Pierre Boulez. Photo: Intoclassics.net The French avant -garde composer and conductor Pierre Boulez died in his house in Germany. According to the BBC, the composer was 90 years old. Boulez, in general recognition, had a huge impact on academic music in Europe. Critics have repeatedly called him "the most influential and ambiguous in the current musical sky." Pierre Boulez began his career in 1948, receiving the place of the conductor at the Marigny Theater.

Special issue of the North Korean TV. Photo: Abcnews.go.com The DPRK successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. According to TASS, the official statement was broadcast on the television channels of South Korean television. The sunsid text noted that the DPRK is a "responsible nuclear power" and will use weapons of mass destruction only if there is a "direct threat" to its sovereignty.

Vladimir Putin. Photo from the site OBL-Vesti.ru Vladimir Putin instructed the government to exempt from the payment of transport tax owners of vehicles with a permitted maximum mass of over 12 tons. The text of the order is published on the Kremlin website .

Pavel Petrenko. Photo: minjust.gov.ua Ukraine will file a lawsuit against Russia to the UN International Court for the support of terrorism. This was announced on the air of the Ukrainian "Fifth Canal" by the Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko. “The next year will be associated with the initiation of a large case in the International Court of the UN, where Ukraine will apply to Russia under the Convention to support terrorism,” he said.

Vitaly Portnikov. Photo from the site www.day.ua The BellingCat expert group compiled an updated list of 20 Russian troops directly involved in the destruction of the Boeing Malaysian Boeing. Dutch investigators are now engaged in this list - and there are every chance that soon we will hear the names of people who are guilty of the deaths of passengers and the crew of a civilian aircraft.

Binali Yyldyrym. Photo from the site www.trt.net.tr The Minister of Transport of Turkey Binali Yyldyrym accused Russia of violating the international aviation rules for refusing to issue visas to the employees of PEGASUS AIRLINES. As reports Reuters, the minister made an appropriate statement at a press conference in Ankara. He called the actions of the Russian authorities "arbitrariness." Yyldyrym added that Türkiye will use diplomatic channels to cancel the decision of Russia.

Kim Jong -un in the cabin of the fighter. Photo: Tsak The Kremlin express extreme concern in connection with the statements of the DPRK to test the hydrogen bomb. According to Interfax, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said this. "President Vladimir Putin instructed to carefully study the testimony of all measurement stations, including seismological and analyze the situation if the tests are confirmed," he said.

A car in snowy sample. Photo: ural56.ru The Investigative Committee began an audit on the death of a resident of Orenburg, whose body was discovered on the Orenburg -Orsk highway on January 4. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the SK.

On January 6, from 15:00 to 18:00 in Moscow near the Tretyakovskaya metro station, an agreed-upon mass picket will be held in support of the marsh prisoners . The purpose of the action is to protest against the violation of constitutional human rights and freedoms and against the criminal prosecution of participants in the agreed public event on May 6, 2012 on Bolotnaya Square. Declared number of participants - up to 50. Organizer - "May 6 Committee".

PPP "Perekop". Photo: Searchnews.info The Crimean border guards detained the free -sized correspondent of the Ukrainian Business magazine. As RIA Novosti reports , referring to the press service of the Crimean border department of the FSB, the journalist tried to carry a border of cartridges across the border. According to border guards, the journalist was detained at the Perekop checkpoint.

Dollars. Photo: Myanmarbusinessnews.com The Russian ruble continued the fall, updating the record of December 2014 for the second time in the day. According to RBC, at the auction of the Moscow exchange, the dollar reached 75.10 rubles, but at 17:20 it again dropped to 74.87 rubles. Thus, the ruble weakened by 2.21 percent in relation to the closure of the previous session.

Barack Obama. Frame of the broadcast of the performance US President Barack Obama announced the introduction of new measures in the country to tighten control in the sale of firearms. According to the BBC, these measures provide for a more thorough verification of the data of each buyer of the weapon, including the possible presence of offenses, mental illnesses and a tendency to domestic violence. In addition, each seller of weapons in the United States now must have a federal license.

420 years ago, on January 6, 1596, Zinovy ​​Bogdan Khmelnitsky, the hetman of the Zaporizhzhya troops, the commander and the creator of the first in the history of the Ukrainian state, was born. In 1648, he raised an uprising against the Commonwealth. As a result, a Ukrainian hetman was formed, which existed before the beginning of 1654, when he joined the Moscow Kingdom on the terms of wide autonomy and the preservation of the power of the hetman.

Igor Plotnitsky. Photo: lug-info.com The head of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky promised to release captive Ukrainian troops. About this, as reports "Lugansk Information Center", he stated in a special appeal. “It was on the eve of the birth of Christ that I instructed: to let go home with the prisoners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who are located on the territory of the LPR.