The ex-president of Iran Mahmud Ahmadi Nezhad was arrested for the support of the protesters, says the Arab newspaper Alquads Al-Arabi . The ex-president was scolding the current government during a public speech, his speech was considered inciting to protests. Ahmadi Nezhad performed in the city of Busher.

The Central Election Commission of Russia on Sunday, January 7, completes the receipt of documents necessary to participate in the elections of the President of Russia, candidates-nominates. According to the calendar plan of the election campaign, self -nominates can submit documents until midnight, in an interview with TASS, a member of the CEC Evgeny Shevchenko.

British Prime Minister Teresa May will be permissible in the office of ministers. According to the press, in the near future, six ministers can lose their posts. Sky News , however, indicates that the four key minister, including Boris Johnson, will retain posts responsible for foreign policy. The Sunday Times wrote about the upcoming rearrangements on Sunday. May later confirmed the information in an interview with the Air Force .

The sky over Tatarstan at the night of Christmas was lit up by a strange flash: the inhabitants claim that they heard a roar, felt vibrations, and after the outbreak the sky became reddish. A selection of videos and certificates from social networks is published by Kazanfirst . Judging by the testimonies of eyewitnesses, a bright flash occurred on January 7 at about 0:20. The flash was seen in Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Elabuga, Chistopol, Almetyevsk, Zainsk, Mendeleevsk and Menzelinsk.

In the Gomel circus (Belarus), the air gymnast from the Moscow troupe fell off the projectile during the performance of the acrobatic trick. The video of the incident is published on the network. The gymnast, which fell past the safety grid, was hospitalized in intensive care with a head injury. A 20-year-old girl fell past the safety net on the arena. According to eyewitnesses, the athlete was not kept by a partner in the number. Onliner reports that the emergency occurred on January 5.

In the capital of Sweden Stockholm, an explosion occurred near the metro station: one person was seriously injured when he picked up an object that exploded in his hands. It happened near the Stockholm metro station in the Khudding area, SVT reports. The 60-year-old man was taken to the hospital. Together with him, a 45-year-old woman suffered from the explosion. Reuters , citing the police, reports that there is no reason to consider the incident related to terrorism.

Holy days, or Christmas time, came to Russia - the so -called period from Christmas to the next significant date of the church calendar - the baptism of the Lord. Orthodox noted Christmas on the night of January 7 . Christmas time is joyful days when people celebrate the birth of the Savior. The tradition of multi -day saints dates back to the practice of the ancient Church, when Christmas and Baptism were noted together as one event of God's, Interfax notes.

The ceremony in memory of the victims of a series of terrorist attacks committed from January 7 to January 9, 2015 in Paris took place on Sunday at once at several addresses. At the editorial office of Charlie Ebdo magazine, whose journalists were shot by the Islamists of the Kuashi brothers, the ceremony was headed by French President Emmanuel Macron. For three days, 17 people became victims of terrorist attacks in the capital.

The collection collector for the nomination of Ksenia Sobchak, the candidate in the presidential election, Sergey Selyukov is beaten in the Korolev, Moscow Region, reports Echo of Moscow with reference to the head of the regional headquarters Alexei Kalitvinov. Selyukov was beaten in his own house.

A fire in a strict N7 colony in Yakutia covered about 500 square meters. m of the area, reports Interfax with reference to the data of the Ministry of Emergencies. The burned building is more unsuitable for placing prisoners. The FSIN assures that they will be relocated to other premises "without violating the norms of area." The fire broke out in the room for storing personal belongings of convicts in the two -story hostel of the first detachment. 124 prisoners were evacuated from the building.

The Panama oil tanker collided with the Hong Kong cargo ship off the east coast of China, 32 people went missing, Xinhua reports. After the collision, the tanker rolled over and caught fire. It is reported that the emergency occurred on Saturday night by local time near the mouth of the Yangtza River, its participants were the Sanchi oil tanker and the CF Crystal dry truck. This ship belongs to the Iranian company Bright Shipping Limited.

A fire occurred in a maximum security penal colony near Yakutsk, the press service of the Department of the Federal Punishment of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) said. The hostel building caught fire, from which more than 120 prisoners were evacuated. No one was injured. According to the FSIN, the fire occurred in a correctional colony number 7 of a strict regime. The fire broke out in the room for storing personal belongings of convicts in the two -story hostel of the first detachment.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, intends to transfer to Chechnya a 104-year-old woman found in Azerbaijan and placed by the authorities, who claims that she is a Chechen woman from Dagestan. Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan reported that she sent requests to Chechnya and Dagestan, after 104-year-old Madina Aliyev was found in a helpless state in the west of the republic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians, all citizens of Russia, celebrating the Christmas of Christ. This was reported by the Kremlin press service . A number of revolutions are literally borrowed from Easter congratulations : “paternal traditions” are mentioned, also “with a sense of deep satisfaction” is noted “the ascetic activity of the Russian Orthodox Church” for “educating the younger generation”.

In the case of the collapse of a balloon in Egypt, four people were arrested - a pilot, two employees of a service company, as well as the head of a runway for balloons. A large emergency in Luxor in the south of Egypt occurred on Friday: a balloon with 20 passengers on board collapsed due to a strong wind. As a result of the crash, one tourist from South Africa died, another 15 people were injured, their citizenship is not reported.