The newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine" changed its name to "KP in Ukraine" because of the law on decommunization. This was reported on the publication's website. Under the new name, the newspaper will begin to appear on January 12.

The Government of the Russian Federation has decided to reduce budget expenditures by 10 percent in 2016. This is reported by Reuters with reference to two participants in a meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, which took place in December 2015. The departments must submit their proposals for cost reductions by January 15, agency sources said. Otherwise, the decision will be “forced” by the Ministry of Finance.

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or as the best player of 2015. The FIFA awards ceremony takes place in Zurich on 11 January. This is the fifth Ballon d'Or for the Argentinean footballer. Other contenders for the award were the three-time winner of the "Golden Ball" Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Messi's teammate Brazilian Neymar. The Ballon d'Or was established in 1956 by France Football magazine as an award for the best player in Europe.

The "Islamic State" (an organization recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation) claimed responsibility for the attack on a shopping center in Baghdad on January 11. This is stated in a statement circulated on the Internet by terrorists, reports Reuters. The attacks killed at least 18 people and injured 40, the agency said .

A doctor beats a patient to death in Belgorod Screencap: zlovredkin / YouTube On the evening of December 29, 2015, an attack took place at a hospital in Belgorod that would soon prompt comments like, “Such a thing could only happen in Russia.” The attacker was surgeon Ilya Zelendinov, and his victims were two patients, one of whom, a man named Evgeny Vakhtin, died from his injuries. The doctor says he was standing up for a nurse, whom Vakhtin allegedly offended.

In Yaroslavl, public transport will be made free for motorists for a day. Thus, the authorities intend to deal with traffic jams, which are expected to provoke a snowfall. Snow in the city will pass on the night of January 12-13. Free travel for motorists will be valid on January 13. Controllers will need to show the registration certificate. According to Deputy Mayor of Yaroslavl Igor Blokhin, the authorities borrowed the idea of ​​a "snow ticket" for motorists from Riga Mayor Nil Ushakov.

Shot: BBC / YouTube The photographer and host of the BBC Chris Pekem in the program “The most cunning animals” demonstrated how the monkeys of the Temple of Uluvatu (Bali) rob tourists in broad daylight, selecting their glasses, slippers, hats and phones. Moreover, they do it for a certain purpose: animals exchange stolen things for food. Pacem conducted an experiment by depicting an indescribable tourist - one of the monkeys instantly ran up to him and dragged the iPhone.

Maxim Semelak - David Bowie's memory Photo: Richard Young / Rex / Vida Press On January 10, David Bowie died, a musician, an artist and actor, one of the most important figures of modern music and pop culture. At the request of Medusa, David Bowie recalls a music critic, editor -in -chief of The Prime Russian Magazine Maxim Semelak .

Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that the oversight agency "will not loosen its grip" despite the information attacks on it. “We will not change the priorities of our work, no matter how hard anyone tries. Moreover, we will act even more actively, as we are moving in the right direction,” Chaika said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Excerpts from the interview were published by TASS, it will be published in full in the issue of Rossiyskaya Gazeta dated January 12.

The price of North Sea Brent on the ICE exchange in London fell below $32 per barrel. As of 17:14 Moscow time, the price per barrel was $31.96. World oil prices accelerated their decline at the end of 2015, hitting seven-year lows. The fall in oil prices is considered the main reason for the devaluation of the Russian national currency. *

Shot: Caters Clips / YouTube A traveler from New Zealand Bradley Embrose prepared a dessert Smor over the vent of a volcano on the island of Ambrim (Vanuatu). To make a sweat, Embrose clamped Marshomallow and a piece of chocolate between two crackers, wrapped a resulting sandwich in foil and placed it on the edge of one of the ledges. Caters Clips Cooking Smores in a Volcano In 2014, Embrose fried over the vent of the marshmallow volcano with a classic method - at the end of a long stick.

Look At Media Holding has transferred the rights to manage its media projects in Russia to LAM Publishing (Look at Media Publishing), created jointly with Forward Media Group, the publisher of HELLO!, Interior + Design and My Baby and Me magazines. The joint company has licensed the Furfur, The Village, Wonderzine and Look At Me brands. The chairman of the board of directors of Forward Media Group is Polina Deripaska, the wife of businessman Oleg Deripaska.

Doctor Ilya Zelendinov (also referred to in the media as Zeletdinov), who hit a patient in a Belgorod hospital, has been detained. Investigators are going to petition for his arrest. Given the great public outcry, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia took this criminal case under his personal control. Investigative Committee of Russia On December 29, 2015, a fight broke out in the city hospital number 2 of Belgorod.

At least 12 children were killed in an airstrike on a school in the Syrian province of Aleppo, which was allegedly carried out by Russian aircraft. This was stated by representatives of the London-based human rights organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. According to human rights activists, citing eyewitnesses, the attack was on a school in the city of Ain Jara, located 15 kilometers from Aleppo. This information has not been confirmed by other sources.

Photo gallery of images of the legendary musician Photo: Richard E. Aaron / Redferns / Getty images On January 10, David Bowie, the legendary musician and the greatest figure for modern culture, did not become. The master of reincarnations, Bowie devoted all his life to pop culture: having begun to engage in music in the 1960s, in the next decades he was also associated with theater, cinema and fashion. Some of the images created by David Bowie are in the Medusa photo gallery.