How do you assess the course of Ukrainian reforms? Ukraine carried out a number of very important and large -scale reforms. But the main - judicial - did not carry out the reform. The courts-about a quarter of the judicial corps-are corrupt, the rule of law has not been established, the real property rights are still not protected. The most corrupt judges of the highest level are the most corrupt.

Tareka Asaad, the son of the monuments executed by the militants of the monuments and the Museum of Palmyra Khalid Asaad, in May 2015 managed to take a family from the city captured by the militants. Together with his relatives, he was able to save part of the historical values.

The year leaves, and great people are already hinting to people ordinary, what will be the next year. Gifts to Russians from the owners of Russia collected The New Times Political geography The Dutch court gave the Scythian gold for the New Year to Ukraine, which was taken to Holland from the Crimean museums to the Holland at those times when the "green men" on the peninsula, if it came, was only in specialized publications dedicated to the progressive science of ufology.

On December 13, in the village of Yashkul in Kalmykia, the commander of the airborne assault battalion, Major Sanal Sanchirov, who died in Syria, was buried, Meduza reports, citing the village administration. Information about the funeral rally was published the day before the funeral on December 12 on the page of the village's House of Culture, but the Ministry of Defense did not comment on this information.

On December 13, the Moscow Arbitration Court renewed the license of the European University in St. Petersburg (EUSPb), which was revoked by decision of Rosobrnadzor. for now - temporarily Oleg Kharkhordin, Rector of the European University at St. Petersburg The decision of Rosobrnadzor to revoke the license has been suspended until January 11. A meeting of the arbitration court is scheduled for this date ( the EUSP's claim to challenge the September order of Rosobrnadzor will be considered.

The European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia, imposed due to the destabilization of the political situation in Ukraine, for six months, according to the website of the European Council. The measures introduced in 2014 will last until July 31, 2017. The decision to extend the sanctions was made on December 15 at the EU summit in Brussels.

In Turkey, a Russian ambassador in this country Andrei Karlov was killed. This is another sacrifice thrown into the altar of the war in Syria. War, which is no longer visible the end Evening December 19. The Ambassador Karlov completed his performance at the opening of the photo exhibition "Russia to the eyes of the Turks" in Ankara, when one of the visitors stood on the side unexpectedly grabbed the gun and shot at the diplomat eight times.

On December 16, Parnassus was a split in the Parnas party: a number of famous politicians left it, among whom Ilya Yashin, Vadim Prokhorov, Nadezhda Mityushkin - all of them were close colleagues of Boris Nemtsov, killed in February 2015. According to NT, a number of regional departments will also come out of Parnas. The reason is disagreement with the party leadership.

The end of 2016-the beginning of 2017 is the period to which a “plan of priority measures to destabilize the socio-political situation in Ukraine” should be implemented. This is the most curious of the documents that were open after hacking by Ukrainian hackers of the mailbox, which supposedly belongs to the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladislav Surkov.

On December 13, Donald Trump nominated Rex Tillerson, CEO of the largest US oil corporation ExxonMobil and holder of the Russian Order of Friendship, to the post of US Secretary of State. The American media claim that Donald Trump and Rex Tillerson were not acquainted before. At the first meeting, the businessmen confessed their love for the author of the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, who is considered an apologist for a free market not limited by government regulations.

About doping, hackers and national pride Alexei Navalny has not yet become a presidential candidate, and it is not a fact that he would someday, but, without even being a candidate, he turned out to be the first announced for the nomination, whose program began to read carefully. Around the program, the main discussion spun - it seems that if all the actual inaccuracies and logical contradictions in time are opened in time, then the success in the elections will be ensured.

In Russia - completely unexpectedly - the presidential campaign started. It began on December 13 by a statement by Alexei Navalny that he intends to nominate his candidacy in the presidential election, which, if the calendar is not changed, must pass in the spring of 2018.

On December 15–16, Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Japan. Expectations were high, but historical agreements did not happen Almost three years ago, the President of Russia ceased to be a welcome guest in the G7 countries. On occasion, he courageously visited them, participating in meetings and conferences of a multilateral format, but at the bilateral level he noted only once - during a working visit to Italy in June 2015.

The Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Andrei Karlov, on whom an attempt was committed in Ankara, died of injuries, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova The shot occurred at the opening of the exhibition “Russia through the eyes of the Turks” in the gallery of contemporary art in Ankara, the unknown shot at Karlov with screams “Get out” when he made a speech.

Last autumn, the birds, as always, flew into the warm edges, and pizza to customers. In mid -November, the New Zealand unit of the international network Domino's Pizza announced in the media that for the first time in the world delivered an order using an unmanned aerial vehicle. However, a month earlier, the Ukrainian Channel 7 announced similar transportation in Odessa-the project was implemented by a local online restaurant.