The British police conducted one of the largest operations in history against the mafia group, which was engaged in drug smuggling on Wednesday. According to Scotland Yard, about 550 police officers and criminal investigators made morning raids at 15 points controlled by the mafia family of immigrants from Turkey in the areas of North London. Residential buildings, shops and gambling brothels fell into the area of ​​the police.

The Moscow authorities plan to unload the Leningrad highway, where multi -kilometer traffic jams are constantly formed. At the intersection of the Volokolamsk and Leningrad highway, traffic flows from Mitin, Tushin, Hymok and other areas merge, as a result of which constant congestion arises. In the future, in the north and north-west of the capital in areas such as Kurkino, the Khodynsky field, the Molzhaninovsky, about 5 million square meters will be built.

In the State Duma, an interfraction deputy association "in support of traditional spiritual and moral values ​​in Russia" was created, Interfax reports. Today, the constituent meeting of the association was held, at which the Regulation on him was taken and the coordinator was elected - First Deputy Chairman of the People’s Party of the Russian Federation, member of the People's Deputy group Valery Galchenko.

For a long time, the nature of the drops of small rain (frozen) caused difficulties among scientists. According to calculations, it turned out that droplets of water characteristic of frustration of size required too much time to form an ordinary rain cloud - so much they, as a rule, "do not live". Two physicists from the Brookhevensky National Laboratory (USA) allowed the mystery.

Finance ministers of 15 countries of the European Union signed a law that should prohibit banks with anonymous accounts and eliminate the concept of banking secrets. The days when Europeans could hide their income on secret accounts, are numbered - although this decision was given to the authorities oh how difficult it was. Especially fiercely fought against the introduction of the ban on Luxembourg, Belgium and Austria, who tried to preserve their laws on banking secrets.

In the South Korean city of Tajon, unknown criminals stole a coloned car on Wednesday, in which there were 470 million won (more than 400 thousand dollars). According to police, the incident occurred early in the morning. The collectors parked the minibus near one of the large stores and went to refuel money to ATMs. After 25 minutes, they returned to the parking lot and found that the car disappeared without a trace.

A cocktail of chemicals, which, in order to protect the soldiers who fought in the Persian Gulf in 1991 and provided for by the current plan for the deployment of troops, may be the cause of infertility, which veterans complain of.

The Tver inter -municipal court of Moscow on Thursday, January 23, will proceed to the final debate of the parties in the first 24 claims of the victims as a result of the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka. According to ITAR-TASS, the lawyer of the victims Igor Trunov, most likely on Thursday, the court will make a decision on claims.

In the Ulyanovsk Separate 31st Airborne Airborne Brigade, military service soldiers on the night of January 21-22 committed suicide. The name and surname of the paratrooper who committed suicide is not reported in the interests of the investigation. According to the commander of the 31st brigade of the guard, Colonel Nikolai Nikulnikov, the soldier arrived at the service of the city of Gai of the Orenburg region.

On Wednesday, hearings on the first 24 claims of the victims of the terrorist attack in the theater center on Dubrovka and their relatives will continue in the Tver inter -municipal court of Moscow. To date, the court heard explanations of 15 victims of 11 claims. On Tuesday, in court, Nikolai Volkov, who had lost the 22-year-old daughter of Elena as a result of the attack, testified in court. He demands from the Moscow government to pay him $ 1 million as compensation for non -pecuniary damage.

Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov offers to start a wide campaign in the capital to eliminate one -story garages. With such an initiative, Luzhkov spoke on Wednesday at a meeting of the Public Urban Planning Council of the capital. “In one -story garages, we need to start the same campaign as on five -story buildings,” the mayor said. Luzhkov emphasized that garages take up too much space in the city, RIA Novosti reports.

In China, a 700-year-old Palace burned to UNESCO in the list of world monuments. According to the State Administration for the Protection of Monuments, the Yuzhzhengun Palace in the picturesque Udun mountains last Sunday "turned into ashes" as a result of a strong fire. The majestic structure was destroyed by a fire in just 2.5 hours. Some other nearby pavilions and temples dedicated to the Taoist saints were also injured, Interfax reports.

The fate of the Champions Football League on Russian television since the fall of this year remains unclear. The leadership of the NTV television company refused to extend the rights to show the European club tournament number one. A few months ago, the head of the sports broadcasting of NTV and NTV-Plus, Alexei Burkov, said that "the terms of the contract proposed by the UEFA should be changed." However, today nothing has changed.

Any resident of Chechnya will be able to commit Hajj in Mecca this year. This was announced today by the ITAR-TASS agency, the head of the department for religions of the Government of the Chechen Republic, Visruddi Sherediev. According to him, more than 200 statements were received in the Mufti of Chechnya. "A special item is opened where the record and execution of documents are carried out to those who wish to make a pilgrimage," said V. Sherediev.

Putin emphasized that he agrees with the need to "ensure the interests of national security and the necessary regime of secrecy." According to the president, the excessive bureaucratization of the rules and requirements regarding the admission to nuclear facilities "only preserves the problem." Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that it is necessary to abandon excessive bureaucratization in resolving the issues of international cooperation related to ensuring the nuclear security of