In Tatarstan, a family of four, spouses and two of their teenage sons died as a result of household gas poisoning, RBC reports. The tragedy occurred in a private house in the village of Karmanovo, Zainsky district. The reason for the incident was that the torch of an automatic gas water heater went out and gas began to enter the living room. As it turned out, this device was installed without the permission of the gas service.

44 people became victims of the An-24 aircraft catastrophe in Hungary, reports by the Hungarian Police Representatives with reference to Reuters . One of the people on board managed to survive. Slovak peacemakers who returned from Protina (Kosovo) on board were on board the aircraft. The plane fell in the mountainous areas in the northeast of Hungary, a few kilometers from the border with Slovakia.

The prices of Uzbek gas, which Gazprom intends to purchase this year, will discuss today in Tashkent the head of the Russian gas concern Alexei Miller, ITAR-TASS reports. He has already arrived in the capital of Uzbekistan. It is reported that most likely, the price of the gas purchased by the Russian side will increase to $ 60 per 1000 cubic meters against the current $ 40.

The working group of the Public Chamber prepared proposals on the composition of the governing bodies, which will be elected at the first meeting of the chamber on January 22. Academician Yevgeny Velikhov is recommended for the post of secretary of the chamber, and the Council of the Chamber will include mainly members of the OP, appointed by the president, the Kommersant newspaper writes today.

Assigned on Friday, January 20, in the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia, the auction for the sale of the building of the Georgian cultural center "Mziuri" located in the center of Moscow will not take place. This was reported to the " Interfax " by the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. The ministry said that not a single application was received to participate in the auction in mid -November of the past year.

It seems that the dollar really withstands the tradition “step forward, step back,” the analysts of the Broker Creditservis IR noted. Yesterday, the American currency once again rose above the level of $ 1.21 (to $ 1.2088).

The largest retrospective of Russian art ever exhibited in the USA is "Russia!" - It became one of the most successful projects in the history of the Museum of Guggenheim. The exhibition was visited by more than 400 thousand people, which is an absolute record for this museum.

Sudan's radical rebel group "Folk Army of Liberation" liberated 52 hostages, RBC reports with reference to the Associated Press statement by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. According to the statement, a group of 41 hostages was transferred to the Red Cross in North Darfur, and 11 people in South Darfur. In 2005 The Red Cross actively participated in the liberation of 20 people, among whom were representatives of the Sudanese army and the police.

Damascus condemned the US decision to freeze the accounts of the head of the military intelligence of Syria asf Shaukat, RIA Novosti reports. This decision is “caused by the position of Syria, advocating the realization of the rights of the Palestine people,” said the Syria Foreign Ministry.

On the outskirts of the Dagestan capital of Makhachkala, on the evening of January 19, a dozen bags with dead chickens were discovered on the evening of January 19, the newspaper. RU reports with reference to the Air Force. Experts find out if the chicken from bird flu died. The bags were found in the trash at about 18.00 Moscow time. The results of the tests of several carcasses collected by specialists of the veterinary service and Rospotrebnadzor will be known in a few days.

In Primorye, the energy supply of the village of Svetlaya Terneysky district, in which more than a thousand people live, was restored, RIA Novosti reports. The day before, the necessary equipment and spare parts were delivered to the village for the repair of the generator at the diesel power plant providing the village with electricity. Repair work is completed, the generator is launched. The inhabitants of the Northern village of Svetlya were left without electricity for almost three days.

The situation with the energy supply of St. Petersburg and the region remains stable, but the energy system is experiencing the maximum load on the consumption of electrical capacities, RIA Novosti reports .. The energy supply of socially significant consumers and housing and communal services is under special control. In case of incidents, recovery work is carried out in the shortest possible time.

** President of the Russian Federation and his administration ** President V. Putin held a meeting with the head of Rosatom S. Kirienko , who was devoted to a number of issues, including international ones, in the nuclear sector. In particular, according to S. Kirienko, Russia will increase the number of nuclear power plants and by 2030 intends to bring the share of electricity produced to them to 25% of the total.

The Nigerian rebel, holding the American hostage, said that the US citizen was seriously ill and could die at any time, the newspaper. RU reports with reference to Reuters.

In Moscow, due to severe frosts, some museums and libraries of the capital were closed or reduced, RIA Novosti will be reported. "From January 20 to January 22, the State Library of Foreign Literature will be closed. According to the director of the library of Ekaterina Genieva, the library will begin to work only on condition that the night temperature does not fall below 25 degrees," the Moscow Media Telecommunications Committee notes.