In the Voronezh region, the number of those killed as a result of a collision of three vehicles reached eight. It is reported by RIA Novosti . The representative of the Unified Dispatch Service of the Nizhnedevitsky District said that the work of emergency employees was organized at the scene. The accident occurred on January 15 on the 166th kilometer of the Kursk-Borisoglebsk highway.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov answered the journalist of “ arguments and facts ” to the question about negotiations between Russia and Japan on the Kuril Islands. According to him, local residents will not suffer anyway. “There can be no talk of ensuring that some harm to the interests of our citizens, inhabitants smoke,” Peskov promised. He also noted that Vladimir Putin and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are looking for a wording that both states would arrange.

British Prime Minister Teresa May said that the country will leave the European Union on March 29, even if the British parliament refuses to support its draft agreement with the EU on Brexit. It is reported by Reuters . May noted that the issue of extending negotiations on the issue of leaving the EU can be submitted to the parliament only if there is a “reliable alternative output plan”. “The government’s policy is that we are leaving the European Union on March 29.

YouTube prohibited publishing a video with Chellenge, which can lead to serious injuries or death. This provision is contained in the updated service rules regarding harmful and dangerous content. Tide Pods Challenge (its participants are trying to bite a capsule for washing and taste the concentrated gel and Fire Challenge (its participants, are trying to burn themselves for a short time using combustible fluids.

President Vladimir Putin said that in December 2018, Russia sent the United States “specific proposals” to maintain an agreement on the liquidation of medium and smaller missiles (INFMD). Such a statement sounded in his interview with the Serbian media, the text of which was published on the Kremlin website. The president did not clarify the essence of these proposals. “They are ready for a serious conversation and throughout the strategic agenda between our countries,” Putin said.

Experts of the World Economic Forum before the forum in Davos published a report on the global risks of 2019. The most likely global threat in the short term, they found the "economic confrontation" of the largest states. This danger was confirmed by 91% of respondents. In second place was “Destruction of multilateral trade agreements and rules” (88%), in the third - “political confrontation between the largest powers” ​​(85%).

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended for three months the arrest of all 24 Ukrainian military and security forces detained on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border in the Kerch Strait area. It is reported by TASS . The court extended the arrest 20 to the accused on January 15, and on January 16 made a decision against four more Ukrainians. “The court granted the investigator’s request and extended the defendants the term of detention until April 24,” the press service said.

Next week in Strasbourg, the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will take place, where representatives from Russia will not be present again. In addition, the State Duma announced the intention to continue not to pay contributions to the Council of Europe, even despite the fact that the Russian delegations were proposed to partially return the powers.

In the city of Manbij in the north of Syria, an explosion occurred. During it, according to unconfirmed data, 16 people were killed, Reuters reports. The source clarified that among the dead are four American troops. The representative of the International Coalition, led by the United States, confirmed the death of the Americans, but did not clarify their number. The coalition noted that the military was engaged in ordinary patrolling, NBC News reports.

On Monday, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Japanese colleague Taro Kono met in Moscow as part of the first round of the new format of negotiations on a peace treaty between countries. For several decades, its conclusion has been preventing the disputing of the territory of the Kuril Islands. Last fall, President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to speed up the process, but he still passes quite stressfully.

Scientists have found that for a long time they were mistaken for an important detail of the biology of Barroa ticks - famous parasites that destroy honey bees around the world. For decades, it was believed that these ticks drink hemolymph bees, which serves as an analogue of blood in the body of insects.

The Ministry of Justice will submit amendments to the law “On Public Associations” aimed at systematizing information on non -profit organizations that are not legal entities. The agency noted that without such information there are problems in the event of “submitting applications to the court on compensation for harm caused in the framework of civil proceedings and making an application for a ban on activities” of the NPO.

The Federal Penitentiary Service called false reports that ex-minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukaev is contained in the colony on preferential conditions. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press bureaus FSIN. “The convicted person is contained in a maximum security penal colony under general terms, lives in one of the detachments and is employed,” the representatives of the department said.

The police detained a native of the city of Tulun of the Irkutsk region on suspicion of a series of rape. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee on the region. The involvement of a man in committed crimes was confirmed by DNA examination. The attacks were made in 2001-2012. In total, 11 people were injured, including minors.

Maxim Russo Varroa tick on a bee. The picture is made by the United States Department of Agriculture electron microscope Scientists have found that for a long time they were mistaken for an important detail of the biology of Barroa ticks - famous parasites that destroy honey bees around the world. For decades, it was believed that these ticks drink hemolymph bees, which serves as an analogue of blood in the body of insects.