New allies of Russia are militants of the Free Syrian Army Photo: Reuters A year ago, Russia and Turkey were on the verge of war after the Turkish F-16 was shot down by the Su-24M bomber, leaving the Turkish border after the bombing of the positions of the Turkoman (Turkmen) detachments of the Free Syrian Army (SSA) in the northern part of the Syrian province of Latakia. The first goal of the VKS in Syria in 2015 was to knock out militants who fell on distant approaches to the Khmeimim air base.

An unexpected turn in a criminal case about the death of an old man in a snowdrift: the investigation goes to the clinic This tragedy happened on the eve of the New Year. On the night of December 15 to 16, the 77-year-old Lev Gridyushko froze in the snow near the village of Raikuzi, where he was mistakenly landed by the company's taxi driver and left one in the cold. Meanwhile, the old man lived in a neighboring village - Innolovo, two kilometers to which he could not reach.

The army of Senegal entered the territory of the Gambia, reports Reuters with reference to the colonel of the Senegalese army Abdou Ndiaye. According to the agency, the armed forces must ensure the transfer of power to Adama Barrow, who won the presidential election. “We have entered the Gambia,” Abdu Ndiaye wrote to the agency. The presidential elections in The Gambia were held in December 2016.

While searching for the wreckage of the Tu-154 of the Ministry of Defense, which crashed on December 25, an American Boston B-3 aircraft from the Second World War was found in the Black Sea, Interfax reports citing sources .

Why do we demand to free the former student of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University Photo: TASS Former student of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University 21-year-old Barbar Karaulov, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced 4.5 years in prison-on charges of intention to join a terrorist organization. The state accusation asked for her as possible for this article 5 years.

Internet monster-against the professor, programmer and artist Photo: EPA/Vincent Janink The year began with the frontal clash of the dreadnought and Jonki - Google megacorporation and a tiny non -profit partnership with the strange name Adnauseam, which can be translated from Latin as “with disgust”.

Channel One said that one of the employees accidentally violated security protocols, so the episode of the series "Sherlock" got into the network. “We regret to inform you that one of our employees, without malicious intent, violated strict security protocols by committing gross negligence in the performance of his duties. As a result, the file got into the network, ”Interfax quotes a statement from Channel One.

The Russian Ministry of Defense spoke about the inspection by Ukraine of one of the districts of the Rostov region in the framework of the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures in 2011. The Defense Ministry told Novaya Gazeta that the inspection team, which also included representatives from Denmark and Canada, visited the Kadamovsky and Kuzminsky military training grounds, the Matveev Kurgan and Khapry loading and unloading railway stations.

Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia to the UN court. Main Photo: EPA / Peter Dejong / Pool On January 16, Ukraine sued Russia at the UN International Court. In a claim published on the court website, Kyiv accused Moscow of violating the conventions to combat the financing of terrorism and the elimination of racial discrimination. The trial can take years and therefore for a long time to become an uncomfortable stimulus.

The Election Commission of the Moscow Region initiated the resignation of the head of the territorial election commission of the city of Mytishchi, Valery Konyagin, who had previously decided to resign. This was told to Novaya Gazeta by the head of the Moscow Regional Electoral Commission, Irina Konovalova.

The VimpelCom company, which provides services under the Beeline brand, commented on the proposal of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications to reduce the amount of information stored as part of the Yarovaya package by 10 times. “VimpelCom estimated the cost of complying with the law, taking into account current requirements, at around 1 trillion rubles.

With what and how it leaves the White House President Obama Photo: Reuters Leaving the White House, Barack Obama pardoned Chelsea Manning (in the past, her male guise was Bradley Manning) - a former ordinary armed forces who transferred WikiLeaks several hundred thousand materials of service correspondence of Pentagon and State Department. Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but thanks to Obama she will be released on May 17, spending a total of 7 years in captivity.

The voter rights movement "Voice" received a prestigious human rights prize in Vienna Co -challenge “Voice╗ Grigory Melkonets. Photo: "Voice" The Russian Voice Movement received the Protector of Democracy in Vienna. Every year, the OSCE delegation, together with US representatives, notes those who defend democratic principles and are conducting a campaign to protect human rights, despite the risks and threats.

Member of the Public Chamber Pavel Danilin wrote a statement to the Investigative Committee with a request to check for extremism the publication of the writer Viktor Shenderovich, published on the Ekho Moskvy website. about this Danilin himself told on his Facebook. We are talking about the publication "Russians produce morality", which the editors of "Echo of Moscow" took from the writer's Facebook.

Director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina was sued for 2,386,316 rubles and 84 kopecks. Information to Novaya Gazeta was confirmed by lawyer Ivan Pavlov. He added that "none of the witnesses for the prosecution came to today's court hearing." Recall that Natalia Sharina was detained at the end of October last year. Before that, she was interrogated, and the library itself was searched.