President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree on the introduction of an environmental tax on transit of oil and oil products on its territory, BelTA reports with reference to the presidential press service. The press service explained that money from the environmental tax will be used to eliminate possible consequences for nature if an accident or other unforeseen situation occurs on the main oil pipeline.

The media reported that two missiles entered the Ukrainian aircraft in Iran, there this version was called a psychological war, and in ICAO they asked not to speculate on the causes of the plane crash. Iran’s authorities invited to participate in the investigation of the United States, Canada, Boeing representatives and other interested parties, Vladimir Zelensky invited London to join the circumstances of the incident. The plane crash in the sky above Iran occurred on January 8.

Anatoly Osmolovsky The beginning of 2000: only elections to the State Duma were held, in March-the presidential election (December 31, 1999, Yeltsin resigned, calling his successor at that time Prime Minister Vladimir Putin). “Polit.ru” with the help of sociologists is trying to draw a new political mythology, the real alignment of forces and the behavior of voters. As part of the project “20 years ago” - the text of Alexander Moiseev “This mysterious voter” of January 10, 2000.

Andrey Prokofiev Pumpkins on Red Square / AGN "Moscow" / Photo: Zykov Kirill At the beginning of the year, Rosstat has a hot time: you have to count especially a lot ... and, more difficult, to recount. So, for example, the dynamics of the real incomes of the population has changed. The first calculation showed that the income of Russians in 2019 fell compared to last year.

The Second Western Military Court found guilty of fraud on an especially large scale of Lieutenant General Sergei Chvarkov. The court sentenced him to three years conditionally, the Moscow News Agency reports . The prosecutor demanded 4.5 years in a colony, a fine of 450 thousand rubles (this amount was seized from Chvarkov earlier), as well as deprive him of the military rank and all awards.

On January 10, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kalmykia examined the statement by Elena Baturina with a request for compensation by Endsen Cuff, financial manager of Viktor Baturin, debt on the claims lost by him to an entrepreneur. The basis for submitting the application was the non -fulfillment of the decisions of the sixteenth arbitration court on the recovery of court costs in the amount of more than 600 thousand rubles.

In Magadan, the 65-year-old pensioner Alexander Pamrov was sentenced to 24 years in prison for rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in the spring of 2019, writes RIA Novosti. “The court, taking into account the evidence submitted by the party, found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for a period of 24 years, with the serving of the first seven years in prison, the rest - in the correctional colony of special regime,” the prosecutor's office in the Magadan region said.

The Latvian authorities provided political asylum to the journalist of the Federal Information and Analytical Agency "Rosbalt" Alexander Schwarev and his family. An employee of the media is accused of slander for businessman Alisher Usmanov and extortion of 3.3 million rubles from Kazakhstani entrepreneur Kenes Rakishev, Interfax reports . According to Schverev, the Latvian authorities admitted that he was persecuted for professional activities.

The administration of the city district Uryupinsk canceled the resolution on the dismissal of the chief editor of the Uryupinskaya Pravda publication Olga Shushlebina, Russian Newspaper reports . Earlier it was reported that in Uryupinsk, the head of the city administration, Yuri Khoroshevkov, fired Shushlebin for posting a photograph of the federal politician below the regional deputy.

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Santa Barbara have concluded that the presence of parrotfish on coral reefs has a beneficial effect on the health of the corals, but active fishing of these fish can have a detrimental effect on the reefs. Parrotfishes ( Scaridae ) are a family of fish with over ninety species. They got their name because of the special structure of their jaws, which outwardly resemble the beak of a parrot.

Anton Petrunin Rescuers at the crash site of the Iranian airliner / tvc.ru The media reported that two missiles hit a Ukrainian plane in Iran; they called this version psychological warfare, and the ICAO asked not to speculate about the causes of the plane crash.

16 employees who were related to shooting in Lubyanka were fired from the central apparatus of the FSB, RBC reports . According to Znak, only five people fired from the apparatus. The work was lost by employees who shot video shooting, sent him to WhatsApp or handed over to the media. “Not ordinary employees were dismissed, not some majorors, but security forces with good positions,” Znak quotes his source in power structures.

The company "Doctor Web" filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court to Roskachestvo with a demand to reveal the details of the study, on the basis of which the antivirus rating was drawn up. Antivirus from Dr. Web took the last place in the list of programs for Windows, TASS reports .

On January 10, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Kalmykia examined the statement by Elena Baturina with a request for compensation by Endsen Cuff, financial manager of Viktor Baturin, debt on the claims lost by him to an entrepreneur. The basis for submitting the application was the non -fulfillment of the decisions of the sixteenth arbitration court on the recovery of court costs in the amount of more than 600 thousand rubles.

The American company Masimo, which produces medical diagnostic equipment, appealed to the court with the charge of Apple Corporation of violation of patent rights, TASS reports . According to documents received by the electronic base of the California Central District of the Central District, Masimo claims that the development of the company and its subsidiaries Apple without permission used the Apple Watch hours.