VTsIOM General Director Valery Fedorov, in response to criticism of the New Year's survey on the energy supply of Crimea, appreciated the quality of sociological studies conducted directly on holidays. He wrote about this on his Facebook. “And if the survey is not conducted on the New Year, can it give other results? - Maybe. But most likely, it will give the same results.

Most of the participants of the survey conducted in Crimea - 93.1% - did not support the conclusion of the contract with Kiev for the supply of electricity, if the Republic is called part of Ukraine in the document. These are the data of the VTsIOM. They agreed to “temporary difficulties associated with the interruptions in power supply over the next 3-4 months”, 94% of respondents. In the Republic of Crimea, 2525 people were interviewed, in Sevastopol - 500 people.

Russian sanctions against Turkey entered into force on January 1. This is provided for by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, which was signed on November 28, 2015. Sanctions suggest a ban on the supply of vegetables (tomatoes, onions, colored cabbage and broccoli, cucumbers), fruits (citrus fruits, as well as apples, pears, grapes, drainage and strawberries), chicken and turkey meat, as well as salts and fresh carbacons.

In Egypt on the Nile River, at least 18 people were killed, the Sinhua agency reports with reference to Egypt state television. There were 22 passengers on the ferry, the vessel cruised between the cities of the provinces of Boer and the Kafr El Sheikh. According to Sinhua, the search operation in the area of ​​the place where the ferry sank, continues. The causes of the incident have not yet been reported. According to preliminary data, the ferry can sink due to overload or due to bad weather.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the rules for the transit of goods from Ukraine to Kazakhstan through the territory of Russia. According to the document published on the official portal of legal information, such transit is possible only from Belarus. This applies to road and railway transportation. Containers with goods should be equipped with identification systems (seals), including based on the GLONASS satellite system.

The Government of the Russian Federation established a discount on gas for Ukraine for the first quarter of 2016, follows from the Kabmin Decree published on January 1. The discount can be $ 17.8 per thousand cubic meters, RIA Novosti reports . At a contract price of thousands of cubic meters of $ 230, taking into account the discount, the cost of gas will be $ 178 per thousand cubic meters, Interfax said. The gas discount in the fourth quarter of 2015 was $ 24.6.

American singer Natalie Cole died in Los Angeles on December 31 as a result of complications of serious illness. This was reported with reference to the statement of her family members is reported by ABC News. She was 65 years old. “Natalie was dying like she lived - with dignity, strength and honor. We will be very bored with our beloved mother and sister, she will forever remain unforgettable in our hearts, ”the report said.

Mus residence in The Hague, 2016 Photo: Hypergio / Wikipedia The International Criminal Court (MUS) in the Hague issued an arrest warrant of Russian distant aircraft Sergei Kobylash and the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation Viktor Sokolov. The release about this is published on the court of court.

For a documentary about Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Fishman recorded the memories of his relatives, colleagues and acquaintances. Below are several fragments from interviews with Mikhail Fridman, Ilya Yashin, Alfred Kokh, Mikhail Prokhorov and Oleg Sysuev, whom Nemtsov considered his close friends. Over the past 25 years, Russia has become accustomed to political assassinations and assassinations.

“Once I woke up and realized that I was not going wrong: I am 40 years old, I am a neurobiologist known throughout the world, a laureate of various awards and I have, as many, decisively everything” - this is how Wendy Suzuki’s book “ A strange girl who fell in love with the brain begins: how knowledge of neurobiology helps to become more attractive, happier and better ” (I went out at the publisher of Alpine Plisher).

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation initiated a trial regarding the debt of Ukraine in the amount of $ 3 billion for Eurobonds, according to the website of the Russian ministry. The Russian authorities turned to The Law Debenture Corporation PLC and began the procedures necessary to file a lawsuit in the English court. The deadline for the repayment of the specified loan expired on December 31.