A fire in a restaurant in southwest Moscow has been extinguished. 19 units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations fought the fire. Previously, Sobesednik.ru wrote about the fire in the Suzanna cafe on Nagornaya Street. About 70 people were taken out of the building. According to the latest data, the fire area was 300 square meters: the fire engulfed almost the entire establishment. 59 employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations took part in extinguishing the fire.

About a hundred people were killed in an explosion at a gas processing plant in southern Nigeria. The incident occurred in the town of Nnewi in Anambra State. According to TASS, the explosion occurred while pumping gas from a tanker. After a powerful explosion, a fire started that spread to nearby houses. As a result, approximately 100 people died - not only workers at the Inter Corp Oil plant, but also local residents. The number of victims is being clarified.

Polyudova supports the Ukrainian Maidan Photo: personal page on VKontakte Sobesednik.ru talked with one of the first sentenced under the “separatist article”, Daria Polyudova, about the motives for her action. The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced oppositionist Daria Polyudova to two years in prison in a penal colony for calls “to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.” The “separatist” article is new in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On December 25, an accident occurred in the northeast of Moscow, as a result of which two people were injured. The Moscow agency reports that at the intersection of Prishvina Street and Altufevskoe Highway in the northeastern administrative district of the capital, a collision occurred between a truck and four cars, followed by a collision with a pedestrian. According to a law enforcement source, two people were injured as a result of the accident.

The defense of the director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature (BUL) Natalia Sharina is appealing the extension of her house arrest. Earlier, Sobesednik.ru reported about searches of employees of the Library of Ukrainian Literature , whose head, Natalya Sharina, is accused of inciting national hatred and enmity. On January 25, the Presnensky Court of Moscow extended Sharina’s house arrest until January 28.

Photo: Chekalin // Alexander Aleshkin / “Interlocutor” Sobesednik.ru found out how residents of a tiny town near Tula use their uniqueness to attract tourists. While foreign researchers study various cities of the world that are not yet very popular among tourists, including our Suzdal as one of the most promising , other, even more underrated cities of our huge country do not wait for their turn to come, but act on their own.

On December 25, the Federation Council approved a law allowing Russian regions to exempt pensioners from paying for major repairs. On Friday, the Federation Council gave the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the right to exempt pensioners over 80 years of age from the obligation to pay for major repairs, as well as the right to reduce contributions by 50% for those who have reached the age of 70, and for disabled people of the first and second groups.

Imagine Dragons Photo: Francesco Castaldo / Global Look Press The American indie rock band was formed in Las Vegas in 2008 and became famous after the release of their debut album Night Visions. The American magazine Billboard named them the brightest new stars of 2013, and Rolling Stone magazine recognized their single “Radioactive” as the biggest rock hit of the year.

On December 25, at a meeting of the Moscow government, it was announced that from January 1 to January 10, doctors would be on duty in clinics. The head of the capital's health department, Alexei Khripun, said at an operational meeting of the Moscow government that doctors will be on duty in the capital's clinics from January 1 to January 10. According to Khripun, all city clinics will have on-duty general practitioners and doctors of basic specialties.

Photo: Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin // Global Look Press Journalist Alexander Nevzorov is confident that Vsevolod Chaplin will soon begin to “smash the patriarchy.” Earlier, Sobesednik.ru wrote that Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin was fired from the Department for Relations between the Church and Society. Chaplin explained his departure by disagreements with Patriarch Kirill .

On December 25, the head of Sberbank, German Gref, predicted the economic situation in 2016. The head of Sberbank and former Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation German Gref expects a continued depreciation of the ruble in 2016 due to the fall in oil prices. “Our entire economy depends on a key parameter - the price of oil... Today the price is $35-36 per barrel.

Moscow police have exposed an organized crime group that was involved in stealing the apartments of dead people. Police officers stopped the actions of scammers who appropriated the apartments of deceased people, TASS reported on December 25, citing the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow, Andrei Galiakberov. The police found that the scammers were drawing up ownership documents for other people's real estate using fake passports.

Actor Sergei Bezrukov, who was banned from entering Ukraine, sympathized with Ukrainian film lovers. Earlier, Sobesednik.ru reported on the reaction of artist Valentin Gaft to the fact that he was on the “black list” of Ukraine. Sergei Bezrukov expressed regret that Ukrainian officials are declaring Russian artists and actors persona non grata. In his opinion, art should be outside of politics.

Photo: The main thing you need to know: the play “Musketeers. Saga" is not about musketeers // Ekaterina Tsvetkova Sobesednik.ru discussed with experts Bogomolov’s scandalous play “The Musketeers,” staged at the Tabakov Theater. A brave man and artistic director Oleg Tabakov! He allowed the Musketeers. Saga. Part One” by the scandalous director Konstantin Bogomolov. There were already “Karamazovs” and “An Ideal Husband”, because of which activists threw a pig’s head at Tabakov.

The Islamic State has ruled that organs can be harvested from captives if they can save a Muslim. The terrorist group ISIS (activities recognized as extremist, prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation by a court decision) allowed the removal of organs from prisoners and “apostates” if they can save a Muslim, Reuters reports, citing the corresponding fatwa (decision on any issue in Sharia) of ISIS.