150 years ago, on January 3, 1868, a manifesto on the restoration of imperial power was proclaimed at the Imperial Council in the capital of Japan, Kyoto. The Tokugawa shogunate was liquidated, and the administration of the state passed into the hands of the emperor and his government. The latter decided to deprive the ex-shogun of all ranks, titles and most of the land holdings.

Valery Chalidze, 1970. Photo: kniga.pmem.ru In the United States, in the 80th year of his life, the Soviet dissident, historian, publisher Valery Chalidze died. This was reported by journalist Maria Slonim. Chalidze graduated from Tbilisi University with a degree in physics. Candidate of Sciences. He worked as the head of the Research Institute in Tbilisi. The author of several monographs in mathematics and mathematical physics.

Proper demonstration in Iran. Frame of local television In several cities of Iran, after six -day protests, the opposition took place counter -demonstrations in support of the current authorities, Reuters reports citing state television of the country. The demonstrators were carried by Iranian flags and portraits of the Supreme Leader of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Transport and combat helicopter Mi-24. Photo: mil.ru In Syria, the Russian combat helicopter Mi-24 failed, Interfax reports with reference to the Ministry of Defense. The crash occurred on December 31. "When performing a flight to the Hama airfield due to the technical malfunction, the Russian Mi-24 helicopter crashed. When a rigid landing of 15 km from the destination airfield, both pilots died, the Ministry of Defense said." There were no fire exposure to the Mi-24.

Donald Trump and Kim Jong -un Donald Trump replied that the DPRK leader Kim Jong -un to the "nuclear button" replied that his button was more and it works. The American president wrote about this on Twitter. "The North Korean leader Kim Jong -un recently said that" the nuclear button is on his desktop all the time.

25 years ago, on January 3, 1993, Presidents Boris Yeltsin and George W. Bush signed in Moscow an agreement between Russia and the United States on the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (START II). It provided for the reduction by January 2003 of the number of nuclear warheads in Russia and the United States to 3,500 units.

Hillary Clinton. Photo: HillaryClinton.com Republicans from the US relevant committees of the US Congress found that the Federal Bureau of Investigations had evidence of violation of laws by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and its surroundings when transferring secret information through her personal postal server. It is reported by The Hill.

Alexei Navalny at a meeting of the CEC. Frame "Navalny Live" Politician Alexei Navalny appealed to the decision of the first instance of the Supreme Court, which recognized the Board of the Central Election Commission to register the initiative group to nominate the candidate for the presidential election. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the legal service of the FBK Ivan Zhdanov. "The decision was appealed to the appeal of the Supreme Court of Russia.