“I’ll tear off your ears and let you go for New Year’s jellied meat,” Mikhail ruffled the animal. Photo by Liza Pushkina Derevianko and Efremov grabbed each other in different places. Photo by Liza Pushkina Kamil Larin. Photo by Liza Pushkina – As I remember now: mid-90s, Odessa, New Year holidays are ahead. We scraped together some small change, ran to a taxi depot, where the male drivers were selling burnt vodka. We bought a bottle, drank it for four of us, and immediately felt better.

Photo: The new law on “rubber apartments” is designed to stop attempts to illegally register citizens in apartments. In addition to large fines, persons who carry out fictitious registration will face forced labor and imprisonment. The law on “rubber apartments,” signed by President Vladimir Putin on December 23, increases liability for fictitious registration of citizens, including arrest.

Photo: According to a representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow, a conflict occurred between two groups of men, which subsequently escalated into a mass brawl. As a result of the brawl, several people were injured, two were hospitalized. It is known that one of the hospitalized people received a stab wound in the leg, and the other received a gunshot wound to the head.

Photo: Two riot police officers in the Republic of Tuva, who were passing through the city of Mineralnye Vody in the Stavropol Territory, quarreled with three local residents in one of the city’s cafes. When a verbal conflict escalated into a fight, one of the riot police opened fire from his service weapon. Officials say one person was injured in the shooting. He was hospitalized in the city hospital.

On December 23, famous jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef passed away at the age of 93, the Associated Press reports. Latif died at home in Shatesbury, Massachusetts, after a long battle with prostate cancer. Yusef Latif was one of the first musicians to try to combine ethnic music and jazz. Known for his expressive technique, Latif was proficient in the tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon and bamboo flute.

Photo: On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a law regarding the introduction of Russian foreign passports containing electronic media, which provides for the inclusion of fingerprint data in the passport. According to the new law, fingerprint scanning will now be carried out for all citizens over 12 years of age. The data will be stored exclusively on the electronic storage medium of the passport, which will provide a decent level of protection for the document itself.

Alexander Gitelson (pictured) stole funds from the Leningrad region government.

Even in driving schools they teach that an accident is inevitable. World statistics believe that there are not so many incorrigible reckless drivers - about 10%. It turns out that they are the ones who fight once or twice a year, taking as fellow travelers a few losers from those who get into accidents a couple of times in their entire lives Photo: Alexander Pikulenko // Even in driving schools they teach that an accident is inevitable.

Photo: Vladimir Putin // President Putin did not set any records at the ninth major press conference: the usual 4 hours and 5 minutes of communication with journalists in recent years (this time there were 1,327 media representatives who managed to ask 73 questions). In general, it turned out to be the most predictable and protocol-driven of all. For many. Except for us, the Sobesednik staff.

Photo: Gerard Depardieu // TNT summed up the results of the outgoing television season and shared plans for the new one. On this occasion, the channel's stars even threw a party where they shocked with their frank confessions. Already in January, the third season of the series “Zaitsev +1” will start on TNT,” Mikhail Galustyan shared with us. – My dad was played by Gerard Depardieu. He has not yet learned to speak Russian.

The lead singer of the group "Mirage" Margarita Sukhankina told us how she is preparing for the coming New Year, why she once ruined its celebration for her neighbors and what she plans to do on the moon Photo: Margarita Sukhankina // The lead singer of the Mirage group, Margarita Sukhankina, told us how she is preparing for the coming New Year, why she once ruined its celebration for her neighbors, and what she plans to do on the Moon. There's just a little time left until the New Year.

The first performance under the direction of Nikolai Tsiskaridze took place on Saturday, December 21 Photo: In St. Petersburg, the premiere of the classical production of the ballet “The Nutcracker” took place on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. All parts in the performance were performed by students of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, of which Nikolai Tsiskaridze was appointed rector.

Vin Diesel announced on his Facebook page that the release date of the seventh part of the Fast and the Furious movie is set for April 10, 2015 Photo: Vin Diesel, who plays the role of Dominic Toretto in the movie "Fast and Furious 7", posted a photo on his page on the social network Facebook in which he is depicted next to actor Paul Walker . According to Diesel's caption, this was the last scene he filmed with Walker, who died in a car accident.

On December 23, information appeared that the Housing and Communal Sector Reform Assistance Fund would not yet place available funds on deposits. The Pension Fund of Russia (PFR) adheres to the same policy.

Maxim Matveev Actor Maxim Matveev spoke in support of Konstantin Bogomolov’s play “An Ideal Husband. Comedy”, where Matveev plays the role of a homosexual priest. The artist tried to explain why it is pointless to seek to offend the feelings of believers in a sensational performance. December 23 on the official page of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov on Facebook appeared an appeal from Maxim Matveev in support of the “Ideal Husband”.