The UN Agency for Refugees called on the US authorities not to interrupt the reception of refugees fleeing wars and persecution. It is reported by Reuters . “The needs of refugees and migrants around the world [in relocation] have never been as extensive as now. The resettlement program operating in the United States is one of the most important in the world, ”the statement published in conjunction with the International Migration Organization said.

The investigating circumstances of the December Catastrophe of the Tu-154 in the Black Sea experts excluded the variant of the technical malfunction of the aircraft and consider the crew error the cause of the tragedy. It is reported by Kommersant with reference to a source close to the situation.

US President Donald Trump signed a decree on the "extremal selection" of migrants entering the country, CNN reports . The decree is needed in order to keep radical Islamic terrorists outside the United States, Trump said. “We don't need them here. We must be sure that we do not let the threats with which our soldiers are fighting abroad, ”he said.

In St. Petersburg, a promotion was held against the transfer of the Isaacievsky Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Mars of Mars on the Mars of January 28. It is reported by Fontanka. The protest was held in the form of a meeting of deputies with voters, so its participants did not have banners. In total, the event was attended by two (assessment of the police) to five (evaluation of the organizers) thousands of people.

The creator of the Shaltai-Boltai site, which was located on the correspondence of senior officials, was detained by FSB operatives in October 2016. About this writes Rosbalt with reference to the source. According to the publication, it turned out to be journalist Vladimir Anikeev. The Investigative Department of the FSB brought him charges under Article 272 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal access to computer information).

Norwegian security police stated that Russian intelligence in 2015 tried to influence the Nobel Committee. It is reported by NRK. According to Norwegian special services, Russia wanted to ensure that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko did not receive the President of Ukraine. The security police recalled that in the summer of 2015, on the Internet, a fake letter from the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Groysman to a prisoner in the US affairs in Norway appeared on the Internet.

The launches of the Proton-M launch vehicles will be resumed after three and a half months. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. https://twitter.com/rogozin/status/825290850947231745 The Deputy Prime Minister noted that all the guilty of the substitution of missile documentation “will be rigidly punished”. Three “protons” will be dismantled, their engines of the second and third steps will be replaced.

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin completed a telephone conversation. Details of the conversation are reported on the Kremlin website. “During the conversation on both sides, the mood was demonstrated to active joint work on stabilizing and developing Russian-American interaction-on a constructive, equal and mutually beneficial basis,” the press service said.

US President Donald Trump signed a decree on the reorganization of the Armed Forces. It is reported by Reuters . “This is the restructuring of the US Armed Forces,” he said. Trump emphasized that new planes and ships and “tools” for the military will be created. The President also instructed the Pentagon to evaluate the nuclear potential and the US missile defense system for “compliance with modern threats”.

US President Donald Trump first after the inauguration called Russian leader Vladimir Putin. About this writes The Washington Post. During the conversation, the details of which have not yet been reported, the Oval office was also attended by US Vice-President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, White House press secretary Sean Spicer, the head of the White House apparatus Rains Pribus and strategic adviser Stephen Bannon.

Tests of the new short-range anti-random of the Russian system will be held in the next two to three years. This was announced on the air of "Echo of Moscow" by the head of the department of combat algorithms and the programs of the connection about the Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel Ilgar Tagiev. “Annually, at the Sary-Shagan training ground, 1-2 test launches of the anti-missiles are in service to confirm their tactical characteristics.

Analysts at the Nomura International Investbank predicted by 1.1% GDP growth - 1.3% with the economic strategy of US President Donald Trump. This is stated in their review, which RBC got acquainted with.

President of Mexico Enrique Peni Nieto allocated ~ $ 48 million for measures to protect his citizens living in the United States. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of the head of the Senate Mexico Pablo Eskudero. As Eskudero said, the funds will be primarily aimed at “consular aid”, and in case of lack of money, the president promised to increase the amount.

British actor John Hert died at the age of 77, reports Hollywood Reporter. In 2015, Herte was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the publication notes. In October 2016, Guardian wrote that the actor won the disease. The specific causes of death are not specified. Hert is known for roles in such films as “Alien”, “Man-Slon”, “Midnight Express”, “1984”, “V is Wendetta”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull”. The actor also played in several Harry Potter films.

American Serena Williams won the Australian Open Tennis Championship, the first big helmet series in the season. It is reported by Reuters . In the finale, Serena beat her sister Vinus with a score of 6: 4, 6: 4. The match lasted 1 hour 21 minutes. The victory on the Australian Open was the seventh in his career for Serena Williams. In total, she has 23 victories in the big helmet tournaments - this is a record among tennis players since the beginning of the open era in 1968.