The Syrian Research Center in Dzhamraye, which the day before was subjected to an air attack from the side of the Israeli Air Force, has long been under the close attention of the world community. According to a number of countries and research organizations, under the guise of the study of various scientific disciplines, the Syrian authorities created weapons, including mass defeat. And supposedly Russian experts helped them in this.

Conflicting information is coming about the development of the situation in Mali, where from January 11, French and local military conduct surgery "Serval" against the Islamist militants. According to some Russian and Western news agencies, the French troops established control of the city of Kidal 1.5 thousand km from the Mali capital of Bamako with the help of local rebel-diergers and continued the attack on the northern regions of this African country.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield became a national space hero in Canada, famous for the leading Twitter from the International Space Station. Now not only NASA and Google are pleasing to earthlings with fascinating photographs of the Earth and the Universe - the Canadian was able to compete with them. Chris Hadfield arrived at the ISS on December 21, and he, apparently, started his "Cosmomimicroblog" precisely for the enthusiasm of flight.

The Federal Security Service and the Russian State Humanitarian University create a joint scientific and study center. According to Interfax , it will prepare and create conditions for the work of historical specialists related to the topic of state protection. In the future, the functions of the center can be expanded.

Volgograd is preparing solemnly to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. During the events, the city will receive its former name, scandalous "Stalinobuses" will run through the streets, and in the building of the Central Department Store, by tradition, they will be captured by the German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus.

In St. Petersburg, three babies were hospitalized, who were crippled in one of the communal apartments. It is known that the parents of the victims, who came to the northern capital from Pskov, rent a room there. At the moment, two girls and their brother are in the Rauhfus children's hospital, where they were delivered on Wednesday with fractures and hematomas on the body.

The police of the capital detained two men in the southeast of the city who tried to get rid of the divided human body. They threw two packages with the remains of a woman from the window of the apartment, frightened by exposure. A terrible find was made on Thursday at about 1:30 near the N95 house on Volgogradsky Prospekt in Moscow, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region, the main hearings begin in the case of the dispute of the Krest-Vozdvizhensky Jerusalem Stavropigial Convent with the Rehabilitation Center "Childhood". The parties argue behind a plot of about 5.7 thousand square meters. meters on the territory of the monastery, on which the building N6 of the rehabilitation institution is located. Until September 2012, the courts took the side of the monastery. But in September, the case was sent for a new trial.

Surrounded by a detained person with drugs of the 52-year-old member of the territorial election commission (TIK) of the Vernadsky district from the Communist Party of the Communist Party of Sergei Reznikov, they believe that a criminal case against him has been fabricated. The Communist Reznikov himself, who is a member of the opposition shares and actively fighting against falsifications in the elections, denies any involvement in extortion as part of a gang and illegal drug trafficking.

Three more political parties - the "defenders of the Fatherland", "The Party of the Renaissance of the Village" and "Cossack Party of the Russian Federation" - were registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia, Interfax reports. The list of registered organizations is posted on the website of the department, their total number reached 58.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia promised to check the video that appeared on the Internet how the poet Ilya Reznik at the wheel violates the rules of the road, and then is released by the fastrated traffic police officer - either for merits to art, or because the People's Artist of Russia heads the public council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

One of the largest publishers in Russia - "AST" - printed by a circulation of 10 thousand copies by the children's book "School of Kindness of Puzik and Tuzik", the heroes of which were the dog and the cat that revealing anti -state conspiracies and promoting a healthy lifestyle, and even Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Labrador Koni. Judging by the publishing house website , the book was published back in 2008, but it became widely known about it only now.

“On Monday he gave a lecture to the children about the power of discipline. About how it feels to be an athlete who has trained hard and regularly to succeed in a sport. About how hard a ballerina or an artist works to perfect every movement. About the patience of a scientist passionate about the search for a scientific idea. Jones told the students to sit in the “at attention” position, as it is better for learning.

In China, a trial took place over the Tibetan monk and his nephew, who called others to self -immolation. Three people became victims of religious instructions of the defendants. The court of the Chinese province of Sichuan sentenced the 40-year-old monk Lorang Konchok to the death penalty with a two-year delay, reports Xinhua . If during this time the convict does not receive a single penalty, the death sentence may be replaced by a lifelong conclusion.

Google has added about 100 thousand tourist routes to attractions in 200 countries to the capabilities of its mapping service. The new descriptions contain about a million user-generated photos of interesting places. Updates are available both in the desktop version of Google Earth and in mobile versions for the Android and iOS platforms, RIA Novosti reports.