The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called Vladimir Putin a good person who cannot commit crimes that they attribute to him.

The consulting company Eurasia Group introduced the TOP-10 main risks for "states, international politics, industries and institutions", which the world will encounter in 2021. This list is designed not to escalate or scare the upcoming negative events, but to help politicians, businessmen and companies make forecasts and respond to emerging opportunities.

The Russian hockey team, composed of players no over 20 years old, lost to peers from Canada in the semifinals of the Youth World Cup in Edmonton. The owners of the tournament defeated the wards of Igor Larionov with a score of 5: 0. The goals of Yaroslav Askarov, who often lost the club, was sent by Alex Newkhuk (00:59), Connor McMaikl (10:33), Cole Perfetti (15:05), Braden Schneider (24:09) and Dylan Kozens (558: 31).

In St. Petersburg, police detained eight participants in the conflict due to an accident that occurred in the Nevsky district of the city. According to Fontanka , an accident occurred at about one in the morning at the house of 28 on Karavaevskaya Street, and about 10 people took to clarify the details of the road rules. Participants in the conflict launched not only fists, but also cold weapons.

Coronavirus was detected by the President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan after an operation in London. "The president, within the framework of his vacation, celebrated the New Year in London with his family and grandchildren. On the third of January, Sargsyan underwent an operation on his leg, which was successful. But the president had symptoms of a new type of coronavirus, the results of his test turned out to be positive," the agency’s interlocutor said.

A special flight detachment (layer) "Russia" of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation will spend 216 million rubles on serving the aircraft of the head of state Vladimir Putin. As follows from the corresponding tender on the public procurement portal, we are talking about the IL-96-300 NRA-96021 aircraft, at which the President of the Russian Federation makes intra-Russian and international flights.

The OPEC+ countries at the Video Conference format on Tuesday, January 5, agreed on the parameters of reducing oil production in February and March, when it amounts to 7.125 million barrels per day, TASS reports with reference to OPEC. Now the alliance countries are reducing the production of 7.2 million barrels per day. However, Russia and Kazakhstan will be able to increase it by 75 thousand barrels per day in a proportion of 65 thousand and 10 thousand barrels per day in February and March.

Russia and Saudi Arabia have reached a compromise for the future OPEC+transaction, the countries agreed to maintain the current terms of the agreement in February and not to increase oil production, reports The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The daily increase in new coronavirus again exceeded 24 thousand people in Russia - 24246 COVID -19 cases were registered in 84 regions, including 2864 (11.8%) without clinical manifestations. 518 patients died per day, the operational headquarters reports. Not a single new case over the past day has been recorded in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. For the same period, 23632 people were discharged from hospitals.

The number of victims as a result of an explosion in the cafes of the city of Uroshevki in the autonomous Serbian Territory Kosovo and Metohiya increased to 42, including two children, the national television of Serbia reported. The seven victims are in serious condition. The cause of the explosion is unknown, according to the unofficial version, we are talking about the explosion of a gas cylinder.

The U.S. REAPER Air Force Intelligence Handicraft Holding Employment Centers and about 90 American troops were transferred to the airbase in the Romanian city of Kmpiy-Tursius, the US Air Force command in Europe and Africa reported.

After numerous public doubts at the record pace of vaccination among Russians, the Ministry of Health hastened to confirm this data, announcing that since the start of the campaign, more than 1 million Russians have been vaccinated by the Vaccine from the Sputnik V coronavirus, and no new unwanted reactions to the drug have been identified.

The EUVSDISInfo European Commission information project, whose purpose is to expose “fake news”, including those distributed by Russian media close to the Kremlin, published a rating of failures of propaganda in the past 2020.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, January 5, held online a video meeting on social issues, one of the speakers at which the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin spoke. "Sergey Semenovich, your whole team and you did a lot to effectively fight pandemia. I know how everyone experienced, how the decisions were made at the level of the city government in a timely manner.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday evening, January 4, made a special appeal to the nation, in which he announced the introduction from January 6 in the United Kingdom of the New Locksa due to the second wave of coronavirus. The government decided to declare quarantine and close schools on the territory of England in connection with the rapid deterioration of the epidemic situation and the growing threat of overflow of hospitals.