Higher School of Economics (HSE) published monitoring the economic well -being and social well -being of citizens in 2016. The document is based on the research of VTsIOM and its own monthly Polls of the Higher School. It notes that for 25 months of economic recession - from November 2014 to November 2016 - the increase in consumer prices amounted to 23.5%, and the drop in retail turnover was 15.4%, the Kommersant newspaper writes.

The salary of 10% of Russians consists completely of the “black nala”, another 13% receive part of the income officially, and part “in envelopes”. This follows from the results of a survey conducted by the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). 70% of respondents said they were fully received by the official statement. In 2016, the share of those who officially receive their income changed from 71%to 77%, in November-December it was 74%.

Two former Microsoft employees, whose duties were monitoring publications containing child pornography and other prohibited materials, filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of failure to provide sufficient psychological assistance to treat post -traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), reports The Verge .

Former British intelligence officer Mi6 Christopher Steel, to whom the American media attribute the authorship of a scandalous report on the so -called Russian dossier - compromise on the chosen President of the United States Donald Trump, left his house and went on the run, fearing possible revenge from the Kremlin, the British newspaper The Telegraph . "52 -year -old Christopher Steal hastily left his house in Surrey (county in Southern England.

A man who suffered in an explosion of household gas in a residential building in Saratov died. TASS reported this on Thursday, January 12, a source in law enforcement agencies. “The man received 90% of his body burns, he was taken to the hospital. He died around midnight, despite all the efforts of the doctors,” the agency’s interlocutor said. The 37 -year -old resident of Saratov is the only seriously injured in the explosion.

HTC held an event for journalists in Taiwan, during which the HTC U Ultra smartphone was presented to the public, which received a number of interesting features. And although during the presentation the device was never called a flagship, its characteristics and price are quite consistent with this class of smartphones. According to Phone Arena , HTC U Ultra has a 5.7-inch display with a resolution of 1440*2560 pixels and Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

Investigators of the Perm Territory opened a criminal case on the fact of the shooting that occurred on the division of lumberjacks. As a result, two people were killed, one wounded man managed to survive. According to preliminary data, during a quarrel, one of the men shot his opponents, after which he committed suicide.

The authorities of St. Petersburg and the Russian Orthodox Church explained on what conditions the Russian Orthodox Church will use the Isaac's Cathedral, the transfer of which Governor Georgy Poltavchenko said the other day. The city will remain the owner of the Museum-Monitor. At the same time, the Russian Orthodox Church will receive the cathedral for free use. The church claims that the community will take over the costs of maintaining and the current restoration of the building.

In May 2015, the American company Lily introduced the drone of the same name, designed to shoot a selfie both in ordinary and extreme conditions, and began to raise funds for its production. It was assumed that the consumer version of the drone would enter the market in early 2016, but the deadlines were transferred several times, and as a result, the creators of Lily decided to close the project and return funds to investors.

The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory is going to legally rehabilitating the participants in the liberation movements, including the organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) and fighters of the Ukrainian rebel army (UPA), which was banned in Russia, said the chairman of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee Eduard Dolinsky on his Facebook page. According to him, the corresponding bill will be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada in February.

Alexey Solomin “The story of the transmission of the Isaac's Cathedral looks odious, unreasonable and very voluntaristic only at first glance. The patriarch asked Petersburg about the cathedral - they gave it to him. But, as they say, not so simple,” the journalist in the blog writes on the website of the Echo of Moscow radio station.

The first tanks and armored vehicles from the United States and over 3,000 US military who will serve this equipment, profit to Poland, BBC reports on Thursday, January 12, noting that this is an attempt by American President Barack Obama to reassure NATO allies, concerned about Russian aggression. The brigade, constantly deployed in Colorado, is transferred as part of the Operation Atlantic Resolve for nine months.

The terrorist Mevlut Altyntash, who killed the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov at the end of last year, will be buried in an nameless grave in the city cemetery for the homeless in Ankara. This was reported by the Turkish agency Anadolu . It was assumed that the corpse of a terrorist, shot by law enforcement officers, will be taken away by his relatives. By law, they could do this within 15 days.

Soon after the appearance of reports on the existence of a certain document, which contains information about the allegedly available compromise on Donald Trump, the elected president of the United States discussed the current situation with the head of the US National Intelligence James Clapper. In his statement, after a telephone conversation, Trump called the report "false and false." "James Clapper called me yesterday to condemn a false and inaccurate report that was illegally distributed.

Former boxing champion of boxing, American Floyd Mayweather - the youngest invited the Irish Fighter of the mixed style of Conor McGregor to hold a duel for a fee of $ 15 million. Last year, the champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) McGregor received a boxing license in the United States and said that he was ready to hold a fight with Mayvezer according to the boxing rules for a fee of $ 100 million. “We dictate the conditions in the negotiations.