On December 28, a rally of all -Russian currency borrowers took place in Gorky Park, whose activists demanded to reconsider their mortgage agreements, and also asked the government and the Central Bank to intervene and help them cope with loans.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that over the next 5-6 years, Ukraine will decide on the issue of joining NATO, RIA Novosti reports . Answering the question of whether he intends to hold a referendum on Ukraine's accession to the alliance in 2015, Poroshenko explained: "Over the next 5-6 years, the people of Ukraine will decide on NATO membership." He also reiterated that the decision on Ukraine's non-bloc status, taken in 2010, was a mistake.

The verdict of the opposition policy Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg in the Yves Rocher case will be issued on Tuesday, at 9:00. This was reported by the associates of Navalny on social networks. “Five minutes ago, all of us (lawyers, me and Oleg) notified that the sentence of the sentence will take place tomorrow, December 30, at 9 o’clock,” Navalny himself wrote on his official website. Previously, the sentence was scheduled for January 15.

For the first time in Russia, the minimum retail price for vodka will be reduced. This will happen on February 1, 2015, RBC reports citing sources. The same information is reported by TASS. Sources claim that the corresponding order has already been signed by the head of Rosalkogolregulirovanie (RAR) Igor Chuyan and has undergone mandatory registration with the Ministry of Justice. The press service of the RAP said that official comments on this matter will come later.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on bankruptcy of individuals. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. The law will enter into force on July 1, 2015, although it was previously planned that this would happen only in 2016. The law regulates the procedure for bankruptcy of individuals.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a document on the additional capitalization of the state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency by transferring federal loan bonds in the amount of 1 trillion rubles. This was reported by Interfax on Monday.

Five people died in a fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry in distress in the Adriatic Sea, according to the Enikos portal, citing representatives of the Greek and Italian authorities. We will remind, earlier it was reported that one of the passengers died after falling overboard during a rescue operation. After that, the bodies of four more people were found on the ferry.

In the territory of the People's Republic of China, the Gmail mail service from Google stopped working. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the Chinese human rights organization GreatFire. “I think the government is trying to stop Google in China and even weaken its position abroad. Imagine that Gmail users are unable to contact Chinese customers. Many people outside of China will be forced to give up Gmail,” an anonymous source told the agency.

Svyaznoy Bank has introduced a limit of 25,000 rubles for cash withdrawals, Interfax reports on Monday. The limit applies to both the bank's own ATMs and third-party ATMs. The restriction is still valid for the period from December 27 to December 31, 2014, however, the bank itself found it difficult to say whether the limit will be canceled in January next year. “In the office, it is also impossible to receive an amount of more than 25 thousand rubles,” the call center said.

On December 25, the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk Region canceled the monthly payment of 713 rubles to regional labor veterans whose income from all social payments exceeds two living wages, or 12,420 rubles. Due to this, the regional budget will save about 160 million rubles a year. About 19,000 people may lose their cash bonus.

A full -scale crisis in the Russian economy can occur at the end of 2015 - early 2016, says Sergey Guriev, an economist, professor at Science PO University. He stated this in an interview with Open Russia. The economist gave his forecast for 2015: “At the current oil prices, the forecast is as follows: the Russian economy will enter the recession, the decline will be approximately 4% of GDP.

The Supreme Court of Russia has recognized the "Islamic State" and "Dzhebhat al-Nusra" as terrorist, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the court. The court ruling completely prohibits the activities of these organizations in Russia. Recall that the lawsuit was filed by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

Designer Artemy Lebedev highly appreciated his work, including photography. For the publication of a photo taken without his permission from his online magazine, he demanded 500,000 rubles from the Omskinform news portal. This picture was accompanied by a note about traffic accidents. Lebedev also sued Mail.Ru for the same amount, which reprinted information along with a photo illustration on one of its resources. The case was heard in the Savelovsky Court of Moscow.

On Monday, currency trading began with a sharp weakening of the ruble. As of 10:10 am Moscow time, the dollar rose by 2.19 rubles, reaching 56.19 rubles. The euro exchange rate against the ruble increased by 2.55 and is 68.55 rubles. Already by 10:25 the euro exchange rate rose above 70 rubles, and the dollar approached 58, after which the rates retreated slightly. As of 10:40 a.m., the dollar returned to 57.5 rubles, the euro to 70.

On the eve of a sharp increase in the key rate of the Central Bank, the market was on the verge of a banking crisis, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukaev said in an interview with Business FM. Recall that the Central Bank raised the key rate on December 16. “This decision is due to the need to limit the devaluation and inflation risks that have significantly increased recently,” the regulator said in a statement.