Russia has been struck by cultural immunodeficiency syndrome, which makes any democratic transformation impossible Russia has been struck by cultural immunodeficiency syndrome, which makes any democratic transformation impossible I think the Soviet biologist Lev Zilber, who literally "scribbled" his viral "theory of the origin of cancer" on a paper button in Stalin's "sharashka", was very surprised if he was told that he had discovered not only one of the mechanisms for the development of

An unidentified person sprayed pepper spray on a group of Syrian refugees in Vancouver, reports . CBC “We were just standing outside and all of a sudden we started coughing, our eyes were on fire. We did not understand what was happening, ”witnesses of the incident said. A crowd of people gathered near the center of the Muslim Association in Canada on the occasion of an event for newly arrived families from Syria. The attacker rode up to them on a bicycle, sprayed gas and disappeared.

There are several powers lying along our borders with which Russia has not yet managed to quarrel and with which it has not exchanged a package of economic sanctions. North Korea in this sense is almost ideal: the economy of our partner is in such a state that there is nothing to apply for sanctions with all the desire. And the danger to the ideals of import substitution zero.

Three police officers and a journalist were injured as a result of riots in Cologne, reports the German newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. The police were forced to use water cannons to disperse the demonstration. Law enforcement agencies intervened when supporters of the anti-Islamic movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West) and the Cologne Against the Right began to throw bottles, firecrackers and stones at each other.

Prosecutor General of South Ossetia Merab Chigoev was hit by a car, reports . Interfax “Merab Chigoev was approaching his car at the intersection of Sovetskaya Street and Alan Djoev Avenue when a passing car hit him to death,” eyewitnesses told the agency. The driver of the car was arrested under the influence of alcohol.

Rallies in defense of free media were held in Poland, reports . TASS The protesters expressed dissatisfaction with the amendments to the law on television and radio broadcasting introduced by the Law and Justice party of Yaroslav Kaczynski. Rallies were held in Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Katowice and other Polish cities. The changes in legislation have caused criticism among the Polish opposition, public organizations and the media.

The lifting mathematician fought for the accession of Crimea to Russia and was convicted by the Ukrainian court, but could work. In the Russian Crimea, he was kicked out of work - for a criminal record The lifting mathematician fought for the accession of Crimea to Russia and was convicted by the Ukrainian court, but could work. In the Russian Crimea, he was kicked out of work - for a criminal record Valery Piece at the Simferopol station.

Several demonstrations took place in Cologne in connection with attacks on women on New Year's Eve, according to Spiegel. According to the publication, 2,500 women came out to protest. On some posters there were slogans "Hands off!", "Don't touch me!". Supporters of the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West) also marched outside the city's main railway station, joined by right-wing extremists and football fans.

Europe does not intend to give up its values ​​either after the terrorist attack in Paris or after the events in Cologne Europe does not intend to give up its values ​​either after the terrorist attack in Paris or after the events in Cologne On the first day of the New Year, the Cologne police published a completely satisfactory report on the state of law and order on New Year's Eve at the site of festivities on the square near the city's cathedral and the central station.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy Yevgeny Perelygin appealed to the editors of the Limes magazine with a request to correct the map published in the publication, where Crimea is designated as part of Russia. This is reported by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

Lithuanian tour operators have canceled flights to Hurghada scheduled for Saturday. this on the air of the national radio . announced Linas Aldonis, general director of Novaturas, “We will analyze the situation in order to make a decision on further flights,” Aldonis said. A similar decision was made by Latvian travel companies in connection with the shelling of tourists near the Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said in an interview with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura that the country is ready to take part in the negotiations on the settlement of the Syrian civil war, which will be held in Geneva. This is reported by Reuters with reference to the state television of Syria. The Syrian authorities insist on the formation of a list of representatives of the Syrian opposition who will take part in the negotiations.

In Belgorod, the doctor of city hospital No. 2, who killed the patient through negligence, was fired, the chief doctor of the hospital, Vladimir Lutsenko, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta. "The doctor has been fired. He violated the norms of deontology <...> The investigating authorities will give a legal assessment, so that's all I can say about the situation, ”said the source of the publication.

Egypt's Court of Cassation has rejected an appeal by the defense of former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons in a corruption case, reports . Reuters All three were sentenced in May 2015 to three years in prison without the possibility of parole. They were also fined over $15.5 million. Their sons have already served their sentences, being in custody, they were released in October. The 87-year-old ex-president, in turn, spent most of the time since his arrest in 2011 in the hospital.

The missile cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet "Moskva" returned to Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea, reports . Interfax In the Mediterranean, the ship covered the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria. A solemn ceremony of welcoming the crew took place in Sevastopol. The sailors were met by the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Alexander Vitko. Replaced "Moscow" on duty in the Mediterranean Sea guards missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet "Varyag".