In the United States, an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, who was detained at the border with his father. This was reported by the US Border Protection and Customs Service. The boy was hospitalized on December 24 when a border guard noticed symptoms of illness in him. After examination, the child was discharged with an antibiotic and ibuprofen, but his condition soon worsened. He was returned to the hospital and died shortly after the attack on 25 December. This is the second death in U.S.

The new concept of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on combating tobacco consumption contains the goal of reducing the number of Russian smokers to 5% by 2050, TASS reports, citing a copy of the document.

In Ulyanovsk, a 48-year-old woman, her two minor daughters and a 40-year-old man were found dead in an apartment, the Investigative Committee reports. The dead, as follows from the message, were shot dead. The UK also reports that a 17-year-old teenager was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Who he belongs to the dead, is not specified. The Investigative Committee and news agencies do not provide any data on possible versions of what happened.

Sberbank restricted transactions on the account of the brother of the defendant in the "Penza case" Andrei Chernov after he paid for sending an email to the pretrial detention center using the "FSIN-letter" service. Alexei Chernov told "OVD-Info" about this.

The BBC Russian Service published a long interview with Channel One news anchor Ekaterina Andreeva, taken by journalist Olesya Gerasimenko. We have given exact quotes in quotation marks, the rest of the text is a retelling of the conversation. Since childhood, I wanted to "establish order, observe laws." I have Stalin's fork and things of other historical figures - I study them through things.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to analyze how the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation "are effective and have not lost their essence." He made such a statement at a meeting of parliamentarians with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Volodin stressed that the analysis should be carried out "without any pretensions to the fundamental provisions." He proposes to involve judges of the Constitutional Court, scientists and experts in the work.

City News Agency "Moscow" The travel in the Moscow metro rose again, but not as usual “The third year in a row in Moscow will not change the cost of“ One ”tickets by one or two trips”-this is how the city hall announced the traditional increase in public transport prices this year.

A resident of Yekaterinburg, Yulia Savinovskikh, whose adopted children were taken away from her after breast surgery in 2017, said that she left Russia with her family. The Savinovskys explained their departure with fears for the safety of their family. According to her, she was threatened that her own children would be taken away from her, reports the website “Takie Dela”.

In Altai, the Investigative Committee launched an investigation following reports of a municipal deputy beating two women and a teenager. According to preliminary data, according to the Investigative Committee, a deputy of the Chemalsky district, Yuri Korneev, on the evening of December 22, after a New Year's corporate party, refused to pay the bill in a cafe, while being drunk.

The Thai Parliament passed a law allowing the production, use and possession of marijuana for medical purposes. The document will come into force after formal signing by the king of the country. Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize the medical use of cannabis. The use and sale of marijuana for recreational purposes is still banned in all countries in the region and is punishable by very long prison terms.

Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant The Foundation for the Combation of Corruption (FBK) of Alexei Navalny disclosed inconsistencies in the declaration of income and property of the head of the Federation Council Committee on the constitutional legislation of Andrei Klishas .

This is a brief summary of the interview with the chief freelance narcologist of the Ministry of Health Evgeny Bryun to Interfax. Or rather, the part of the interview where Bryun shares advice on alcohol. Exact quotes are given in quotation marks. The footnotes contain a fact check of the narcologist's statements. If there is no footnote, this does not mean that we unconditionally agree with the statement. If you eat oils, alcohol will not be absorbed at first, and then it will be.

In St. Petersburg, the Commission on Juvenile Affairs has dropped the case against the activist of the opposition movement “Vesna” Valentin Khoroshenin, which was initiated because of the banner “Belongs to Ingushetia” on the Akhmat Kadyrov Bridge . “The commission made the only correct decision – to close the case due to the absence of an administrative offence,” Team 29 lawyer Maksim Olenichev told OVD-Info.

Director Alexei Krasovsky (“Collector”) released a trailer for the black comedy “Holiday”, the action of which takes place in blockade Leningrad. The main roles were played by Yan Tsapnik (“Bitter”), Alena Babenko (“driver for faith”) and Timothy of the Tribunets (“Monk and Bes”). Alexey Krasovsky "Holiday". Trailer The main characters of the film, members of the privileged family of the scientist Voskresensky, celebrate the New Year in the country house.

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin sent government members baskets of sausage as a New Year's gift. Several federal officials who received such baskets told The Bell about this. According to one of them, there were sausages and pates "From Ivanycha" inside, as well as tangerines and wine.