Photo: Irwin1804 / YouTube An ice maze was installed on theatrical square in Kirov, in the blocks of which they found frozen fish. Users publish photos of finds on social networks. As Pro Gorod explained to the Kirov publication in the press service of the city administration, this is a normal situation: "Fish is found everywhere, and we took ice from the lake, and did not freeze it in special forms."

The Interview, which features the death scene of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will have a limited release, Sony Pictures has announced. The film will be screened in several theaters in Dallas, Atlanta and New York. "It was never our intention to cancel the release of The Interview," Sony said in a statement.

Frame: Joshpalerlin / YouTube The video blogger Josh Paler Lin decided to find out what the homeless would spend a large amount of money. He gave an unfamiliar man $ 100 and began to follow his further actions. Joshpalelin How sages a Homeless Man Spend $ 100? Homeless, having received money, goes to the wine store and goes out with several packages, which he puts in his bag.

Photo: press service of the Russian Federation / TASS / All Over Press The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video launch of the Angara launch vehicle. It started from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on the morning of December 23. On a short video, only the moment of take -off of the rocket from two angles is captured.

Roskosmos reported that the tests of the Angara heavy-class launch vehicle were successful. The Breeze-M upper stage, delivered by a rocket to the earth's orbit, brought the satellite model into the target orbit. On December 23, the first launch of the heavy class Angara took place. The rocket was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at 08:57 Moscow time. The first stage of the rocket fell in Komi, the second in the Tomsk region, and the third in the Philippine Sea.

The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, said that the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait may be delayed. He admitted that the project would have to be coordinated with the Ukrainian authorities, since it concerns the common navigation zone in the Sea of ​​​​Azov. “There are legal standards that today, in my opinion, cannot be completely overcome. In the near future, at least,” said the head of Crimea. Aksenov also said that there is still no final decision on the bridge project.

Frame: Micheal genasis / youtube The BBC reporter Quentin Sommerville published a video with unsuccessful attempts to record a plot of drug burning, shot in 2013. Sommerville made several attempts to talk about a smoking heap behind him, but each time he broke out to laugh. The journalist published a video on his Twitter with the signature “Dear readers, it was a year full of bloodshed and bullets. You deserve a little Christmas laugh at my expense.

The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev said that the government did not introduce mandatory standards for the sale of foreign exchange earnings of state-owned companies. “We will not put them under control, and we did not oblige the state-owned companies,” he assured. “There are no agreements on the volumes, how much they should give out there - there are no such agreements,” Ulyukaev said.

An agreement was signed in Moscow on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin following a meeting of the Council of the organization. Earlier, an agreement on joining the EAEU was concluded with Armenia. It is expected that the agreement with Kyrgyzstan will come into force on May 1, 2015.

Human rights activists discovered five more houses in Chechnya, which belong to the relatives of the militants. Thus, the number of houses, the destruction of which became known to the public, reached 15. The message about the arson with photographs was published by the Memorial. The human rights organization accuses the security forces of the security forces.

Forbes - about the first Russian bank, which became a victim of a crisis Photo: Alexander Nemenov / AFP The Central Bank of Russia on Monday, December 22, announced the reorganization of Trust Bank (it is widely known in the country after an advertising campaign with Bruce Willis). The bank does not have enough funds to pay off the depositors: if they did not massively pick up their money, the “Trust” would be afloat, but now he needs the help of the state.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that his country would not “pinch off” anything from Russia “in difficult times.” “Maybe someone wants to pinch something off Russia, but not Belarus. Don’t turn the arrows to Belarus,” Lukashenka said at a press conference following the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. As the President of Belarus noted, he did not come to Moscow with an outstretched hand and promised to "turn his shoulder" to Russia.

Photo: Philip Kireev Major workers requiring the conclusion of social rental contracts with them held an action in the center of Moscow. They entered into a skirmish with security at the city department of housing policy, and then blocked Tverskaya Street with a banner “Return social housing”. None of the participants in the action was detained. A blogger and journalist Philip Kireev spoke about the action on his Twitter. There were no official messages about the action.

Manager Irving Azof, representing the interests of many musicians, threatened YouTube with a billion-dollar lawsuit if more than 20,000 videos with songs are not removed from the video hosting. According to Azof, YouTube does not have the rights to thousands of songs, including songs by Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson, Chris Cornell, The Eagles and many other artists. Google, which owns YouTube, denies the allegations and insists it has the necessary licenses.

The mayor of Kaliningrad Alexander Yaroshuk forbade the townspeople to gather on New Year's Eve at the main Christmas tree. “As before on the 31st, when everyone gathered around the Christmas tree, we will not do this, we will not allow it,” he said. Yaroshuk explained the ban as a desire to avoid the worsening of the crime situation.