The economic community of the West African states (Ekovas) suspended a military operation in Gambia in order to create conditions for the transfer of power in the country. The source in government circles told Reuters about this. The agency noted that Ekovas set a condition under which the power in Gambia should be transferred to Adam Barrow who won in the presidential election until noon on January 20. Otherwise, the troops promised to continue the operation.

The investigation removed from the former director of the Khovansky cemetery Yuri Kabuev, who is a defendant in the case of a mass fight, an accusation of the organization of the murder. This was reported by TASS with reference to lawyer Mikhail Karapetyan.

Four people were transferred from an American prison on a military base in Guantanamo in Cuba, including Russian Ravil Mingazov. The relevant application is published on the website of the US Department of Defense. Three people, including the Russian, were transferred to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates, another - Saudi Arabia. The department specified that in this way 41 prisoners remained in Guantanamo. The US authorities approved the liberation of Mingazov in July 2016.

The international physicist team managed to “wake up” the superconductivity of pure graphene without impurities. The discovery will further expand the potential and scope of unique material. The description of the study is published in the journal Nature Communications .

Most foreign investors during the Davos Economic Forum expressed satisfaction with the Russian business climate. This was announced on January 20 by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov on the sidelines of the forum, Prime reports. “They want to see a greater predictability in the rate, the cost of borrowed capital in Russian credit organizations, so that there is more transparent interaction with the regional authorities.

A group of activists sent a collective lawsuit to the Vasileostrovsky court with a request to recognize the order of the property relations committee (Kio) of St. Petersburg on the transfer of the ROC of the Isaac's Cathedral. This was written on Facebook by the deputy of the city parliament Boris Vishnevsky.

The vast majority of participants in the Davos Economic Forum feel horror. Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Board of Rusnano Criminal Code, spoke about his feelings in an interview with BFM. “All this is expressed by formulas: the world built after the Second World War is collapsing, it is no longer. <...> Here, perhaps, the most accurate description of the current Davos is a feeling of horror from a global political catastrophe, ”he explained.

In Istanbul, the security department was fired from grenade launchers, reports Reuters . According to preliminary data that CNN Turk, the projectile hit the wall of the facade. The channel specified that there are no dead and injured as a result of the attack. https://twitter.com/yetersozmileetin/status/82252777867770280448?ref_SRC=TWSRC%5etfw Governor Istanbul Vasip Shahin said that law enforcement agencies are conducting a “large -scale operation” in the city in order to identify the attacker.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the former vice-president of the First Czech-Russian Bank (PCRB) by Dmitry Merkulov on charges of especially large embezzlement. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press secretary of the court to Juno Tsarev. According to her, the court decided to conclude Merkulov in custody until March 17. Tsareva clarified that the corresponding decision was made on January 19.

The obligation of banks to issue to state employees of the Mir card does not violate the principles of competition. This was stated at the Bank of Russia, reports Prime . The Central Bank emphasized that the requirement for banks to provide state employees of the Mir card affects only the sphere of budget payments, the procedure for receiving which is in the right to determine the state.

The President of Gambia Yaria Jamme, whose powers expired on January 19, 2017, will leave his post and leave the country. This was announced on Twitter by his opponent Adam Barrow, who won the presidential election in December 2016. Surrounded by Barrow confirmed that this is his genuine account. According to the sources of France24, Jamma, in the presence of Guinean officials, signs documents.

Russia's participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos always becomes a reflection of domestic political processes. This site from year to year gives an idea of ​​which the Russian bureaucracy that lives in the tough framework of the paradigm on top reflects.

There will no longer be a sharp fluctuation in the ruble observed in 2014-2015. This was announced to journalists by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, Interfax reports. “The dynamics [of the ruble course] is quite stable. The operations of the government and the Central Bank will help ensure that such sharp fluctuations, as we saw in 2014 and 2015, we will no longer see on the market, ”he said.

According to the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, the existence of a “serious opposition” in Russia would favorably affect the political situation in the country. He told about this in an interview with BBC.

The youngest son of the former head of the “Russian railways” Vladimir Yakunin became the director of the consulting company in London. This follows from the data of the British companies register. We are talking about Viktor Yakunin, who was registered on August 4, 2016 by Newfound Future Investments Limited. It follows from the document that the company intends to engage in management consulting, excluding the financial sector.