The court in Kiev arrested the leader of the party of Gennady Korban for two months, according to the party page on Facebook. In November, Korbana was placed under house arrest, the Property Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine filed a petition to change the preventive measure. The hearings began on December 27 and lasted more than a day. Korbana was detained in October 2015, he was charged with creating a criminal organization, assigning funds on especially large -scale and abduction.

In early 2016, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation will update the format of the message about the key rate, said Igor Dmitriev, head of the regulator’s monetary policy department, in an interview with Reuters . “In the first quarter, we are going to present a slightly updated press release format. And we will try to make it simpler, more intelligible. We will focus on the clarity of formulations so that our messages are read unambiguously.

The unspoken agreement between the artist and the authorities until recently was formulated as follows: "You do not go into politics, we do not climb into your soul." Vladimir Putin during the last Friday of the State Council on Culture, responding to a replica, said: “As soon as an attempt begins to use culture in the interests of politics, so it at least loses its quality and such an opportunity - to be a bridge [between peoples and states]”. And further: "...

The Tver District Court of Moscow refused the Fund for the fight against corruption (FBK) to consider the claim for the protection of honor and dignity against the prosecutor general Yuri Chaika. It is reported by Interfax . “There are no mention of the defendant about the plaintiffs, and actions are disputed by the plaintiffs that do not affect their rights, freedoms and legitimate interests,” said the press secretary of the court Anastasia Dzyurko.

The founder of Open Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, put on the international wanted list in the murder case, commented on the appeal of the absentee arrest appointed to him by a lawyer. The comment was posted on Khodorkovsky Twitter. https://twitter.com/mich261213/status/681464818545594368 Earlier on December 28, the Basmanny court reported that they received a complaint against the absentee arrest of Khodorkovsky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin amended the Decree on the establishment of sanctions against Turkey. The document is published on the Kremlin website. In the updated version of the document in paragraphs on the ban or restrictions on some types of work, such a ban is provided not only for organizations under the jurisdiction of Turkey, but also for organizations “controlled by citizens of the Turkish Republic”.

Two high -profile resignations took place in the Russian Orthodox Church on the New Year's Eve, 2016 and in anticipation of the Bishop Cathedral, which should take place in early February. First, the responsible editor of the “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” (“ZhMP”) was dismissed - the intra -church “conservatives” wished for this resignation, and it was quite expected. And a week later - Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, who was responsible for the connection of the Church with the Society.

Saudi Arabia budget deficit in 2015 amounted to a record $ 98 billion. This was reported by AFP. Bloomberg notes that the official data on the deficit have not yet been published, and it is only about the assessment - 367 billion Rials. According to the results of this year, the country's budget revenues are expected to amount to 608 billion Rials, while it was initially assumed that they would reach 715 billion.

After Euromaidan every year of Ukrainian events is ten. In December 2014, the country still lived anxious military expectations, and observers were amazed at the preserved unity in power and in the ruling coalition, and in general public unity, when everything is at the same time: politicians, officials, oligarchs, ordinary citizens.

The Pulkovo to the city was allocated to St. Petersburg a budget loan of 10 billion rubles for the construction of Aeroexpress to the city. This was stated by the Governor of the city, Georgy Poltavchenko, RIA Novosti reports . “Largely thanks to the support of Valentina Matvienko and the position of the country's leadership to St. Petersburg, a budget loan was allocated at 1.5% per annum of 10 billion rubles,” Poltavchenko said. In general, the project cost is estimated at 16-18 billion rubles.

The presidential administration as a New Year's gift sent officials and politicians a collection of quotes by Vladimir Putin called “Words changing the world”. This was reported by RBC with reference to the Kremlin officials. The Kremlin Department of Internal Policy confirmed that the book was presented about a thousand politicians and officials, including governors, speakers of regional parliaments and several State Duma deputies.

The best pictures of 2015, without shock and horror Member of the traditional swim in the framework of the World Congress of Santa Clauses in Copenhagen EPA / Erik Refner In the collections of the main photographs of the year, an emphasis is usually placed on sad and often shocking events - war and catastrophes (unfortunately) are the main supplier of photographer success.

One of the world's largest alcoholic beverages, the British Diageo, specially for the Indonesia market, has released a non -alcoholic Guinness beer. According to Financial Times, Diageo has invested more than $ 1 million in the production and promotion of this drink. You can find the text of the article on the CNBC website. The product called Guinness Zero is mostly designed for the same audience as the usual beer.

The Bobslei Federation of Russia (FBI) denied the media that appeared in the media about the disappearance of the president of the organization Georgy Bedzhamov. According to TASS, citing a press release from the FBI, Bedzhamov is on vacation and is not going to leave the president of the federation. “Georgy Bedzhamov continues to act as the president of the Federation and is currently on the planned vacation.

Tatyana Batysheva, deputy chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Social Policy, proposed to introduce the curators of families with ten years of experience over young families. The purpose of the initiative is to strengthen family values, she said in a commentary to Moscow. “A special block is the upbringing of a young family. When only the family is organized, literally some problem, something is wrong, there is no longer a family, it fell apart.