On the night of January 7, in the police department of the city of Dolinsk on Sakhalin, a man died, whom a few hours before, law enforcement officers picked up on the street without outerwear and shoes and with signs of strong alcohol intoxication. A service check has been scheduled, reports on Tuesday the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Sakhalin Region .

The Supreme Cassation Court of Romania sentenced the former Prime Minister Adrian Nastas to four years in prison on charges of corruption crimes and blackmail, AR reports. According to the prosecution, Nastas received about 630 thousand euros in the form of goods exported from China between 2002 and 2004.

Estonian Minister of Defense Urmas Reinsalu spoke out for the constant military presence of the United States in his country. “I would be very glad to see the constant presence of the United States in my homeland,” he said, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, as ITAR -TASS reports.

Orthodox believers in Russia and a number of other countries met on the night of January 7 the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ . Together with the Russian Orthodox Church, Christmas (according to the Julian calendar , or old style) is met by Georgian , Serbian , Jerusalem churches, Athos monasteries, as well as Catholics of the eastern rite ( Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ) and some Protestants adhering to the Julian calendar.

An unknown man on Christmas eve arranged a Muslim sermon from the roof of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow. This follows from the videos that appeared on January 6 on the Internet. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Internal Affairs today stated that this incident is not mentioned in the reports of incidents per day. The press established the identity of the bully and its current location. Judging by the video, during his speech, the man shouted "Allah Akbar".

American Senator Lindsay Graham held a direct report on Twitter about an emergency landing of the aircraft in which he was. As the Senator described the situation, he and other passengers drew attention to the strange sound, which began to make an airplane engine about five minutes after taking off from the Greenwill Airport (South Carolina), reports The Chicago Tribune . Soon, the pilot announced that an emergency had arisen and the plane was returning to the departure airport.

The captain of the Oleg Naydenov vessel, which was detained by the military of Senegal, will receive high -tech medical care . The representative of Rosrybolovstvo in Senegal Alexander Biryukov received permission to send Vadim Mantorov to a medical institution for examination, Interfax reports. According to Rosrybolovy, the captain will be examined precisely in the medical institution at which the Russian fishing department insisted. “The appeal was heard,” the department said.

January 7 at the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Pushkin opens the festival "Christmas Days of Orthodox Culture". "The solemn concert will be held in honor of the Feast of the Nativity of Christ and open a cycle of events dedicated to the Year of Culture of Russia," the information of the Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod Region says, the text of which is quoted by RIA Novosti .

India announced the next successful test of the PRIHTVI-2 of the Earth-Zemlya class, capable of carrying a nuclear charge weighing from 500 to a thousand kilograms to a distance of 350 kilometers. The missile was launched from the Mobile Launching at the Chandipur training ground in the state of Oriss in the east of the country on Tuesday morning, reports The Hindustan Times . “Start was 100%successful. All goals were achieved,” Zee News quotes the statement of the head of the training ground.

In the capital of Latvia, Riga, an unpleasant incident occurred - in one of the stores, a woman who was talking to the cashier in Russian was beaten by another customer. According to the TV5 channel, upon hearing Russian speech, the aggressive woman began to be indignant, and then completely hit the Russian-speaking customer with her fist. “I’m standing at the checkout, a woman is standing in front of me, putting away the purchased products. I also asked the cashier to count the bag in Russian.

The American Shugar Todd, which is part of the US Olympic team in speed skating, attracted 5 thousand dollars through the Gofundme social network to pay for the Olympics in Sochi - Mike and Dyan Todd. The crowdfunding resource used by the athlete allows those who wish to place personal requests for financial support. The story told by a 23-year-old American touched her compatriots.

About 1.2 thousand people, including 350 children, were left without heat as a result of a heating main breakthrough on Tuesday on Energy Street in Zhukovsky near Moscow, the Ministry of Emergencies in the Moscow Region reported. At 4:30 in the morning, a message was received about the shutdown of heat supply, the accident was discovered, restoration work began, the department said. There were 20 residential buildings and two kindergartens without heat.

The best place in order to meet a pension and indulge in the joys of free from life is Panama, writes the American Forbes magazine. This South American country took first place in the ranking of the best countries for pensioners, which annually makes up the International Living website based on data from its correspondents. Panama’s championship was given primarily due to the fact that becoming a resident of the country is quite simple.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the new Mariinsky Theater building in St. Petersburg and visited the rehearsals of the combined children's choir of Russia, which will perform at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The president also congratulated the writer Daniil Granin on the 95th anniversary. Arriving at the Mariinsky Theater, Putin met with Valery Gergiev, the artistic director of the combined children's choir.

The holiday of the Nativity of Christ, which came on the night of January 7, is celebrated in many countries of the world, where Orthodox believers adhere to the Julian calendar live. Each nation with a great holiday has its own traditions and customs, but all of them are united by the mood of joy and hopes from the News of the Birth of the Savior of the World.