Peter Mikhalchevsky during the search. Source: PRM.UA In Kyiv, the SBU discovered the former "Minister of Health" of the annexed Crimea Peter Mikhalchevsky. This was reported on the website of the special services. As specified by the Drysky channel, Mikhalchevsky was in an apartment located in the high -rise residential complex "Park Lakes" on the left bank. According to the "Center for Journalistic Investigations", in Kiev, a former official came to the family for the New Year holidays.

Hillary Clinton. Photo: HillaryClinton.com The US Ministry of Justice authorized the FBI to conduct a new investigation against the Clinton Foundation. It is reported by The Hill with reference to a number of anonymous sources. The investigation is maintained by the FBI department in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, where the fund is registered. In December last year, at least one witness was interrogated by the special services agents.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the annexed Crimea. Photo: 82.mvd.ru In Simferopol, the TSPE operatives conducted "examinations" in the houses of two Crimean Tatars - sisters of Khatija Kantemirova and Bazirova. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity." The security forces came to the Crimeans at 6 in the morning. They presented the decisions of the city of the Kyiv district court of the city on the holding of "preventive search activities" controlled by Russia.

Fire in Rostov-on-Don. Photo: 161.ru The Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Rostov Region said that the investigation of a large fire that occurred in August last year in the capital of the region did not find "objective data confirming the intentional destruction of property" by arson. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". At the same time, the head added that the investigation in the case continues. The fire in Rostov began on August 21 shortly after noon .

50 years ago, on January 5, 1968, Alexander Dubcek was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Dubcek's rise to power marked the beginning of the "Prague Spring" - a program of reforms aimed at building "socialism with a human face." The Prague Spring was suppressed after the Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968. In 1969, Dubcek was removed from the post of first secretary, and soon expelled from the Communist Party.

Mikhail Saakashvili. Photo with personal FB page The judge of the Tbilisi City Court George Arevadze in absentia sentenced the former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili to four years in prison on charges of abuse of power. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". In connection with the amnesty, Arevadze immediately reduced the policy for a year - up to three years.

80 years ago, on January 5, 1938, Juan Carlos I, the first king of Spain, was born after the death of regent and dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Franco appointed him as his successor, bypassing his father, Don Juan, Count of Barcelona. Don Juan did not recognize his son's right to the throne until 1977, when he announced that he would renounce succession to the Franco regime.

Vladimir Yankilevsky. Photo: vladimiryankilevsky.com On January 4, in Paris, at the age of 79, a Russian artist died, one of the founders of Moscow conceptualism Vladimir Yankilevsky. This was announced at his FB page Cultural Student Alec Epstein. Yankilevsky was born on February 15, 1938 in Moscow in the family of the artist Boris Yankilevsky. In 1962 he graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. In November 1962, he took part in the resonant exhibition "Taganka".

Donald Trump. Photo: TheDysseyonline.com Charles Harder, lawyer of US President Donald Trump, sent Henry Holt & Co. to the New York Publishing House. A letter demanding that Michael Wolf’s book “Fire and Rage: inside Trump’s White House”. This was reported on Thursday by The Washington Post. In the case of the publication of the book, Harder threatened to file a lawsuit with a number of charges, including slander.

Igor Dodon with children on the Immortal Regiment promotions in Chisinau, 2016. Photo with personal FB page The Constitutional Court of Moldova, at the request of parliamentary deputies from the ruling Democratic Party, temporarily limited the powers of the President of the country Igor Dodon for the third time, now depriving him of the right to introduce the accepted bills. It is reported by Newsmaker.