On the shore of the Curonian braid in the area of ​​the municipality of non -rying in Lithuania, tons of substance, similar to paraffin, allegedly Russian origin, were thrown out. For January 28, volunteers and employees of the national park gathered about 10 cubic meters of waste. This was told by the BNS agency by the head of the Directorate of the National Park of the Curonian Spit Aushra Feser. She called pollution unprecedented.

The Yemeni Husitian rebels reported a blow to the facility of the oil company Saudi Aramco in the administrative district of Jizan in Saudi Arabia. This was reported by Bloomberg and Amn Al-Masdar News . According to the rebels, during the attack, a large number of drones and missiles were used. The representative of Husitov Yahya Sari also stated that the rebels attacked airports in Jizan and the city of Abkh.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the pardon of the US citizen and Israel, Naama Issahar, sentenced by the Russian court to 7.5 years in the colony for drug smuggling. This was reported by the Kremlin website . The document signed by the President gives an indication "to release Naam Issahar from further serving a sentence of imprisonment." The decree comes into force from the day of its signing.

Air carriers around the world, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, partially cancel flights to China against the backdrop of a fall in demand and restrictions on the part of the authorities and large companies that prohibit their employees fly to the PRC. In particular, as Reuters writes, the United Airlines Airlines canceled 24 flights from the United States to Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai from February 1 to 8.

The Spanish company Seat introduced a new generation of Leon model. At a special event, the public was shown by hatchback and fourth -generation Leon station wagon. The updated car was built on the same MQB modular platform Volkswagen, but it has become more spacious than its predecessor. The base engine for the new generation Seat Leon has become a three -cylinder unit with a volume of 1 liter and a capacity of 90 or 110 horsepower.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the Governor of Chuvashia Mikhail Ignatiev "due to the loss of trust", the Kremlin’s official website reports. In accordance with the president’s decree, Oleg Nikolaev was appointed to the temporarily acting head of the Chuvash Republic before taking office. "This decree comes into force from the date of its signing," the report said. The election of the head of Chuvashia should be held on a single voting day on September 13, 2020.

The Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed the detention of five defendants in the case of the illegal persecution of Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov.

On January 27, the new head of the Ministry of Communications Maksut Shadaev presented a strategy for the development of a digital economy in the interests of citizens, business and state to regional representatives, officials from specialized ministries and departments, committees of State Duma, state corporations, IT companies and expert community.

Officials of the Ministry of Communications returned to the idea of ​​creating an infrastructure operator in Russia for the construction of a unified fifth -generation communication network (5G). In the event of such a company, the state can allocate the necessary frequencies to it without bidding, and the new operator will have to provide access to the new network to all the suppliers. This was written by RBC with reference to sources in cellular companies.

Five former employees of the Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow CJSC were detained in the case of the illegal detention of Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov, TASS reports with reference to a source close to the investigation. Ex-police were delivered for interrogation to the Investigative Committee.

Igor Yakovenko "Octopus, karakatits and squids have a miracle weapon-a bag filled with ink. In case of danger, these cephalopods shoot in an ink-beam, and the enemy, finding himself in an ink cloud, loses the orientation. Putin, launching the process of" constitutional reform ", which nobody needs on the planet, except for himself, used a reception from Arsenal Karakatsy.

The third appeal court of general jurisdiction in Sochi left under house arrest an activist of Open Russia Anastasia Shevchenko, who accused of an “unwanted organization”, but softened his conditions. Shevchenko allowed telephone calls and walks, as well as communication with everyone except witnesses in the case, said the lawyer of the Human Rights Cards Sergey Badamshin.

Mikhail Maccoon "You know, friends what looks extremely comical? This is the pension futility that has finally entrenched in the past 10 years. The last noticeable large civil servant, whose career finally and irrevocably ended, in my memory, is Sergey Yastrzhembsky (there should be a separate degree for everyone who writes his name without copy -paste) in 2008, from the regional leaders - Oleg Chirkunov in 2013. Everything.

World ranking leader Rafael Nadal finished his performance at the Australian Open at the quarterfinal stage. The Spaniard was defeated by 26-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem, who is ranked fifth in the ATP rankings. Tim broke the resistance of the first racket of the world in 4 hours 10 minutes, winning with a score of 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:4), 4:6, 7:6 (8:6). Nadal lost three tiebreakers in one match for the first time in his career.

Apple announced a financial report for the fourth quarter of 2019 (the first quarter of the 2020 financial year), which reports on record revenue. As stated in the Apple press release, the company's revenue from October to December amounted to $ 91.8 billion, increasing by 9% compared to the same period in 2018. International sales brought 61% income companies, and quarterly profit amounted to $ 22.2 billion, which also became a record indicator in Apple history.