Russian National Library in St. Petersburg Director Anton Likhomanov looked like that he was not able to complete the second stage of the stock, that he was not actively conducting scientific activities, that the pace of digitization of books is lagging behind After more than 400 employees of the Russian National Library in St.

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Petro Poroshenko and Angel Merkel A day earlier, negotiations were held by President of Ukraine Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are expected to be discussed today by telephone forces aimed at the execution of peaceful agreements between Kiev and pro -Russian separatists fighting in the Donbass.

Leonid Razvozhaev The complaint was supported by the Commissioner for Human Rights Ella Pamfilova The defense of the opposition Leonid Razvoszhaev, convicted of 4.5 years on charges of “organizing riots” on May 6, 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, filed a complaint against him to the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia. This was reported by Radio Liberty by lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky.

New Year's mood: the fragile happiness of being against the background of political repression The outgoing year will be remembered not only by the deepening economic crisis, but also by increasing political repression. Exactly a year ago, for example, Oleg Navalny was behind bars. Oleg Navalny Entertaining numbers Today is December 30. And I have been sitting for 364 days.

Milo Dzhukanovich Dzhukanovich built one of the most sophisticated kleptocracies and refuge for organized crime in the world The organization to inform organized crime and corruption awarded the title of "corruption of the year" to the Prime Minister of Montenegro Milia Dzhukanovich.

Earlier, the media reported that Russians plan to reduce gifts for gifts and the New Year's table by a third Three quarters of buyers in Russian stores choose purchases, based primarily from the price. Almost half of the Russians come only for goods for which there are discounts. This was written by RBC with reference to the study "Consumer Index Ivanov" conducted by Sberbank CIB. The share of Russians who switched to cheaper goods reached a record 70 percent, the authors of the study say.

There is a tendency to reduce alcoholization of the population, ”said chief narcologist Brun. According to him, there were fewer psychoses, poisoning, to seek narcological help became less The chief narcologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Evgeny Brun, believes that for the New Year should not be abused by strong drinks, it is preferably limited to a glass of wine and walk more. According to him, it is better to celebrate the New Year in sobriety.

The police are sentenced to conditional and real terms The court in Transbaikalia found five police officers guilty of applying violence for the detainees. Two accused, previously dismissed from law enforcement agencies, received 5.5 and 4.5 years in prison, the remaining three - 3 years and 3 months conditionally. This was reported on the website of the prosecutor's office of the Trans -Baikal Territory.

Yuri Chaika On the eve of the FBK filed six claims at once and Russian media in four ships of Moscow The Ostankino court of Moscow refused to consider claims for the protection of the honor and dignity of the employees of the Corruption Fund (FBK), filed on the eve of the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, the Rain television channel and the Vedomosti newspaper. The court’s decision is reported by Interfax . On what basis the court rejected the application, is not specified.

Payment is related to a tax dispute regarding Apple's subsidiary Apple's Corporation agreed to pay 318 million euros to the Italian authorities - as part of the tax trial. In relation to the Italian subsidiary of Apple, an investigation was opened on suspicion of tax evasion. According to information cited in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the company did not declare the amount of more than one billion euros.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko On the basis of the Law "On the Cleansing of the Power", adopted in October 2014, by September 2015, about 700 officials were dismissed in Ukraine Employees of the Administration of the President of Ukraine will be checked according to the Law "On Cleaning Power". The audit, which will begin in June next year, will be subjected to a press secretary, assistants, advisers and authorized Ukrainian president.

Once upon a time, one of my young acquaintances, at the age when total skepticism takes possession of us in relation to the covenants of the elders, suddenly announced that winter, spring and all this notorious change of seasons were pure convention.

Türkiye. Istanbul. Mosaic with the image of the Virgin Mary in the Temple of St. Sophia Several thousand Russians - employees of Turkish travel companies - will lose their job as a result of a ban on travel agencies in Russia Rosturism issued an order to exclude from January 1, 2016 from the Federal Register of Tour operators of companies related to the Turkish business. This was announced by the website of the department. In total, 19 legal entities are excluded from the registry.

Mikhail Kasyanov What are the plans of the democratic coalition of Mikhail Kasyanov - Alexei Navalny? In the program “Faces to the event”, the co -chair of the Party of People’s Freedom (Parnas) Mikhail Kasyanov will talk about the pre -election plans of the democratic coalition with the participation of Parnassus and supporters of Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Milov, will analyze the economic situation in Russia.