The Committee of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) recommended the ex-president of the All-Russian athletics (VFLA) Valentina Balaknichev on suspicion of extortion, the ex-senior coach of the Russian Endurance Group will also be seized for life, and reports on the official website of IAAF . The ethics committee also recommended to apply a fine of 25 thousand dollars on Balakhnichev, and 15 thousand on Melnikov. Recommendations came into force immediately.

Pyongyang’s actions are a direct violation of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council. This was stated in a telephone conversation by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Morgulov and a special representative of the United States for Policy regarding North Korea Song Kim. As the Russian Foreign Ministry report , the conversation took place on January 6 at the initiative of the American side.

The scandal around the situation with mass attacks on women in Cologne is overgrown with new details. The German newspaper Bild published a police report, which describes in detail what exactly happened in the city on New Year's Eve. As reported, dozens of women were attacked, allegedly perfect immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East. After the incident, tourist organizations announced the first refusals of tourists to visit Cologne, out of fear, also attacked.

Since January 2016, Siberian Networks (Academ.org brand) stop broadcasting the Rain TV channel on the network of the largest cable television cable television provider, Sovok.info reports. According to Alexei Koshlyakov, an employee of the Siberian networks, the cessation of broadcasting is associated with the policy of the television company itself, which decided to leave the analogue broadcasting for the digital format.

Deputies from the Crimea, who left the peninsula during the operation of the emergency regime due to disconnecting electricity from Ukraine, will work out "absenteeism". This was stated by the secretary of the regional branch of "United Russia" Vladimir Konstantinov. "Take a catch of those deputies who return from the resorts, immediately enroll them in penal battalions to work out the entire period that they allowed themselves to relax," said Konstantinov, whose words quoted TASS.

Oculus, owned by the Facebook social network, opened the reception of preliminary orders for the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmet in 20 countries of the world . This was written on his page by the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg also said that this year more than 100 games with augmented reality elements would be released specifically for Oculus Rift.

Human Rights Watch human rights activists said that Saudi Arabia aviation and the coalition led by it used prohibited cassette ammunition when bombing the capital of Yemen. "It is not yet clear whether the bombing of the victim among the civilian population caused," the organization said . At the same time, at Human Rights Watch added that ammunition could fall on the residential quarters of the sangs.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill urged the Russians not to lose heart in connection with economic difficulties in the country. He stated this in an interview, which will be shown on Thursday on the Russia 1 TV channel (VGTRK), Interfax reports. "Now, in general, the severity is relative - a person earns a little more or less (but God forbid, so that the economic situation worsens), but in general there is no tragedy in the country today," the high -reader said.

The arbitration court of the Hague took the lawsuit of Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoisky against the Russian authorities, reports Reuters . The lawsuit was filed a year ago. According to RBC , in his lawsuit Kolomoisky claims that a contract was concluded with him until 2020 for the Passenger terminal of Belbek Airport in Sevastopol, which was nationalized after the annexation of Crimea to Russia.

After the New Year's exacerbation in the relationship of the two Kores, Seoul announced his intention to resume propaganda broadcasting on the DPRK, which was suspended in August. As Reuters reports with reference to the office of the South Korean president, this decision is a response to the announcement of Pyongyang on the testing of a hydrogen bomb.

The Chechens who worked on the Sbarro restaurant network turned to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov with a request to "restore justice" in relation to employees of the company who do not pay salaries, the Rain television channel reports, referring to the letter received on January 7 to the editorial office. “We inform you about the fact of major fraud by the owners of the Holding Holding Hospital (Sbarro is included in it. - Approx.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro on Wednesday evening (on the morning of Thursday Moscow time) declared the composition of the new government. In addition, speaking on the air of national television, he announced the creation of five new ministries: production economy, agricultural production and land use, fish industry, urban agriculture, as well as foreign trade and foreign investment, TASS reports.

In 2015, Moscow took first place among the cities of Russia in terms of the number of hotels booked by tourists, Interfax reports on Thursday with reference to the data of one of the popular tourist Internet services. The rating is based on hotel reservation data from January 1 to December 31, 2015 by tourists traveling on their own. The most popular city was Moscow. Tourists come to the capital for about three days, the cost of living on average is 3.9 thousand rubles per day. In 2015, St.

The collapse of oil prices continues: oil of the North Sea brand Brent costs less than $ 33 per barrel. Following the oil, the ruble is getting cheaper. At electronic auction, the dollar now costs 75.5 rubles, the euro - almost 82, Echo Moscow reports. A new sharp fall occurred against the backdrop of the collapse of the stock market in China. At 10:19 Moscow time, Brent barrel fell to $ 32.97. After that, prices were a little adjusted, but after a few minutes they continued the fall again.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Cyril congratulated the astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) on Christmas Christmas today, blessing to fulfill the mission that they carry out. The teleconference was organized from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. “I think that a different view of the world is developing from the height of your orbit, including the scale of earthly contradictions,” TASS quoted the words of the patriarch.