In the archives published by the Central Intelligence Directorate (CIA) of the United States, documents were found about the clash of the atomic submarines of America and the USSR in the waters of the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain in the midst of the Cold War in 1974. The secret telegram, then directed by US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on November 3, 1974, was published with two withdrawals on the CIA website .

The decision of the Amsterdam court on the transfer of gold Scythians from the collections of Crimean museums of Ukraine discards society during the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt, to redo museum values, said Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. The minister called this decision "political, unprecedented, discarding us during the Napoleonic campaigns in Egypt," TASS reports.

The World Bank expects that in 2017 the average oil price will be at 55 dollars per barrel of Brent varieties. Compared to 2016, the average annual oil prices should increase by 29%. Such data are contained in the new issue of the bank’s quarterly report on the condition and prospects of raw materials, TASS reports. Compared to the previous release, the forecast for oil prices remained unchanged.

A temporary ban on the trade in alcohol -containing products, introduced by Rospotrebnadzor for a month at the end of December, was extended for another 60 days, according to the website of the department.

The authorities of the Russian Federation plan to send 500 million rubles for the arrangement of parks and squares in the country. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Presidium of the Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects. It is quoted by the government website.

Rostelecom launched the Alla Available roaming application, designed to make voice and video calls, the Izvestia newspaper writes. Currently, the application is available on Android and iOS platforms. When registering, the user is assigned a Russian phone number with a city code, which subscribers of any communication operators can call. In addition, the presence of a separate number allows you to make calls from abroad at the tariffs of Russian local fixed communication.

On January 25, the State Duma adopted in the second, mainly reading, the resonant bill on the decriminalization of beatings against family members and other loved ones. "For" 385 deputies voted, against two, one abstained, reports TASS. The uninfront deputy Olga Batalina, who is one of the developers, was the legislative initiative, proposed to consider it in the third, final reading on January 27.

The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky intends to appeal to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation with a request to verify the extremism of the statement of the vice-speaker of the State Duma of Peter Tolstoy, in particular about the "line of sedimentation" . According to Vishnevsky "Interfax" , the appeal will be sent to the name of the head of the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin.

The US court sentenced the elderly resident of the city of Mansfield of the state, Ogio Frederik Brown, who was found guilty of large fraud. A 72-year-old man stole more than one hundred thousand dollars from veteran organizations. With this money, Brown bought erotica sessions on the Internet. The court sentenced a lover of virtual sex by 2.5 years in prison. The damage from Brown’s actions was estimated at 150 thousand dollars, reports Fox61 .

In the Exhibition Hall "New Manege" in Moscow on Thursday, January 26, the exhibition "Natella Toidze. The sculpture of color" opens. According to its organizers, the viewer will show painting in the most pristine concept - when "her matter itself makes sense and form of the work, as in music." The exhibition takes place until April 16. The author is innovatively developing the traditions of realistic painting, using his powerful, expressive language.

The Federal Air Transport Agency recommended the aircraft to cancel the current ban on the transportation by passengers of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 7, numerous cases of the fire for which the company forced the company to withdraw the device from the market twice, and then remove it from production. As stated in the release published on the website of the department, Samsung informed the Federal Air Transport Agency on measures taken against Galaxy Note 7 smartphones.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC refuted the information that has spread in the media about the placement of intercontinental ballistic missiles (MBR) DF-41 (Dunfen-41) in the north-east of China.

The Vice Speaker of the State Duma, Peter Tolstoy , who previously paid attention to a sharp anti-Semitic statement and unwillingness to apologize for him, made a new loud statement. He compared the European Union with a house from a fairy tale about three piglets after the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov spoke at the "government hour" in the State Duma. "Now we are observing the collapse of the monopolar world ...

NATO continues to transfer troops to Europe in the framework of strengthening the defense capabilities of the alliance countries before the "Russian threat." On Tuesday, January 24, the first soldiers of the Armed Forces of Germany and Belgium arrived in Lithuania, reports the German edition of Der Spiegel , which is referred to by Inopressa .

On Tuesday, January 24, the final debate and the announcement of the Laureates of the Literary Prize "New Literature" ("Nos-2016") took place at the Moscow Theater of Gogol-Center. The main prize of 700 thousand rubles and a figurine - the Boris Lego symbol was received by Boris Lego for the book Twilight Stories. The Liters website calls 19 stories in the style of Russian Gothic demons, escaped from the medieval treatise burned by the Inquisition.