Venice authorities are preparing to introduce a new tax for tourists in the amount of 2.5 to 5 euros (depending on the season) from the visitor. This was reported by the portal Venezia Radio TV . A collection called Tassa di SBARCO - literally "tax for the opportunity to go ashore" - plan to apply cruise liners in relation to passengers arriving at the Marittima terminal relatively close to the historical center of Venice.

“Another disaster. Now Magnitogorsk. In the country, a collapse. It was and is,” the publicist notes regretfully in the “Live Journal” . “The state lives. As it began 20 years ago with Kursk, it continues“ Bulgaria ”,“ Chrome horses ”,“ Winter cherries. ”Explosions, fires, murders, wars. Without stopping. Now the explosion of this damn gas in Magnitogorsk. But the authorities for the housing and communal services of the authorities cut down every year, raising prices.

Employees of the FSB of Russia detained in Moscow on suspicion of espionage of the US citizen Paul Willian, according to the website of the Center for Public Relations (COOs) of the department. "On December 28, in Moscow, the FSB of Russia, during the spy campaign, was detained by a US citizen Paul Wylan. The Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia against a US citizen was instituted under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (espionage)," the report said.

In Magnitogorsk, after an explosion of domestic gas, the entrance collapsed, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies. The explosion, according to RIA Novosti , thundered at 04.00 local time (02.00 Moscow time) in a residential building located at 164 Avenue, 164. As a result of the emergency, ceilings hit the third floor above the arch between the seventh and sixth entrances. 48 apartments were damaged in which 110 people lived.

In Nazran, as a result of the shelling of the car, a religious figure, a great-grandson of the revered sheikh Batal-Haji Belkhoroeva Ibrahim Belkharoev, was killed in Ingushetia. As reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee, the tragedy happened at about 00:30 on December 31 at the intersection of Oscanov and Pionerskaya streets.

From December 31, the United States has officially terminated full membership in the United Nations on Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO). Washington will no longer make membership fees and will not be able to put forward his representatives to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

On Tverskaya Street, preparations are completed for the festival "Journey to Christmas" , for which the street will be closed for three days - from December 31 to January 2. New Year's events there will begin today at 14:00, according to the website of the mayor and the government of Moscow.

The number of British citizens who applied for Irish passports grew to a record level against the background of persistent uncertainty against Brexit, writes The Guardian . This year, almost 200,000 applications for the passport of Ireland were received from the UK. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, this is 22% more than last year: of the total number of applications received this year, 84,855 came from Northern Ireland and 98,544 from the UK.

A man arrested on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of the 29-year-old Muscovite Irina Akhmatova, who left his car from the capital to Tula and took a fellow traveler through the BlablaCar service, admitted to the murder. The corresponding video is published on the official YouTube channel of the Investigative Committee. “He tried to rob her alive,” he explained his motive, and answered in the affirmative to the question whether he pleads his guilt.

Two -time world champion Sergei Ustyugov became the winner of an individual ski race for 15 km free style in Italian Toblah as part of the prestigious multi -day tournament "Tour de Ski" . His compatriot Alexander Bolshunov took third place and headed the general standings. In the race with a separate start of Ustyugov showed the time for 30 minutes 34.1 seconds.

“Friends, less than a day remained before the New Year’s coming. I want to wish you all that your desires come true in the coming year. So that you and your loved ones are healthy,” writes the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on his Facebook page. "So that there were joy and good luck, and the hardships and misfortunes bypassed the side. So that you saw the fruits of your efforts, and understood: what you do is not in vain.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Magnitogorsk, where there was an explosion of gas in a multi -storey residential building, TASS reports. From the airport, he went to the operational headquarters, deployed near the collapsed entrance. It is assumed that the head of state will meet with the victims as a result of the tragedy.

30 children held in Baghdad’s prison , along with mothers convicted or were under investigation on charges of terrorism, were returned to Russia from Iraq. The board landed on the evening of December 30 at the Zhukovsky metropolitan airport. Anna Kuznetsova, the Russian delegation, was headed by the Russian delegation. According to the Ombudsman website , 16 girls and 14 boys aged three to 15 years arrived in Russia.

Hockey players of the Russian youth team, composed of players under 20, achieved a strong -willed victory over peers from Switzerland in the third match of the group stage of the World Cup in Canada . The meeting ended with a score of 7: 4 in favor of the wards of Valery Bragin, which once distinguished Kirill Marchenko, Dmitry Samorukov, Grigory Denisenko, Kirill Sleepets, Alexander Alekseev, Pavel Sheng and Vitaly Kravtsov.

The premiere of attacking the comedy "Holiday" on New Year's Eve in a privileged family of Leningraders during the blockade will be attacked on December 31 at 15:00 Moscow time in YouTube . This was announced on his Facebook by the director of the picture Alexei Krasovsky. "YouTube promises to maintain the defense and not to close the distribution to spite enemies. That is, the film will lie from 15 hours and always, the entrance and exit fees are not charged," he wrote.