On January 7, Andrei Trubnikov, the creator of Natura Siberica, Granny Agafia's Recipes and other cosmetic brands, died in his home in the Moscow Region.

Over the last day in Russia, 6562 new cases of infection with the coronavirus COVID-19 were detected in 84 regions. The total number of people infected in the country reached 700,792.

Oil products were found in Lake Pyasino after the accident at the thermal power station and the spill of diesel fuel near Norilsk.

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich bought the most expensive villa in Israel in the elite village of Herzliya Pituach (a suburb of Tel Aviv) for 226 million shekels (about $ 64.7 million).

The outstanding Russian playwright Leonid Zorin, aged 95, died from heart failure.