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Activists of the New Opposition decided to declare themselves about themselves in Novosibirsk for the first time before the New Year. Only 13 people went out for a walk in the city center, hoping in the future to attract much more supporters of movement to their ranks.

What was the outgoing year for Ukraine? The host of the Road to Freedom program Vitaly Portnikov discusses the results of the year with political scientist Taras Berezovtsa and journalist Pavel Kazarin.

The leading index on the New York Exchange Dow Jones, reflecting the capitalization of the 30 largest American companies, has demonstrated the best indicators since 2013. He rose 13 percent. Two other main indexes increased significantly: S&P 500, which includes five hundred largest American companies - by 9.5 percent of growth and a high -tech NASDAQ index by 7.5 percent. The success of Dow Jones is especially impressive, because the year on the exchange began very badly.

The Russian government adopted the federal budget for 2017-2019. The budget law, adopted by the State Duma on December 9, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on December 20. It provides for a deficit of 2.7 billion rubles in 2017, followed by a phased reduction. The budget was prepared based on the average annual oil price of $ 40 per barrel and inflation level of not higher than 4 percent in the planned period.

Francois Hollande France President Francois Hollande intends to visit Iraq on January 2. Speaking on Saturday with the New Year's appeal to the nation, Hollande said that he wanted to greet the French troops participating in the actions of the international coalition under the command of the United States. It is not yet ended with terrorism, the struggle continues, the French president emphasized, and this is precisely the task of French troops, deployed in Mali, Syria, Iraq.

UN Security Council The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution submitted by Russia in support of the arresting agreements in Syria and the beginning of the negotiation process. The document was prepared with the participation of Turkey.

The main topic of discussion in social networks is the persecution of Bozhenes and other incorrectly mourning

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Political scientist Taras Berezovets and journalist Pavel Kazarin Vitaly Portnikov: Today we will talk about the results of the year. Our guest is a political expert Taras Berezovets and journalist Pavel Kazarin. Is it possible to assume that 2016 for Ukraine was to certain extent a year of disappointment?

In Baghdad, two explosions occurred early in the morning in the busy market today, the victims of which were, according to various sources, from 20 to 30 citizens, dozens were injured. No one has yet stated the responsibility for organizing explosions. The current explosions are the most bloody in mid -October. The extremist group "Islamic State", banned in Russia and some other countries, previously took responsibility for most of such attacks.

Traore, the hero of our film - a football player from the cat d'Ivoir, who fled from clashes on religious grounds, went to Russia, dreaming of playing Dynamo. His dreams did not come true: I even had to ask for money in the subway for food and sleep in a garbage box. And then work at a construction site. His fate, however, developed successfully, thanks to two meetings - with Daniil Kashnitsky, the head of the initiative group "Africans in Moscow", and Diana, a student of Rudn.

Elephant among adult elephants, a picture was taken in South Africa in 2014 (archive photo) The Chinese authorities announced the intention until the end of 2017 to completely ban the trade in the ivory. This means that in a year the most extensive global ivory market will be closed, which can be a decisive blow to poaching elephant hunting in Africa, writes the American newspaper The New York Times .

Some are sure that 2016 was under the star of Donald Trump, others say that this is a double star, counting the second Vladimir Putin. According to the consensus, he belonged to the outgoing year. If you believe the headlines, then the Russian president almost put the American in the White House. For all my forty years in the United States, I have not met with such a nonsense of the Russian threat as during the elections and the analysis of leading newspapers followed by them.