Fragments of the monument to Lenin in the Odessa region In the Krasnooknyansky district of the Odessa region, on the night of January 2, a monument to Vladimir Lenin was demolished, thus celebrating the birthday of the leader of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists Stepan Bandera. This is stated in a message for the press of the Odessa Regional Organization of the All -Ukrainian Association "Freedom".

The past 2014 was for the South African Republic (South Africa) a record for the number of rhinos killed in this country. At the same time, poachers continued to destroy large animals throughout the African continent , including with the aim of selling the horns of rhinos and ivory to Asian countries, where the demand for this product used in folk medicine is growing steadily. Reuters writes about an illegal trading network operating from South Sudan to South Africa.

Journalists Al-Jazis, accused of aiding with the Islamists, in court in Cairo, June 1, 2014 Two of the three journalists of the Katar television channel Al-Juzira , convicted in Egypt, submitted petitions about their deportation to their homeland in connection with the new Egyptian law on the detention of citizens of other states.

Yuri Artemenko The National Council of Ukraine on television and radio broadcasting will consider the issue of compliance with the law during the New Year's broadcast on the Internet television channel at the next meeting, which is planned to be held on January 15. This was announced by the Ukrainian publication "Telekritika" by the chairman of the national council Yuri Artemenko.

Torch march of nationalists in Kyiv (January 1, 2015) In Kyiv, one suspect was detained in involvement in the incident with reporters of the Russian Lifenews television channel. As reported on the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev , as a result of a collision, the operator was damaged by the operator the day before, and a mobile phone was selected from the journalist. A pre -trial check is underway.

Loading on board the military sapphole of the remains of the A320-200 Airbus crash (Indonesia, January 2, 2015) In the area of the plane crash in the Java Sea , the bodies of the 30 dead were found by now, as well as several more fragments of the aircraft. However, neither on -board recorders nor the fuselage have yet been discovered. A strong storm and wind interfere with the continuation of underwater search work.

Prince Andrew visiting Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, photo of 2009 The press service of the Buckingham Palace categorically rejected any assumptions about obscene actions against the young people from Prince Andrew, the youngest son of the British Queen Elizabeth and the brother of the heir to the throne, Prince Charles.

Moldavian dry cargo transport Blue Sky, on board of which there were 850 illegal immigrants A cargo ship with illegal immigrants abandoned by a team was discovered off the southern coast of Italy . On board there are approximately 450 people, including women and children. Their citizenship has not yet been established. In the conditions of the storm, coast guard employees went down from the helicopter, now it is towing.

The evacuation of passengers with helicopters from the emergency ferry, December 29, 2014 The Norman Atlantic ferry, on which a fire occurred on December 28, arrived in towing the shores of the Italian port of Brindizi this morning. Its towing began yesterday at noon and lasted about 17 hours. As the Associated Press agency reports, local authorities must determine where the burned ship will be moored.

2014 went into history. And even more - as the head of government Medvedev D.A. , "... the whole history of our country was divided for the period until 2014 and after 2014." And why? - Because the year was violent. In the sense of stormy. Of course, you can list for a long time the key events that happened in the world in 2014.

Ukrainian tanks under the village of Peski Donetsk Region (January 1, 2015) Foreign Ministers of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine held a telephone conversation on Friday about the ways of resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry , Sergey Lavrov, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Laurent Fabius and Pavel Klimkin also discussed the schedule of further consultations in the Norman format at various levels.

Nadezhda Savchenko at a meeting of the Basmanny Court of Moscow The defense of the Ukrainian military, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Nadezhda Savchenko, who is in custody in Russia, will not be able to visit it until January 12. This was written on Twitter by lawyer Nikolai Polozov. According to him, members of the Public Supervisory Commission will be able to visit the Ukrainian soldier. Until 12.01, lawyers cannot visit Savchenko in SIZO-6. And the members of the PMC can.

Armenian President Serge Sargsyan at a meeting with reporters Armenia today officially joined the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the creation of which entered into force on the eve. Thus, the association now includes four states - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. On the territory of the EAEU, freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor is ensured. Armenia does not have common borders with the countries of the Customs Union.

The situation in the fighting zone in the Donbass Over the past day, one serviceman died in the conflict in the east of Ukraine, five more were injured. This was stated on Friday by the press secretary of the special operation headquarters Andrei Lysenko . At the same time, he noted that the situation has not changed fundamentally: the separatists make single armed provocations on the Mariupol, Donetsk, Debaltsev and Lugansk directions.