The Al-Taji military base in Iraq, which is used by the US military, has come under rocket attack. This was reported by the Iraqi army, reports Sky News Arabia. It is specified that eight rockets were fired at an air base located north of Baghdad, as a result four people were injured. According to the channel's sources, the wounded are Iraqi soldiers. Last week, the Ain al-Assad air base and the airfield near Erbil in Iraq, where US troops are stationed, were attacked by missiles.

Iran has detained a man who filmed a video that allegedly showed a missile hitting a Ukrainian Boeing near Tehran. This is reported by Fars agency. It is noted that the man was detained to determine the causes of the crash as part of an investigation, the results of which will later be made available to the public. The agency does not specify who the detainee is and what exactly he is accused of. The video in question appeared on the Internet a few hours after the plane crashed.

Why did Moscow negotiations fall on Libya Photo: "New Gazeta" On January 13, a meeting between Russia, Turkey and two sides of the Intra -lian conflict took place in Moscow. Negotiations should have ended with the signing of a pre -prepared document in which the conditions of the ceasefire in Libya were specified. Under the contract, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Consent Faiz Saraj and the head of the Higher State Council of Libya Khaled al-Mishri.

For a year and a half, the SK did not provide a single evidence, but he hardened the only version: Russian journalists who were killed in Africa are to blame The UK, as the investigators told the victims, could not have taken out material evidence from the Central African Republic - there is no money or opportunities. Yes, the investigators visited there - within a few days - but it is not even clear whether they were able to inspect the scene of the incident and interview witnesses.

The message of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly, which will be held on January 15, will be shown on the largest media facades in Moscow. about this RBC was told by a representative of the LBL advertising company, which owns advertising screens. Thus, the message will be broadcast on the facades of the Cosmos Hotel, one of the houses on Novy Arbat, the Central Telegraph, the House of Books, the Oktyabr cinema and the Yerevan Plaza shopping center.

The State Duma introduced a draft decree on amnesty to the anniversary of the victory Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" The State Duma introduced a draft decree on an amnesty for the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War-his deputy from the LDPR faction Sergey Ivanov introduced.

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded compensation of 33,800 euros to the mother of conscript Anton Styazhkov, who committed suicide in 2002 due to hazing. This was reported on the website of the court. The court found the Russian authorities responsible for the use of violence in the army against a 19-year-old conscript, as well as for the lack of a proper investigation into his death.

What Putin will not say about in his message to the Federal Assembly Photo: Evgeny Reasonable / Vedomosti / TASS On Wednesday, January 15, the president will announce his message to the Federal Assembly. It is expected that Vladimir Putin is concerned about the problem of poverty in the country, and it will become the central theme of the message. Objectively, there is every reason for this.

The St. Petersburg City Court replaced the real term of imprisonment for Zenit fan Artur Danilov, who was convicted on charges of assaulting a government official (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by Mediazona. In November, Danilov was sentenced to one year and eight months in a colony-settlement for at least once kicking a policeman in the leg at the Gazprom Arena stadium during the Zenit-Krasnodar match on 3 August.

The second court in the case of the Seventh Studio on the threshold of the third examination Photo: Sergey Bobylev / TASS “ The German side forbids,” Kirill Serebrennikov tells me in the elevator, with whom we go up together to the fourth floor of the Meshchansky court. We are talking about reporting with rehearsals, quite unique for Moscow: the artists of Deutsches Theater Berlin arrived in the Gogol Center to work on the play “Decameron” for ten novels Giovanni Bokkaccio.

Business jets and elite yachts are guaranteed by beggarly salaries of the rest of the Russians. The Kremlin is unable to change this Photo: Marina Lystseva / TASS The large Russian authorities remembered the low income of Russians. And it hinted that she would do something, after which these income would grow. For example, they say the authorities, you can not levy income tax from those who receive less than one and a half living wages, and raise the tax for everyone else.

In Russia, fuel prices rose over the New Year holidays: in general, gasoline prices rose by 0.1%, and diesel - by 0.2%. Such data are provided by Rosstat. A similar increase in gasoline prices was recorded six months ago, from July 23 to 29, 2019. Diesel prices have been rising for the eleventh week in a row, the reason for this could probably be the transition of drivers from the summer version of diesel fuel to the winter one.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Tyumen Region has begun a pre-investigation check of the living conditions of retired teacher Natalya Sapyan. This is stated in the message on the website of the department. The investigating authorities stated that “in one of the publications there was information that a resident of the city of Yalutorovsk, Tyumen region, lives in an emergency house in which there is no water supply, sewerage and heat sources.

How Russia's television feeds Ukraine Frame from the series "Papik" Illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / "New" At the beginning of the new year, Ukraine captured Russia. Immediately after the festive appeal of Putin to the nation on the screen, Sofia Rotaru appeared on the screen. Yesterday, she was listed as a disgraced singer, and today she opens a “blue light”. The long -liver TV has long crossed the boundary of the television program and turned into a state ritual with his cipher system.

What is behind Iran’s “soft” answer to the murder of General Suleimani Photo: EPA On January 3, the United States liquidated one of the highest officials of Iran, the head of the al-KudS special forces Corps of the Islamic Revolution of Kasem Suleimani. The general died as a result of a airstrike applied near the Baghdad airport. The USA inflicted led to a small surge of oil prices (up to $ 69 per barrel.