Rector Sergey Baburin and teachers of the RGTEU. Photo: rsute.ru The dismissed rector of the Russian State Trade and Economic University, Sergei Baburin, suggested "taking a Christmas break" in a protest against the university’s accession to the Plekhanov REU. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the statement of Baburin read out at a meeting of striking students and teachers.

Tatyana Makfadden at the Russian embassy. Photo: Deborah Makfadden Russian diplomats refused to let three orphans adopted by the Americans to the embassy, ​​including a three -time paralympic champion Tatyana McFadden in a wheelchair. It is reported by Rublic Rost. The delegation wanted to transfer the petition to President Putin with a request not to sign the law with anti -siro amendments. The petition has collected more than seven thousand signatures.

Fragment of the screensaver of the program of Vladimir Pozner on Channel One Representatives of all four Duma factions in the near future will submit a bill to the State Duma to ban on work on state television channels to citizens of other countries. According to Kommersant, they notified TV presenter Vladimir Pozner about this. Thus, the deputies responded to the reaction of the journalist to the adoption of anti -Sirot law.

Putin and Medvedev at the Congress "EP" 05/26/2012. Photo of the Kremlin press service The government successfully interacts with the presidential administration and the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with members of the Cabinet of Ministers. This was reported by the press service of the president. Putin thanked all members of the government for his joint work and expressed hope for continuing it during the entire constitutional period.

December 27, 1932, 80 years ago, in the USSR a resolution of the CEC and the Council of People's Commissars “On the Establishment of a Unified Passport System for the Union of SSR and the Mandatory Registration of Passports” was signed.

The Moscow City Duma ended the year of protest by introducing a ban on car rallies in the city center and single pickets with “a single organizer and a single goal.” If previously the favorite weapon against a single picketer was police provocation, now the legislative cudgel has been used.

Anatoly Kravchenko. Photo from a personal page on Facebook In Voronezh, investigators searched the activist Anatoly Kravchenko. As the open news agency reports with reference to human rights activist Alexei Kozlov, the search is associated with the case of "Anatomy of Protest - 2". Investigators came to the opposition, after he appeared on Thursday in the morning for interrogation in the TFR.

Picket at the State Duma in defense of orphans. Photo by Ivan Trefilov In the center of Pereslavl-Zalessky, the police detained civil activist Alexander Kovrov, who conducted a single picket against the ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by the Americans. As Kovrov himself told the Franes, he managed to stand in a picket on Rostov Street for about an hour. Then an employee of the traffic police approached him and said that the "bosses" wanted to talk to him.

On December 27, 2007, 5 years ago, in Ravalpindi, as a result of the assassination, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan died the first woman-the head of the government in the Islamic world and the leader of the opposition Benazir Bhutto. At the end of the rally, her supporters, a suicide bomber shot her neck and chest, and then led an explosive device. More than 20 people died.

Constitutional Court. Photo sibnovosti.ru The decision of the State Duma on the early termination of deputy powers can be appealed in the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court decided. The resolution is published on the website of the KS. "The deputy has the right to appeal the decision of his colleagues in the Supreme Court both on the merits and on procedural grounds. A similar statement must be considered in priority.

Anatoly Serdyukov. Frame '' Vesti '' Ex-Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov was called for interrogation to the Investigative Committee. This was announced by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the official representative of the department Vladimir Markin. "Indeed, Serdyukov was given a summons for tomorrow," Markin said, without specifying in what case and in what capacity Serdyukov will be interrogated.

Andrey Lugovoi. Photo from the site www.compromat.ru The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee, Andrei Lugovoi, asked the Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office to find out whether the deputy from Fair Russia Ilya Ponomarev provided the Left Front to Sergei Udaltsov deputy special communications. According to Izvestia, if the fact of the transfer of a SIM card is confirmed, the LDPR deputy intends to ensure that Ponomarev is deprived of the mandate.

Anthony Lake. Photo: un.org The Russian government should act in the interests of children and promote adoption, including interstate. This is stated in the statement of the Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake in connection with the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children with American citizens, the UN news center reports .

Ibrahim Dudarov. Frame video recording of the meeting of the Council of Imamov The Deputy Mufti of North Ossetia Ibrahim Dudarov was shot near the village of Chmi on the outskirts of Vladikavkaz, the press service of the TFR reports . According to the investigation, the murder was committed on Wednesday at about 23:00. At the crime scene, the sleeves of one caliber of 9 millimeters were found.

Tedo Japaridze. Photo from the Trend.az portal Russian and Georgian parliamentarians resume contacts interrupted after the 2008 war. According to Izvestia, the chairman of the Georgian Parliament Committee on Foreign Relations of Tedo Japaridze, at the January session of PACE in Strasbourg, he expects to hold an informal meeting with the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, United Russia Alexei Pushkoov.