The international human rights organization Amnesty International is campaigning for the release of "marsh prisoners". Some of the accused, including Vladimir Akimenkov, received the status of a prisoner of conscience.

Ilya Milstein Good news in Russia is mysterious. They announced that there would be an amnesty soon. A leak was organized through the central press. Then the text was published. Soon, in a single impulse, he will accomplish his feat of mercy - and still it is necessary to carry out a titanic work in order to at least approximately understand which of the Russian prisoners for the next six months has a chance to go free.

Elections. Photo by Nicky Maksimyuk/Grani.ru In the message to the Federal Assembly on Thursday, Vladimir Putin will announce the radical reform of the power system in cities. As the Kremlin source told the Rain television channel, the elections of mayors will be canceled, and city legislative bodies are liquidated. According to the source, the heads of regions will be appointed mayors. At the same time, citizens will still be able to choose heads of districts and district deputies.

Foreign Ministry. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru Moscow will give an adequate response in the event of the expansion of the US List by the US authorities. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry on human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov, RIA Novosti reports. “As for our reaction, when this measure followed, we have already given our assessment, it has not changed: there will be adequate retaliatory steps.

Pussy Riot sentence. Photo by Yuri Timofeev The verdict in the Pussy Riot case does not prove the motive for hatred for the social group and mitigating circumstances are not taken into account, the Supreme Court of the Supreme Court says to initiate supervisory proceedings. The document is published on Wednesday on the Supreme Court. The decision was made at the request of the Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin and the supervisory complaints of lawyer Irina Khrunova.

Alexander Podrabinek. Courtesy Photo I'm crying. Tears of tenderness are welling into the eyes. I feel that the times predicted by the prophet Isaiah have come when the wolf and the lamb will graze together and the lion, like an ox, will eat straw. The golden age has come! Human rights activists and Putin for a bottle of Vincets are discussing issues of protecting human rights and the possibility of salvation of political prisoners. Or the impossibility of salvation.

Ayo Benes Promotion in The Hague The court in the Netherlands sentenced the activist of another Russia Ayo Benes by six weeks of arrest for violation of the rules for using smoke bombs, the former political station Raymond Krumhold, living in the UK. The prosecutor asked Benes for six months. At the trial, another Russia said that he had no idea any organization and acted independently. Initially, Benes was accused of terrorism.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo by Yuri Timofeev. In the so -called third case of Yukos, about 15 specialists are held, Interfax reports with reference to sources familiar with the situation. They prepared an independent expert opinion on the verdict issued by the ex-head of “Yukos” Mikhail Khodorkok and the former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev in the second case in 2009.

Promotion on Red Square in defense of Stomakhin. Photo: Grani.ru President Vladimir Putin approved a list of events that can be held on Red Square in the center of Moscow, Izvestia reports. The holding of other shares on the square is possible, but they will need to be coordinated with the Kremlin administration. Without approval on Red Square, only seven events will be allowed to hold the status of the main ones for the country.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Photo: ldpr.ru The State Duma Commission indicated to the deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky to the inadmissibility of incorrect statements regarding the North Caucasus. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the commission Alexander Degtyarev. There was no other punishment for the leader of the LDPR.

Ivan Astashin (Spider), the leader of the ABTO. Photo: geroivoli.info The Presidium of the Supreme Court softened the sentences to two members of the autonomous military terrorist organization - the leader of the group Ivan Astashin, as well as Bogdan Golonkov. This was reported by RAPSI. Astashin was reduced from 12 years to 6 months to 9 years 9 months of strict regime, and also removed an additional punishment from him in the form of restriction of freedom.

Aksana Panova. Photo znak.com Former chief editor Ura.ru Aksana Panova does not plead guilty and considers the trial of herself a performance, RIA Novosti reports. The defendant refused to participate in the debate and immediately made the last word. After that, the court retired to the meeting. The verdict will be announced on December 30. "I do not admit guilt for all fabricated criminal cases, for all the remaining three episodes. I consider the victims present not real," the defendant said.

Boris Stomakhin at a rally of solidarity with the Politseki. Photo by E. Mikheeva, City.ru On Wednesday, December 11, at 11:00 in the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow (Dmitrovskoye Sh., 54, building 1), the case of publicist Boris Stomakhin will continue. As expected, at this meeting, the prosecution will complete the presentation of the evidence. The previous meeting in the case took place on December 2 .

Embassy of Ukraine in Warsaw. Photo from Wikipedia The Ambassador of Ukraine in Warsaw Markiyan of the Malsky was invited to a conversation in the Poland Foreign Ministry after the beginning of the police storm of barricades in Independence Square and the surrounding streets in Kyiv. This was announced on his Twitter by the press secretary of the foreign policy of Markin Voichykhovsky. "The Ambassador of Ukraine is called to the Foreign Ministry.

Courchevel. Photo from Courchevel.com The founder of the Corruption Foundation, Alexei Navalny, announced a competition among journalists to write a report-investigation about the rest of senior officials. “We decided to have fun and conduct an interesting experiment in the field of journalism at the same time,” he notes.