Police officers detained six activists who conducted shares in support of Ildar Dadin near the building of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia on Zhitnaya Street in Moscow. This was announced on his Facebook by activist Sergei Rudich, who also took part in the shares. According to him, Elena Zakharova, Maria Ryabikova, Mikhail Lashkevich, Pavel Kuznetsov, Tatyana Tarvit and Leonid Dubrovo were detained.

The Turkish police detained the five alleged participants in the Islamic State, which may be associated with the terrorist attack in the Istanbul night club. It is reported by Associated Press with reference to the Anadolu State Agency. It is noted that the suspects were detained on January 4 during the operation in the city of Izmir. Anadolu indicates that the police operation has not yet been completed.

In his book “Cattle Brain: a scientific view of an advanced age” (published in the publishing house “Mann, Ivanov and Ferber” in 2016) Andre Aleman subjects a detailed analysis of various stereotypes about the consequences of aging.

The WikiLeaks website announced a reward of $ 20 thousand for information that will help to disclose the loss of documents in the US Presidential Administration Barack Obama. This was reported on Wikileak Twitter. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/816459789559623680 In the previous tweet, WikiLeaks recalled the loss from the National Archive of the United States in 2009 by the hard disk with electronic correspondence and other documents of the US President Bill Clinton.

The sharp increase in legal sales of marijuana in North America is comparable to the “Boam of Dotcom” (take-off of the Internet market in 1990–2000). It is reported by Forbes with reference to Arcview Market Research (Amr). The corresponding AMR report will be published in February. According to AMR, in 2016, legalized sales of marijuana in North America increased by 30% to $ 6.7 billion, while in Colorado, Oregon and Washington they increased by 62%.

The international coalition led by the United States since 2012 "methodically destroyed Syria's infrastructure to maximize its legitimate government, despite the threat to civilians." This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov, RIA Novosti reports . Thus, he commented on the previously made statements by the CIA head John Brennan that Russia uses in the Syrian operation the tactics of “scorched land”.

Tim Barrow will become the new British Ambassador to the EU. This is reported by Independent with reference to sources in the government. According to the publication, the appointment of Barrow is “Victory” for the British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, who plays for Brexit. In this post, Barrow will replace Ivan Rogers, who resigned on January 3.

The elected American President Donald Trump announced the transfer of the special services report on the “interference” of Russian hackers in the elections in the United States. He wrote about this on his Twitter. “Perhaps it takes more time to prepare the case. This is strange! ”He said. The meeting of the president with intelligence representatives was to take place on January 3 or 4, the Reuters agency notes. Now the briefing is postponed to January 6th.

The situation at the airport Khrabrovo related to the emergency landing of the Aeroflot aircraft is taken under control of the temporarily acting governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press secretary of the head of the region. “The runway of the Ministry of Emergencies and the general director of the airport Alexander Koryatnoy inspect the runway. Colleagues from the Baltic Fleet quickly joined the process.

The Turkish parliament extended the emergency regime for another three months, Reuters reports. The regime was first introduced on July 21, 2016 after an attempt by a coup in Turkey. Three months later, he was extended . Such a measure allows the President of the country Recep Erdogan to adopt new laws and, if necessary, limit the rights and freedoms without the consent of the parliament. The rebellion of the Turkish military, which began on the night of July 16, was depressed per day.

There is no special equipment in the Kaliningrad airport to evacuate the Airflot Airbus A320 plane, rolled out of the runway due to the broken chassis. This was reported by TASS with reference to sources in emergency services. RIA Novosti transmits similar information, also with reference to sources. “In other more technically equipped airports, the process of evacuating the aircraft with a blown rack chassis takes from 40 minutes to three hours,” TASS interlocutor explained.

Exxonmobil General Director Rex Tillerson will break all ties with the oil company if the new US Secretary of State is appointed to the post of new Secretary of State. Thus, he will be able to avoid a possible conflict of interests, according to the Exxonmobil press release. If the appointment of Tillerson is confirmed, the Exxonmobil shares belonging to him will be transferred to an independent fund.

The Kaliningrad Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee conducts a preliminary investigation on the fact of the aircraft exit outside the runway (VPP) of the Khariningrad airport Khrabrovo, Interfax reports. Airbus A320 passenger aircraft, flying from Sheremetyevo to Kaliningrad, rolled out of the runway during landing. According to preliminary data, the reason for this could be a breakdown of the chassis. On board were 167 passengers and seven crew members.

The American company Faraaday Future introduced at the exhibition in Las Vegas an unmanned electric car FF91, which is considered the main competitor of Tesla. It is reported by TechCrunch. The company claims that the FF91 can accelerate to 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour in 2.39 seconds, which is the best result for any electric vehicles now produced, BBC News points out . So, the fastest model Tesla spends 2.5 seconds on acceleration.

Last year, the phrase “Neurobiologists discovered ...” did not leave the pages of the main news: scientists announced that the brain of pregnant women changes for years to help them in caring for a child; Experiments on mice showed that the activity of neurons involved in the synthesis of dopamine is associated with our perception of time; In parallel, active research is underway in the field of brain electrical stimulation, which can open to us, albeit the treatment of degenerative diseases,