Preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia are much easier than the 2014 world championship in Brazil. This was announced at a press conference in St. Petersburg by President FIFA Joseph Blatter. “Compared to preparations for the World Cup in Brazil, training in Russia is just paradise,” TASS quoted the words of the main football official.

Two police officers of Canada were seriously injured when an unknown criminal opened fire on them. Police officers were looking for a stolen car in the casino area in the city of St. Albert, the suburbs of Edmonton, the province of Albert, reports Newsru Israel . According to police sources, the state of one of their victims is stable-stronger. Data on the second wounded is not published. The police stated that so far nothing indicates the connection of what happened with terrorism.

On Saturday, the international rating agency on Saturday, reduced the long -term rating of the government bonds of the Russian Federation by one step - from BAA2 to BAA3. This was reported in the press release of the agency. A short -term credit rating has also been reduced, and both of them are put on a review with the possibility of lowering, TASS reports. "Wa3" is the lowest rating in the category, which investors designate as "investment".

The crew of Ayrat Mardeev from the Russian Kamaz-Master team became the winner of the Dakar rally marathon in the "truck. At the final stage, which was reduced from 174 to 34 km due to bad weather, the Russian showed the third result. According to the results of the rally, the second and third places were also occupied by the crews of the Russian team - the winner of the rally 2013, Eduard Nikolaev and the 2014 triumph, Andrei Karginov.

A group of armed people abducted the head of the administration of President Yemen in the capital of the country Sanya, reports Arch with reference to government sources. Ahmed Avad Mubarak and several more people were abducted in the south of the capital. Their car was stopped by the militants, after which the official and the people accompanying him was taken away in an unknown direction, the Russian Air Force Service reports with reference to the AFP.

It will be possible to lift the three miners from the scene of the explosion at the Yuzhnaya shaft in the Sverdlovsk region only after clearing the rubble and strengthening the damaged passages, TASS reports with reference to the head of the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Valery Gorelykh. Recall that the explosion occurred on Saturday at about 4:45 Moscow time.

In Ingushetia, a multi-thousandth rally was held against cartoons for the Prophet Muhammad, from 15 to 20 thousand people took part in it, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the head of Ingushetia.

In Belgium, the placement of hundreds of military personnel began to protect the most vulnerable objects. This happened after a large -scale anti -terrorism operation . According to DW-World , armed soldiers are exhibited to protect the Jewish Museum in Brussels, they also patrol together with the police in Antwerp, where a large Jewish community lives, primarily Jewish quarters and a quarter of jewelers.

The movement in Eurotunnel between Great Britain and Continental Europe was stopped due to smoke, said the Railway operator under the La-Channel EUROTUNNEL. The emergency occurred around 11:30 local time, morning trains arrived without incident. The reason for the appearance of smoke on the company's website is not reported. The check passes. The British "Fourth Channel", citing Kent's police, reports on his Twitter that a truck caught fire near the entrance to the tunnel in France.

In Donetsk, the situation sharply worsened, fierce battles for the local airport are in the city, Ukrainian Pravda reports with reference to the ATO press center. The Ukrainian authorities and the forces of the self -proclaimed "Donetsk People’s Republic" (DPR) alternately report on the complete control of the air harbor, Echo of Moscow notes. Official Kyiv insists that Ukrainian units repelled the enemy’s assault and remain at the airport.

The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vitaly Milonov demands to return the state money allocated for the shooting of the film "Leviathan", which for the first time since 1969 has won the Golden Globe for Russia , but caused conflicting assessments among Russian officials. Milonov directed the appeal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with a request to initiate the process of returning budget funds allocated to filmmaker Andrei Zvyagintsev to shoot the film.

In Niame, the capital of Niger, the riots continue, which began during demonstrations of protest against the publications of new cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad in the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. During the riots, Muslims burned two churches, reports Newsru Israel with reference to AFP. According to Reuters, at least four people were killed during the clashes. The police used tear gas. The demonstrators set fire to two patrol cars in front of the main mosque Niamey.

Investigators opened a criminal case on the fact of the explosion at the Yuzhnaya mine in the Sverdlovsk region, Interfax reports with reference to the regional SU TFR. Article - violation of safety rules in conducting mountain, construction or other works.

The head of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky, said that the service decided to close the entry into the country to the first 25 foreigners for 10 years. The new rules entered into force in early January. At the same time, Romodanovsky hopes that in a month or two, the influx of migrants will recover to the usual level, despite the tightening of the law. For citizens, Ukraine made an exception "in connection with a difficult situation", but not on all points.

The midfielder of the national team of the Netherlands and the Munich Bavaria Aryen Robben bit a crocodile. The incident occurred during the next training session of the German club, which is now at the training camp in Qatar, writes Bild . One of the balls hit the pool located next to the football field. When Robben tried to get him, the crocodile suddenly attacked an athlete and bit his hand.