Guydo declared himself the acting president. The authorities of the country in response applied force to disperse its supporters. The next day, President Nicholas Maduro spoke to the judicial community and spoke about a telephone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who expressed his full support for him. Subscribe to our YouTube

Researcher of Latin America Tatyana Rusakova - about why the riots in Venezuela arose right now and whether Russia can intervene in them Yuri Cortez / AFP / Scanpix / Leta clash of demonstrators with the police in Karakas January 23, 2019 In Venezuela, a civil conflict and dual power continues for several days that arose after the country's parliament declared illegitimate President Nicholas Maduro, and appointed his chairman Juan Guydo.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists left the Doomsday Clock hands at 11:58 p.m., symbolizing the threat of global catastrophe (it would occur at "midnight"). The magazine emphasized that this assessment “should not be taken as a sign of stability, but as a decisive warning.” According to the Bulletin, the situation in the world is worsening with two main threats – nuclear weapons and climate change .

In Nalchik on the evening of January 24, four criminals attacked a traffic police crew with knives, the Investigative Committee reports. One of the policemen was injured. The police opened fire on the attackers. Three of them were killed, one was wounded. According to Interfax, the fourth attacker later died in the hospital. There is no information about the identity of the perpetrators yet.

In the UK, they stopped searching for a light-engine plane that disappeared in the sky over the English Channel, in which there was a Cardiff football player, Argentinean Emiliano Sala. According to the authorities, there is almost no chance of finding Sala and pilot Dave Ibbotson alive. After the announcement, the sister of the missing football player at a press conference in Cardiff asked, crying, not to stop searching.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and expressed his support for him in connection with the political crisis in the country, the Kremlin press service reported. Putin "underlined that destructive external interference grossly violates the fundamental norms of international law," the report said.

Safron Golikov / Kommersant The Ministry of Finance participated in #10YEARCHALLENGE. According to the ministry, it should probably become clear to readers that over the 10 years that have passed since 2009, the federal budget of Russia has become very buried. Medusa studied the picture published by the Ministry of Finance, and remembered what happened in the country in 2009 and what happened to its finances over 10 years.

On January 22, at the congress of the Fatherland party in Kyiv, a short biographical film was shown about the presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko. There were shots from an interview with the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, which in 2010 was recorded by the Croatian director Jacob Sedlar for another picture about Tymoshenko. Coelho in the film claimed that he had met with a Ukrainian politician twice.

The State Duma discussed and adopted in the first reading a bill on punishment for publishing information on the Internet, “expressing in an indecent form a clear disrespect” to power. The co -author of the bill, Senator Andrei Klishas, ​​was not present at the meeting. Deputies from the Communist Party and LDPR criticized the document. For example, Sergei Ivanov (LDPR) suggested those who want to “write nothing or say only good, act on a proverb - to die.” Subscribe to our YouTube

Verzhik Khacharyan, a 103-year-old resident of Krasnodar Krai, has been on the waiting list for more than two years for an apartment, which she is entitled to as a family member of a deceased participant in the Great Patriotic War, writes the “Caucasian Knot”. Khacharyan registered for housing in October 2016.

On January 24, the State Duma voted to approve the first reading of two bills that place certain limits on freedom of speech in Russia. One essentially prohibits citizens from publishing unreliable news stories on the Internet while applying the same prohibition to news outlets both online and in other media.

A Kyiv court has sentenced Viktor Yanukovich, the former president of Ukraine, to 13 years in prison. Yanukovich was convicted of treason and of complicity in the initiation of an aggressive war. He was acquitted of violating a statute concerning infringement on Ukrainian territorial sovereignty.