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In Samara, for the first time in Russia, a driver who drove a car while intoxicated was arrested for 15 days. He didn’t have a license, but he got behind the wheel of the car.

In Samara, for the first time in Russia, a driver who drove a car while intoxicated was arrested for 15 days. He didn’t have a license, but he got behind the wheel of the car, and also under the influence. Previously, for a similar trick he would have been fined 700–1000 rubles.

A storm warning has been announced in the Tomsk region , the cause of which is... severe frosts. In the north of the region, minus 35–40 degrees is expected, in the northeastern part – 42–47 degrees below zero. But these are still flowers. At the same time, for the first time in almost 40 years, Arctic cold came to Turkmenistan. The temperature there was recorded at -31 degrees. Children learn to make snowmen.

In Pskov, on January 10, after a long illness, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Minin, one of those who hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag in May 1945, passed away. Farewell to the lieutenant colonel took place on Saturday in the regimental church of Alexander Nevsky.

In Kazan, the biggest fight in the history of hockey ended the match between Ak Bars and Traktor. A few seconds before the final, the referee stopped the game, seeing that the Chelyabinsk hockey players finished the puck into the goal after the Kazan goalkeeper covered it with a trap. Immediately after this, a brawl broke out on the site. As a result, the hockey players were given 378 penalty minutes. In addition, Ak Bars was seriously fined.