The ex-head of the Novosibirsk region Vasily Yurchenko, in respect of whom several criminal cases have already been instituted, denies his involvement in the new case of theft of funds during the construction of the industrial and logistics park (PLP), as part of the investigation of which Yurchenko and his family members were held on the eve of searches . According to TASS, the former governor claims that this case was previously closed behind the lack of corpus delicti.

In Moscow on Thursday, February 4, the XXII festival "Golden Mask" opens. The first of the applicants for the Russian National Theater Prize will be shown the play "Peak Lady" by the Samara Opera and Ballet Theater. The show will be shown on the stage of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko music theater.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation informed the Presidential Council for Human Rights (SPC) reasons for the deduction of 13 Turkish students from Russian universities - in Moscow, Samara and Voronezh - from November to December 2015. The supervisory department confirmed that some of them were expelled on the recommendation of the FSB .

The Google Self-Driving CAR project has begun testing the technology of unmanned vehicles on public roads Kirkland in Washington, reports The Seattle Times . According to Jennifer Harun, the manager of the Google Self-Driving Car project, Kircland is interesting for the project due to its rainy weather. The company's unmanned cars had previously encountered rain, but the Kirkland’s climate is much more rainy compared to the Mountain-Vew or Austin climate, N+1 reports.

A criminal case was opened in Dagestan after the death of a 34-year-old resident of the city of Khasavyurt Zalina Dalieva, who died after a difficult birth, the investigative committee said. Earlier, residents of the city defeated the department , gathering for a spontaneous rally. According to the Ministry of Health, the woman in labor belonged to a high -risk group and was warned about this before pregnancy.

Former Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum is leaving the struggle for nomination by a candidate from the Republican President of the United States. He stated this on the air of Fox News . He called for his supporters to support Marco Rubio - the third following the results of the internal party elections in Aiov , the first American state to participate in the so -called coks. Santorum himself in this election took 11th place out of 12 possible, gaining 1% of the votes of delegates.

In the Moscow River, Alina Tango's walking ship partially sank. According to preliminary information, oil products leaks also occurred as a result of the incident. “The feed of the ship, standing on the winter, sank about four meters, previously, there were no injured,” a source in emergency services of the capital told RIA Novosti . According to him, the emergency occurred in the area of ​​N3 house on Kolomenskaya Street.

The crisis situation, which has developed in Germany due to the influx of refugees from the Middle East and from the countries of Africa, negatively affected the ranking of the government and chancellor Angel Merkel, reports Rain . This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the German television and radio company ARD. 81% of respondents believes that the situation with refugees got out of control, while only 18% called the actions of the federal government confident.

The South Korean company LG officially confirmed that at the official event dedicated to the opening of the MWC exhibition, which will be held on February 21, the LG G5 smartphone will be presented. As Ferra recalls, according to rumors, the new flagship LG will be enclosed in a completely metal case and will receive a fingerprint scanner, pressure sensor, USB Type-C port, and IK port. The LG G5 display diagonal will be 5.3 inches, and the resolution will be 1440*2560 pixels.

The authorities of Iraq began building a concrete wall around Baghdad in order to fence off the capital from smuggling weapons and explosives used by militants in terrorist attacks, and attacks by terrorists of the Islamic State ( Daish ) forbidden in the Russian Federation. At a certain distance from each other around the perimeter of the entire fence, observation towers, observation cameras and explosive detectors will be installed, while patrols will run along the wall, Yahoo !!!

President Vladimir Putin talked again with the former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Politicians exchanged views on the current issues of the world agenda, said Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov "Interfax." A "exchange of views on current issues" took place, Peskov pointed out. Putin accepted Kissinger on the eve of his residence Novo-Ogarevo. The Kremlin’s website posts photos from this meeting.

The French court granted the lawsuit of the group of Catholic activists of Promouvoir and introduced a ban on demonstrating the film by the Danish film director Lars von Trier Antichrist , shot in 2009. This is stated in the information of local media. The group from the third time managed to achieve the ban on the film, which was previously allowed for viewing to persons over 16 years old, the Interfax-religion portal reports.

In Istanbul, an explosion thundered in the Sultanbayli area, as a result of which two people were injured. According to preliminary information, the incident occurred at 15:00 local time (16:00 Moscow time). As Ihlas Haber Ajansi , the explosive device was in the trash can. Currently, police officers are working at the scene. The causes and circumstances of the incident are clarified. DHA journalists report that the explosive device was laid in the urn near the bus stop.

“We are accustomed to the fact that the economy of our country, by and large, has long ceased to move forward, and if in some years it rises a little, then in subsequent years it goes down again. The current level of Russian GDP is lower than the pre-crisis maximum reached almost eight years ago, in mid-2008- th. As for the outside world, the recession of the late 2000s seems to have become a long history for it. Total global production is now 15-20% higher than it was in 2008.

The US police detained three minor young men who are suspected of shooting and double murder. The victims of the criminals were the inhabitants of the tent camp for the homeless. The suspects, who turned 13, 16 and 17, were arrested on Monday. All of them are brothers, reports ABC News . According to the investigation, the detainees lived with his mother in a tent camp, which is located one and a half kilometers from the center of Seattle and received the name "Jungle".