French actor Pierre Richard refused to tour in the Crimea, scheduled for February. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Minister of Culture of the Republic Arina Novoselskaya. “I was told about it today. The contract was signed, and I declare this responsibly, we will be ready to present it to journalists. But, apparently, some circumstances strongly influenced his decision, ”said the minister.

The Turkish military detained 23 people suspected of having links with the Islamic State (banned in Russia) in the Kilis province bordering Syria. This is reported by the Lebanese edition of The Daily Star. The alleged militants were detained while trying to enter the Turkish region of Elbeyli. In addition, 21 minors were detained while crossing the Syrian-Turkish border.

State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov promised to post daily photos of the Nemtsov Bridge on Twitter in order to prevent the memorial from being cleaned up. this He announced on January 22 on his Facebook page. “These photos are confirmation that the memorial looks the way it should and that Gormost is keeping his word. I hope that now there will be no more incidents. In any case, our task is to be as open as possible so that everyone can see who is right in this situation,” Gudkov said.

In Dagestan, OMON blocked a car rally in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. This is reported by the Dagestan newspaper "Chernovik". “At the walls of the most ancient city, which withstood all the raids of the conquerors, which became the cradle of three religions, we will declare that we are not a “fifth column”, nor the United States and the West with their sanctions, will bring Great Russia to its knees!

In the elections to the State Duma in the fall of 2016, the Yabloko party is ready to cooperate with Parnassus and the Civil Initiative. The decision on this was made at a meeting of the Federal Political Committee of the party on January 23. “Yabloko considers such parties as Parnassus and Civil Initiative as its competitors, but at the same time is ready for tactical cooperation with them based on the principles of mutual tolerance and rejection of mutual criticism,” the press reported.

The Norwegian authorities included 280 refugees in the lists for deportation to Russia. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the Murmansk transport company involved in their transportation. “As the Norwegian side told me, they have lists for 280 people in their hands.

The anti-Islamic movement PEGIDA intends to hold demonstrations against Islamization in 14 European countries, according to the Deutsche Welle television and radio company. “The fight against the Islamization of Europe is our common goal,” said Tatiana Festerling, head of PEGIDA. Large-scale demonstrations are scheduled for February 6. It is known that they will be held in the Czech Republic and Poland, as well as other countries.

Russia and the United States are close to reaching a compromise on resolving the situation in Syria. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing sources in the UN and in Western diplomatic circles. The reason for the disagreement was the composition of the participants in the inter-Syrian talks in Switzerland. Russia opposed the presence of the Army of Islam, one of the armed opposition groups.

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