Majid derarakhani and the participants of his ensemble A prominent Iranian musician and composer Majid Drarakshani said that the country's authorities are prohibited to go abroad. The musician said that the Iranian security officers seized his passport at Tehran’s airport last weekend when he was on the way to Dubai.

Migrant workers unload the car with potatoes in one of the Moscow markets Citizens of Ukraine should now buy patents for work in Russia, like all migrant workers Since 2015, the Federal Migration Service of Russia has been tightening the rules of stay in Russia for Ukrainian migrants . More precisely, citizens of Ukraine will have to follow the general rules for visa -free migrants. Until now, for Ukrainians in Russia there has been a simplified order of entry and stay.

The first Monday of the New Year was opened with a cheerful fall in the ruble. Nothing has changed, despite the festive toasts and illumination on the streets. We’ll talk about this in the program.

Flags of Latvia and the European Union over Riga Six months, the EU chairman will be Latvia. How will this affect the policy of the European Union? The first six months of 2015, the duties of the country-chairman of the European Union are fulfilled by Latvia. A six-month rotation of 28 EU members, alternately occupying the chairman’s chair, can be considered a kind of ritual designed to emphasize the unity and equality of European countries.

The new leader of the Syrian National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces was the representative of this organization in Turkey Khaled Khoja. He replaced Hadi al-Bahra in this post, who did not nominate his candidacy for re-election. During the vote, held on Sunday at the meeting of the National Coalition held in Istanbul, 56 members of the leadership supported him. His rival, general secretary of the coalition of the opposition forces, Naser al-Kariri received 50 votes.

Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko The international Internet campaign in support of the Ukrainian troops of Nadezhda Savchenko is starting today. Its initiators urge to disseminate information about the hope of Savchenko, as well as photo and video materials in different languages with hashtag #freesavchenko. Today is the 22nd day of the hunger strike , which the Ukrainian soldier announced in protest against his detention.

The "people's gathering" in support of the Navalny brothers on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. December 30, 2014 Opposition politician Alexei Navalny refused to observe the house arrest. In his blog, the opposition said that, according to the Criminal Procedure Code of Russia, such a preventive measure cannot be used in his regard, since the court has already passed him a sentence that is not related to serving a sentence in places of imprisonment.

The field of rare earth metals in the Nanchani district in Jiangsi Province China has removed the quota system that limit the export of rare -earth elements - 17 types of minerals that are used in the high -tech industry. The Ministry of Commerce of the country made the appropriate notification today.

In the picture: Khaled Khoja The new head of the political opposition supported by the West in Syria Khaled Khoja questioned the possibility of participating his group in negotiations in Moscow, aimed at finding a solution to the Syrian conflict. Khoja - the president of the National Coalition of the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces that are based in Turkey - was elected by its head on Sunday.

In Moscow, in early January, two historical buildings were demolished on Bolotnaya Square, on Monday the Archnadzor public movement reported this on Monday. According to the organization , the destroyed buildings were built in the 18th and 19th centuries and had a certain cultural value, however, the Moscow government on urban planning decided to demolish the buildings. On the site of one of them, the construction of a new energy substation is planned.

The Summit of the "Norman Four" in Milan The meeting in Ukraine at the level of directors of the foreign policy departments of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine will take place today in Berlin. The Russian side will be represented by the director of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Viktor Sorokin.

New York Stock Exchange Bidding on US stock exchanges ended on Monday a significant drop in the main indices. At the auction in New York, the Dow Jones index, covering the 30 largest US corporations, lost more than 330 points, that is, almost 2 percent. The NASDAQ index specializing in the shares of high -tech companies fell by more than one and a half percent, and the combined S&P 500 index, reflecting the capitalization of 500 companies, decreased by 1.83 percent.

Temur Cobalia

Poroshenko believes that the Ukrainian army today is the most equipped in Europe