Lithuania again stated her requirements for the payment of compensation for events on January 13, 1991 in Vilnius, when the Soviet special forces captured the television tower in the Lithuanian capital. The statement on this issue was made by the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronyus Paraden, Rosbalt reports with reference to DZD . "I am sure that the dialogue is the only way to solve various bilateral issues, including issues related to the painful historical past.

As soon as the US military campaign against Iraq on February 24, 1991 began, President Saddam Khussein collapsed with his Soviet colleague Mikhail Gorbachev, writes the American newspaper The New York Times , which at the disposal of which was the cut -out part of the archive of President Iraq, found in this country in 2003. “Earlier, Hussein sent his foreign minister to Moscow, trying at the last moment to prevent ground -based combat operations.

The difficulties of the translation had to face US President Barack Obama and the chairman of the PRC Hu Jintao. The incident occurred during their joint press conference in the White House, which took place on Wednesday, January 19. The first question was asked by journalists about the observance of human rights. Obama in his usual manner gave a detailed answer, and then it turned out that the translator needs time to transfer to the Chinese.

A large road accident that occurred on Thursday morning due to bad weather in the suburbs paralyzed the movement on the M-4 highway. On the 30th kilometer of the highway in the direction of Moscow, nine cars crashed, there are no injured. Snowfall stopped Moscow - for the first time after the holidays, the city stood in multi -kilometer traffic jams in the morning. According to law enforcement agencies, on Thursday morning, two cars collided in the region of 30 kilometers of Don.

The Federal Financial Market Service (FSFR) expressed concern about the British financial services management (FSA) due to the facts of the British supervisory authority to Russian financial instruments when they are assigned to the market, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the FSFR.

In anticipation of the federal elections, political scientists began to discuss changes in the arrangement of political forces and the chances of parties to win. As experts suspected, the “Fair Russia” led by Sergei Mironov will in the near future will either be disbanded or will undergo significant transformations in the structure. The Speaker of the Federation Council itself will prophesy an ambulance from this post.

The price of the most expensive apartment in Moscow, put up for sale in January, was equal to the cost of 169 cheap "odnushki" sold in the capital, and 825 in the suburbs, writes RIA "Novosti" with reference to the results of the study of Miel -Brokerij. As specified in the report, this month the highest -high object in the housing market in Moscow was a four -room apartment in the area of ​​the Belorusskaya metro station.

The star of Hollywood Mel Gibson can face up to four years in prison for beating his former Russian friend Oksana Grigoryeva, Voice of America reports. The Los Angeles district prosecutor’s office provided the famous lawyer Blair Berk the last attempt to convince the court not to pursue the actor. On Tuesday, January 18, the assistant prosecutor John Lynch met with Burk.

From the bill "On the Police", after the discussion, it was decided to exclude the controversial norm establishing the presumption of the legality of the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the head of the State Duma committee on security Vladimir Vasiliev said on Thursday. As Vasiliev noted, he, as a lawyer, considers such a decision “a small achievement”, Interfax reports.

In Russia, the Wikileaks portal and its founder Julian Assange is created. These days, the independent Russian Friends of Wikileaks is registered, according to a message on the website of the Russian Reporter . The fund sets its task not only to help Assange and its Wikileaks site, but also to organize its arrival in Russia. Among the founders of the fund are Israel Shamir, Vitaly Leibin, Maxim Kantor and other persons. The fundraising has already begun.

On Thursday, the Perm Court convicted against the vice-speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory Yevgeny Vyaznikov, who, driving a car in a state of intoxication, crashed into a bus with people. He was sentenced to two years in prison with a trial period of two years. In addition, for two years, the deputy was deprived of a driver’s license, Interfax reports.

The production of a third -generation Focus car at the Ford Motor plant in the Vsevolozhsk of the Leningrad region of the region will begin this summer, and not at the end of the year, as previously reported . This was told to "Interfax" by the director of public relations Ford Russia Ekaterina Kulinenko. According to her, the Russian Ford will switch to the production of new Focus after summer vacation, which, as a rule, takes place in July-August and lasts 2-3 weeks.

The role of a woman-cat in the new picture of the Christopher Nolan trilogy about Batman, which will be called the "Renaissance of the Dark Knight", went to Anne Hathaway. According to The Hollywood Reporter with reference to the Warner Bros film company., Jessica Bil and Kira Knightley also claimed the role of the main rival of the superhero.

The Radar Online tabloid, citing his own sources, said that 45-year-old Hollywood actor Charlie Shin, who recently in Las Vegas, spent 26 thousand dollars in this city. According to the publication, in the morning of January 10, Shin invited Sky (Fantasy Tower, Palms Casino Resort), rented for 40 thousand dollars, a 21-year-old prostitute named Ginger, paying her 10 thousand dollars for four hours of sexual games. Before that, he had fun with two other girls, paying each for 8 thousand dollars.

The Russian Foreign Ministry clarifies that experts of the UN Human Rights Council do not conduct their own investigation of the death of an employee of the Hermitage Capital of the Sergey Magnitsky Foundation, but only turned to the Russian side with a request to provide information on the progress of the investigation of human rights, including Magnitsky.