Sunday December 23 was the last day of birth, which was marked by the Japanese emperor Akihito on the throne. The 85-year-old monarch will soon announce the abdication of the throne in favor of his eldest son Naruhito. This will happen on April 30, 2019. More than 80 thousand Tokytsi and residents of other cities came on Sunday to the Imperial Palace to congratulate Akihito on the 85th anniversary.

In Indonesia, as a result of the tsunami, caused by the volcanic eruption, at least 222 people died, according to the latest data. About 30 are listed as missing, more than 800 were injured, the local emergency agency said. On the island in the Strait in the Strait in the evening on Saturday, an ANAK-KRAKATAU volcano volcano occurred.

In Sudan, shares continue to reduce bread prices. According to AFP, on Sunday mass unrest occurred in two cities. In the capital of Sudan, the city of Khartum of the police managed to restore relative calm after five -day bypos, in which five people were killed. Residents of the city of Umm-Ruvaba, 200 kilometers southwest of Hartum, told AFP that about 600 local residents gathered in the market, chanting calls for a change of power.

Promotion organizer Sergei Udaltsov In Moscow, a rally against the policy of the capital's authorities, which the organizers of the action characterize as “construction arbitrariness”, was held on the square of the 1905 metro station.

What is the difference between modern Petersburg from other cities of Russia and the world? How to make a city convenient for residents and attractive for tourists without distorting its appearance? In the Radio Radio Freedom, art historians Arkady Ippolitov, Katherine Filips, Tatyana Moskvina, Keeper of the Necropolis of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Yuri Pirutko, historian Lev Lurie, architect Semen Mikhailovsky, employee of the Russian Museum Alexander Borovsky.

Myths and reputation. Surguchev as a moral problem. The conversation is dedicated to the figure of a bright prose writer and the famous playwright - Ilya Dmitrievich Surguchev, whose play "Autumn Violin" has become a classic of Russian literature.

American Jeff Monson, the famous fighter of mixed martial arts, nicknamed Snowman, received Russian citizenship in 2018 and became a deputy of the city of Krasnogorsk near Moscow. Now he is engaged in the problems of deceived equity holders, teaches children to Jiu-Jitsu and raises a little daughter. - I accepted Russian citizenship ... - Because you believe in our country ... - I believe in the country ... - And we believe in the country too ...

On the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago, Spitsbergen on suspicion of armed robbery of the bank was detained by a Russian citizen. This was reported on Saturday is reported on the website of the Governor of the region Svalbard. The robbery occurred on Friday in the village of Longyir, the administrative center of Svalbard.

Will the association of Ukrainian Orthodox help the world? Yakov Krotov: This release of the program is devoted to the results of the cathedral in Kiev, on which the combination of part of Orthodox Ukraine was announced. The cathedral was attended by two bishops from the Ukrainian Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , bishops of the Kiev Patriarchate , the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church .

Protest in Dmitrievka In the village of Dmitrievka, Nikiforovsky district of the Tambov region, on Sunday, a rally was held against the construction of the Bastion Garbage there. According to estimates, which are given by Lifetambov.ru and the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, up to three thousand people took part in the rally. At the same time, the entire population of the village is 7 and a half thousand. There are no official police data about the number of participants yet.

Lithuania, the first republic. The issue of the journal Foreign literature dedicated to the Lithuanian literature of the 20s and 30s of the twentieth century. The history of culture and memory of independence, repressions, Holocaust. The compilers of the rooms and translators Maria Chepaitite, Thomas Chepaitis, George Efremov. Translator, poet Anna Gerasimova, she is also a rock musician Umka.

Fragment of the poster of the film "Women of the Gulag" A documentary about women who became victims of the Stalinist repressions fell into the short list of the Oscar. On January 22, it will become known whether he will be one of the five paintings selected by American film academics for the nomination for the award.

Gatwik airport In Britain to freedom, without charges, two people detained earlier were issued , who were suspected of involvement in the emergence of drones over the London airport of Gatvik. Due to the presence of unidentified drones on the runway, the airport’s work on Wednesday and Thursday was paralyzed for more than a day. It is reported that a 47-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman detained on Friday answered all questions of the investigation.

In Israel, the last famous participant in the 1943 uprising in the Warsaw ghettho Simha Rotaiser-Root died. He was 94 years old. The company, known under the pseudonym Kazik, was a member of the Jewish combat organization, which in April 1943 in the Varsaw occupied by the Nazis participated in an uprising in the Jewish ghetto. The uprising was brutally crushed by the Nazis, who killed more than 10 thousand people in the ghetto, about 50 thousand were sent to death camps.