2017

In the world there are several famous festivals, within which the best actors and films are awarded with film awards. The first and most well-known film awards, Academy Awards, was awarded in 1929. The owner of movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Louis B. Mayer approved this award. 

On January 18, the capital of the Republic of Crimea in Simferopol held a solemn meeting and laying flowers at the monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky on the occasion of the 363rd anniversary of the Pereyaslav Council.

On January 18, a festive opening of an exhibition of Donbass children’ drawings called “The war and the world seen by children” took place in Simferopol (Crimean Republic, Russian Federation). The event was attended by the DPR and LPR delegations, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Andrey Kozenko.

Smog impends over Kiev, and judging by the pictures in the news, the Ukrainian capital over the last couple of days is more like a famous Chinese Beijing, where it is dangerous to health to be outside without a protective mask, and fresh air is sold in the cafes.

A few days left before the departure of Obama from the post of President of United States of America, and with him leaves the entire current White House administration. On January 20, 2017, the power goes to the President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly stated that he was going change the foreign policy of America.

I wrote about the Ukrainian budget for 2017 earlier. I have to repeat one sentence. ʺIn fact, the Ukrainian draft budget for 2017 is based on that the financial burden will be put, as usual, on ordinary citizens with a reduction of social obligations to them. 

On January 16, in Assumption Cathedral in Moscow people said goodbye to Elizabeth Glinka who used to be heading "Fair Aid" charity foundation.

On January 16, a meeting of the Contact group on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass was held in Minsk. The agenda included issues relating to compliance with the truce, the implementation of the Framework Decision of the Trilateral contact group on disengagement of forces and means, as well as the resumption of the economic sub-groups

The war with an “aggressor” continues on all fronts in Ukraine, culture and art is no exception. It is a common practice today not to allow Russian music stars and film actors in the country and cancel their tours without any explanation. And concerts of popular Russian performer in Kiev, Lvov, Zaporozhye and other cities have been repeatedly shut down due to a fault of Ukrainian organizers.

Former British arrogance is gone completely. "Splendid isolation" is a term that characterizes the policy of Great Britain, when it avoided long-term alliances with other countries, and retained full freedom of action.