The DPRK announced its decision to send a “high-ranking delegation” to the Winter Olympics in talks with South Korea, Interfax reports . In addition, North Korea will send its dancers and musicians, as well as a demonstration team of taekwondo masters, TASS reports . Whether the DPRK intends to send its athletes to participate in the Games has not been reported.

Representatives of the two countries agreed to restore the communication line at the talks on January 9, according to the Yonhapnews agency . The line will begin full-fledged work on the morning of January 10. The move indicates that the North may try to send its delegation to the Olympics by land, the agency said. For this, consultations should be held between the military authorities of the two Koreas.

On the morning of January 9, police in Chechnya detained Oyub Titiev, an employee of the Memorial Human Rights Center. According to Novaya Gazeta , people in the form of traffic police officers stopped Titiev's car on the highway near Kurchaloy. Now he is in the Kurchaloy District Department of Internal Affairs. Memorial's leadership turned to Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova and Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, for help.

Workers, youth and pensioners will be the main target groups at the initial stage of the election campaign of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports on Tuesday, January 9, "Rain" . Dozhd's journalists came to this conclusion after reviewing the president's travel plan, which was told to the channel by interlocutors close to the Kremlin. The main topics during the trips will be social promises, the history and future of Russia. Putin will start visiting Russian regions this week.

The American spy satellite Zuma, which was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX rocket, failed to reach orbit and is considered lost, reports Reuters . The reconnaissance satellite failed to separate from the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and is believed to have crashed or sunk in the ocean. Read the best texts of The New Times and breaking news in Telegram Read also: Distance from Iran to Maidan #Metoo a la rus Why does nature need sex Koko and Vanya On the edge of the ecumene

The painting "Dislike" by Andrei Zvyagintsev was nominated for the most prestigious British film award BAFTA, according to Tuesday, January 9, on the website . award "Dislike" was nominated in the category "Best Foreign Language Film".

The US President will run for president in 2020. This was announced by White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley. When asked by journalists whether Trump might drop his candidacy, Gidley replied: "No, absolutely not.

Election campaign and a small cozy cult of one leader Of all the arts, the most important for them is the art of increasing turnout. During the holidays, Patriarch Kirill personally spoke out on the issue of turnout.

since 2009 continued since the end of last year Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on January 9 that "complete restoration of calm" in the country after the most powerful anti-government protests . writes about the same in an article for NT.

The Russian government will ban throwing cigarette butts out of the windows of cars and trains, as well as burning grass near roads. Such norms, as Kommersant writes , are contained in the new edition of the Fire Prevention Rules.

Oyub Titiev's car was stopped by police to check documents, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chechen Republic . “During the inspection of the car in its interior, the police found a polymer bag with a plant-derived substance with a specific smell of marijuana weighing about 180 grams,” the report says. Titiev's lawyer confirmed to Novaya Gazeta that a criminal case had been initiated under the article on the illegal acquisition, storage, and transportation of narcotic drugs.

No "voting mathematics" now makes sense Instead of reading the 248th very analytical article on what we need to do on Putin’s re-election , look at the short video of the mayor of Yekaterinburg about this. Or at least the first three minutes from him. It will be clear right away what needs to be done. You have no doubt that the mayor of the fourth largest city in the country knows how this process is being prepared, and how are various procedures such as “real signatures”?

Events in Iran: causes and background Photo: Flickr / Geoff LivingSton Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on January 9 the “complete restoration of calm” in the country after the most powerful since the end of last year and the most powerful and unprecedented in their geographical coverage - they affected almost all major cities - anti -government speeches .

Only a third of those who announced the presidential ambitions handed over documents, and units will come out to the finish line: the CEC does not let some, others have no money Photo: gospress.ru On the night of January 7 to 8, the deadline for submitting documents expired for those who decided themselves, and not from the party, to participate in the presidential election - they are called “self -nominated”. For candidates from parties - January 12.

Why mass protests do not always lead to a change in the regime Protesters on Iranian streets Photo: NEVSEDOMA.com.ua The majority of observers in Russia, including the author of these lines, could get only the most indefinite idea of ​​recent protests in Iran: due to ignorance of the language and subtleties of Persian life, it was necessary to be content with the retelling and interpretations of few experts and specialists.