Saudi Arabia has become one of the leaders among OPEC countries to reduce oil production. This was announced by the Secretary General of OPEC Muhammad Barkindo, Prime reports with reference to Bloomberg. “Some members of OPEC, including Saudi Arabia, have become leading countries in reducing oil production in accordance with the agreement,” Barkindo said. On January 6, The Wall Street Journal reported that Riyadh reduced the prey by at least 486 thousand barrels per day since October 2016.

Delivery services from foreign online stores began to demand a passport scan from Russian customers to receive orders. About this writes RBC. So, the Boxberry service warned about this, which on January 5 posted on the site the corresponding announcement.

The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin in an interview with Kommersant said that from the second half of 2017, the country's GDP will grow by 2% in annual terms. “I expect pretty good results from 2017. The economy is already growing, both GDP and industrial production increased in the fourth quarter, and in the second half of 2017, GDP will grow by 2% of the year and, possibly, even more, ”he said.

The Finnish HMD Global officially introduced the first Nokia smartphone based on the Android operating system. This was reported on the website of the HMD Global, which became the owner of the Nokia brand in 2016. Nokia 6 will be released in the first quarter of 2017, it will be sold only in China through the JD.com retailer. “China is the largest and competitive smartphone market in the world.

Photo: Hunter / FPG / Hulton Archive / Getty images The development of information technology had and will have many deep consequences for humanity. But the Canadian journalist Michael Harris decided to analyze at least one of them: as a new network reality deprives us of the opportunity to at least be alone with ourselves - to calmly think and dream freely.

In Moscow airports, several dozen flights were detained and canceled due to cold weather. According to the Yandex.Secrament service, 4 flights were canceled by noon in Domodedovo and 20 detained, 19 flights were delayed in Sheremetyevo, 31 were canceled in Vnukovo. Two flights were canceled in Vnukovo.

The International Bobsleya and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) canceled the temporary removal of four Russian athletes from international competitions, according to the organization’s website. “Now there is no sufficient evidence that would justify a temporary detachment,” the IBSF statement said. Russian skeletonists Alexander Tretyakov, Olga Potylitsyn, Maria Orlova and Elena Nikitin was disqualed in late December due to suspicions of doping at the Sochi Olympics.

The alleged terrorist, who sent a truck to a soldier in Jerusalem, is associated with the Islamic State. Such a statement was made by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, AP reports . According to the politician, the suspect "by all signs" was a supporter of ISIS. In addition, Netanyahu believes that the attack in Jerusalem “may definitely be connected” with similar terrorist attacks in Germany and France.

Activist Ildar Dadin, convicted of violation of rallies, arrived in a colony in the Altai Territory. This was reported by TASS by his wife Anastasia Zotova. “IK-5-where it was brought, an exemplary and space, as I was told, should not be problems. Ildar in physical terms feels good, emotionally worries about the people who remained in the colony in Karelia, ”Zotova “ Interfax ” said.

In Jerusalem, the unknown sent the truck to the crowd of passers -by, reports Reuters . At least 15 people were injured. The police representative on the air of ISRAEL Radio called the terrorist attack, the agency said. According to the radio station, which is given by Reuters, the truck driver was shot. Later, the radio station reported three dead, reports Reuters. According to Newsru Israel, the truck ran into a group of Israeli troops leaving the bus and citizens.

In Instagram, the chairman of the Chechnya Parliament Magomed Daudov, there are no threats to the chief editor of the publication "Caucasian Knot" Grigory Shvedov. This was said by RBC, the press secretary of the head of Chechnya Alvi Karimov, commenting on Daudov’s post about the “Psa Swede”, which the Swedes considered a threat addressed to him. “Daudov did not write anywhere that Shvedov needs to be pulled out. My personal opinion: Shvedov really wants to mean him.

The Minister of Energy of Turkey Berat Albayrak said that the department he head was subjected to cyber attacks by the United States. It is reported by Turkish minute. “Yesterday, we were faced with a massive cyber attack that has come from the United States. Such attacks on different departments of the Ministry of Energy took place systematically, but they were all reflected, ”the minister said.

The EU is afraid that in 2017, Russia can intervene in the processes of elections of the German Chancellor and the President of France. About this writes Financial Times. According to the publication, the current German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the last few weeks warns that “cyber attacks and the Russian misinformation campaign can affect the elections of this year,” and “high rank diplomat in Brussels” speaks of the same fears in France on the eve of the presidential election.

The US special forces and the military of South Korea will form a unit for the murder of the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un in the event of a war with North Korea. This was reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap with reference to sources. As an unnamed high -ranking official told the agency, the American military will obey the command of South Korea. The detachment in question will be counted up to two thousand people, it is assumed that it will be formed in 2017.

In the south-east of Moscow, an unknown person shot a man from the hunting rifle, TASS was told in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “This morning, on the street Vasiltsovsky camp in the south-east of Moscow, an unknown person shot a man, after which he disappeared. During the search, the attacker was discovered and blocked by police officers, ”the Ministry of Internal Affairs quoted the Agency. After the proposed criminal was discovered by the police, he shot himself.