After the two December meetings of Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, the leaders of the two countries have not yet managed to agree on compensation of the Belarusian side in connection with the tax maneuver in the fuel and energy complex of Russia and the “deepening integration”.

The Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople gathered in Istanbul, during which the members of the Synod signed a Tomos about autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The document is now fully executed, reports the Ukrainian TV channel TSN. It is reported that Tomos will return to Ukraine within a few days. Tomos was brought to Turkey after he was put up in Christmas in the Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv during a festive worship.

The American Corporation Apple will reduce the production of new iPhones by 10 percent. According to Nikkei, the company asked suppliers to release fewer smartphones of the XS Max, XS and XR models. In Apple itself, they did not comment on this information. This is the second sharp reduction in production for Apple over the past year. In November 2018, the company limited the release of the iPhone XR.

Of our daily shoes, the most universal shoes are sneakers. For sports and for walks, for work and for relaxation, for children and for the elderly - sneakers became the main shoes of the 20th century. What technologies, social shifts and cultural trends are behind their popularity? How did the sneakers affect the world of fashion and how did it themselves become a cult object?

The coast of the island of Kunashir The Russian Foreign Ministry caused the Ambassador of Japan Toyokhis Kodzuki because of the statements of the Japanese authorities about the Kuril Islands. This is stated in the message on the website of the ministry. The Foreign Ministry said that the reason for the call of the head of the diplomatic mission was messages from Tokyo that Japan plans to abandon compensation for the Kuril Islands.

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Sneakers as a symbol of freedom. Discuss Ekaterina Kulinicheva and Lyudmila Alyabyeva Of our daily shoes, the most universal shoes are sneakers: for sports and for walks, for work and for relaxation. Sneakers became the main shoes of the 20th century, they equalized men and women, children and the elderly: everyone wear them. They collect these shoes, buy for a lot of money: sneakers have long ceased to be just sports shoes - this is a new fashion and hobby.

Oleg Deripaska Several congressmen-democrats called on the US Minister of Finance Stephen Mnuchin to postpone the lifting of sanctions from Oleg Deripaska's companies. The text of the appeal of legislators to the head of the Ministry of Finance is published on the website of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The heads of the seven committees of the House of Congress are asking the minister to confirm the justification for lifting sanctions from EN+, Rusal and Eurosibenergo.

The head of the movement "Rus Sitting" Olga Romanova The former concluded by the Mordovian correctional colony No. 2 Inga Krivitskaya filed a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity to the head of the Movement for Human Rights Lev Ponomarev and the head of the Rus Sitting Movement Olga Romanova. It requires compensation for 2 million rubles for the words of human rights defenders about torture in the colony. Krivitskaya, who served in IR No.

Smartphones, gasoline and cars went up due to VAT increase. The value added tax from January 1 increased from 18 to 20 percent. Manufacturers plan to compensate for costs due to price growth, often exceeding the growth of the tax rate. Gasped gasoline, on average by 20 kopecks Gasoline prices rose for the first time in six months. In Moscow, on January 9, an average growth of 20 kopecks per liter was recorded . Diesel fuel rose even more - about 50 kopecks per liter.

The United Nations recognized the 18-year-old citizen of Saudi Arabia Rahaf Mohammed al-Kunun refugee. The girl fled to Thailand, claiming that in her homeland she was facing death. The UN Agency for Refugees turned to the Australian government with a request for the help of Rahaf Mohammed al-Kunun. The Australian government promised to consider the case in the usual order. Rahaf al-Kunun was detained in early January at Bangkok Airport.

Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov, who was serving a two -year term in prison on charges of slander for the police, continues for two weeks a hunger strike, which he announced after a new criminal case was brought to him shortly before release. Now Huseynov faces a new term - from five to seven years in prison Before the arrest, Mehman Huseynov led a page on Facebook called "Bulavka". The most popular were his videos on the topic of corruption.

Employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia are under "colossal psychological pressure." This was stated by Deputy Head of the Department Valery Maksimenko. According to him, this is due to the fact that employees of colonies and pre-trial detention centers have to constantly communicate with criminals and they receive little money for this work.

The court in Tokyo today refused to release the former director of the Renault - Nissan - Mitsubishi holding, Carlos Gon. He was arrested on November 19 on charges of financial fraud. This was reported by Kyodo. The corresponding request was submitted by Gona lawyers on Tuesday, January 8, immediately after the court hearing, at which the defense demanded to explain on what grounds the arrest of the head of Renault was extended until January 11.

On Wednesday, January 9, the pilot project began work, within the framework of which the Russian Post will levy a fee for the import of foreign goods directly when placing an order, Kommersant reports . From January 1, Russians were obliged to pay tax from the purchase abroad of goods, whose cost exceeds 500 euros. The system was technically developed jointly with the Federal Customs Service, Kommersant reports.