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Navalny, the year-end message from the Arctic: I don't feel alone
Russian opponent Alexei Navalny returns to give a speech from the penal colony in the Russian Arctic to which he was transferred. In a year-end message, Navalny said he did not feel alone despite a long prison sentence in Siberia and was in “great” spirits, but missed direct contact with family and friends. CNN writes it online. In the message shared by the team on social media, Navalny says that this is the third time “I have taken the traditional New Year's family photo using Photoshop.” “I'm trying to keep up with the times, and this time I have an artificial intelligence asked to draw me. “I hope something great came out of it – I won't see the photo in person until the letter with it arrives at Jamal,” he joked. The opponent is serving his sentence in the IK-3 penal colony in Russia's Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region. “I miss you terribly” is a false construction from a Russian perspective. It's better to say, 'I miss you a lot' or 'I miss you a lot,'” he said. »But from my point of view it is more precise and correct. I miss my family terribly. Julia, my children, my parents, my brother. I miss my friends, colleagues, our office and my job. I miss you all terribly.” However, Navalny continued to say that he felt “no feelings of loneliness, abandonment or isolation.” »My mood is fantastic. But there is nothing that can replace normal human communication in all its forms: from jokes at the New Year's table to correspondence on Telegram to comments on Instagram and Twitter,” he said. “Happy New Year to everyone. Arctic hugs and polar greetings to everyone. “I love you all,” he concluded.
December 31st – 7:54 p.m
Attack in Cologne foiled: three arrests
Attack in Cologne foiled by German police, who arrested three suspected members of an Islamist terrorist cell. The target, reports Bild, was Cologne Cathedral, which was supposed to be hit by a car on New Year's Eve. The arrests followed those before Christmas, when intelligence reports raised concerns about possible terrorist attacks.
December 31st – 7:17 p.m
Kiribati Atoll is the first atoll to celebrate 2024
It is Kiritimati in the Kiribati archipelago in Oceania, the first country in the world to celebrate New Year's Eve. In fact, the year 2024 began at 11 a.m. (in Italy) for the atoll, which is part of an archipelago with three time zones. The year 2023 ends at 12 p.m. in New Zealand, then at 2 p.m. on the east coast of Australia. At 4 p.m. it will be the turn of Japan and South Korea. India and Sri Lanka celebrate the beginning of the New Year at 7:30 p.m. Brazil and Argentina will join Italy in toasting at 4am, while the US East Coast will celebrate at 6am tomorrow. The year 2023 will finally say goodbye to Baker Island in the central Pacific on January 2nd at 1 p.m.