Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories Georgy Tuka said that Kyiv would return control over the entire territory of Donbass until mid -2018. This was reported by the publication " New Time ". “My expectations are optimistic. The following year, Ukraine will return the Donbass ... I really hope that this will happen next year, the maximum - by mid -2018. True, it is critical to maintain support for Europe and the United States, ”Tuka is sure.

In the east district of Baghdad, an explosion thundered, according to the AS Sumaria television channel. According to him, at least 20 people were killed and more than 30 were injured. The incident occurred in the east of the Iraqi capital, as a result of the explosion of a mined car. This happened in the quarter "55", where the Muslims-Shiits live. Many buildings have caused significant damage. The channel also informs that different sources report 30 victims and 50 victims.

Eight people were detained on suspicion of involvement in Istanbul, Daily Sabah reports with reference to the Turkish police. Last week, on suspicion of relations with the Islamic State (IG) group banned in the Russian Federation, dozens of people were detained, the publication reports. Of the 147 detainees, 25 suspects were poisoned under arrest. Recall that on New Year's Eve in the nightclub of Istanbul, the unknown person shot 39 people and wounded about 70 visitors to the institution.

The publishing house “Gesharim / Bridges of Culture” published a book by an employee of the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities of the Jewish University in Jerusalem Pavel Macheko “ A diverse tribal. Yaakov Frank and the Frankist movement in 1755-1816 ”(M. The monograph is based on many years of work in the archives of Poland, the Czech Republic, Israel, Germany, the USA and the Vatican.

Major General Igor Kozhin, commander of the naval aviation of the Russian Navy, said that the Russian Navy units will receive about 100 new aircraft. About this writes RIA Novosti . “In accordance with the existing program for the modernization and updating of the naval fleet of naval fleet naval aviation, about 100 new aircraft will enter units of naval aviation,” he said.

Alexander Verkhovsky, head of the owl information and analytical center Results and the most important events of 2016 Our Owl Center is engaged in such interconnected topics as nationalism and radical manifestations of ethno -religious intolerance; freedom of conscience; Everything that applies in Russia to extremism, and, accordingly, anti -ethrian (in or without quotes). Everyone knows about abuse of anti -extremist legislation.

The responsibility for the terrorist attack in the nightclub Istanbul was taken by the Islamic State (IG) group prohibited in the Russian Federation. It is reported by Reuters . The common IS report says that the heroic soldier of the caliphate struck one of the night clubs, where Christians and apostates celebrated their holiday. Earlier it became known that Turkish police suspect that 39 people are guilty of several people in the deaths.

Sir Paul McCartney suddenly appeared at the party of Roman Abramovich. Information about this was published on Twitter The Killers. Together with the musicians of this team, McCartney performed at a private party, held on the French island of Saint-Streeti. He sang the song Helter Skelter, previously performed by The Beatles. @Paulmcartney & @thekillers on nye. I am happy as can be pic.twitter.com/minhqrtiu - az (@az_cohen) January 1, 2017

On the night of January 1, a Russian woman died in the Night Club of Reina in the Istanbulsky district of orthoca. There are no other victims and victims among citizens of the Russian Federation, TASS reports with reference to the diplomatic mission. “Information about the death of a Russian citizen is confirmed. Her identity has been established, documents confirm Russian citizenship, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.

In the early days of January 2017, Bitcoin cryptocurrencies exceeded $ 1,000. It is reported by Coindesk . At the time of writing the text, the rate was 1026.16 dollars. Bitcoin is the first and most famous cryptocurrency in the world. The first deal with its use was concluded in 2009. According to Reuters , bitcoins began a year with a good start, demonstrating a 126 percent jump. However, the agency emphasizes that cryptocurrency is historically very unstable.

The International Sports Federation (FIS) announced the cancellation of the Snowboard World Cup in Kazan. This was reported by the press service of the organization. “The stages of the World Cup in Snowboard in Cross disciplines and a parallel giant slalom that were supposed to take place in Kazan on February 24-26 are canceled for financial reasons,” the FIS statement said.

On January 2, 1896 (December 21, 1895), Dziga Vertov (David Kaufman), film director, one of the founders of documentary cinema was born. Personal business David Ableevich Kaufman (1895 - 1954) was born in the city of Bialystok of the Grodno province, now located in Poland. Early began to compose poetry. He used the pseudonym Dziga Vertov (from the word "jig", which means a top in Ukrainian and Polish). He studied at the Petrograd Psychoneurological Institute.

Hundreds of civilians were forced to flee from the mountainous region near the Syrian capital, since the government army resumed a military operation against several rebel groups, including the Al-Qaeda, which was banned in Russia, excluded from the Associated Press report. According to the agency, from December 31, about 1.3 thousand people left the Vadi Barad Valley. Despite the ceasefire, supported by the UN Security Council, air raids and shelling continue in the region.

The head of the movement “For Human Rights”, Lev Ponomarev sent a letter to the FSIN demanding to report the whereabouts of Ildar Dadin. He published a copy of the appeal on his Facebook page. “We ask you to immediately inform about the whereabouts of Dadin Ildar Ildusovich, transferred on 12/02/2016 from the IK-7 colony. Karelia (Segezha). Relatives of Dadina I.I. They have no official messages about him for a month, ”the text said.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in January may deprive the Russian skiers of Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin won in 2014 of Olympic medals. This was reported by the Finnish edition of Iltalehti . Perevkov and Vyglezhanin, mentioned in the report of McLaren, won gold and silver medals in Sochi in Sochi in Sochi. In addition, Vyglezhanin and Nikita Kryukov won the second places in the team sprint.