Top News December 18

Ella Pamfilova at the presentation of the visual concept of the campaign on the election of the President of the Russian Federation 2018 Sergey Vedyashkin / AGN "Moscow"

Digest "Polit.ru" is a brief selection of the ten most noticeable news of the outgoing day. Today, the CEC announced the start of the election campaign in the presidential election, the media learned about the emergence of a new army in the Far East, and the Prosecutor General’s Office told about Kyiv to give the alleged Paul Khlebnikov killer.

The CEC launched the countdown before the election of the President of the Russian Federation

Since December 18, the procedure for nominating presidential candidates has started in Russia. Ella Pamfilova said that 23 people, including Vladimir Putin, will take part in the elections. More than 17 billion rubles will be spent on the election. The CEC approved a list of four parliamentary parties that have the right to nominate presidential candidates without arranging a collection of signatures. The headquarters of Alexei Navalny said that he would also submit documents for nomination within a week.

Putin's elections to the president have officially started today

- #MDK (@mudakoff) December 18 , 2017

The CIA was refused to discuss assistance in preventing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg

The official representative of the CIA Nicole de Hei refused to report the details of the transfer of the Russian Federation data on the preparation of the attack in St. Petersburg. “Please apply to the White House statement,” she said. The Kremlin was offered to establish cooperation between the CIA and the FSB on similar issues.

Command and staff exercises "Metel-2017" nak

The terrorist attack was prevented thanks to the timely USRR of the US CIA in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region

- Solopov (@max_solopov) December 17 , 2017

The Odd Thing About that Cia Tip for Which Putin Thinked Trump, According to @Echomskru editor @aavst , is the Russian Court Case Itt the Owner of a Garage Rented by a Terror Suspect Called Police When He Found Bomb Parts. What Cia in this? https://t.co/pqnuxvu8hp

- David Filipov (@davidfilipov) December 18 , 2017

A new army will appear in the Far East

The Ministry of Defense will unite naval aviation and the air defense forces of the Pacific Fleet to organize a powerful group of army with headquarters in Kamchatka. She will control the territory from the northern smoking to Wrangel Island. The new army is created to track threats and exclude a sudden air attack. According to media reports, 19 billion rubles will be allocated for the re -equipment of the Russian Federation. The Kremlin said that he had not yet received a state program.

The priorities of the state. After all, whatever one may say, on secret multi -trillion purchases you can drink much more. And themselves, if anything, will go to the States to be treated by pic.twitter.com/kt86vtog7t

- Georgy Alburov (@alburov) December18, 2017

The new army will protect the old one.

- Alexander Popov (@apopov314) December 18, 2017

The US will spend $ 200 million to contain Russia

The US defense budget provides for $ 214 million, which will be spent on the construction of air bases in Iceland, Norway and Eastern Europe. They are planned to be used as a transport hub. Aircraft will track the movements of Russian submarines in the North and Baltic Seas. In the new military doctrine, Russia along with China is called the country-revisionist.

US Air Force Basis in Kechkemet, Hungary US Angoto/Senior Master SGT. Beth Holliker

The police searched the house of the journalist who wrote about the surveillance of Russia

The Finnish police searched the apartment of the journalist Laura Helminen, who published an article in the publication of Helsingin Sanomat on the monitoring of the intelligence services of Finland for the movements of the Russian army. She took the iPad, flash cards and a computer with her, which the journalist managed to break with a hammer. HELSINGININ SANOMAT emphasized that this case is unusual for Finland, which is proud of the freedom of the press.

Military intelligence of Finland carries out constant monitoring for socio-political processes and moods in the territory of Karelia

- Igor Korotchenko (@i_korotchenko) December 18, 2017

The main objects of interest of military intelligence of Finland are the troops of the Western Military District, the Baltic Fleet, the defense enterprises of St. Petersburg

- Igor Korotchenko (@i_korotchenko) December 18, 2017

The Prosecutor General’s Office requested the alleged killer of Paul Khlebnikov in Ukraine

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent a request to Ukraine on the issuance of Magomed Dukuzov, who is accused of killing the chief editor of the Russian version of Forbes magazine Paul Khlebnikov. It is still unknown whether some decision was made to issue it to Russia, although the request was sent on May 29.

Paul Khlebnikov shot in Moscow in 2004. In 2003, Khlebnikov was published by the book “Conversation with Barbar”, based on an interview with Chechen Khozh-Ahmed Nukhaev https://t.co/etuvudhlrt

- The New Times (@the_newtimes) December 18 , 2017

Moscow accused Kiev of her departure from the Center for Minsk Agreements Control

The Foreign Ministry announced the decision of the Russian Federation to leave the joint center for control and coordination in the Donbass, which also includes Ukraine. Moscow was represented by 75 officers. The Russian Foreign Ministry explained that “serious difficulties” due to the fault of the Ukrainian side were the reason for the refusal to participate in the CCC. “In particular, Russian officers limited access to the contact line, checking service at joint observation posts deployed in the territory controlled by Ukraine. It came to prohibitions on communication with the local population, ”the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained.

Donetsk thanked the SCCC officers for holding us under the sight of the Ukrov, not allowing the opportunity to answer, created the "gray zones" and gave them to the Ukrainians free of charge, substituting the cities under the blows of the enemy, and now solemnly departed, like, cope. All in chocolate!

- Inna Mishina (@innagdonetsk) December 17, 2017

Human rights activists talked about the requests of Ulyukaev in the pre -trial detention center

Alexey Ulyukaev refused to programs in the pre -trial detention center, responding to the proposals of human rights activists: "No, nothing is needed." “Absolutely non -impedeal person. Vasiliev, for example, dictated a whole list, ”said in the PMC. However, he asked to give him warm things, and also waits for replenishment of the card to pay hot dinners. The Kremlin again refused to discuss the punishment of the ex-minister.

Maybe the arrested ministers at least a little contribute to the humanization of the FSIN and insulators. Thousands of defendants are freezing now, but everyone is writing coldly to the minister. https://t.co/pwjcoitddk

- Alexey Navalny (@navalny) December18 , 2017

Another exchange in the United States began to trade in Bitcoin futures

The Chicago Modern Exchange CME Group began to trade in Bitcoin futures. At the beginning of the trading, the rate of the most popular cryptocurrency in the world exceeded 20.5 thousand dollars, but then decreased by 1 thousand dollars

Tonight started bidding on Bitcoin on CME after CBOE last week; CME has a more successful/effective start, although the size of the contract and more https://t.co/87dxozie8t

- Konstantin Bochkarev (@allmarkets) December 18 , 2017

Rosselkhoznadzor allowed the supply of sprot from Latvia and Estonia

Rosselkhoznadzor lifted the ban from two Baltic companies for the supply of sprat to Russia - SIA Karavela and the Estonian DGM Shipping AS. Both companies reported on the elimination of violations that the Russian Federation arose in 2015.

Allowed for the New Year
Putin Latvian sprot
To write the dead
"Putin is cool and he is not a jerk"

- sanctions fruit (@buddy_judge) December 18, 2017

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