The US President canceled his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos (VEF). Donald Trump himself wrote about this on Twitter. The reason for the cancellation of the trip was the disagreement of the US president with the democratic majority of the congress on the construction of barrage on the border with Mexico.

In the Frunzensky District Court of St. Petersburg, where the hearing is held in the case of the coordinator of the local headquarters of Navalny Denis Mikhailov, the bailiffs forced the passports to pass through the entrance to the courtroom. This was reported by the representative of the Movement "Rus Sitting" present in the hall. The bailiffs were handed over to the Podolskaya judge, who is conducting the case.

The Bulgarian multimillionaire Nikolay Banev, who was in prison for several months, wanted to put together an Eurasian party, hoped for a campaign in his defense, inspired by Moscow, and talked with Russian lobbyists from the prison cell by phone, which was hidden in a juice box. In addition, Banev intends to seek asylum in Russia for his family, says the Bulgarian prosecutor's office. The other day, Deputy Prosecutor General of Bulgaria, Ivan G. General, made a series of charges against Banev.

America is the power of good for the Middle East, ”said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking in Cairo with a speech about the policy of the United States in the region. Live Now! Watch @Secpompeo Deliver Remarks on “A force for good: American Reinvigrated in the Middle East,“ At the @auc in Cairo, Egypt. https://t.co/0fsyzlycfo - Department of state (@stateedept) January 10, 2019 Pompeo noted the importance of strategic partnership between the United States and Egypt.

Felix numbers The election commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zair) called the opposition candidate Felix, the winner in the presidential election in the country, BBC reports . The vote took place on December 30, the processing of votes took 10 days. The second place in the elections was taken by another opposition candidate. A candidate from the ruling party took only third place, despite support from Moscow.

Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro The United States will not be recognized as the President of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro. This was announced on his Twitter page by John Bolton President John Bolton. The US Will Not Recognize The Maduro Dictatorship's Illegitimate Inauguration. We Will Continue to Increase Pressure on the Corrupt Regime, Support the Democratic National Assembly, and Call For Democracy and Freedom in Venezuel.

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened a case on the fact of theft when creating a T-170M telescope, Kommersant newspaper reports on Thursday. The device, according to the plan of its creators, was supposed to compete with the American telescope Hubble. According to the publication, the charges are connected with the scientific enterprise Incos, which was supposed to carry out experimental work on the creation of the main mirror of the telescope.

In Moscow, on Thursday morning, there was a failure of soil with an area of about 50 square meters in the gateway of the Moscow channel. The streams of water with mud was flooded by the Tushinsky tunnel on the Volokolamsk highway. No one was injured. By evening, the movement was restored.

Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov The Ministry of Justice of Russia demanded to exclude lawyer Emil Kurbedinov from the Crimean Central Bar Association until March 1, 2019. It is reported by "New Gazeta". The agency refers to two decisions of the district courts in the Crimea annexed by Russia, where administrative cases against Kurbedinov were considered on charges of extremist activity.

The radical group "Hayyat Tahrir Ashham" took control of the Idlib Province in Syria. It is reported by Reuters with reference to sources. After the fights with competing groups for power in the province, the jihadists announced the ceasefire and their control over the armed opposition. The Islamists "Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham" left the terrorist organization "Jebhat al-Nusra", the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda.

On Thursday, January 10, the court in Paris will begin to consider the case of Peter Pavlensky. The French authorities accuse the Russian artist of intentional arson. In October 2017, Pavlensky drove the building of the Bank of France. The artist called his action "an attempt to light a revolutionary fire around the world." After the action of Pavlensky, they arrested. In prison, he announced a hunger strike several times and declared torture.

The Russian Orthodox Church did not receive the St. Isaac's Cathedral. The order on its transfer of the church has lost force, Interfax reports with reference to the property relations Committee of St. Petersburg. At the end of 2016, the authorities of St. Petersburg decided to transfer the cathedral for 49 years for free use of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Committee of Property Relations then issued an order on the plan of measures to prepare for the transfer of Isaac.

Isaac's Cathedral The Russian Orthodox Church did not receive the St. Isaac's Cathedral. The order on its transfer of the church has lost force, Interfax reports with reference to the property relations Committee of St. Petersburg. At the end of 2016, the authorities of St. Petersburg decided to transfer the cathedral for 49 years for free use of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Committee of Property Relations then issued an order on the plan of measures to prepare for the transfer of Isaac.