Among the fighters of the 46th separate brigade of operational purposes (scenes) of the National Guard, training brochures in Syria are spreading. This was written by the "New Gazeta", at the disposal of which were practical manuals. The brochures are called the “Visual Translator (Syrian Arab Republic)” and “Recommendations to the military when performing tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The first is an illustrated phrasebook.

Apple plans to start releasing films and television shows. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to its sources. According to the interlocutors of the publication, the company over the past months has been negotiating with producers to buy rights at the script of the television show. In addition, according to them, Apple considers the opportunity to offer users original films. The Apple leadership expects the company to release new content by the end of 2017.

The “anti-terrorist” laws proposed by the deputy Irina Yarova and Senator Viktor Ozerov fell into the TOP 10 of the global initiatives of data storage that pose a threat to further innovative development. The corresponding rating was the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Writes Vedomosti. The list also includes China, Indonesia, Türkiye, Vietnam and Germany, but at the same time Vedomosti emphasized that milder measures were taken in these countries, unlike Russia.

The structures of the American oil producing company Conocophillips filed a lawsuit against Rosneft's subsidiary Rosneft Trading and the Venezuelan state -owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). The Russian company is suspected of illegal acquisition of rights by 49.9% of the shares of the Venezuelan company Citgo, which is located in the United States. It is reported by Latin America Hereld Tribun.

Oil production in Saudi Arabia has decreased to a minimum level in about two years. This was stated by the Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Khalid al-Falikh, reports Reuters . According to him, daily oil production in the country fell below 10 million barrels. The last time at this level, hydrocarbons in Saudi Arabia was in February 2015. Al-Falikh noted that in February of this year, the kingdom can even more reduce oil production.

The real effective ruble exchange rate (in relation to the basket of currencies of the main trading partners of Russia, taking into account inflation in the relevant countries) in 2016 increased by 20.7%. This was reported in the materials of the Central Bank. For comparison, in 2015, the real effective ruble exchange rate increased by 0.9%, and in 2014 - fell by 27.4%.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia initiative to raise the minimum retail price for vodka by 15%, to 219 rubles per 0.5 liters. The relevant document is published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. Currently, the minimum cost of half a liter of vodka is 190 rubles. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance also proposed increasing the purchase price of a half -liter bottle of alcohol by a manufacturer by 7%, from 165 to 177 rubles.

Sales of cars in Russia in 2016 fell by 11% to 1.42 million units. This was announced on January 12 by the head of the Automobile Products Committee of the European Business Association (AEB) Yorg Schraiber, Interfax reports. Earlier in the AEB it was predicted that according to the results of last year, the Russian car market will be reduced by 10.3% to 1.44 million units. In 2015, the collapse of car sales in the country amounted to 36%.

The Kremlin criticized the ban on the broadcasting of the Rain TV channel in Ukraine. This was reported by the site "Rain". “The destructive line of the Ukrainian side continues,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation. The speaker of the Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, in turn, called the incident a violation of freedom of speech. “It seems that the problem is in the heads,” Volodin added.

The candidate for the US Minister of Defense, General James Mattis, called Russia one of the “fundamental” threats to the world order since the Second World War. It is reported by Reuters . Among other threats, he called China and terrorist organizations.

Former New York mayor Rudolph Juliani will analyze cybersecurity in the private sector under the US President Donald Trump. This was reported by ABC News with reference to the statement of the Trump team. Juliani will work with companies that have encountered or encounter cyberosis. In Trump’s statement, it is noted that Juliani was chosen due to his successful work in law enforcement agencies and experience in ensuring cybersecurity.

The Ministry of Health should focus on the reform of compulsory medical insurance (compulsory medical insurance), and not regulate the length of the working day of smokers. This was announced to reporters by the head of the Ministry of Labor Maxim Topilin, Interfax reports.

The head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov noted that the positive side of Russia's accusations of hacker attacks was an increase in the image of Russian IT education. The minister reported this by RNS. “I see the only positive point in this that this increases the image of the quality of training of IT specialists in Russia,” he said. Nikiforov, however, noted that Russia does not support hacker attacks and considers it a crime.

Four Su-25 Air Force attacks were transferred to Syria as part of a planned rotation. This was reported in the press release of the department entered the Republic. Previously, Fox News reported on the transfer of the Su-25 to Syria with reference to sources in Washington. In the United States, this fact was regarded as an increase in the Russian group in Syria.

In 2016, the number of residents of Russia participating in online courses reached a million people, which is twice as much as 2015. This was written by Kommersant, who got acquainted with the joint report of Coursera, “Open Education” and “Lecture”. The study showed that mainly supporters of online learning are people who already have higher education. At the same time, central Russia is most often chosen by IT processing data, machine learning, business, art and personal effectiveness.