The Laureate of the Nobel Prize in the literature of 2015 Svetlana Aleksievich announced the withdrawal from the Russian Pen-Center. The Belarusian writer said that she made such a decision due to the exception of journalist Sergei Parkhomenko from the organization. “The fact is that all the ideals of the founders of the foam are trampled.

The crew of Dmitry Sotnikov from the Russian Kamaz-Master team came out in first place in the general classification of the prestigious rally-raid Dakar in the " truck. The second place is occupied by the crew of Eduard Nikolaev, squeezing to the third line of the Dutchman Gera de Roy, the Kamaz-Master press service reports. At the eighth stage of the automatic rheat, the Dutch crew of Martin Van Den Brink on Renault was exciting.

The former head of Exxon Mobil Rex Tillerson, nominated by the US President Donald Trump for the post of Secretary of State, is going to declare Washington’s concern in connection with the actions of Russia in the international arena and accuse Moscow of ignoring the interests of the United States.

In the Yaroslavl region, on January 11, it was declared "silence without abortion." The action is dedicated to the memory of the Bethlehem babies killed by Tsar Herod, the site of the regional metropolis reports. The initiative holding of the action was made by the Department of Charity, Social Service and Interaction with Medical Institutions of the Yaroslavl Diocese and the Department of Health of the region.

The World Bank (WB) worsened the forecast of the growth of world GDP for the current year, but expects to accelerate the rise after the weak indicators of 2016. In 2016, the world economy grew by 2.3% - this is the weakest pace of rise in the post -crisis period.

The Russian Ministry of Defense responded to the accusations of the American military against Russian pilots, who allegedly allowed "dangerous rapprochement" with US Air Force aircraft in Syria. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not receive any official claims from the American side, and Russian pilots act very professionally, observing all security measures, said Major General Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian military department on January 11.

Google, Facebook and other Internet companies may face restrictions on access to the data of their users from the European Union if new rules for IT companies come into force, Bloomberg reports. According to the released draft EU document, users of various services will have more control over settings in various applications and will be able to limit the number of requests for consent to the transfer and storage of data while surfing the web.

The leader of the democratic minority in the Senate of the American state New Hampshire Jeff Woodburn suggested in response to the intervention of the Russian Federation to the US presidential election to seize Russian vodka from sales in local stores. The corresponding proposal is contained in the bill submitted by the Senator on Monday, January 9th.

The rector of the Moscow State University (Moscow State University) named after Lomonosov Viktor Sadovnichi reported to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin about the achievements of the university, saying that the university took third place in a certain world ranking, going forward only the famous Stanford and Oxford, follows from the transcript published on the Kremlin website .

On January 10, in Krasnodar, the regional court launched a lawsuit in a criminal case on the rape and murder of a 12-year-old schoolgirl. This crime is suspected by police officer who worked in a minor (PDN) unit Ivan Sorokoumov . At the first court hearing, the representative of the state prosecution asked the court to ban the representative of the victims to cover the course of the proceedings, publishing posts on social networks on the Internet.

Igor Yakovenko “Remember Bulgakov’s description of the mass-lithium in Master and Margarita? And the play of Voinovich and Gorin“ Cat Home, Middle Fullness ”Remember?

The government approved a list of enterprises that "essential for ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of citizens of the Russian Federation, the defense capability and security of the state." The list also included several state media, the document says on Wednesday signed by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmitry Medvedev.

American film director George Lucas will create a museum of narrative art in Los Angeles (California), where he will also place a collection of exhibits associated with his spacecraft "Star Wars". This was announced on Tuesday, January 10, the mayor of Eric Garsetti on his Facebook . The mayor noted on Twitter that the city is very happy to get this amazing museum, as a result of which thousands of new jobs will appear.

Former Soviet investigator Vladimir Kalinichenko, who was engaged in the criminal case of Chikatilo, commented on the Moscow Komsomol member in connection with the resonant publications in the press about the investigation of the atarsor of the Angarsk police officer Mikhail Popkov . A retired detective does not believe that the law enforcement officer could kill about 80 women. According to Kalinichenko, maniacs tend to exaggerate their role.

On the BBC One channel on January 7, the British series "Tabu" with Tom Hardy in the title role was started. The eight-part mini-series was shot according to the script of Stephen Knight. The British press writes about the premiere of the project as the most expected and intriguing event of television season. So, Entertainment Weekly calls the television series mysterious, strange and exciting. The series takes place in the UK in 1814.