Natalia Zubarevich Natalia Zubarevich The most important events and results of 2015, expectations and forecasts for 2016 from the director of the regional program of the Independent Institute of Social Policy, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor of the Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University, leading researcher at the Institute of Social Processes of the NIU-VSHE Natalia Zubarevich. The most important events and results of 2015 The main event is the economic crisis.

The Russian Ministry of Finance noted the default of Ukraine for debt obligations for three billion dollars, follows from the message on the website of the department. The ministry announced the failure of the Ukrainian authorities of obligations. It is noted that the payment of $ 3.075 billion on time, December 31, was never implemented. Therefore, the Ministry of Finance "initiated the procedures necessary for the immediate start of trial." The lawsuit will be filed in the English court.

The Finnish President Sauli Ninist, during his appeal to the population, called key relations with Russia and a number of other countries. “In my speech a year ago, I said that Finland will try to play an active role in promoting stability. In terms of foreign policy, our relations with Sweden and Russia, the cooperation of the countries of Northern Europe and the interaction with the EU and NATO countries are in key positions, ”the head of state said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on cargo transportation from Ukraine to Kazakhstan through the territory of the Russian Federation. The document was posted on the official portal of legal information. According to the decree, transportation will be carried out through the territory of Belarus, provided that the means of identification are used, including based on the technology of the GLONASS system. In addition, drivers should have accounting coupons.

Russian motorists got the opportunity to pay half a fine for violation of traffic rules. The corresponding bill entered into force on January 1, RIA Novosti reports. It will be possible to pay a fine with a discount no later than 20 days from the date of the decision on its imposition. However, the innovation will not affect all violators.

More than 9 thousand people were left without heating in Saratov, according to the website of the regional State Emergencies Ministry. The supply of heat supply and hot water was stopped in 28 residential buildings. Two districts fell into the shutdown zone. It is expected that emergency repair work will be completed by 20:00 on January 1. “Repair work is carried out by the Brigade of PJSC T Plus.

To analyze the New Year's appeal is a ungrateful business, if only because many are watching a performance, but almost no one is listening. Nevertheless, something interesting can be taken out of it. Speech was divided into two parts. In the first, the president recalled the last anniversary of the victory, spoke about the hard work of those who were forced to celebrate the New Year on duty and, of course, the Russian military in Syria were awarded special mention.

New Year Photo: AP7.ru On January 1, a new life really begins in Russia - it is on this day that laws traditionally enter into force in the country. This time, citizens of the Russian Federation received a “bonus” in the form of discounts on fines for violations of traffic rules, they were endowed with the “right to oblivion” and the possibility of expanded use of maternity capital. What other innovations begin to operate in the Russian Federation from the first day of the new year?

The most important events and results of 2015, expectations and forecasts for 2016 from the director of the regional program of the Independent Institute of Social Policy, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor of the Geographical Faculty of Moscow State University, leading researcher at the Institute of Social Processes of the NIU-VSHE Natalia Zubarevich. The most important events and results of 2015 The main event is the economic crisis.

Biographies The biography of businessman Denis Katsya: Five steps to success Denis Katsyv was born in Khimki near Moscow in 1977, graduated from the Moscow Road Institute and decided to engage in entrepreneurship. The Mosoblterans-1 and Mega-Transes created by him became one of the recognized transport leaders, and development projects received many awards of the expert community.

Law enforcement officers did not find a bomb in the building of the Kursk station in the capital, reports citing a source in the emergency services of RIA Novosti . The interlocutor of the agency said that dog handlers completed the audit in the station building, from which about 450 people previously evacuated. According to him, the threat of the explosion was removed.

Theodore Shanin We continue the publication of the materials of the Glossary project, prepared together with the portal "Your History" . As part of the project, leading Russian scientists, entrepreneurs, cultural figures and public figures tried to give their definition to the main terms and concepts in which Russia is aware of itself in the last quarter century.

At least 18 people died as a result of the collapse of a ferry on the Nile River in the Egyptian provinces of the Kafr El Sheikh, reports Xinhua. In total, 22 people were on the ferry, which carried out the transportation between the two cities of the provinces of Boer and the Kafr-El Sheikh. It is noted that rescuers work at the scene. Nothing is known about the causes of the incident. It is not excluded that the weather or crossings could lead to the tragedy.

In Sevastopol, a mobile gas turbine power station, which was delivered from Vladivostok, was commissioned, reports TASS . The MGTS company said that the power plant was launched at 20:40 Moscow time on December 31, so Sevastopol received more than 20 MW. Also, before the New Year, the MGTES, which was on the repair, was commissioned.

Russia may refuse to sign a contract with Ukraine for the supply of electricity to the Crimea, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports. According to Peskov, the first results of the hundredthold of the residents of the peninsula on the corresponding issue show a fairly unambiguous picture. He noted that the president, before making a decision on a contract, decided to enlist the opinion of the population.