Zhanaozen. Photo: iVest.kz President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on the introduction of a state of emergency in the city of Zhanaozen of the Mangistau region after the mass riots that occurred on the day of independence of the republic, the Kazakhstan portal "Republic" reports with reference to the Nazarbayev press service.

Sergey Naryshkin, head of the presidential administration. Photo by RIA '' News '' The United Russia General Council at an expanded meeting supported the nomination of the head of the presidential administration Sergei Naryshkin to the post of Speaker of the State Duma, Gazeta.ru reports with reference to one of the participants in the meeting.

Eduard Limonov, after declaring himself a presidential candidate. Photo by Dmitry Borko The Central Election Commission refused to register an initiative group for nomination with the presidential candidate of the leader of another Russia, Eduard Limonov. This follows from the agenda of the CEC meeting dedicated to the issues of registering self -nominated, which is scheduled for December 18.

Campaign video for the December 24 rally.

A campaign video for a rally on Palace Square in St. Petersburg on December 24.

Dmitry Medvedev. Photo "Komsomolskaya Pravda" The leaders and leaders of United Russia and its lists in the elections should be members of the party. As RIA Novosti reports, President Medvedev said at a meeting with the party’s asset. “I consider it necessary that the leadership of United Russia and the leaders of United Russia, the leaders of party lists in the elections were members of the United Russia party - all without exception,” Medvedev said.

Pavel Selin in the program "Last Word". Frame NTV The NTV channel removed the program "Last Word" from the air, dedicated to the protest against falsifications in the elections. As one of the heroes of the program told the Franes, the activist of Solidarity Pavel Elizarov, the shooting took place on Thursday with the participation of Anastasia Udaltsova, one of the applicants of the rally on Bolotnaya Square.

Boris Grebenshchikov. Photo from the site today.ua The leadership of St. Petersburg University canceled the concert of Boris Grebenshchikov and the planned meeting of the leader of the Aquarium with students. This was announced in an interview with "Moscow Komsomolets" by writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili). “I just Boris Grebenshchikov told me on the phone that St. Petersburg University suddenly abolished his planned concert and meeting with students.

Konstantin Kinchev at a concert. Shot from the video The leader of the Alice group Konstantin Kinchev called on the disagreements with the results of the elections to go out onto the streets. On December 9, at a concert in Saratov, he opposed the falsifications in the elections. The rocker said that "only the street can make them honest." “Here I have been asking questions for all for three or four days to everyone I see.

Sergey Naryshkin. Photo from the site www.tvzvezda.ru United Russia intends to nominate the head of the presidential administration Sergei Naryshkin, who headed the list of unicorn from the Leningrad Region, to the post of State Duma. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the first deputy secretary of the Presidium of the Secretary General of the party Andrei Isaev. “In fact, he has very much experience, he led the administration, actively participated in our election campaign.

Zyuganov. Photo from the site xfilesrus.narod.ru The Communist Party at its congress nominated its leader Gennady Zyuganov as a presidential candidate, RIA Novosti reports. The Congress of the Communist Party is taking place on Saturday in the suburbs. According to Kommersant, Zyuganov said that in the event of a victory in the presidential election in March 2012, the Communist Party will hold early elections to the State Duma.

Vsevolod Chernozub on one of the protests. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow on Saturday rejected the appeal of the activist of the "Solidarity" of Vsevolod Chernozub to the decision on his administrative arrest for 15 days. According to the correspondent of the Grani.ru, the judge Tatyana Barakovskaya did not let the mother of Chernozub or the journalists into the hall, although the hearing was supposed to be open.

Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. Photos of the press service of the President of Russia President Dmitry Medvedev during a telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama expressed him indignation at the actions of American officials who criticized the elections to the State Duma the very next day. As ITAR-TASS reports, Medvedev told about this at a meeting with an asset of United Russia.

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev. Photo from the site www.pravda.ru US President Barack Obama welcomed Dmitry Medvedev’s intention to investigate violations during the State Duma elections, and also discussed recent demonstrations in Moscow with the Russian colleague. According to Radio Voice of America with reference to the press secretary of Obama Jay Carney, the telephone conversation of Obama and Medvedev took place on Friday in the afternoon.

Cesaria Evora. Photo from the Guardian site The famous singer from Cabo-Verde Caria Evra died at the age of 70, reports Echo of Moscow with reference to the Portuguese media. In September, she announced that she suffers from serious health problems and completes her career. The day before, the singer was hospitalized in one of the hospitals of the island of San Vicent due to heart failure and breathing problems.