Special operation in Dagestan. Frame NTV In the village of Yaman-Su, Novolaksky district of Dagestan, two militants were killed, TASS reports citing a source in the power structures of the region. Two security forces were injured. According to the source, the militants were blocked in one of the private houses on the outskirts of the village. They opened fire on the proposal to surrender and were killed during the assault.

At the site of the attack in Istanbul. Frame of the local TV At least 39 people were killed and 69 were injured as a result of an attack on the Reina Night Club in Istanbul, Hürriyet reports with reference to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Turkey Suleiman Soilu. Several wounded are in critical condition. Among the dead are 16 foreigners. The police are searching for the attacker. Governor Istanbul Vasip Shahin said that one of the dead was a police officer.

75 years ago, January 1, 1942, representatives of 26 states - Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Greece, Dominican Republic, India, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand , Norway, Panama, Poland, El Salvador, the USSR, the USA, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the Union of South Africa - signed the Declaration of the United Nations in Washington, thereby forming an anti-Hitler coalition.

15 years ago, on January 1, 2002, the single European currency - the euro - was introduced into cash circulation and replaced the national currencies of the eurozone countries. The European currency has been in non-cash circulation since the beginning of 1999. Banknotes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros and coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 euros were issued.