From two explosions that rattled in Makhachkala, from five to 14 people were injured, according to various sources. At first, the unknown fired at the building of a local restaurant from a grenade launcher, then a car exploded nearby exploded. According to preliminary data, there are no victims. “At approximately 20:40, the unknown shot from a grenade launcher on the building of the Golden Empire restaurant. Then no one was injured.

The US Congress presents a bill that extends the action of the Magnitsky Act to other countries. The document was called "Act on global accountability in the field of human rights." Its authors are Senators Benjamin Cardin (Democrat, from Maryland) and John McCain (Republican, from Arizona), are part of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. At one time, Senator Cardin initiated the “Act of Magnitsky”, which concerns human rights and the problem of corruption in Russia, recalls ITAR-TASS.

Protection of the main defendant of the case of the "Oboronservice" case Evgenia Vasilyeva again complains about the actions of the investigation. This time, the lawyer of the close friend of the ex-Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukova claims that the investigation did not give him and his client to familiarize himself with six of 353 volumes of large-scale criminal theft in the military department.

The deputy mayor of Moscow, Maxim Liksutov , accused by oppositionist Alexei Navalny that the wife of a civil servant, with whom he was divorced, contrary to the law, did not get rid of foreign assets, confirmed on the air of Echo of Moscow , which did not have shares of companies that could conflict with his position in the Moscow government. He also said that his divorce is not fictitious.

The midfielder of the Russian national football team Alexander Ryazantsev signed a contract with the Petersburg Zenit until the end of the 2017/18 season, according to the official website of the team from the coast of the Neva. The player moved to Zenit in the status of a free agent. The last club of Alexander was the Kazan Rubin, for which he has played since 2006. “At the end of last year, a proposal was received from the leadership of Zenit.

At the SEAT, passing in Vienna, SEAT introduced the all -wheel drive version of the SEAT Leon ST station wagon, reports LiveCars.ru . The novelty is equipped with two TDI engines with a capacity of 105 and 150 horsepower (the volume of engines - 1.6 and 2 liters, respectively). The average fuel consumption of an all -wheel drive station wagon with a less powerful unit is 4.5 liters per hundred kilometers, and with a 150 -horsepower diesel - 4.8 liters per hundred kilometers.

The artistic director of the Moscow Vakhtangov Theater, the famous director Rimas Tuminas is now in the hospital where the scheduled examination is undergoing, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the director of the theater Kirill Krok. "On Monday, Rimas Vladimirovich felt pain in the heart. An ambulance was caused, and doctors recommended conducting a planned examination. If everything goes fine, then on Saturday it would be written out, which we really hope," Krok said.

In Riga on the festival of the Baptism of the Lord, which is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on January 19 (according to the new style), in Riga, on the embankment on November 11, with the blessing of Metropolitan of the Riga and All Latvia Alexander (Kudryashov) and, with the support of the Riga Duma, the rank of great consecration of water in the Daugava River will be held.

The rector of the Academy of Russian Ballet named after Agrippina Vaganova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, called the new composition of his team and said that the most significant event was the coming to the position of artistic director of the university of the People's Artist of Russia Zhanna Ayupova, ITAR-TASS reports. Ayupova began the performance of new duties in January and was very warmly met by the whole team, the head of the university noted.

France President Francois Hollande, to whom recently, attention has been focused in connection with rumors about his violent personal life, visited his civilian wife Valerie Terierweiler in the hospital , which she entered, allegedly, after messages in the press about Olland's mistress, actress Julie Gaya. By the way, the Closer magazine, which published the pictures of the president, said that the relationship between Hollande and Gaya has been lasting two years.

The permanent observer of the Holy See at the European United States and other international organizations in Geneva Archbishop Silvano Tomazi at the 65th session of the UN Committee on Rights of the Child, presented the Vatican report on measures aimed at protecting and observing the rights of children. According to him, the Vatican is seriously approaching the cases of sexual violence against children by Catholic priests and fights these crimes.

The Russian dance duet Elena Ilyin and Nikita Katsalapov won the silver medals of the European Figure Skating Championship, which takes place in Budapest. According to the results of a short and arbitrary program, they scored 170.51 points, losing only to Italians Anna Kappellini and Luke Lanotta (171.61). On third place, the judges were placed by the British Penny Kums and Nicholas Bakland (158.69).

In the People’s Library of the Small Bosnian town of Kozarsk, a club (another name Bosansk Dubitsa) said that they have a graphic work of the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, unknown to the general public. According to the library employees, the creation of the great Spaniard for many years was secretly stored here. There is no signature of the artist on it, only the date, but representatives of this Bosnian culture institution do not doubt its authenticity.

The State Duma deputy from the LDPR Elena Afanasyeva became the first official candidate for the post of Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, who will soon have to leave Vladimir Lukin. The candidacy of Afanasyeva was nominated from the Duma faction and from the party of liberal democrats, the head of the Supreme Council of the LDPR and the Vice Speaker of the State Duma Igor Lebedev said to Interfax .

The chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department on the relationship between the Church and the Society (Sheep), Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, said that the last statements of Protodiacon Andrei Kuraev about the alleged cases of homosexuality among Orthodox priests are gossip, and called on the missionary to repent, RIA Novosti reports.