The counter-terrorism operation (CTO) regime introduced in Nalchik on Friday, January 15, has been cancelled, told RIA Novosti on Sunday. a representative of the operational headquarters in Kabardino-Balkaria He clarified that the CTO regime was lifted from 10:35 Moscow time. The counter-terrorist operation regime was declared from 16:25 Moscow time on Friday in part of the territory of Nalchik, limited by Idarov, Khmelnitsky, Furmanov and 9 January streets.

NASA launched a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver the Jason 3 weather satellite. The broadcast is live on the American agency's website. The launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The main purpose of the satellite is to monitor the level of the World Ocean. It is designed to transmit information useful for studying global climate change and predicting typhoons and hurricanes. SpaceX, in turn, plans to land the rocket on a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean.

In Chechnya, there was an emergency shutdown of the 35 kV Oysungur-Chechenenergo overhead line. This was reported on the website of IDGC of the North Caucasus. As a result of the incident, consumers in the Kurchaloevsky district in the republic were partially cut off, the company said. The disconnected power amounted to 13 MW. Based on the results of the line inspection, a wire break was discovered on one of the supports.

The head of Europol, Rob Wainwright, said that the income of crime syndicates from delivering refugees to Europe amounted to between $3 billion and $6 billion a year. According to him, in terms of profitability this business competes only with the drug trade. Europol estimates that crime syndicates made between $3 billion and $6 billion from refugees in 2015, The Independent writes .

The head of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov and State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, following Ramzan Kadyrov, made statements about the “fifth column” in the Russian media and non-systemic opposition Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Adam Delimkhanov (Photo: Sergey Uzakov/TASS) Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Magomed Daudov and State Duma deputy from the republic Adam Delimkhanov spoke out in support of Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement

American intelligence agencies were instructed to investigate the degree of Russian influence on political and public organizations of the European Union. In particular, cases of underground financing of their activities in order to influence politics Photo: Ekaterina Kuzmina / RBC The US Congress has instructed American intelligence agencies to conduct investigations into the Kremlin's agents of influence in the political and public structures of the European Union, The Telegraph reports .

In the center of Moscow, a balcony collapsed onto the roadway. this to the Moscow agency. A source in the city’s emergency services reported According to him, the collapse of the side of the balcony occurred in a house on the street. Staraya Basmannaya, 13/1. No one was injured, but the extension of the trolleybus power line was damaged. The source noted that the scene of the incident has been cordoned off and restoration work is underway.

In the dormitory of the Karsun Technological College in the Ulyanovsk region, students beat their fellow student. this . reported The regional prosecutor's office The incident occurred in the dormitory toilet on the night of January 12, 2016. The department noted that the circumstances are confirmed by objective data, including a video recording made by one of the eyewitnesses.

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for new sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile testing program, Reuters reports . “Iran is still violating UN Security Council resolutions with its ballistic missile program. The response to this must be the designation of new sanctions and firm intentions,” Clinton said. If Clinton is elected president, her approach to Iran could be described as “trust and verify,” the presidential candidate explained.

The ruble exchange rate will not rise or fall sharply in the near future. At the same time, the situation with oil prices is a structural change, and there will be no rebound. This forecast was given by the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov Photo: Sergey Konkov/TASS The head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, in an interview with the NTV channel , said that there are no reasons for high volatility of the ruble now.

Rosselkhoznadzor warned Iran about the inadmissibility of transit of prohibited Turkish products to Russia. Russia imposed a food embargo on Turkey from January 1 Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS During the visit of the Rosselkhoznadzor delegation to Iran in December last year, the issue of the inadmissibility of transit of Turkish products prohibited for import to Russia was raised, Interfax reports , citing the agency’s press service.

The website of the Russian Embassy in Israel was subject to a cyber attack. A group of Turkish hackers called Börteçine Siber Tim claimed responsibility. Hackers posted a Turkish flag and a portrait of Ataturk on the embassy page Ataturk statue and Turkish flag (Photo: DPA\TASS) On Sunday, January 17, the website of the Russian Embassy in Israel was subject to a hacker attack.

The management of the Rostec state corporation is negotiating with the owner of Uralsib, Vladimir Kogan. We are talking about a merger or exchange of assets of Uralsib and Novikombank Building of JSC "Novikombank" (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS) A source close to the corporation told RBC that the head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, is negotiating with Vladimir Kogan about the latter’s entry into the capital of Novikombank, adding that last week they had a meeting on this issue.

An employee of a private collection service disappeared in Kazan. 4 million rubles disappeared with him. Photo: Lori The police in Kazan have launched a search for an employee of a private collection service who has gone missing with 4 million rubles. revenue. Interfax was informed about this by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Tatarstan. “A statement about this was received by the Tankodrom police department,” the agency’s interlocutor clarified.

The Aeroflot company has posted on the government procurement website competitive documentation for holding a corporate event, which is scheduled to take place in March of this year. The event is estimated at almost 65 million rubles. Photo: "RIA Novosti" According to documents posted on the government procurement website , Aeroflot airline is looking for a contractor to host the Runway corporate award in March of this year.