The author of the scandalous dossier with the chosen president of the United States, Donald Trump, was 52-year-old British intelligence Christopher Steal, now head of the private company Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd., located in London, reports Wall Street Journal, citing its sources.

Almost 7 billion rubles from the budget were spent on the New Year's registration of Moscow. As stated in the Meduza investigation, the largest contractor was the structures of the Tashir holding, owned by billionaire Samvelu Karapetyan - they received orders worth 1.93 billion rubles. Contracts in the amount of 688.5 million rubles were won by forum, owned by lawyer Olga Keretsman, who has contacts with the business structures of the Boris brothers and Arkady Rotenbergs.

The National Council for Broadcasting of Ukraine ordered providers to stop the broadcast of the Rain television channel. According to Interfax, the decision was made due to the “non-recognition by the channel of the sovereignty of Ukraine” and the broadcast of Russian advertising. “In particular, on the air of this television channel, the administrative border between the Kherson region and the AR Crimea was depicted as the border between Ukraine and the Russian Federation,” the council noted.

The U.S. Minister of Defense Donald Trump, nominated by President Donald Trump, announced his intention to develop a Russia's confrontation strategy, TASS reports . “I would like to gather with the new national security council to develop a strategy for the confrontation of Russia,” said the Mettis said, on the consideration of his candidacy in the U.S. Congress Congress, Armed Forces Committee.

A special commission to investigate the case of corruption, which has already led to the impeachment of President South Korea Pak Kyn Hy, summoned for interrogation as a Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Lee Chezh Yon. According to investigators, the company provided financial support to the friend of President Choi Song in exchange for gaining advantages in business. We are talking about an amount of $ 18 million.

The leader of the National Front and candidate for the post of President of France, Marine Le Pen, was seen in the Trump Tower building, Reuters reports citing an unnamed source. He did not comment on information about the possible meeting of Le Pen with the elected US President Donald Trump. According to him, Le Pen held a meeting with three unknown persons. At the same time, she refused to answer the questions of journalists about the purpose of her visit, the agency notes.

“The destructive line of the Ukrainian side continues,” Peskov said. On Thursday, the National Broadcasting Council of Ukraine ordered providers to stop the broadcast of the Rain television channel. The decision was made due to the “non-recognition by the channel of the sovereignty of Ukraine” and the broadcast of Russian advertising.

The Kremlin did not see the statements made by the elected US President Donald Trump during his press conference. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. “They haven't seen it yet,” he said. At a press conference in New York, Trump said, in particular, that during his presidency, Russia will respect the United States more. “Russia will respect us much more with me. And not only Russia.

Russia transferred the additional forces of shock aviation to Syria. According to Fox News with reference to sources in the Pentagon leadership, last week Russia sent four Su-25 attack aircraft to Khmeimim air base. “The Russians say that they withdraw their troops, but we do not see any confirmation of this. On the contrary, we are observing the introduction of new equipment, ”said one of the sources. According to another interlocutor of the agency, the aircraft carried out refueling in Iran.

More than one and a half million well -educated and competitive Russians are currently working abroad, the outflow of personnel is a dangerous trend, said Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets. It is reported by Interfax. “According to various estimates, more than 1.5 million Russians who have Russian passports with good training are working outside the Russian Federation.

The whole batch of tickets to the Vatican masterpiece exhibition in the Tretyakov Gallery, which went on sale on Thursday at the cash desks on the Crimean Val, has already been booked. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the museum. “We calculated that today we can accept a thousand buyers based on the fact that we sell no more than four tickets in one hand.

The Moscow City Hall agreed on the anti -fascist procession on January 19, reports RBC with reference to the organizer of the action by Alexei Gaskarov, previously convicted in the “swamp case”. The procession agreed on 500 participants is devoted to the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist of Novaya Gazeta Anastasia Baburova. It will be held on the evening of January 19 from Pushkinskaya Square to the place of death of Markelov and Baburova on the street of Prechistenka.

The authorities of St. Petersburg transfer another cathedral for the free use of the Russian Orthodox Church - the recently recreated temple of St. Catherine in Pushkin. According to TASS, this is stated at the disposal of the Committee for Property Relations of St. Petersburg. The restoration of the temple in the historical place in the center of the St.

The International Monetary Fund recommends that Russia increase the retirement age to maintain adequate pension payments. According to TASS, this was announced by the First Deputy Director of the Director of the IMF David Lipton. “A private pension system must provide pensioners.

The US Senate accepted the first steps towards the cancellation of the healthcare reform of President Barack Obama. According to The Business Insider, the senators voted to adopt a budget resolution, which will launch the process of cancellation of the Affordable Care Act health system, known as Obamacare. The resolution was adopted by receiving 51 votes “pros” and 48 “against”.