Astronomers working with the data of the Hubble space telescope published an image of about 30 percent of the Andromeda (M31) spiral galaxy in record high quality. The scientific significance of this image lies in the possibility of recognition of light from many other galaxies located even further from the Earth than Andromeda, but similar to M31 in structure. In addition, in the picture you can see a huge number of objects in the galaxy itself, which is also important for scientists.

In the Donbass, as a result of a road accident with the participation of a military car, KrAZ and Bogdan bus died at least 12 Ukrainian military personnel and another 18 were injured. This was reported on the website of the National Guard of Ukraine, units of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs. On Tuesday morning, it became known that the number of dead grew to 13 people.

Lithuania handed over to the Ukrainian army the elements of weapons. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing speaker of the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (National Security and Defense Council) Andrei Lysenko.

In the Donbass in the Orthodox churches, night Christmas services were canceled. This was announced today by the Donetsk news agency (Dan) spokeswoman for the Donetsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , Archpriest Georgy Gulyaev. "According to the decree of the manager of the Donetsk diocese, Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol Ilarion, due to wartime, all night services in the Orthodox churches were canceled, with the exception of Easter service.

On Monday, January 5, the suicide bomber arranged a self-break near the NATO column on a busy highway in the east of Afghanistan. The incident occurred in the province of Nangarhar. The Taliban movement took responsibility for what happened. According to the official representative of the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Khazrat Khussein Mashrikval, which is quoted by Khaama Press , the convoy attacked between the cities of Jalalabad and Torkham.

Prices in the global oil market do not demonstrate any growth trends against the background of the increasing anxiety of investors regarding the imbalance of the demand and demand of black gold in the world market. The price of the February futures for light oil of the WTI brand on Tuesday fell to $ 49.01 per barrel, decreasing by 2.06%, according to 12:30 in Moscow.

The Ukrainian coalition of public organizations and initiatives to combat the impunity of crimes against humanity filed an idea to the International Criminal Court (MUS) in the Hague. The defendant is ex -president Yanukovych and members of his government. Activists hope that the case will be open during 2015.

The poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, hospitalized in mid -December, should be written out on Tuesday, January 6. First, he was delivered to one of the Rostov-on-Don clinics, then transferred to the Research Institute of Neurosurgery named after Burdenko, and then to the Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Affairs in Moscow. It is expected that on January 6, the poet, as planned, will perform in the metropolitan cultural center "ZIL".

On January 6, Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow returned the FSIN complaint about the actions of the opposition Alexei Navalny under house arrest. The day before, he announced the refusal to comply with the house arrest, as he considers it illegal and cut off an electronic bracelet. FSIN employees appealed the actions of the opposition in the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting in Gorki near Moscow with the head of the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova and instructed to take all the necessary measures so that the country does not have a shortage of drugs, even in a negative economic situation. This was reported by the portal of the Government of the Russian Federation. “The stock should be.

The first Christian temple from the moment of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 will be built in Turkey. This, as stated in the information published the day before on the website of the German magazine Der Spiegel , the Turkish media reported. The temple for Aramaic Christians will be erected in the Istanbul district of Eshilkey. Prime Minister Akhmet Davutoglu announced the appropriate decision of the government at a meeting with representatives of non-Muslim religious communities.

Retired Lieutenant General Anatoly Kudryavtsev, who suffered from unbearable pain due to stomach cancer in the fourth stage, committed suicide in Moscow. His body was found in the house on Michurinsky Prospekt. According to Interfax , the general hanged himself on a lace mounted on the door handle. The official representative of the GSU SK in the capital, Julia Ivanova, confirmed the fact of the detection of the body.

A strong wind with gusts of up to 15 meters per second and above will not subside in Moscow until 15:00 Tuesday, rescuers warn about traffic jams, RIA Novosti writes with reference to the capital's control of the Ministry of Emergencies. "During the bad weather, there is a possibility of damage to the power lines, large -format, dilapidated and poorly fortified advertising structures leading to the bastard on the roads and damage to vehicles," the Ministry of Emergencies said.

For Orthodox believers in Russia on January 6, a Christmas Christmas Eve, the eve of the Nativity of Christ , came. On this day, a four -week post ended, during which they were preparing for the great holiday, confessing, taking communion and trying to approach the moment of memory of the birth of the Savior of the world more perfect internally.

The Russian government will allocate more than 37 billion rubles in the coming years to support leading universities in the country. Such expenses are laid down in the budget, according to the Cabinet's website . Universities who have undergone competitive selection will receive financing.