The European Commission began a preliminary check of amendments to the media law recently adopted in Poland, Reuters reports with reference to the first Vice President of EC Franz Timmerman. Amendments will be checked for their compliance with the laws of the EU. Franz Timmerman emphasized that European supervisory authorities are not worried about Poland’s domestic policy, but by the compliance of the laws adopted by the authorities with European standards.

Russia may resume electricity supplies in case of a request from Kyiv, Interfax reports with reference to the Deputy Minister of Energy Anatoly Yanovsky. Earlier it became known that Russia decided not to extend the contract for electricity supply to Ukraine after refusing to purchase Ukrainian electricity for Crimea. The Russian Ministry of Energy confirmed the relevant information.

In the assortment of the St. Petersburg Catholic store Agnus-Store, "spiritual scrapers" worth 22 rubles a piece appeared. We are talking about the stationery of two types - in the form of angels and crosses. In the annotation to the product, it is said that the expression “spiritual scrapers” became widespread in Russia, but few people saw them with their own eyes.

Anna Sakoyan Media The New York Times ( NY Times , USA) traditionally pays much attention to the coverage of international relations and the state of affairs in different countries. Of course, this attention is distributed unevenly: they write more about some countries, less about others. Over time, this distribution may change. The map below shows how the number of materials about various countries of the world has changed over the past four years (from 2012 to 2015).

The Moscow Administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs refuted data on the rape of a policeman in the brothel, the Moscow News Agency reports. “Media information about the policeman raped by prostitutes is not true,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. According to some media outlets, during the control purchase, the cadet was abused by prostitutes, and the metropolitan police conduct an official audit on this fact.

Yesterday, the Bloomberg Commodity raw material index, including futures contracts for 22 raw materials, fell 1.5% to 74.02 points, reaching the minimum mark since 1991. The agency explained that the shock indicator is associated with the weak growth of the global economy, panic in the Chinese stock market, an increase in hydrocarbons, as well as the depreciation of the yuan and the strengthening of the dollar.

Maria Blokhina On January 13, a national report on innovations was presented at the Gaidar Forum -2016, organized by the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. The document was prepared by a team of authors under the leadership of a member of the board of the Russian venture company, director of the design office Evgeny Kuznetsov.

The opposition committee of protest actions is going to organize in Moscow the march of memory of Boris Nemtsov, Interfax reports with reference to the member of the political council of the Solidarity movement Alexander Ryklin. The action is scheduled for February 27, 2016 - on the first anniversary of the death of a politician. Recall that the famous Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead at the end of February in the center of Moscow.

Kiev expresses the willingness to start negotiations on the restructuring of its debt to Russia of three billion dollars, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. “The Ministry of Finance confirms its readiness for the conscientious continuation of negotiations regarding the restructuring of the European -liberals of Ukraine with repayment in December 2015 for a total of 3 billion US dollars,” the report said.

Anna Sakoyan Ieikh Salman Bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa Photo: alwasatnews.com FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa (Bahrain) promised that when he was elected, he would revise the nominees for the world championships in 2018 (Russia) and 2022 (Qatar). On the subject of how legitimate their election should be considered. He was one of two candidates who responded to a survey sent by the #Newfifanow group.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reproached the non -systemic opposition in an effort to shake the political situation in Russia during the economic crisis, while it, in his opinion, should act together with the country's authorities to search for a way out of this crisis. This was reported on the website of the Government of the Chechen Republic.

The cost of Brent oil, during a bidding on January 13, exceeded $ 31 per barrel, according to the ICE Futures London Exchange. During the trading, the price of Brent rose to $ 31.33 per barrel. By 9:40 Moscow time she amounted to 31.02 dollars. The price of the WTI oil futures also exceeded $ 31. As of 9:36 Moscow time, the cost of oil of this brand amounted to $ 30.74 per barrel.

In Vorkutinsky Mining and Economic College, books published with the support of the Soros Foundation were burned , and at the Polytechnic College of the same city, 14 copies of similar publications were seized and destroyed at a paper. The Ministry of Culture of the Komi Republic clarified that 53 copies of two different books were subjected to burning, which were published thanks to the Soros fund.

Gennady Gatilov, Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his American colleague John Kerry will hold a bilateral meeting next week. Gatilov made the corresponding statement based on the results of the meeting that took place in Geneva and was devoted to discussing ways to settle the situation in Syria, RIA Novosti reports.

The special representative of the US State Department in the Arctic, Admiral Robert Papp, said that since America itself became an exporter of energy carriers, it no longer needs Arctic resources. Currently, American companies do not consider the Arctic as a successful opportunity for investment, since the United States has ceased to experience additional energy resources, Papp explained in an interview with Kommersant .