Visa and Mastercard logos The court in New York sentenced the Russian citizen Vladimir Hezenin to three years in prison, ITAR-TASS reports . It is found guilty of cyber abuse, theft of personal data and illegal operations with securities. As the prosecutor’s office established, since 2004, hezinin and his son Kirill have been engaged in the data of credit cards of US citizens through dummy companies. As a result, damage was caused in the amount of several hundred thousand dollars.

Published as advertising Life in a cottage village does not mean a complete separation from the urban "civilization". A country house just implies freedom of choice, combining privacy and tranquility with all the benefits of the city. If a country house is chosen as the main place of residence for the whole family, then this format implies a location in relative proximity to all social facilities (schools, hospitals, sports complexes).

The gathering against the cutting of the Kuchinsky grove. Photo from the blog Anatoly Batashev The police of the Moscow Region Railway conducts the incident when the bulldozer ran into the group of residents pickets. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the representative of the GUMVD in the Moscow region. Residents protested against the construction and deforestation of the Kuchinskaya birch grove.

Alexander Podrabinek. Courtesy Photo The question "Is it to allow a hijab at school?" Lost meaning. Opponents and commentators easily forgot about the purpose of the school and were carried away by extraneous issues: religious, cultural, ethical and even aesthetic. But most of all - taste. This is only in the proverb that it is not argued about tastes. Most of all they argue about them.

Denis Bopen at the building of the National Assembly. Photo from Twitter Denis_baupin Pussy Riot members can receive the status of honorary citizens of Paris. Such an initiative was made by the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly from the Party of Green Denis Bopen in response to the assignment of Russian citizenship Gerard Depardieu. In February, this proposal will be considered by the city council of the French capital.

Hugo Chavez after a course of chemotherapy. Photo The Florida News Journal The inauguration of Hugo Chavez to the post of President of Venezuela can be transferred from January 10 to a later date. According to RIA Novosti, the Vice President of the country Nicholas Maduro said that the ceremony of bringing the presidential oath is only a formality.

At the site of the tragedy near Albergi del Chermiz. Photo from the site ilpiccolo.gelocal.it Six Russian citizens died in Italian alps, breaking on a snowmobile. Two more received serious injuries, the Russian Consul General in Milan Alexei Paramonov told the Russia-24 television channel. The tragedy happened after 22:00 on Friday local time (1:00 Saturday in Moscow) between the towns of Albergi-del Chermiz and the DOSS-DOD-Lorezi, the area of ​​Trento-Alto-Adidge.

45 years ago, on January 5, 1968, Alexander Dubchek was elected first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with the name of which the beginning of the “Prague Spring” was associated - an attempt to build “socialism with a human face”, depressed after the Soviet military intervention in August 1968.

Fire in the Pokrovsky hospital. Photo of the Ministry of Emergencies In St. Petersburg, as a result of a fire, three people died in the reception of the Pokrovskaya hospital, one was hospitalized in serious condition. Another person died in a fire in a communal apartment on the Moika embankment, the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies reports . A fire in a hospital in house 85 on Bolshoi Avenue Vasilievsky Island began in the corridor of the first floor at about 23 hours on Friday.

On Friday, the ITAR-TASS agency declared Vladimir Putin "The most influential world of the world according to Foreign Policy magazine." The news picked up many media outlets, expert comments went under headings like " Putin overcame the vacuum of world leadership " and " Putin in second place in terms of influence after no one ." Meanwhile, the magazine did not make any rating.

Bridget Bardo. Photo: FondationBrigittebardot.fr The French actress and animal defender Brigitte Bardo said she admired Vladimir Putin. “I consider him very human. Every time I ask him something, he, in principle, agrees,” she said. “He did more for animals than all our presidents combined,” Bardo said in an interview with Nice -Matin. Previously, Bardo expressed hot gratitude to Putin for the ban on the hunting of the cubs of Greenland seals.

Vladimir Shamanov The commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov proposed to use landing robots in his troops. “According to the commander (Shamanov. - Ed.), Such machines are simply necessary during the mine clearance, overcoming certain obstacles,” RIA Novosti quoted the representative of the Ministry of Defense for the Airborne Forces of Colonel Alexander Kucherenko.

Sergey Polonsky. Photercial.su photo The Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, detained in Cambodia, did not go on a recognizance not to leave, but remains under arrest. Like two of his acquaintances - Karachevsky and Baglya - the entrepreneur is contained in the prison of the city of Sianukville, RIA Novosti said Russian consul in Cambodia Pavel Seskanov.

Putin and Governor Tkachev in Krasnaya Polyana, January 2013 Press Service of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin will meet in Sochi with Gerard Depardieu on Saturday. According to the Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, at this informal meeting, Putin may give the actor a Russian passport. In Sochi, Putin is skiing and going to meet Christmas, there are also the head of government Dmitry Medvedev and a number of ministers.