Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Photo compromat.ua President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych is personally interested in the ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to be released from custody as quickly as possible, but cannot intervene in this process. According to Interfax, Yanukovych said about this at a press conference in Kyiv. "I am not against Tymoshenko to be released under certain conditions provided for in Ukrainian laws.

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The liberation of Alexei Navalny. Photo: Konstantin Rubakhin On Wednesday night, civil activists Alexei Navalny and Ilya Yashin were released after 15 days of arrest for participating in the protest in clean ponds ( VIDEO ). As the correspondent of the Grani.ru reports, from the special receiver on the Simferok Boulevard, where they were serving administrative arrest, the opposition was taken to the police department at the place of residence for profound conversations.

OSCE observers. Photo from the site Belarus.cz The Public Chamber proposed expanding the circle of observers in the elections. According to Kommersant, the participants in the hearings in the OP proposed to give the right to exhibit their observers in the elections not only to political parties, but also to public organizations.

The FSB building on Lubyanskaya Square. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The ruelect.com is dedicated to finding falsifications in the elections, stopped his work. On the main page of the site there was an inscription on behalf of the FSB: "The site is closed on a set of 20.29. The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation" Production and distribution of extremist materials.

Vaclav Gavel. Photo from the site aktuality.sk Russia at the funeral of the former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic of Vaclav Gavel will be represented by the Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin. According to Gazeta.ru, this was announced by the press secretary of Dmitry Medvedeva Natalya Timakova. "Lukin represents Russia at the funeral. He will express condolences on behalf of the country and the president," Timakova said. The funeral of Gavel will be held on Friday.

Femen activists after abduction in Belarus. Photo: euroradio.fm The KGB of Belarus officially rejected the accusations of the abduction of activists of the Ukrainian movement Femen. According to Interfax with reference to the chairman of the KGB Vadim Zaitsev, the story with an abduction in the KGB is considered a "gross provocation." “They can declare anything,” Zaitsev noted.

Yukos. Grani.ru collage The company "Yukos" appealed to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights a decision made in September, in which the court refused to recognize the processes that led to the bankruptcy of the company, politically motivated, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press secretary of the court, Christina Penchev-Malinovsky. “I confirm the court from the plaintiff’s lawyer a request to send the case to the Grand Chamber,” said Pencheva-Malinovsky.

Victor Yanukovych. Photo from the site www.korrespondent.net President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said that the cost of Russian gas should not exceed $ 250 per thousand cubic meters, RIA Novosti reports. The basic price of Russian gas for Ukraine, laid down in the existing calculated formula, is almost twice as high as the Ukrainian president of the prices - $ 450 per thousand cubic meters. "We believe that the price for Ukraine should not be above $ 250," Yanukovych said.

BTR column in Moscow in 1991. Photo by Dmitry Borko The public coalition in defense of Moscow appealed to President Dmitry Medvedev with a request not to introduce troops into the capital on the day of the rally "for honest elections" on December 24. “We ask you to show respect for the inhabitants of the capital and refuse to enter additional police and army formations into Moscow on the day of the rally on December 24.

The procession of "local" on Tverskaya on the day of Russia. Photo by D. BORKO/Brani.ru Prochrevsky movements announced the creation of the headquarters of uniform actions in support of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, reports Lenta.ru. The new project is attended by organizations "Local", "Russia Young", "New People" and "Grouping of Changes." As a slogan, they chose the phrase "V - means vladimir", and as a symbol - a white glove.

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Khodorkovsky and Lebedev during the announcement of the sentence. Photo: D. Lebedev/Kommersant The Presidential Council for the President recommended the Prosecutor General’s Office to introduce in the order of supervision a verdict of verdict in the second case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, and the Investigative Committee to begin a new criminal case due to the error made upon the sentence, RIA Novosti reports.

Moscow, December 21, 2011. Alexey Navalny, arrested for 15 days per action in pure ponds, is released from the police department in Maryin. Other prisoners leave the special receiver on Simferopol Boulevard. Video Dmitry Zykova, Radio Liberty. Comments of Navalny immediately after release (shooting Oleg Kashin): Part One (about protest rallies) Part two (about participation in the presidential election) Part Three (about Sergey Udaltsov) Part Four (about the wiretapping of Nemtsov)