State Duma deputy Vladimir Gutenev suggested that AvtoVAZ replace Turkish components with domestic ones and thereby support Russian small and medium-sized businesses. This opinion was expressed by the first vice-president of the Union of Mechanical Engineers of Russia, the first deputy chairman of the industry committee, Vladimir Gutenev, RIA Novosti reports .

Photo: Reuters The fall in oil and gas prices in a number of CIS countries provoked not only economic difficulties, but also political consequences. In response, ruling regimes are making attempts to consolidate their own power.

In the small Dutch town of Hesk, riots broke out during protests against the opening of a refugee center, France Presse reports , citing local media and government officials. The day before, the “Protest AZC Heesch” page appeared on Facebook with a call to gather on Monday at 19:00 local time (21:00 Moscow time) in the evening near the town hall. An hour later, at City Hall, the city council was scheduled to begin discussing the construction of a building for refugees.

A conscript soldier who disappeared from a Russian military base last week is being sought in South Ossetia. Interfax was informed about this by the law enforcement agencies of the republic. The agency's interlocutor said that photographs of the serviceman were posted throughout the city. A reward of 150 thousand rubles has been announced for information about his whereabouts. The soldier, who was at the training ground, disappeared on the morning of January 12.

The head of the S.AT agency, co-founder of the “Invasion” festival and one of the businessmen who initiated the creation of the industry law, Andrei Matveev told RBC how the State Duma intends to reform the concert industry Head of the S.AT agency Andrey Matveev (Photo: Alena Kondurina for RBC) According to the bill (see reference) proposed by major producers and promoters, including producers Joseph Prigozhin and Igor Krutoy, concerts should be organized at venues larger than 400 square meters.

The Director General of the Estonian Police and Border Guard Department, Elmar Vaher, was accused of purchasing boots and headphones at public expense. This is stated in the request of Artur Talvik, a member of the Free Party faction and the head of the special commission to combat corruption, addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs Hanno Pevkuru, writes Postimees.

Two explosions occurred near a restaurant on the beach in the Songkhla area in southern Thailand. According to preliminary data, seven people were injured, one woman died. Songkhla district in southern Thailand, 2012 (Photo: Global Look Press) A hand grenade exploded outside a karaoke restaurant on Soi Sawan Beach in Thailand on Monday evening, reports the Bangkok Post . As a result of the explosion, a Thai citizen died; her identity was identified by the police.

Presidential Advisor Sergei Glazyev proposed that the Central Bank stabilize the ruble exchange rate and believes that there are all the prerequisites for this.

The Russian Ministry of Defense parachuted more than 40 tons of humanitarian aid to areas of Syria blocked by terrorists. this . reported The press service of the ministry The department said that first of all we are talking about the city of Deir ez-Zor. The humanitarian aid included dry rations provided by the Russian military department and other food products donated by the SAR government.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) examined complaints from companies ordering SMS mailings and opened a case against the “big three” mobile operators - MegaFon PJSC, MTS PJSC and VimpelCom PJSC. In the FAS message, the reason for initiating the case was the increase in tariffs for mailing customers, the reason for which was the introduction of per-client accounting of SMS traffic for SMS aggregators.

As a result of an accident involving a minibus and a truck in the south-west of Moscow, seven people were injured. was informed about this RIA Novosti by the capital's traffic police department. According to the department, the vehicles collided on the 55th km of Kaluga Highway. The circumstances of the accident are being clarified. Prior to this, a source in the emergency services told the agency about six victims.

The Moscow Exchange explained the problems with access to its website by restrictions imposed by the hosting provider REG.RU. “All web services of the exchange are operating as normal. In connection with those Due to restrictions on the REG.RU side, the exchange website may be unavailable from time to time,” the Moscow Exchange said in a statement posted on Twitter. The press service of the exchange told the Russian News Service that the problem will be resolved in the near future.

If 2015 was a year of purges of regional elites, 2016 will be a year of political innovation for the North Caucasus. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was the first to take the initiative. Since the beginning of the year, Ramzan Kadyrov began to change the political agenda, and immediately the federal one.

The human rights organization Amnesty International published a report on January 19 accusing Apple, Samsung and Sony corporations of using child labor. According to human rights activists, cobalt, which is used by companies in the manufacture of smartphones, is mined in Africa using child labor.

According to the press service of the supervisory agency, he has already been fired Photo: RBC The driver who fled the scene of an accident in the center of St. Petersburg turned out to be an employee of the prosecutor's office. According to the press service of the supervisory agency, he has already been fired.