Ukraine celebrated the birthday of a famous nationalist, head of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) Stepan Bandera. In Kiev, more than three thousand people with lit torches walked along the central streets of the capital, UNIAN reports. As part of the procession, the participants of the action shouted "the conductor of the Ukrainian nation three times: Glory! Glory! Glory!", "We are Bandera!

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced that the Ukrainian authorities allowed default to fulfill debt obligations related to a loan of $ 3 billion. In this regard, Moscow initiates a trial in the UK.

In Russia, from January 1, 2016, a ban on the import of certain types of agricultural raw materials and food from Turkey entered into force. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 28, 2015.

The administration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his words about the public administration system in Hitler Germany were incorrectly interpreted, Reuters reports. The report said that the Turkish leader did not mean that this was an example of an effective presidential system.

In the Israeli Tel Aviv, on the first day of the New Year, shooting occurred: the incident occurred at the bar, as a result, two people died, another seven were injured. According to eyewitnesses, visitors to the Pab of Simm and Sushi-Bara Japanik were fired, NEWSRU Israel reports. Six people were delivered to the Ichilov hospital, two of whom died later. The condition of two more is evaluated as difficult.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On measures to ensure economic security and national interests of the Russian Federation in the implementation of international transit transportation of goods from the territory of Ukraine to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan through the territory of the Russian Federation." The text of the document is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information.

From Hillary Clinton, the period of her stay as Secretary of State, published by the State Department, it follows that her adviser reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not like the “atmosphere” around the President of Barack Obama immediately after his election in 2009, writes The Guardian newspaper. The day before, the US State Department published another portion - about 5.5 thousand documents - from the personal mail of Clinton for the period from 2009 to the beginning of 2013.

If for the inhabitants of Crimea the New Year began with problems with electricity, then in the Saratov region some on January 1 were left without heat. This happened due to a communal accident in Saratov, according to the website of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies. "In connection with emergency repair work on the water conduit ... the supply of heat supply and hot water supply in 28 residential buildings of various floors was stopped," the statement said.

The builder, who was engaged in the construction of housing for Pogorelians of Khakassia, committed suicide. According to the press, the worker reduced his life, finding himself in a distress due to non-payment of salaries. The death of a man is reported by Flashsiberia with reference to a source in the regional law enforcement agencies. "Dosirzhon Muminov born in 1970 died on December 25 in the hospital of the village of Shira after an attempt to commit suicide," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The VGTRK refuted rumors that dispersed through social networks that in the film "Diamond hand" in the famous scene on the shallows, a halo was blurred over the boy’s head. Claims in the installation of the tape were rejected by the press secretary of the holding Victoria Harutyunova in the commentary "Echo of Moscow" . She advised the audience "to drink less and bite more." The film on the eve was shown by the TV channel "Russia 1".

In the Rostov region, the coin of a private helicopter crashed into intensive care. The crew commander and the pilot Sergey Makov and Viktor Kunichkin were injured in the spine, the Caucasian Knot said in a message. The incident occurred in the Aksai district of the Rostov region.

In Munich, the police evacuated station due to the threat of terrorist attacks of the Islamic State ( Daish ) terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation. A few hours later, the work of railway stations continued. According to the German media, the German side received information about the upcoming attack from the French authorities, reports Reuters. As a result, the Munich police evacuated two railway stations.

On January 1, 2016, the Federal Law "On Amending the Federal Law" On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection ", as well as Art. 29 and 402 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, also known as the Law on the Right to Oblivion, entered into force. Now, any citizen can apply to the search engine working in the Russian Federation with a request to remove the links that do not arrange him to information about him, TASS reports.

Russia most likely will not sign a contract with Ukraine for the supply of electricity to the Crimea, if it refers to the belonging of the peninsula by the Ukrainian side. So the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov commented on the results of the survey, which in the Crimea managed to conduct from the evening on December 31 to the afternoon of January 1.

In Russia, from January 1, a ban on the supply of products from Ukraine entered into force. Under the embargo, Ukrainian meat, fish, dairy products, vegetables, fruits and nuts fall. Sanctions are similar to the fact that Russia introduced in August 2014 against the United States, the European Union, Canada, Norway and Australia, and after another year - Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein.