During New Year’s celebrations in the centre of St. Petersburg, local police were conducting a “preventive raid” during which almost 2,000 people “from neighbouring countries” have been detained, local media outlet Fontanka reports , citing the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs press office. “Following an inspection, multiple violations of migration legislation had been discovered, in relation to which administrative measures were taken,” the police say in a statement.

During the festivities in the center of St. Petersburg, the police conducted a preventive raid, during which almost two thousand people “from the neighboring foreign countries” were detained. This was reported by Fontanka with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

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The number of debtors restricted to travel abroad in Russia by the New Year reached a maximum in 15 years. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Federal Bailiffs Service of Russia. “Currently, decisions on temporary restriction of debtors’ right to leave the Russian Federation are in force in the framework of eight million enforcement proceedings,” the agency’s press service said. In Russia, the ban on traveling abroad has been applied to debtors since 2008.

Police officers kept the grandmother of activist Timofey Ilyushin in a police car for the entirety of the New Year’s night, the activist tells human rights project OVD-Info and media outlet Sotavision . According to Ilyushin, on 31 December, a police officer came to the flat in the Nakhabino village, where the activist is registered. The only person at home was his grandmother.

The police kept the grandmother of activist Timofey Ilyushin in her car all New Year's Eve. about this He told OVD-Info and SOTAvision . According to Ilyushin, on December 31, the district police officer came to the apartment in Nakhabino, where the activist was registered. Only my grandmother was at home. The woman was threatened that a criminal case would be opened against her for giving false testimony (Article 307 of the Criminal Code) if Ilyushin did not appear at the police station.

Russia’s online cinema Kion has taken the New Year’s special Incident in the Multi-Pulti Country off its website. The information has been confirmed to Russia’s media outlet RBC by one of the main actors in the special, TV host Ivan Urgant. “It has indeed been taken off the air. I don’t know whether it’ll become available [again]. Why the project was taken off the air, I have no clue. I’m giving a B- to these actions,” Urgant says.

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From today, a decision came into force in France, according to which condoms became free for people from 18 to 25 years old. President Emmanuel Macron announced it in early December. “We are starting a small revolution in the field of contraception,” Macron commented on this decision. France also has a program under which all women under the age of 25 can receive free contraceptives.

The Kion online cinema has withdrawn the New Year's TV show "Incident in the Land of Multi-Remote" from the screening. Information about this RBC was confirmed by TV presenter Invan Urgant, who played one of the roles. “The tale was indeed taken off the air. Whether it will be available, I don't know. Why the project was removed, I have no idea. I rate these actions at four with a minus, ”said Urgant.

Russian air defence facilities have destroyed 15 Ukrainian UAVs over the past day, Russia’s Ministry of Defence reports . According to the ministry’s statement, the drones were shot down in the Luhansk and Donetsk “people’s republics”, Russia’s Belgorod region, Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the town of Dzhankoi, located in the north of Crimea.

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The air defense for a day destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones per day, the Ministry of Defense reported . According to the agency, drones were shot down in the LDNR, in the Belgorod, Zaporizhzhya, Nikolaev and Kharkov regions, as well as in the city in the north of Crimea Dzhanka. The work of the air defense in Dzhankoy was reported the day before. In Belgorod, the air defense worked on New Year's Eve, 4 shells of MLRS were shot down, local authorities reported.

On New Year’s night, the air defence system activated in Kyiv and the Kyiv region shot down 32 “air targets”, the Kyiv city state administration reports . “According to preliminary information, the air defence system destroyed 32 enemy air targets,” the message reads. It was later clarified by the Ukrainian Air Force Command that 45 Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 drones had been shot down.

On New Year's Eve over the Kiev and Kiev region, the air defense system (Air Defense) shot down 32 “Air targets”, the Kiev city military administration (KGVA) reported . “According to preliminary information, the air defense forces destroyed 32 enemy air goals,” the report said. The message does not specify exactly what goals were shot down: Shaheda Kamikadze Drones, which Russia purchases from Iran, other drones or rockets.