Boris Valentinovich Averin. Photo from the cover of his book "Dar Mnemosina" In St. Petersburg, the Soviet and Russian literary critic, philologist Boris Averin, died. He was 76 years old. Since 1974, Averin has worked at the Department of History of Russian Literature of the Philology Faculty of St. Petersburg University. In 1981, the scientist was not allowed to defend a doctoral dissertation on the topic of autobiographical prose due to refusal to quote Vladimir Lenin.

Nevsky Prospekt, illustrative photo In St. Petersburg, during a picket in defense of forests and parks of the city, activist Anna Dudnikova was detained, according to the page of the Green Coalition of St. Petersburg on the social network VKontakte. Dudnikova held in her hands a poster with the slogan "Alexander Beglov ( acting Governor of the city.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Archive photo) The Patriarch of the Constantinople Church Bartholomew published an appeal to the Orthodox churches of the world on the eve of the signing of Tomos on autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch urges all the Orthodox worlds to recognize the new Ukrainian church independent. The appeal is published on the official website of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

What can American-Russian relations look like this year? Are new sanctions against the Kremlin possible? Do Vladimir Putin needs good relations with the United States? Will the United States and its allies defend Ukraine? Does the Kremlin doom Russia to an endless conflict with America?

Frame from the film by Alexei Krasovsky "Holiday" The premiere of comedy Alexei Krasovsky "Holiday" did not take place in cinemas, but in YouTube . In the first day, more than 200 thousand people watched it. The film takes place within one night - December 31, 1941, during the blockade of Leningrad - in the house of the Voskresensky family. The head of the family, microbiologist George Voskresensky (actor Jan Tsapnik), performs an important party task: apparently, develops biological weapons.

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Two Romanian activists for private donations are building an onco center for children in Bucharest, and the government is waiting for money from the EU

The Chinese space station "Chane-4" successfully landed on the surface of the Moon Runs "Yuit-2". He became the first lunoper working on the back of the moon, notes CCTV. "Chan-4" successfully shatted on the morning of January 3. The reverse side of the moon is not observed from the ground, and the technique that works there cannot receive a direct radio signal from the ground. This creates a particular difficulty for studying this side of the satellite.

Today in Russia, as in the whole world, they talk more and more about depression - sometimes as a disease, sometimes just as an alarming spiritual state that affects a person’s will and the ability to action. More young people, even teenagers, get acquainted with depression. The fact that this topic is relevant is recognized not only by psychotherapists, but also by priests.

In the state of Kerala in the south of India, clashes of radical induces with the police continue. Their reason was the abolition of the ban on the entrance of women into one of the temples. On Friday, law enforcement agencies reported that contrary to protests into the temple territory in Sabarimal, another, the third in the number of a woman came in. Until January 1, 2019, the entrance to one of the main Hindu temples was banned by women aged 10 to 50 years.

The new Brazilian President Zhair Bolsonaru allowed the placement of an American military base in his country. In an interview with SVT, he said that he could conclude an agreement with the United States. According to Bolsonar, rapprochement with Washington is currently an economic issue, but Brazil can establish cooperation with the United States and in the military sector. He also advocated the dominance of Brazil in South America. Bolsonaru took office as President of Brazil on January 1.

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