C'est la vie. The results of the past year in a second conversation with Andrei Gavrilov Ivan Tolstoy: The last time you talked about a very curious novelty - about the release of the new Bitles records. Can we say that we have exhausted the topic? Andrei Gavrilov: For many years, large final companies have saved their archives, and in recent years we have been observing the powerful tsunami of archival records, for example, a series of records of Bob Dylan, which is simply not equal.

US President Joe Biden US President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday evening, during which he promised to give a decisive response in the event of Russia's invasion to Ukraine. "President Biden made it clear that the United States, together with the allies and partners, will decisively answer if Russia invades Ukraine in the future," the official representative of the White House Jen Psaki said.

Stalin's grave near the Kremlin wall (archive photo) The deputy chairman of the State Duma Boris Cherneshov proposed to remove the necropolis near the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow, as well as to bury the body of Lenin, located in the mausoleum. According to the deputy from the LDPR, the graves of the former leaders of the USSR and other outstanding personalities of the Soviet era should be transferred to another place.

Iranian oil platform on the shelf of the Persian Gulf Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with US President, Joe Biden on the eve of the New Year, warned that in the event of new sanctions against Russia, he could finally break off relations between the two countries. This threat followed in response to Bayden’s remark that two ways were open to Washington: Diplomacy or Continuing Russia with the help of sanctions.

From left to right: Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump (Archive) Two adult children of the former president Donald Trump received summons from the general prosecutor's office of the state of New York as part of a civilian case of fraud. The New York Times reported this with reference to the court document. The source of the publication claims that the summons were awarded on December 1. Then the agenda was delivered to the name of the ex-president.

In Kyiv and other regions of the country, they create headquarters of territorial defense. So far, not everything goes smoothly, and there are not so many people, but in a year the number of volunteers has doubled.

In a number of cities of Kazakhstan, rallies are held in support of protesters in the city of oil producers Zhanaozen in the west of the country. They oppose the increase in gas prices, reports Radio Azattyk. Hundreds of people participated in the protests in Zhanaozen. They came to the building of the city administration and blocked the movement of vehicles in the center. In this region, most machines are filled with liquefied gas.

The total number of Covid-infected people from the beginning of the pandemic in the world by mid-November exceeded 250 million people. At the same time, the only one of the regions of the world, where this fall has been resumed a sharp increase in new cases of infection is Europe (Glorine, Ukraine, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova) .

Five states - permanent members of the UN Security Council, including the United States and Russia, made a joint statement to prevent nuclear war and prevent the arms race. It is published, in particular, on the sites of the Kremlin and the White House. The application was issued against the backdrop of an aggravation of the situation around Ukraine - the Western states believe that Russia can prepare a full -scale attack on this country. Moscow denies this.

Prime Minister of Sudan Abdullah Hamduk announced to resign - against the backdrop of mass street protests against the concentration of power in the hands of a military and political crisis. In a television show, the prime minister said that his resignation would give a chance to get out of an impasse and form a new cabinet of ministers. On the same day, at least two people were killed in Kharturman during the dispersal of demonstrations of democratic transformations.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of January 4 Good morning! All enlightened humanity celebrates the 130th anniversary of the birth of Tolkien , and almost nothing happens in the world: Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk left Russia due to threats to personal security. In the west of Kazakhstan, protests continue for the second day due to growth in gas prices.

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In the city of Rechitsa in the Gomel region of Belarus on New Year's Eve, after detention, the police died 27-year-old local resident Dmitry Uskovopov. The relatives of Zhopov do not exclude that the cause of death could be violence by police officers. The Investigative Committee said that death was not forced. Zhopov, who was drunk, was detained an hour before the New Year at the public transport stop. He was taken to the department.

German Chancellor Olaf Sholts, judging by the report of the German newspaper Bild ("Bild"), intends to take "under personal control" of the relationship between Berlin and Moscow. The Bilde tabloid in its publication on January 3 claims based on his own sources that the head of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany is counting on a “qualitatively new start” in relations between Germany and Russia.

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.