NATO does not exclude the overthrow of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015, the most popular German Bild tabloid writes on Saturday. The newspaper does not call sources to NATO. But it claims that Putin’s departure is not excluded in German government circles. The economic crisis in Russia - the growth of external debt, the weakening of the conjuncture, the fall of the ruble - is very dangerous for its leader, the newspaper writes with reference to the conclusions of NATO experts.

The section of the Sokolnichesky line of the Moscow line from the University station to the Troparevo station, which opened on December 8, will be closed from January 2 to 5. The movement will resume at 05:30 in the morning of January 6. "The administration of the Moscow metro asks Muscovites and guests of the capital with understanding to the closure of the Sokolnichesky line," the press service of the subway to the Moscow Agency said.

Two powerful explosions occurred today in the center of Kherson, there are dead. According to local media, in both cases these are men who brought bombs. The first explosion occurred at the currency exchange point near the central market, the second - near the milking "milkmaid". The first explosion occurred in the "exchanger" on the corner of Belinsky Streets and ul. Karl Marx. According to the site "Mirror of the Week" , the culprit of the explosion was a man who died in an exchanger.

The puck of the Russian striker "St. Louis Blues" Vladimir Tarasenko on the gate of New York Rangers was called the best in 2014 in the NHL according to the authoritative American sports magazine Sports Illustrated .

The US State Department expressed concern about the searches of the Radio Liberty Bureau in the capital of Azerbaijan Baku. During the search, employees were not released from the building, the State Department interprets it as a "detention." According to local media, investigators working on particularly serious crimes came to the office. The essence of the accusations is unclear.

On Saturday, Ukraine stopped sending freight and passenger trains in the direction of Crimea, the Minister of Transport of the Republic Anatoly Tsurkin told TASS. On the eve of the online sale was stopped, and passengers lined up in line to hand over previously purchased tickets. "Ukraine unilaterally without preliminary informing from today has stopped the formation of international passenger trains in the direction of the Republic of Crimea," said Tsurkin.

The sponsors of the seven-time world champion in the Formula-1 machine class Michael Schumacher did not turn away from him even after the injury he received at the end of 2013. This was told by the rider manager Sabina by whom in an interview with Bild . “Our cooperation with sponsors is based on partnership, friendship and personal basis,” said by whom. “The last year proved this.

In the Oryol and Voronezh regions, a virus of African swine fever was identified, the press service of the Rosselkhoznadzor on Saturday reports.

Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili announced his readiness to meet his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin, his adviser on foreign policy relations Tengiz Pichaldze said. "The president is ready to meet with any, if it comes to restoring territorial integrity," said Georgia Online, Phaladze said.

The Russian boxer Arthur Beterbiev, who acts in half -life, is recognized as the most promising boxer of 2014 according to FightNews , according to the portal website. Beterbiev, who conducted the first fight in the professional ring in June 2013, won all four fights this year, having won the ex-champion of the world of American Tavoris Claud and his compatriot Jeff Page, who did not know defeats before meeting with the Russian.

The striker of Barcelona and the Brazilian national team Neymar cannot predict his level in the future, but hopes to prepare as much as possible for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This season, a 22-year-old football player scored 14 goals in 18 matches, which is a good result, but is inferior to the statistics of the owners of the Golden Ball for the last six years. “Today, Messi and Ronaldo are better than any other football player on the planet,” said Neymar GloboesPorte .

Russia will supply electricity to Ukraine at domestic Russian prices, as well as up to 1 million tons of coal per month to remove energy problems, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak said on Saturday in an interview with Russia 24 . The decision on deliveries, made "honestly", is intended to solve problems with the regular disconnection of the Crimea .

The winner of the two stages of the Grand Prix of this season Maxim Kovtun for the second time in a row became the Russian figure skating champion. Kovtun showed the second result in the arbitrary program at the Russian Championship in Sochi, losing to the silver medalist of the European 2014 championship to Sergey Voronov, and according to the results of two programs, he scored a better amount - 271.52 points. Voronov became the second - 270.53 points.

In Crimea on Saturday night, energy supply was completely restored, interrupted on Friday from the Ukrainian side, Interfax reports with reference to a source in the regional Ministry of Emergencies. According to the agency, energy supply in the Crimean Federal District was restored at 0:10 Moscow time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows the implementation of banks in the amount of up to 1 trillion rubles . The portal of legal information reports that Putin has signed amendments to the budget law. The document was adopted by the State Duma on December 19 and approved by the Federation Council on December 25.