Olga Romanova. Photos of faces A folk collection of funds for the rally "For honest elections", which will be held in Moscow on Sakharov Avenue on December 24, has been announced. At the request of the organizers, journalist and civil activist Olga Romanova took up the collection of donations from individuals. For these purposes, she opened a wallet in the Yandex.Money system (wallet number: 410011232431933, money transfer instructions ).

Communist Party rally against dishonest elections. Moscow, Manezhnaya Square, December 18, 2011. Photographed by Dmitry Zykov.

Pedestrian crossing. Photo from the site smp-asudd.ru A policeman without a driver’s rights in a personal car shot down a minor girl in the south of Moscow to death to death. According to Interfax, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow reported.

Ulan-Ude. Photo from the site www.liveinternet.ru In Ulan-Ude on Monday morning, the building of the People’s Khural Buryatia, as well as the residence of the president of the republic, caught fire. According to RIA Novosti with reference to the Republican Office of the Ministry of Emergencies, 105 people were in the building during a fire. All of them are evacuated, there are no injured. Within a few hours, the fire that began with the roof was extinguished.

Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Prokhorov. Photo by MK.ru Documents for registration of the initiative group for nomination to the president of entrepreneur Mikhail Prokhorov were delivered to the Central Election Commission at the end of the working day on the last day of the application. As he writes with reference to his source "Independent Gazeta", the Cyc apparatus patiently waited for paper for two hours after the end of the working day. "They would not wait for the other.

Prazhans say goodbye to Vaclav Gavel. Photo from Scotsman.com The Russian leadership did not react to the message of the death of the former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic of Vaclav Gavel. Neither President Dmitry Medvedev, nor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed condolences. The leading world politicians, including the heads of state, expressed their condolences to the relatives of the former president and the entire Czech people.

Blog Boris Akunin in LiveJournal: Fragment of Design. Screenshot: Lenta.ru Hackers hacked the blog of the writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) on the Livejournal.com platform and his mailbox on Gmail. On Monday night, December 19, all records disappeared from the Borisakunin user's diary. The hackers left the inscription "Zasim I dedicated the Pacific Gregorore Mudoshvil into the revolutionaries." The service administration promptly blocked the Akunin blog.

Gennady Zyuganov. Photo rusnovosti.ru Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the presidential campaign is obliged to take part in the debate. According to Interfax, the leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov stated this after passing documents for registration with a presidential candidate in the Central Election Commission. "We officially invited Putin to the debate. I do not know how he will evade this time," Zyuganov said.

Kim Jong Ir. Photo by ar The DPRK leader Kim Jong Il died at the age of 69, CNN reports citing state television of North Korea. Kim Jong Ir died on Saturday during an inspection trip around the country by train. According to the official version, death came from a heart attack due to "mental and physical strain caused by work for the good of the people." The announcer of Korean television, which reported the death of the leader, was crying. The funeral will be held in Pyongyang December 28.

The main director of Mtuuz is about folk protests against dishonest elections.

The collection of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo from the site www.samaratuday.ru Before the accident, the Kola platform was engaged in the borehole drill for Gazprom. According to Moscow News , this well of the Kamchatka environmental prosecutor's office and Rosprirodnadzor are considered illegal, since drilling began, despite the negative conclusion of the state environmental examination.

A poster against United Russia in Vladivostok. Photo from Forums.drom.ru/vladivostok website The head of Pskov, Ivan Tsetsersky, resigned in connection with the low result of United Russia in the elections to the State Duma, RIA Novosti reports. “Yes, I have written a resignation statement,” he said. "United Russia" in the parliamentary elections on December 4 scored 28.21 percent of the vote in Pskov.

Pioneer Square, December 18, 2011 Shooting PITER.TV . How Boris Nemtsov was booed Full video from the rally (Nevex.TV)

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo: Victor Chernov/Russian Look Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky, nominated from the party as a presidential candidate, said that in case of his victory in the election, the court will release Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Interfax reports. “The court will release,” Yavlinsky said, answering the question of journalists whether he would release Khodorkovsky in case of victory.