Belarus has purchased 80 thousand tons of oil from Norway, the BELTA news agency reports, citing the state concern Belneftekhim. The oil will be delivered via Lithuania by sea and rail transport. It will arrive in Belarus after January 20. Belneftekhim did not specify the prospects for further supplies of Norwegian oil to Belarus. In recent years, Belarus has purchased about 18 million tons of oil per year from Russia.

What little we know about Igor Krasnov, Russia’s next attorney general Russian Investigative Committee Press Service / TASS / Scanpix / LETA On January 20, 2020, Vladimir Putin dismissed long-time Attorney General Yuri Chaika and asked the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament to approve a replacement, Igor Krasnov, who’s known for his work as a senior official on several high-profile criminal cases at Russia’s Federal Investigative Committee.

The authorities of the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have lifted the arrest of Gazprom's assets. This is stated in the message of the company, which is published on the website of the Center for Disclosure of Corporate Information. The assets in question were arrested in February 2018 as part of a legal dispute between Gazprom and Ukrainian Naftogaz. Earlier, Naftogaz reported that it had seized Gazprom's foreign assets in excess of $2.56 billion.

A rally in support of the right to keep and bear arms was held in Richmond, the capital of the American state of Virginia, The New York Times reports. The protest was organized by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights group, and was prompted by the intent of Democrats, who currently hold a majority in the Virginia General Assembly , to impose new restrictions on firearms in the state. Police estimated that about 22,000 people attended the rally.

Vladimir Putin introduced the bill “On the Constitution of the Russian Federation” to the State Duma, which clarifies his ideas on radical constitutional reform . Much of what he proposed has already become known in the last days, but some provisions were new. Medusa was versed in how Putin wants to change the structure of power in Russia. Anton Novoderezhkin / TASS / Vida Press What was already known before the publication of the text of the amendments.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has convened a meeting of the emergency committee over the outbreak of pneumonia in China caused by the new coronavirus, the WHO reported on Twitter. The meeting will take place on January 22. The emergency committee must determine whether the pneumonia outbreak constitutes an emergency of international concern . The committee must also develop recommendations for combating the virus.

Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov was interrogated as a victim in a case of abuse of power by police officers. Sergei Badamshin, Golunov's lawyer, announced this on his telegram channel. In a conversation with TASS, the lawyer said that they tried to take a non-disclosure agreement from him and Golunov, but they refused to give it. Badamshin added that no one has been detained in the case yet.

Netflix has released a short film by David Lynch called What Did Jack Do?. This is a 17 minute black and white film noir. In it, the director plays the role of a detective and interrogates a talking monkey named Jack, who is suspected of murder. The film was shot back in 2016, but was previously unavailable for legal online viewing. Now you can watch it with Russian subtitles.

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, appointed Minister of Defense Andrei Ravkov as State Secretary of the Security Council. This was reported by the Belarusian agency BelTA. BelTA RAVKOV Information Agency was appointed Secretary of State of Security Council As the head of the Ministry of Defense, Ravkov was replaced by the commander of the troops of the Western operational command, Major General Viktor Krenin.

They were deprived of titles? What will they live on? We answer the main questions Daniel Leal-Livas / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On January 18, the Buckingham Palace officially removed Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle from royal duties and deprived of state funding. According to new agreements, Harry and Megan will also cease to be called royal highness.

What is known to the new candidate for the position of general prosecutor Igor Krasnov and what they say about his appointment Press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On January 20, 2020, the president submitted for approval by the Federation Council a candidate for the post of Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, known for the loud affairs of a senior employee of the Investigative Committee.

The main reason why a Utair plane rolled into a river while landing in Sochi in 2018 was the flooding of the runway, Utair's press service said after reviewing the IAC report on the accident. The airline noted that the ground services of the Sochi airport did not assess the condition of the runway immediately before the landing of the Boeing and gave the pilots incorrect information about the coefficient of friction with the runway.

Subscribe to our YouTube state New South Wales suffered from the strongest forest fires. In January, rains began there, they should help the fight against fire . However, there is no need to talk about improving the situation yet, a sandstorm has passed through the state, and a large hail fell in Sydney.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the bill on amendments to the Constitution, submitted to parliament, will be considered "thoughtfully, responsibly, with the participation of experts, a working group." “No one plans [to amend the Constitution] on the run, by some deadline,” RIA Novosti quotes Volodin. At the same time, the speaker of the State Duma urged not to delay and not "bureaucratize" the consideration of amendments in the lower house of parliament.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to reduce the composition of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation from 19 to 11 judges, including the chairman. This is stated in Putin's draft law on amendments to the Constitution. According to the current Constitution, the Constitutional Court should include 19 judges. At the same time, the law on the Constitutional Court provides that it is authorized to work in the presence of two-thirds of the total number of judges.