The Presnensky Court of Moscow lifted the charge of organizing the sect by the expiration of the statute of limitations with five supporters of Andrei Popov, also known as “God Kuzya”. It is reported by Interfax . “God Kuzya” and three of his supporters are still undergoing a fraud in an especially large scale, as well as in the case of creating a sect. Andrei Popov and his assistants were arrested in September 2015. More than $ 100 thousand and 43 million rubles were seized from him.

The search for Russian propagandists by the enemy is gradually moving into a metaphysical plane. Photo: De Agostini / Biblioteca Ambrosiana / Getty Images As many as 66% of Russians are sure that Russia has enemies today. The world is believed by fellow citizens, is still full of dangers, the neighbors are nearby and distant are ready to tear us to tear. This is the fresh data of the Levada Center, and they, contrary to the first impression, are rather optimistic. Let's try to figure out why.

The authorities of South Korea announced that they were going to ban the trade in cryptocurrencies on internal exchanges. The country is a key source of demand for crypt, so against the background of the upcoming ban, the Bitcoin course fell, reports Reuters . The country's authorities explained the ban on cryptocurrency trade announced after “sufficient discussions” with state agencies, including the Ministry of Finance and financial regulators.

The former head of Mari El Leonid Markelov was charged with illegal storage and acquisition of weapons (part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by Interfax . The investigator asked to leave him under arrest. Markelov has been under arrest since April 2017. He is accused of receiving a bribe of 235 million rubles. He does not admit his guilt.

The Shalinsky City Court of Chechnya arrested for two months the head of the regional "memorial" Oyub Titiev. It is reported by Interfax . He is accused of illegal possession of drugs (Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Titiev claims that a police officer threw him drugs. Titiev’s lawyer said the court’s decision would be appealed. Oyub Titiev was detained on January 9 in Chechnya. On January 10, a search was held in Titiev’s house.

In Turkey, the alleged accomplice of the murder of the Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov was charged. It is reported by DAILY SABAH. The name of the accused is not called, his initials are V.K.A. According to the publication, he was already in custody on charges of complicity as a preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish authorities call the organizer of the coup attempt in 2016. The accused worked in the public sector, but after the coup him was fired.

Electricity consumed by cryptocurrency miners in 2018 will exceed the amount of electricity consumed by such a country as Argentina. To this conclusion, writes Bloomberg, came analysts at Morgan Stanley. The general needs of miners in electricity can reach 140 teravatt hours, which will be 0.6% of all energy consumption in the world. For comparison, the electric car market will potentially consume such an amount of energy only by 2025.

The department discuss which particular exchanges will be allowed The Ministry of Finance will allow cryptocurrency trading in Russia on official exchanges. About this Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Moiseev was stated by RNS. He stated that the agency does not intend to “limit and regulate” the cryptocurrency market. “The general idea that it will be necessary to buy and sell on official exchanges, how it will be declared, legalize,” he said.

Businessman Oleg Deripaska Surf Horizon Ltd. She filed a lawsuit against the ex-head of the U.S. President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort. The co -defendant is his assistant Rick Gates, Interfax reports. “The lawsuit to recover losses and a fine was filed in relation to investments made by SURF in the group of Ukrainian companies Black Sea Cable. This investment was carried out by SURF after Manafort and Gates were convinced of its expediency, and also made a promise to control its performance.

The deputy head of the investigative insulator "Sailor Silence" was fired after checking information about the VIP camera in jail.

The line for the polling station in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, 2012. Photo: Valentina Svistunova / Interpress / ITAR-TASS When discussing the issue of whether it is worth appearing on the polling station on March 18 of this year, some participants use the arguments “from science”. Well, let's talk in such a vein.

Ecuador provided citizenship to the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, reports Reuters . The Foreign Minister said that Assange would not leave the state embassy until he guarantees security. Ecuador authorities will continue to look for a new shelter for the founder of WikiLeaks. The authorities of Great Britain earlier on January 11, reported that they refused Ecuador to provide diplomatic status to Assangeus.

What is common between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Stanley Kubrick, Courtney Love and Miss Montana 2012? They are united not by glory or abilities, but by impaired development, which are today known as “autistic spectrum disorders”. This is a relatively new concept that did not exist in the era of Mozart and Einstein, but such a diagnosis is allowed to make the diaries and memories of their contemporaries.

The city of New York sued the oil companies BP, Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Conocophillips and Royal Dutch Shell due to their influence on global warming. This is stated on the official website of the city. The city will require compensation for losses to “billions of dollars”, which it will spend in order to protect New York residents from global warming effects.

The senior adviser to the European Court (the highest instance of the European Union court) sided with Gay from Romania, who complained that the country's authorities refused the right to residence for his American husband. Now the country in which same-sex marriages are prohibited will have to recognize the right to live in it, the BBC reports . Romanian citizen Adrian team and American Klai Hamilton were marriage in Brussels in 2010.