Ilyas Khadzhi Warm House on the Mountain, a crisis center for women in Makhachkala. 2019 In Russia, crisis centers for women facing domestic violence are in short supply even in large cities like Moscow and Kazan. In the Northern Caucasus, the situation surrounding domestic violence is even more complex due to practices like honor killings and bride kidnappings as well as a widespread disapproval of extramarital sex.

The US Fifth Fleet has accused the crew of a Russian ship of dangerously approaching an American destroyer in the Arabian Sea. The Navy said in a statement that the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs approached the destroyer Farragat at a distance of about 55 meters. The US military released a video of the incident. The US Navy claims the Russian ship "aggressively approached" the destroyer, creating a threat of collision.

Ukraine considers a missile attack and a terrorist attack as priority versions of the crash of the Ukraine International Airlines plane in Iran. This was stated by the head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov. However, he suggested not to make hasty conclusions about the causes of the crash of the liner. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Prystaiko said , in turn, that Kiev is in favor of creating an "international coalition that will investigate" the disaster.

Some will even be allowed into the State Duma Igor Ivanko / Kommersant Director of the World of Tanks product Wargaming and founder of the Direct Democracy Party Vyacheslav Makarov On January 10, it became known about the creation of a new political structure - the "Party of direct democracy." Its founder will be Vyacheslav Makarov, one of the developers and the Wargaming World of Tanks Product Director.

The US has imposed new sectoral sanctions against Iran. The corresponding decree was signed by President Donald Trump. Restrictions were imposed against the manufacturing, textile, construction and mining sectors of the Iranian economy. Sanctions will be both primary and secondary - that is, for doing business with these companies, third parties will also be subject to sanctions. The US has also imposed special sanctions against Iran's largest iron and steel producers.

Simon Dawson / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Jamma Watts on the way to the court of the Uinchester. January 10, 2020 The Court in the city of Winchester in the English county Gampshire sentenced the 21-year-old Jamma Watts to eight years in prison for confidence in four teenage girls and subjected them to sexual violence. By a court decision, she will be included in the list of people who have committed sexual crimes, reports Evenging Standard.

Hamza Turkia / Xinhua / Zuma / Scanpix / Leta cars of government troops in Tripoli. November 4, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on January 8 held negotiations in Istanbul, according to which, in particular, they called on all aspects of the conflict in Libya to stop hostilities.

Britain's decision to leave the European Union has already cost the country's economy £132.8 billion ($173.8 billion). This is stated in a Bloomberg Economics study, the authors of which compared the UK's lag behind other G7 countries in 2016-2019. The agency notes that historically the UK economy lagged behind the economies of the G7 countries, but after the Brexit decision, this deviation increased.

Margarita Cherepanova / Malfa In early December 2019, the first release was released on the rested label of Maxim Fadeev Malfa-the debut clip of the Inki group, a boy-band consisting of five natives of Kazakhstan. A few years ago, Kazakhstan appeared in Key Pop -the genre was called Kew-Pop (Q-Pop). Together with the channel "Muz TV" Fadeev came up with a similar project for the Russian market.

In the protests in Abkhazia, which the authorities of the republic consider the attempt of a coup, Ukrainians participated, who called themselves citizens of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. This was reported to "Interfax" by the administration of the President of Abkhazia. The publication "Sputnik Abkhazia" reported that one of the organizers of the rally on January 8-9 was Ahra Avidzba. Probably, we are talking about the commander of the DPR with the call sign of Abkhaz.

Twitter recalls real stories that sound like stupid fiction Some stories are too good to be true. Especially the ones that can't be verified. However, they do not get worse from this! Twitter user turbojedi decided to collect the most incredible, but (allegedly) true stories from life. The result was a long thread about freshwater crustaceans on Easter Island, an honorary funeral for a hamster, and a former US senator who calls himself "bolshaya popka".

The TV channel "Russia 1" and the VGTRK holding decided to remove the program "The director himself" from the air. This was announced in a video message by the host of the TV show Alexei Lysenkov. “As a professional who has given television 35 years, I understand this decision. As a person, it's not that I can't accept him, it's hard for me to accept him. But I have to agree with him,” Lysenkov said. He thanked all participants, guests and authors of the program.

Latvia has granted political asylum to Rosbalt journalist Alexander Shvarev, who is accused in Russia of slandering businessman Alisher Usmanov. “He was granted refugee status in accordance with the Latvian law on asylum and the UN Refugee Convention,” said Shvarev’s lawyer, noting that this happened back in November. According to the lawyer, Latvia admitted that Shvarev is being persecuted for political reasons and he is in danger if he returns to Russia.

An entrepreneur in Moscow was placed under house arrest in the case of an attempt to bribe the deputy head of the Ministry of Transport, TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the interlocutor of the agency, businessman Vladimir Kolpakov offered Deputy Minister Vladimir Tokarev $10,000 and a bottle of Beluga vodka for patronage at work. A TASS source clarified that the entrepreneur runs a company that certifies equipment for the repair of railway transport.

During the NHL match, between the Nashville Pershevors and Chicago Blackhox teams, something that has not happened since October 2013: the goalkeeper managed to score a goal. Finn Pekka Rinne from Nashville became the eighth goalkeeper in the history of the League, who scored a goal with a direct throw. Sportsnet Until the end of the third period, a little less than 30 seconds remained, Blackhox was lost with a score of 2: 4. The team took off the goalkeeper to get a numerical advantage.