At a meeting of the Holy Synod. Photo: Patriarchia.ru The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church allowed to baptize children born with the help of a surrogate mother, at a conscious age or after the repentance of the parents. This was reported on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Picket in front of the building of the Moscow City Court. Photo from Twitter Sergey Udaltsov In the Moscow City Court, preliminary hearings began in the case of the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvoszhaev. They are accused of organizing riots. The broadcast of the meeting is on Twitter Udaltsov. Single pickets are held in front of the court in support of Udaltsov and Razvozhaev. Picketers require the release of political prisoners.

Police at the found car in Brovary. Photo: FB page Andrei Kachora In the eastern suburb of Kyiv, Brovary on Wednesday in the evening found a car of criminals who attacked the Ukrainian Pravda journalist and Euromaidan activist Tatyana Chernovol. This was reported on his Facebook page by journalist Andrei Kachor. The owner of the car Porshe Cayenne with the AA 5399 number was not in place. The territory around the car was cordoned off.

120 years ago, on December 26, 1893, the leader of the Chinese Communists and one of the main theorists of the partisan war in the 20th century Mao Zedong was born. He spent large -scale political repressions in China and created the cult of his own personality on the model of Stalinsky. An attempt to move on to communism during a “big jump” through the mass creation of folk communes ended in mass hunger, during which from 10 to 30 million people died.

Igor Burmistrov. Frame of the Rain TV channel The consultant of the department of operational-combat and physical training of the North-Western Institute for Advanced Studies in St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg Igor Burmistrov was removed from work after preparing an independent expert opinion on the “swamp case”, which refutes the version of the prosecution, and made testimony in court. It is reported by "Kommersant" with reference to the Burmistrov himself.

Tatyana Chornovol in the hospital. Photo: Pravda.com.ua The Kiev police calls for the interrogation of three deputies of the Verkhovna Rada in the case of beating the journalist of Ukrainian Pravda and the activist of Euromaidan Tatyana Chernovol. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Members of the Fatherland faction Nikolai Knyazhitsky and Vitaly Yarema and the independent deputy David Zhvania will be interrogated.

Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvoszhaev. Photo by Ekaterina Mochalova Judge of the Moscow City Court Alexander Zamashnyuk adopted a decision to return to the prosecutor's office of the criminal case against the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvoszhaev. This was reported on Twitter Udaltsov. The preventive measure for both accused is not changed. Razvozhaev remains in jail, Udaltsov - under house arrest.

Roman Khudyakov. Photo: ldpr.ru The State Duma deputy from the LDPR Roman Khudyakov prepared a bill, according to which migrants will be deported for two offenses and for 15 years to ban them re -entry into Russia. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to Khudyakov himself. According to the deputy, for the first administrative offense, his project provides for a fine of 50 thousand rubles, and for the second - deportation and ban on entry.

Igor Burmistrov. Frame of the Rain TV channel The State Academy of Sciences of the Control denied the dismissal of consultant Igor Burmistrov from the North-Western Institute for Advanced Studies of the Federal Drug Control Service after his speech in the court in the "Bolotnaya case". It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the representative of the department.

Victor Yanukovych. Photo from the official website of the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych expects proposals from the government on the liability of officials for improper preparation of an association agreement with the European Union, Ukrainian Pravda reports . He gave such an assignment to Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov.

Daniil Konstantinov in court. Frame Grani-TV The judge of the Chertanovsky district court of the capital Galina Turkina returned the case of the murder, fabricated against the leader of the defense League Daniil Konstantinov, for the investigation. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. The basis for such a decision, she called the shortcomings in the indictment.

Dmitry Litvinov and his wife leave Russia. Photo: Greenpeace The first of Greenpeace amnesty activists left Russia, according to the organization’s twitter. He was Sweden citizen Dmitry Litvinov, son of human rights activist Pavel Litvinov. Visas have already received 11 foreigners out of 26, Greenpeace reported on Thursday evening.

Ilya Goryachev. Photo: rusimperia.info The Moscow Basmanny Court on Thursday extended until April 8 of the next year the term of detention of the leader of the Russian Image right-bending movement, Ilya Goryachev, accused of creating an extremist community and organizing a number of murders on ideological grounds, ITAR-TASS reports. The court recognized the position of the investigation that, being free, Goryachev would be able to hide.

Sergey Pugachev. Photo: ng.ru The former Senator from Tuva, the beneficiary of the bankrupt interprombank Sergey Pugachev, who was arrested in absentia in absentia, was charged with waste. This was reported by Interfax with reference to an unnamed source, "familiar with the situation." The banker was charged in absentia under part 3 of Article 33, part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (organization of assignment and embezzlement on an especially large scale).

Evgeny Martyanov. Photo: kurer-sreda.ru The City Court of Berdsk, the suburbs of Novosibirsk, sentenced the former first vice mayor of the city Evgeny Martyanov to five years in general regime on charges of official crimes. It is reported by "Interfax-Siberia." Martyanov was found guilty under paragraph "in" Part 3 of Article 286 (abuse of authority) and part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (assignment).