Three employees of the FSB department are accused of receiving bribes totaling more than 5 billion rubles, TASS writes . “The Main Investigative Department of the IC of the Russian Federation is investigating the case against three employees of the Office of the FSB: Alexei Tsarev, Sergey Manyshkin and Alexander Ushakov . They are accused of a series of crimes, including attempted bribes for a total of over 5 billion rubles, ”law enforcement agencies told the agency.

The 1974 world champion German football player Franz Beckenbauer died at the age of 78, DPA reports with reference to the family of a legendary player. Beckenbaeur is considered one of the best defenders in the history of football. He is the only one who in such a role twice received a “golden ball” - in 1974 and 1976. At the club level, he spent more than 400 matches for the Munich Bavaria from 1964 to 1977.

An air bomb from the Russian aircraft fell to the city of Rubezhnoye in the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, appointed by the Russian authorities, told the head of the region. According to him, the “freelance gathering” of the Fab-250 aviation ammunition occurred when the Russian Air Force Airman performed combat missions. The beekeeper claims that no one was injured. Residents of the nearest houses were evacuated. Five people, including two children, are at a temporary accommodation point.

News A massive missile raid on Ukraine, the Russian military call mercenaries from Serbia "gypsies." What is happening at the front The Insider January 8, 2024 In today's report: The “festive lull” was established at the front: the advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under Bakhmut and Avdeevka stalled; Ukrainian military personnel complain of the difficult conditions for conducting hostilities on the left bank of the Dnieper; Russian commanders call mercenaries from Serbia

Launch of the Vulcan rocket with the peregrine lunar module. Photo: John Kraus The first American landing module went to the Moon on Monday, January 8 for more than 50 years. According to the Associated Press, the Peregrine spacecraft of the private company Astrobotic Technology is launched using the United Launch Alliance missile. The launch took place from Cape Canveral in Florida. According to the plan, the device must land on the moon on February 23.

In one of the world's largest evangelical churches under the name “The Synagogue of the Church of All Peoples”, which is now founded by the deceased Nigerian television -manager Ty Bi Joshua, large -scale violence and torture was practiced. This is stated in the BBC investigation. According to the testimonies of the dozens of former parishioners, the preacher who died in 2021 committed cruel crimes for 20 years, which included rape and illegal abortion.

Behind the cyber attack on the Iranian nuclear complex in Natanze, held in 2007, is the Dutch engineer Eric van Sabben. This is stated in the investigation conducted by the publication De Volkskrant. According to these data, 36-year-old Van Sabben managed to penetrate the nuclear complex and install Stuxnet from the external drive to its computer systems, which, using the zero day of the Microsoft Windows, made it possible to intercept management of industrial system controllers.

In the three Russian regions, in the last days of 2023, special structures have been created, the tasks of which include the fight against separatism and nationalism. In Buryatia, the headquarters “to prevent threats to the emergence and spread of separatism, nationalism, mass riots and the commission of an extremist orientation” was created by Decree of Governor Tsydenov on December 29.

The Odessa region was attacked with shock drones, wrote the head of the Odessa regional administration Oleg Kiper. According to him, the seven drones were destroyed by air defense forces. “In the Odessa district, the fragments of one of the downed drones collapsed. A fire broke out, which was promptly eliminated. There are no destruction and victims, ”the official reports. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the shot down Ukrainian missile S-200 over the Belgorod region.

In Nizhny Tagil, an explosion occurred on the railway tracks near the San Donato station. According to Mash , BAZA and 112 telegram channels, the explosive device was fixed on one of the tanks that came out of the oil depot “literally this morning”. There is no information about the victims and destruction. Near the explosion, another explosive device was found.

The Russian independent publication on the Ecology "Cedar. Media" was closed. On the site appeared the inscription "The project is closed", the materials are no longer available. Accounts "Cedar. Media" on social networks are also deleted. According to Mediazona, citing the editor -in -chief of Kedr. Media, Ivan Zhilin, the decision to close the project is related to threats to the experts who collaborated with him.

The Ukrainian hacker group Kiborg laid out to open access to the full client base of Alfa Bank, and paid attention to “important stories”. As the publication recalls, hackers received access to these data in October 2023, then data on 44 thousand customers were published. Now the published database contains information about the name, dates of birth, phone numbers, cards and accounts of more than 24 million Alfa-Bank customers and more than 13 million data on legal entities.

Two officers of the Office of the UFSB in Moscow and the region Alexei Tsarev and Sergey Manyshkin admitted that they participated in extortion to the owners of the IT company Merlion 5 billion rubles for the completion of the investigation in the fabricated case. The employees concluded a deal with the investigation, testified for accomplices and are on house arrest.

Nizkiz, a popular Belarusian rock band, was founded in 2008 in Mogilev. The video clip for the song "Rights", as the Insider wrote , is considered one of the symbols of the Belarusian protest of 2020. The human rights center Vasna noted that the group members went to concerts to other countries, but continued to live in Belarus.

News Oppenheimer received the Golden Globe Award as the best film of the year The Insider January 8, 2024 In Beverly Hills, California, on the evening of January 7, the 81st Golden Globe Award ceremony was held. The best drama film of the year was the Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer) Christopher Nolan. Nolan himself received the Globe as the best director, and the performer of the role of Robert Oppenheimer, Killian Murphy, was awarded the rewards in the nomination "Best Actor " .