Kurdish armed forces took control of the Syrian city of Kobani, reports Reuters . The last group of militants of the Islamic State was supplanted beyond the city line. Fierce battles outside the city, located near the Turkish border, lasted about four months. Kurds in Syria almost daily receive air support from the United States and their allies. In addition, they were joined by formations composed of Iraqi Kurds, known as Peshmerga (“going to death”).

The previous material about the situation in the Donbass ended that in addition to the airport there are two more key points: Debaltsevo and Mariupol. Accordingly, the development of events was supposed to affect it. This happened.

Since January 13, when it became known that Vladimir Putin will not come to events in Poland, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Western press closely monitored the development of diplomatic confrontation. The news of the statement of the Polish Prime Minister of the Grzhegozh Kotyna, that in the case of Auschwitz, it is the Ukrainian army to honor, because the 1st Ukrainian Front appears in history, and was discussed in many publications.

Hackers stole the personal data and passwords of 20 million users of the dating site TopFace , half of which are residents of Russia, reports Bloomberg . It is known that the main users of the Internet resource are Russians (50%) and EU residents (40%). The stolen data is put up for sale on an online forum, which is used by cybercriminals.

Roskomnadzor issued a warning to the editorial office and the founder of the daily newspaper RBC Daily. This was announced by the Council of the Department. The reason was the publication in the publication of the article by G. Makarenko and A. Ratnikov "Tell reporters that this is al-Qaeda." According to Roskomnadzor, the article was illustrated by a pattern that offends the religious feelings of Muslims and incite religious discord.

The vice-governor of St. Petersburg Igor Albin early in the morning on January 26 went to clean the snow in the city center, the press service of the city administration reports. Together with public activists, he cleaned snow in the courtyard of house number 23 on Rubinnyn Street, where writer Sergei Dovlatov lived. “I promised that I personally participate in the clearing of the yards, so I got such a morning flash mob.

Director Eldar Ryazanov was transferred from resuscitation to the usual chamber of the metropolitan clinic. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the source close to the family. According to him, he is “a little stronger”, but it’s impossible to talk about a stable state yet - it is better or worse. People's Artist of the USSR Eldar Ryazanov was hospitalized on November 24 to the Burdenko hospital with a diagnosis of acute cerebrovascular circulation.

The opening of sales of vouchers for summer resorts gave expected poor results: the cost of tours in some areas is 50% higher than last year, and no one can guarantee that by the beginning of the season they still do not rise in price. Independent tourists are also unlikely to save: the cost of flights is growing after currency. In general, on -site tourism can be perceived as a mirror of the well -being of Russians.

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation has prepared amendments to the Criminal Code, providing for the introduction of an article for illegal production and circulation of unlicensed alcoholic beverages, Izvestia reports with reference to the text of the bill.

The press secretary of the VKontakte social network, Georgy Lobushkin, called on his page “not to believe the rumors” about the possible disconnection of the resource. According to him, the site "will continue its work in all the numbers of all days of all months." He explained the failure in the work of the social network this weekend with technical malfunctions. Then, due to problems with network equipment for 40 minutes, all site services became inaccessible.

The 21st US Awards Awards Associates Guild Awards was held in Los Angeles, Associated Press reports. The main prize in the category "Best Acting" went to the performers of roles in the film by Alejandro Gonzalez injarrita "Berdman". Julianna Moore (Still Alice) was recognized as the best performer of the main female role. The prize as the best performer of the main male role was received by Eddie Redmayne (“Theory of Stephen Hawking”).

The leader of the Siriz’s Left Opposition Party, Aleksis Tsipras, who won in Greece, is swore to the new head of government. This was reported by EFE . Tsipras took the oath to President of Greece Carolos Papulis. A new government will be formed soon. After processing 100% of the ballots, the Siriza party gained 36.34% of the votes, having received 149 seats in parliament of 300. Thus, she did not have only two places to the absolute majority.

The title "Miss Universe" was won by the representative of Colombia Paulina Vega, reports Associated Press . In the final of the competition, which was held in Miami, the 22-year-old Colombian went around rivals from the USA, Jamaica, Ukraine and the Netherlands. Vice-Miss titles were received by American Nia Sanchez and Ukrainian Diana Garkusha.

The explosion thundered in one of the workshops of the enterprise at the factory of rubber products located at 6 General Dorokhov Street, ITAR-TASS reports about it. The cause of the emergency could be a failure in one of the technological machines. So, in the technological machine for the production of rubber -leaf products, a flash of vapor of a gas -vegetable mixture occurred. According to preliminary data, four people were injured as a result of the explosion.

The recently sounded proposal of the Minister of Tourism of Egypt Hisham Zaaza about the transition in the calculations between his country and Russia from international currencies to local, that is, from dollars and euros to Egyptian pounds and rubles, only at first glance should be surprising. In fact, this kind of projects always pop to the surface, as soon as in the global economy or its individual parts, a relative deficiency of international currencies arises.