Bundestag deputy from the Green party Omid Nuripur believes that political decisions will not lead to the shutdown of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has become a threat both to his country and to the entire European space. This opinion was voiced by Maria Zakharova.

The dollar exchange rate in the course of foreign exchange trading on the Moscow Exchange was traded at the level of 75.03 rubles.

Former mayor of Arkhangelsk Alexander Donskoy took part in the filming of a video that contains references to the Black lives matter (BLM) movement.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing and Moscow together can ensure global order and withstand pressure from individual countries.

The Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko congratulated the residents of the city on the New Year holidays, showing a cartoon about himself and about St. Nicholas.

In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old Hispanic girl was accidentally shot and killed by a policeman during the capture of a criminal.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that in 2022-2024 the Ministry of Finance does not plan to increase the rates of personal income tax (PIT), income tax and value added tax (VAT).

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a December 30 briefing that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden will talk on the phone ahead of the face-to-face talks between the two countries.

British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss wrote in her article for Evropeyskaya Pravda that a possible Russian "invasion" of Ukraine would be met with tough coordinated sanctions against Moscow.