Russian figure skaters Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin took second place in ice dancing at the European Championships in Minsk on January 26, losing to French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeron. Also on Saturday, the silver medal in men's singles was won by 20-year-old Russian figure skater Alexander Samarin. Spaniard Javier Fernandez became the champion among men. Mikhail Kolyada, who was in the lead after the short program, eventually took fifth place.

On January 26, a heavy snowfall began in Moscow. Due to the weather, several mass accidents occurred at once. Aeroflot canceled more than 130 flights. The snowfall is expected to continue until Monday. Attention! Some videos contain profanity. If this is unacceptable to you, read how a Meduza correspondent waited 789 days for a flashlight to be repaired.

Update. One of the victims of the explosion died in the hospital, TASS reports . The UK opened a criminal case on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements. In the village of Lysyye Gory, Saratov Region, a gas boiler exploded in a cafe. According to an Interfax source in the ambulance, 35 people turned to doctors for help.

In the Krasnodar Territory on January 26, 103-year-old Verzhik Khacharyan died, who had been waiting in line for more than two years to get an apartment. Her granddaughter told the "Caucasian Knot" about this. According to Emma Sahakyan, the pensioner became ill on the evening of January 25. The day before, after publications about her situation, she gave several television interviews. “I believe that this is all the result of many years of abuse of an elderly person by callous officials.

In Spain, rescuers found the body of two-year-old Julen Rosello, who fell into a 100-meter mine on January 13. The child's body was found at a depth of 71 meters. Rescuers got to him from a parallel mine, which was dug specifically for the search operation. Julen Rosello went missing during a family picnic in an area near Malaga. He fell into a shaft about 30 centimeters in diameter dug in search of water. The businessman who dug the shaft claimed to have closed it.

In the suburbs on January 26, during a heavy snowfall, several massive accidents occurred on major highways. on the 28th kilometer of the M-2 highway (“Crimea”) In the first half of the day, eight cars collided , and ten more on the 58th. Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a total of 50 vehicles were involved in the accident on the M-2; three people were injured. In addition, ten cars also collided on the 57th kilometer of Novorizhskoye Highway (Baltija highway, M-9).

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What is Dau-a movie or a historical reality show with violence and sex? Sasha Sulim and Alexey Ponomarev are discussing the mysterious film project of Ilya Khrzhanovsky “Dau”.

The governments of Spain, France and Germany are ready to recognize Juan Guaidó as acting president of Venezuela if new "fair, free and transparent" presidential elections are not scheduled in the country within eight days. This statement was made on the afternoon of January 26 by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. A similar position was expressed on Twitter by French President Emmanuel Macron and German government spokeswoman Martine Fitz .

Orkhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdi, Svetlana Aleksievich and others called to protect Europe from threats-Populist politicians and Putin Daniel Sorabji / AFP / Scanpix / Leta a billboard in London, hinting at the possible involvement of Russia in the results of the referendum on Brexit. Officially, the UK of Russia did not put forward such accusations. The Guardian published an open letter of thirty European intellectuals in defense of Europe.

A resident of Novosibirsk (the girl calls herself Snezhana, her last name is unknown) said that in early January a police officer beat her parents, after which they were going to open a criminal case against her father. She wrote about this on Instagram, asking to spread the message. According to Snezhana, on the morning of January 4, police officer Yevgeny Budukva, allegedly drunk, made a remark to her parents who were walking their dog without a muzzle.

21-year-old Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka won the Australian Open by beating Czech Petra Kvitova in the final. The match ended with the score 7:6 (2), 5:7, 6:4. After the victory, Osaka became the first racket of the world. She is the first Japanese woman to achieve this result. This is Osaka's second Grand Slam victory. Last fall, she defeated Serena Williams in the US Open final. Moment of Naomi Osaka's victory in the Australian Open final

In the 1980s, the famous Japanese writer Suji Simad created a new direction inside the detective genre-Khonkaku novels. Detectives of this type are more like an intellectual game than literature. The author gives the reader as many tips as the main character so that he can try to reveal the crime on his own - and, possibly, even before the detective in the book. For several decades, Honkaku-detectives have become popular far beyond the borders of Japan.

University of Canterbury The New Zealand researcher of Chinese politics Anna-Maria Breda suspects that the PRC authorities deliberately intimidate her. It all started after in the fall of 2017 she published a report entitled “Magic Weapon” dedicated to China’s attempts to influence the New Zealand government in recent years. She is not the only specialist in China who may be persecuted by the special services of this country.

The Golden Eagle film award in the main nomination "Best Film" was received by Alexey Fedorchenko's film "Anna's War" . The ceremony took place in Moscow on the evening of January 25. Fedorchenko received the prize for best director. Vladimir Mashkov was recognized as the best actor for his role in "Going Vertical", and Aglaya Tarasova was recognized as the best actress for her role in the film "Ice".

French composer Michelle Legrand died at the age of 86. It is reported by Le Monde with reference to his representative. Sebastien Nogier / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Legrand was widely known as the author of music for films, including “Sherburna Umbrellas” (1964) and “Aferes of Thomas Krun” (1968). He was nominated 13 times on Oscar and won three times. The song "I Will Wait for You" from the "Sherbourg umbrellas". They perform Nana Muski and Michelle Legrand.