On January 13, on the stage of the Meyerhold Center, Maxim Amelin, and Sergey Zagraevsky, performed in the framework of the Smart New Year at the Proscience Theater. The guests talked about the past, present and future books. Photo report by Karina Gevorkyan.

The court in Cambodia did not find grounds for extradition to Russia by entrepreneur Sergey Polonsky, accused of fraud in his homeland. Such a statement was made on November 13 by a Russian businessman’s lawyer Alexander Karabanov. Karabanov specified in an interview with Interfax that so far the Polonsky would live in Cambodia under the subscription about the lower room .

The Latvian Food and Veterinary Service will conduct unscheduled inspections at the Randa Klavas enterprise, RIA Novosti reports .

In two settlements of the Baksansky district, Kabardino-Balkaria introduced the regime of a counter-terrorism operation, RIA Novosti reports. The corresponding decision was made by the head of the operational headquarters of Kabardino-Balkaria in order to prevent terrorist attacks and the search for hiding bandits. The mode is introduced from 6:15 Moscow time on January 13 and operates in the city of Baksan and the village of Kishpek.

On December 30, the famous Orthodox publicist Deacon Andrei Kuraev was dismissed from the teaching staff of the Moscow Theological Academy. The official press release of the Academy says that such a solution is related to frequent “shocking” blog publications and deacon media performances.

Law enforcement officers of Volgograd detained a man suspected of desecrating the sculpture of the girl Mila, who was part of the memorial complex. This was reported by the press service of the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the region. The proposed vandal was an unemployed local resident previously convicted of a number of minor crimes. During the interrogation, the man fully admitted his guilt in his deed.

In Los Angeles, the Golden Globe Award ceremony was held for the best film and television work, reports Associated Press . Amy Adams went to the prize for the best female role in a comedy or musical. The Golden Globe for the best feminine role was the second plan was Gennifer Lawrence. Jacqueline Bisset became the best second-plan actress in the television series, mini-series or television. Elizabeth Moss recognized the best actress of Miri-series or television movie.

Deputies of the State Duma will consider amendments to the Federal Law “On the status of a member of the Council of the Federation and the status of a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”, which will limit their rights to receive expensive gifts, Izvestia reports.

In the Moscow Metro, a man was detained on the coupling between the train cars, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the capital's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the agency, Zatsepper was seen on the night of January 13 at the Kaluga-Riga line of the Moscow Metro. To remove the man from the coupling, the metro employees had to de -energize the contact rail. The detainee was taken to the police department.

The management of the Latvian plant Randa, which produces Shprat, expressed its bewilderment in connection with the statement of the Rosselkhoznadzor. It is reported by DELFI . According to the Council of Oscars Grosmanis, the excess of the norm of carcinogen in SPPs is 35 times - this is a “complete absurdity”. “Coal should be in tin banks then,” the businessman noted.

The American film “47 Ronin” became the leader in Russian film distribution over the past film weekend (January 9-12). this . reports The portal “Film Business Today” The film about Japanese samurai earned US$3.71 million over the weekend. In second place in Russia is the film “Paranormal Activity: Mark of the Devil” with $3.68 million; the top three grossers are closed by the domestic comedy “Yolki-3” ($2.83 million).

Scotland Yard suspected Masons in an attempt to influence the actions of police officers in the interests of criminal groups. It is reported by The Independent with reference to the secret police report. The report called Tiberius Operation was released back in 2002. According to the DunFM of the journalists, later Scotland Yard released another similar report called "Riverside Operation".

Extradition of entrepreneur Sergey Polonsky from Cambodia to Russia has not yet been considered, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Russian General Prosecutor General. According to him, this issue will be considered after the investigation of the case of Polonsky’s attack on local sailors. Earlier, businessman’s lawyer Alexander Karabanov stated that the Cambodian court refused the extradition of a disgraced businessman.

Russian entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky will remain in Cambodia under a non -place of unsuccess, Interfax reports with reference to a representative of a businessman. In the near future, Polonsky will not be able to leave Cambodia because of a preventive measure chosen against him. However, it was previously reported that the Cambodian prosecutor’s office closed the case against the Russian businessman, and the court did not find the grounds for Polonsky's extraction to Russia.

The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended the lower house of parliament to adopt a bill, which is proposed to return the column “against all” in the ballots in the elections. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the Committee Vladimir Pligin. According to him, among the clauses of the bill of additional discussion, the issue of introducing the column “against all” in the elections of the federal authorities requires.