Belgian motorcyclist Eric Palant died when passing the fifth stage of the Dakar rally, AFP reports. A 50-year-old racer died on Thursday at a stage passing between the cities of Chlesito and Tukuman. The organizers said that he did not give a distress signal. It is known that Palant received water in the afternoon. Local authorities intend to investigate the death of the rider.

The investigation period in the case of the former Senator Sergei Pugachev was extended until April 2014, Interfax reports with reference to a source familiar with the situation. In January 2011, a criminal case was opened on the fact of the deliberate bankruptcy of Interprombank, whose beneficiary was Pugachev. In November 2013, a decision was issued against the ex-Senator to attract as the accused, a month later Pugachev was put on the international wanted list.

The Russian government will oblige the Ministry of Education and Science to educate schoolchildren and students in the spirit of rejection of terrorism and extremism, Interfax reports.

At least 30 militants of the Somali Islamic group Al-Shabab, associated with the Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Organization, died as a result of Kenya’s air-air forces, BBC reports. A missile blow was carried out according to the positions of terrorists near the city of Garbaray, located on the border between Kenia and Ethiopia. According to local residents, the bombardment led to significant destruction of urban infrastructure.

The Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services sent a bill for interagency coordination, providing for lower tariffs for housing and communal services for consumers paying these services with advance, Izvestia reports with reference to sources in the government.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated the prosecutors and veterans of the prosecutor’s office on the approaching day of the prosecutor’s office, Interfax reports. Putin urged them to conduct an uncompromising struggle against corruption and suppress any manifestations of terrorism and extremism. The President noted that “public security, reliable protection of the rights and interests of people” depends on the effectiveness of the work of prosecutors.

A resident of Krasnoyarsk was mortally wounded while trying to rob a store and subsequently died in the hospital, Interfax reports. According to law enforcement agencies, on the night of January 10, two men penetrated the commercial of one of the Krasnoyarsk stores. Employees of the security company who arrived at the scene after the alarm was triggered, took measures to detain robbers. One of the men managed to hide, the second was mortally wounded while trying to resist.

The number of lightning strikes at the Argentinean resort has grown to 22 people, reports Associated Press with reference to representatives of Argentina medical institutions. Earlier it was reported that as a result of a lightning strike in the resort city of Williah-Hesel, three people died, another 15 people received burns. Subsequently, it became known that the number of victims increased to 22 people.

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In the north of Moscow, the garbage truck crushed a pedestrian to death. This was reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the metropolitan administration of the traffic police. The incident occurred on Dubninskaya Street near house No. 38 Corps 3 (Vostochno Degunino district) at about 11 a.m. Presumably, the garbage truck moved in reverse, and the driver did not notice the pedestrian. The elderly man of 70-75 years old turned out to be shot down.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with representatives of the National Coalition of Syrian Opposition and Revolutionary Forces on January 12 in Paris. It is reported by Interfax . The Syrian opposition at these negotiations will be presented by the chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Ahmed Jarb and its Secretary General Badr Jamus. Initially, the discussion was supposed to take place in Moscow, but later it was decided to hold this meeting in the capital of France.

Passengers who were injured as a result of a collision of a regular bus with a building in southern Moscow will receive compensation in Sogaz. This was reported by the press service of the National Union of Liability Insurers (NSSO). The press release indicates that all the victims in an accident on Bolshaya Tula Street are entitled to compensation by Sogaz, which insured the bus that insured. Earlier it was reported that on Friday at 08:30 Moscow time, a passenger bus, following route No.

Discussion of the idea of ​​increasing the state duty for divorce provoked an increase in the number of divorces in Moscow. This was announced by the head of the capital’s department of the registry office Irina Muravyeva, Interfax reports. In 2013, Muscovites divorced 45,699 times, which is 3,771 more than in 2012. The largest number of divorce acts was in November and December. It was in the fall that information appeared about the increase in state duty to divorce to 30 thousand rubles.

The Federal Security Service will continue to monitor information on the Internet to obtain a sociological picture of general trends, but a message about creating a database of opposition to the Bloggers to the government has no real basis, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the special services.

Among the American congressmen, for the first time in the history of the United States, more than half are millionaires, Time writes with reference to the study of the Center for responsibility in politics. Analysts of the Center made an appropriate conclusion after studying property declarations for 2012, which provided congressmen. As a result, it turned out that at least 268 out of 534 members of Congress are millionaires.