Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that “a serious conflict could arise” if Ukraine does not allow gas transit through its territory. The prime minister posted a video of his statement on his page on the social network Facebook. RBC reports this. The contract for the transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine, concluded in 2019, expires on December 31. Then Gazprom and Naftogaz agreed on gas transit for five years with the possibility of extension for 10 years.

Residents of the Zaoksky district in the Tula region noticed camels walking in the snowdrifts in the forests and asked local authorities to save the animals so that they did not die from the frost. The owner of the camels responded by saying that the animals often go for walks and are not in any danger. “Rise” writes about this. “We’re in our second week. They'll freeze, poor fellows. They are not afraid of people.

In Moscow, a court sentenced 23-year-old resident of the Rostov region Bayram Zautadze to two years of forced labor with the withholding of 15% of earnings. He was found guilty of violent disorderly conduct for roughly pushing a disabled passenger out of a car. In February 2023, a woman called a taxi through an app to take her son with a musculoskeletal disorder.

The ex-wife of Matvey Safonov, goalkeeper of the Russian national football team and player of the French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), asked for a psychological examination, suggesting that he may have “sudden wealth syndrome,” a tendency to litigiousness and split personality. This was reported by the Baza telegram channel.

In Moscow, a man threatened the employees of a Burger King restaurant with a grenade, demanding that they give him an order, which he himself canceled. The client received the order, but later the man was detained, official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk said in her Telegram channel. The grenade turned out to be an airsoft grenade, police said.

The chairman of the party “A Just Russia - For Truth”, Sergei Mironov, proposed legislatively obliging store owners to install social shelves for free distribution of products to those in need. According to TASS, he sent the corresponding letter to the Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov. Mironov emphasized that in recent years in Russia there has been a problem with the irrational use of food with an expiration date.

A couple from Karnataka, a state in southwest India, fought for three years over the name of their newborn son. The man, whose name is not given, was offended by his wife because she did not want to give her son the name he had invented, and simply did not come for her when she needed to be picked up from her parents’ house. The BBC reports this. It all started in 2021.

Communications expert in the non-profit sector Maria Zakharova, who emigrated from Russia, told Kholod that since the spring of 2022 she has regularly encountered blocking of money transfers in Europe. The first time this happened was in March 2022 when she was waiting for her fee but was unable to receive it. After the sender of the transfer contacted the bank, he was asked to provide additional information about Maria Zakharova: her date and place of birth.

In Moscow clinics, doctors were shown summary tables with assessments of their work, which were compiled on the basis of audio monitoring of appointments carried out throughout the year. This was reported by the telegram channel “Caution, Moscow”. According to the telegram channel, from December 18, the management of Moscow clinics began calling doctors to meetings and analyzing the results of monitoring.

Bangladesh was named Country of the Year by the British magazine The Economist . The decision comes as the republic has "overthrown a dictator and is moving toward something better," the editorial said. There were five candidates in total. Citizens of two of them fought the regime. In August this year, mass student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and leave the country. She ruled Bangladesh for 15 years.

The Yandex.Go company has introduced a new feature in test mode: now you can complain about the cost of a trip in the application. If a person leaves a complaint, support will explain the pricing details and also give advice on how to save money. Information collected through complaints will be used to develop measures to curb prices in 2025, Vedomosti reported .

A tenth-grader found a camera in the girls' restroom at school No. 182 in St. Petersburg. The police are interested in the case and will be looking for whoever installed the device in the children's restroom. The Baza telegram channel writes about this. The schoolgirl told the publication that she discovered the camera by accident. She noticed glare in the corner of the toilet room and decided to take a closer look at this place.

The American state of California, where US President-elect Donald Trump received less than 40% of the vote in the last election, may begin to fight for secession from the United States. Reuters writes about this. The state's governor and member of the US Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom, previously called on the state legislature to “protect California's values ​​and fundamental rights” from a second Trump term.

In the Sverdlovsk region, a court sentenced Kristina Valeeva to 9.5 years in prison for the murder of her friend. She drowned the woman because she “prophesied” that she would soon be imprisoned. Previously, the victim testified against Valeeva in court in another criminal case. In August 2024, a resident of Verkhnyaya Tura (Sverdlovsk region) Kristina Valeeva was drinking with her friends at home.

A TikTok user with the nickname monts.user555 said that she found out about her boyfriend’s infidelity and decided to take him to the Mexican border to be deported from the United States. “Scythe” drew attention to this. According to the publication, the girl lives in Texas. She found out about the betrayal when she tried to download vacation photos from her boyfriend’s phone and was very worried about what happened, and then decided to take revenge.