FIFA presidential candidate, head of the Asian Confederation of Football Salman Bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, announced a possible revision of Russian and Qatar's applications for the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, respectively, in case of election. It is reported by the online publication of Insidethegames . According to al-Khalifa, the applications will be revised if the court proves “serious violations” in the elections of the host countries of the championship.

Anna Sakoyan World oil prices photo: alsouria.net The media massively discuss the ongoing drop in oil prices, try to predict prospects and talk about the probability of a global economic crisis. Ny Times published an article entitled "Oil prices are again lowered, and the bottom is still not visible." Now prices have reached the lowest mark over the past 12 years. This dynamics are felt throughout the energy sector and beyond.

The Kremlin always put Assad on Bashar, and Putin’s statements about the mistakes of the Syrian leader and possible ways to get out of the crisis in Syria - this is a maneuver in a political game. Such an opinion in an interview with Polit.ru was expressed by the Doctor of Historical Sciences, a member of the Scientific Council of the Moscow Center of Carnegie, political analyst Alexei Malashenko.

The Pechersky District Court of Kiev arrested the pension accounts of the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the former Prime Minister of the country Nikolai Azarov, Ukrainian News report. Accounts were opened in the state Oschadbank. The court arrested them on December 21, 2015, but it became known only now. Pensions are frozen as part of the investigation of the theft of state editing in 2010-2013, which is accused by Yanukovych and Azarov.

The reason for the congestion on the Orenburg -Orsk highway could be the staining Fur of Magnit, which blocked the roadway in both directions, Lifenews reports. “When we arrived at the emergency site, we saw a stopped car of Magnit on the road. She stood in the middle of the road, people tried to go around her and stuck. A cork was formed on both sides. The cars were scattered in a chaotic manner, so it was not possible to clean the track.

A group of paleontologists, led by Martin Lockley, from the University of Colorado , came to the conclusion that males of dinosaurs, like many modern birds, performed marriage dances to attract the attention of potential partners. Scientists nominated such a hypothesis by examining the traces of dinosaurs preserved to this day. Martin Locles and his colleagues studied four groups of traces in Colorado.

On January 12, 1967, Renata Litvinova, actress, screenwriter, director was born. Personal business Renata Muratovna Litvinova (49 years old) was born in Moscow in a family of doctors. Father, according to her, was a descendant of an old Tatar family. However, Renata saw him very rarely - her parents parted when the girl was only a year. Mother - Alisa Mikhailovna Litvinova - after that did not get married. She was a surgeon and worked a lot, so Renata grew up with her grandparents.

The Presnensky court of Moscow refused to adopt a claim for the protection of honor and dignity filed by the Foundation for the fight against corruption (FBK) by Alexei Navalny to the prosecutor general Yuri Seagin and the Echo of Moscow radio station. It is reported by TASS . Earlier, Moscow courts did not accept claims for the protection of honor and dignity to the Seagull.

Oil Minister Nigeria Emmanuel Ibe Kachkava said that several OPEC members were asked about the organization’s emergency meeting, CNBC reports . According to Kachchik, the need for a meeting creates current market conditions. According to AFP, it may take place in early March. “We said that if the price of oil reaches $ 35 per barrel, we will consider the possibility of holding an extraordinary meeting,” Kachikva added.

The number of Russians who rested on the New Year holidays in Russian resorts grew by 6-10%compared to last year, Interfax reports with reference to the executive director of the Russian Tour operators Association Maya Lomidze. According to her, rest in the winter holidays inside the country rose by 15-17%per year.

The authorities of the Ryazan and the regional head of the traffic police decided to allow Ryazan drivers to travel in public transport for free during heavy snowfalls, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Ryazan region reports. According to weather forecasts, in the coming days, strong precipitation in the form of snow, gusty wind and snow drifts on the road are possible.

US President Barack Obama did not exclude the victory of businessman Donald Trump in the presidential election in November. He stated this in an interview with NBC . “Listen, maybe everything,” the president said, answering a question about Trump's chances. He also noted that he does not consider himself responsible for the growth of the popularity of tycoon. “If he wins, then we’ll talk about my responsibility for this,” the head of state noted.

In New Moscow, the cleaning lady of Gazprom’s office premises stole a Dior brand bag worth 300 thousand rubles, Lifenews reports. The bag was stolen from the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV, which the hostess left in the parking lot at the Rumyantsevo business center. The product had an inlaid from the leather of the crocodile, in the bag there were bank cards and documents. It took a couple of minutes to open the car to open the car.

The head of Syrian Bashar Assad made many mistakes during the conflict in the country, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Bild. Putin believes that the conflict in Syria would not have gained such a scale if he had not been supported from outside with money, weapons and militants. According to the Russian president, Assad fights with those who came “with weapons in their hands” and do not seek to destroy the population.

In Moscow, two schoolgirls were detained who beat and robbed a man, Interfax reports. According to the news agency, the incident occurred on January 11 at the Gvozd shopping center. Two girls attacked a 49-year-old man: students of the 9th and 8th grades of the metropolitan school. The teenagers took him a bag with personal things and beat him. The victim was taken to the intensive care of the Moscow hospital in serious condition. He was diagnosed with an open head injury and brain injury.