At a common breakfast before the start of the Local Council, Metropolitan Kirill, as a locum tenens, handed out the last instructions to the delegates.

In Nigeria, a group of citizens detained a goat and escorted it to the police station - the animal is suspected of attempting an armed robbery of a car. According to vigilant citizens, the goat is an armed criminal who, with the help of black magic, turned into an animal in order to avoid punishment. It turned out that the Nigerians noticed several hooligans trying to rob the car. They chased the intruders; one of them disappeared, and the second allegedly turned into a black-and-white goat.

At the end of January, the Louvre opened the first exhibition dedicated to comics in the history of the museum. The Small Idea project involves five artists, each of whom presented an album of comics dedicated to the Louvre. Belgian Bernard Isler, Japanese Hirohiko Araki, Frenchmen Nicolas de Crecy, Eric Libere and Marc-Antoine Mathieu exhibited their works. Isler shows the beginning of his new book titled "Sky over the Louvre", Araki is a fragment of the manga "Rohan at the Louvre".

About the former co-owner of the Euroset company, Evgeny Chichvarkin, they said that for his employees he had always been an idol. On Friday morning in the central Euroset store on Tverskaya Street in Moscow, this statement did not stand the test of circumstances. The first manager in the yellow jersey blurted out: “We are forbidden, send an official fax.” His colleague explained: “Understand, the situation is this ...

The film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is released in Russia on February 5 and has already registered in the virtual hall of fame "Oscar". 13 nominations - the second result in the "Oscar" history. Let the "Button" share this result with other films - they are still few. This record is not surprising, but much more - for example, the fact that it was set by David Fincher, the creator of the films "Seven", "The Game", "Fight Club" and "Zodiac".

The newly elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill was elevated to the patriarchal throne on Sunday and is now the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Under the exclamations of "Axios!" (translated from Greek as “worthy”), the Metropolitans of Kiev and St. Petersburg, holding the betrothed Patriarch Kirill by the arms, seated him three times on the throne in the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. He became the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

The official dollar exchange rate, set by the Bank of Russia on February 3, for the first time exceeded 36 rubles, the euro - 46 rubles, follows from the message of the Central Bank. The dollar rose by 76 kopecks compared to Friday - to 36.1767 rubles, the euro rose by 38 kopecks - to 46.0457 rubles. The cost of the dual-currency basket, calculated at official rates, reached 40.62 rubles.

Bolivia's President Evo Morales has announced that the country's new constitution, approved at a national referendum last week by 61.7% of the population, will come into force on February 7, RIA Novosti reports citing local media. According to Morales, a solemn ceremony is planned for this day in the Bolivian city of El Alto, during which he will sign the text of the bill, after which the text of the constitution will be officially recognized as valid.

Russia will allocate $ 354 million to Cuba as state aid and loans for the supply of Russian construction and agricultural equipment, Reuters reported on Monday, citing Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov. The nine-year state loan to Cuba for the supply of Russian agricultural and construction equipment is $150 million, which Cuba will receive for nine years at 7 percent per annum. Another agreement involves the allocation of a loan of $20 million for 10 years at 5 percent.

Zimbabwe's central bank re-denominated the national currency on Monday, stripping it of 12 zeros in a bid to curb hyperinflation and prevent an economic collapse, Reuters reported. "The monetary policy statement talks about another necessary program to revalue the local currency by removing 12 zeros, which will have an immediate effect," said Gideon Gono, head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.

The main foreign policy issue for the new patriarch is whether or not to give autocephaly (that is, complete independence) to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian episcopate even nominated Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Vladimir as a candidate for patriarch, but he refused, and the majority of Ukrainian bishops, according to Newsweek, voted for Metropolitan Kirill.

The price of the OPEC oil basket (OPEC Reference Basket of crudes) rose above $42 per barrel, follows from the message of the organization. As of January 30, the price of the oil basket rose to $42.04 per barrel against $41.21 on the previous trading day. Thus, the "basket" of OPEC increased by $0.83. The basket price record was set on July 3, when it hit $140.73.