Ukraine "radically" raised the gas transit rate for Gazprom. Yuriy Vitrenko, Business Development Director of the Ukrainian company Naftogaz, announced this on his Facebook. Vitrenko did not specify how much gas transit will cost now and from what moment the changes will come into force. Now the rate is $2.7 for transporting a thousand cubic meters of gas per 100 kilometers, RIA Novosti reports.

Frame: icq / facebook The showman Pavel Volya starred in the commercial of the ICQ messenger (belongs to Mail.ru Group). In advertising, the will promotes the function of video calls, drawing an analogy between the quality of mobile communications and the size of the female breast: “The first size is like the Internet 2G. There is, and thank God! The third size is the Internet 3G, you can already play some simple games. Fifth size? They have not yet come up with such an Internet.

Brussels authorities have canceled a number of city events on the occasion of the New Year because of the threat of terrorist attacks. The ban will affect the traditional New Year's fireworks and other events that can cause a large crowd of people, AFP quotes the mayor of the city Ivan Mayor. The press service of the mayor's office clarified that we are talking about the cancellation of not all celebrations, but only fireworks on De Brooker Square, reports .

Ukraine has stopped supplying electricity to Crimea via the Kakhovskaya-Titan transmission line. This was reported by the Kryminform agency, citing a source in the Republican Ministry of Fuel and Energy. As a result, the northern and northwestern regions of the peninsula, as well as the cities of Evpatoria and Saki, were left without electricity.

In Kazan, an expert on Islam Rais Suleimanov was arrested for seven days. He was found guilty of publicly displaying paraphernalia of extremist organizations (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the publication on the VKontakte page of photos of the flags of the terrorist organizations Islamic State (banned in Russia) and Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Frame: Dmitrymalikov / YouTube Dmitry Malikov and Dino MC 47 recorded the song “Baby” - according to the name of the meme, which became famous for Malikov in social networks. In the chorus of songs, the star of the 90s sings: “Let it be hard at times, it's nothing, we are together. Guys, I'm with you.

Vladimir Putin has signed into law reforms of the rules of engagement for officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB), allowing agents to fire into crowds, if they deem it necessary for the prevention of a terrorist attack or armed attack on a government building, or in order to free hostages. The law also allows FSB agents to shoot women and children, if they put up armed resistance, commit a terrorist attack, or take part in an attack by an armed group.

Rostourism has excluded 19 legal entities from the register of tour operators on the basis of a government decree that prohibits Turkish companies from engaging in tourism activities in Russia. Companies from the Pegasus and Coral Travel groups were among the excluded companies. At the same time, other companies from the same groups remained in the register. Anex Tour Moscow is also excluded.

The Committee of the Federation Council on Constitutional Legislation studied the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation about the family of Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and found no evidence of his illegal activities. This is stated in the response to the FBK's request to the Federation Council. The document was signed by the head of the committee Andrey Klishas.

Photo: Kuba Bożanowski / Flickr / CC 2.0 After a long night of drinking with friends earlier this week, a man in Vladivostok reportedly collapsed. Paramedics were summoned, and the man was pronounced dead and delivered to the local morgue.

Rescuers found the body of the fifth victim of an explosion in a residential building in Volgograd. According to preliminary information, this is a 73-year-old woman who lived in the apartment where the explosion occurred. “The woman was found under the rubble between the sixth and seventh floors. The body of the deceased will be sent to forensic experts to obtain an official conclusion, ”said Natalia Kunitskaya, a representative of the regional department of the RF IC.

An article about the film " Leviathan " by Andrey Zvyagintsev entered the top 10 most popular articles on the Russian Wikipedia in 2015. The page has been viewed nearly two million times. She became the ninth most popular. Most of all in 2015, the page about Russia was opened , in second place was the social network " VKontakte ", and in third - the series " Game of Thrones ".

In accordance with Ukraine's new de-Communization effort, Dnipropetrovsk's city council is renaming the city “Dnipropetrovsk.” Lawmakers said in an appeal to the Ukrainian parliament that they want to keep the city's name, but change the meaning, dedicating it to Saint Peter, rather than the Soviet figure Grigory Petrovsky. “Formally, there needs to be a renaming process from Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipropetrovsk,” a local political group explained on its website.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Dmitry Rogozin was banned from entering Ukraine. This is stated in the response of the Security Service of Ukraine to the request of the publication "Apostrophe". The SBU also announced an entry ban for Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke. Rogozin oversees the military-industrial complex, the aerospace industry and shipbuilding in the Russian government.

Vladimir Putin has signed into law new legislation that fines Internet search engines 1 million rubles (almost $14,000) for refusing to delete hyperlinks to an individual's personal information, if legally requested under Russia's “right to be forgotten.” According to the new law, Internet search engines will be required to remove links to unverified information and information about most events more than three years old, if it contains personal data that individuals wish to conceal under their