Elena Kostyuchenko. Photo: mirrov-breath.livejournal.com The State Duma will take a protest against homophobia on Wednesday. At noon, its participants will defiantly kiss the Duma building, where on this day the law on the ban on gay propaganda will be considered. "Kiss Day" is held at the initiative of journalist and LGBT activists Elena Kostyuchenko. “We decided this time not to picket and not to rally. We will simply kiss our loved ones.

The third meeting of the coordination council of the opposition. Video "Novaya Gazeta". Full video recording

The inscription on the building "Memorial". Photo from the Society website The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building recommended introducing a direct ban on the activities of political NPOs financed from the United States in Russia, as well as the activities of non -profit organizations whose activities "poses a threat to the interests of Russia", RIA Novosti reports.

Mikhail Kosenko in court. Photo: Grani.ru The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow postponed a meeting in the criminal case of Mikhail Kosenko, accused of participating in the riots in Bolotnaya Square, Rapcy reports with reference to the court press secretary Yevgeny Pazukhin. "The meeting today will not take place in connection with the employment of the judge, the date of the next hearing has not yet been scheduled," Kazukhina said.

T-90 tank. Photo from the site http://armoued.vif2.ru The plan for export supplies of military products is overfulfilled, their volume exceeded $ 14 billion, the press service of President Vladimir Putin reports . The plan of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation for 2012 provided for sales in the amount of 13.5 billion dollars. "This year, we reach a record level for export supplies of military products.

State Duma. Photos of faces The State Duma on Wednesday will consider in the second reading a bill on measures of influence on persons involved in a violation of the rights of Russian citizens. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the first vice-speaker from the Communist Party of Ivan Melnikov. Deputies plan to consider the law as a whole until December 21, it must enter into force since 2013. According to him, such a decision at a meeting on Monday made the Council of the Duma.

The host of the program "Moment of Truth" Andrei Karaulov. From the site www.tvc.ru The television journalist Andrei Karaulov in the film "The target for playing Darts" is trying to prove that the ex-head of the "Yukos" Mikhail Khodorkovsky is directly involved in 12 murders. This is reported by Interfax. The film will be shown on Monday late at night on the fifth channel.

Leonid Razvozhaev. Shot TC "Rain" The defense of the activist of the Left Front Leonid Razvoszhaev appealed the decision of the district court to extend him the arrest. This was reported by RAPSI with reference to the lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky. Razvozhaev is accused of the preparation of riots. On December 12, the Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the deadline for the arrest of Razvozhaev until April 1.

Photo: Beondmom.com American citizens will be forced to adopt Russian children. According to Vedomosti, the unicorn submitted the corresponding position to the bill, which the State Duma will accept in response to the "Law of Magnitsky". A ban on the activities of intermediary firms in the field of adoption is also introduced. In addition, the second reading in the document will be a ban on political activities of NGOs funded from the United States.

On December 16-17, 2011, after a multi-month strike of oil workers, the authorities of Kazakhstan applied force to the participants in protest shares on the main square of the city of Zhanaozen and in the village of Shetpe. According to various sources, from 70 to 90 people, according to official figures - 17, dozens were missing. After that, mass arrests began, the "investigation" was carried out using torture. 17 participants in the strike were sentenced to 3 to 7 years.

Orphanages. Photo by Dm. Borko/Brani.ru The amendment introducing a ban on the adoption of Russian children by US citizens is included in the State Duma and, if adopted, may begin to operate since January 2013, Interfax reports.

Vera Lavreshina. Photo from Facebook The justice of the peace, Alexei Stekliev, sentenced the civil activist to the Civil Lavreshin on December 15 on Lubyanskaya Square by 10 days of administrative arrest under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, the OVD-Info reports . She announced a dry hunger strike.

On advertising, street LED lamps are published at present have become the most relevant topic in creating industrial and street lighting systems. It is known that LED lamps are characterized by their efficiency, which allows them to consume two to four times less electricity than more traditional sodium lamps. When creating a street lighting system or the construction of roads, for each kilometer, approximately 60 lighting supports are needed, which should work from one transformer substation.

Eduard Limonov on Triumphal on August 31. Photo by E. Mikheeva/Grani.ru The organizers of the Strategy-31 action Vladimir Bukovsky, Konstantin Kosyakin, Eduard Limonov and Lolita Tsari filed a notification to the Moscow City Hall about the rally on the triumphal square on December 31 from 18 to 20 hours. This was announced by the leader of the "other Russia" Limonov.

Vladimir Abarinov Blaad, falling on a quiet, rich and prosperous Newtown, has a name, surname and age, but more almost nothing. Even the photos of Adam Lanza are everywhere published five years ago. The girl, who studied with him in elementary school, remembered that at the breaks he did not communicate with anyone, stood alone, hiding in a corner, blushed with tension, looked angry and made some kind of "animal sounds".