Tair Smedlyaev in court. Photo: Qha.com.ua 52-year-old Tair Smedlyaev, a defendant in the case of the confrontation between Crimean Tatars with the Russian occupation police during a meeting of Mustafa Dzhemilev on May 3 in Armenian, was released from pre-trial detention center. This was announced on his Facebook page by the lawyer of the accused Emil Kurbedinov.

Alexander Bastrykin. Photo: Sledcom.ru The head of the TFR, Alexander Bastrykin, called the criminal prosecution for "speculation" in the foreign exchange market. As reported on the website of the department, the official made such a statement at a meeting of the College of the Investigative Committee. "This phenomenon (currency" speculations.

Denis Voronenkov. Photo from personal twitter The State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Denis Voronenkov may be devoid of immunity, Kommersant reports . The Moscow Department of the Investigative Committee sent materials to Alexander Bastrykin to the head of the Investigation Department, indicating the involvement of the deputy in the raider seizure of the building.

Arkady Rotenberg and Vladimir Putin in the gym Companies associated with billionaires Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko have received state contracts in the amount of 309 billion rubles from the moment of introducing sanctions against them. It is reported by Bloomberg. The calculations conducted by the publication are based on open data from the website of public procurement and from the websites of companies.

Ella Polyakova. Photo from the site www.svoboda.org The St. Petersburg Department of the Ministry of Justice revoked the warnings on October 3 to the "soldiers' mothers of St. Petersburg" and the "Institute of the Regional Press". This was reported on the website of "Soldiers' mothers".

The British "Typhoon" is haunted by the Russian Tu-95. Photo from the site of the British Ministry of Defense The level of activity of Russian aviation and navy in the Baltic Sea this week reached an unprecedented level. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Poland Tomash Simonyak, reports BBC. This activity is mainly concentrated in international waters and airspace, which mostly affect Sweden, the minister noted.

Flashmob "Free Swimming of the ruble". Photo: VK page "Spring" The Police of St. Petersburg has been looking for the participants of the flash mob "Free Swimming of the Ruble" for the past few days, which on December 6 conducted the Vesna movement. This was reported on his Facebook page by human rights activist Dinar Idrisov. On Wednesday, Maria Dubkova and two more activists were detained in different places. All of them were delivered to the city OP-78.

Nadezhda Savchenko in the Basmanny Court, 11/11/2014. Photo by Andrei Novichkov/Grani.ru The health status of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in the Moscow pre -trial detention center worsened. This was announced by one of her lawyers Ilya Novikov on Facebook. “For the first time in all this time, she asked for help for herself personally. She again became inflamed by the right ear, cold at the stage in September.

Barack Obama. Photo: Whitehouse.gov US President Barack Obama does not support Congress introducing additional sanctions against Russia without coordination with European allies. He stated this at a meeting of the Export Council with the participation of American business leaders, the Voice of America reports . The only thing that can force the Russian President Vladimir Putin to reconsider his policy in Eastern Ukraine is the unity of the United States and the European Union, Obama believes .

Mititng concert against the "anti-pirate" law. Photo by the border.ru The Federal Antimonopoly Service opens against the introduction of the "anti -pirate fee" proposed by the Russian Union of copyright holders of Nikita Mikhalkov. This was stated by the deputy head of the department Anatoly Golomolzin, Interfax reports . “We negatively relate to such initiatives, because we believe that communication services are the area that is designed to contribute to the accelerated growth of the economy.

Rules. Frame NTV In 2015, the Russian economy is waiting for stagnation, while the growth rate will be reduced due to the complex geopolitical situation in all CIS countries. According to Lenta.ru, this is stated in the report of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN. The growth of Russia's GDP in 2014, according to UN experts, will be 0.5 percent, and in 2015 - 0.2 percent.

Bitcoins. Photo: tjournal.ru A group of deputies from Fair Russia introduced a bill prohibiting the use of cryptocurrencies, in particular bitcoins to the State Duma. This was reported by Izvestia. Settlements in virtual currencies are proposed to be recognized as an administrative offense.

Petro Poroshenko and Tony Ebbott. Photo of the press service of the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who was on a visit to Australia, appealed to the Russian authorities call to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine and close the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Air Force reports. "Please, withdraw the troops from my territory. Please close the border.

Central Bank. Photo: 1tv.ru The Bank of Russia increased the key rate by one percentage point to 10.5 percent, according to the regulator website. "In November - early December 2014, the acceleration of consumer prices continued. There was an increase in inflation and devaluation expectations, which creates significant inflationary risks," the Central Bank said. The decision of the Bank of Russia is aimed at slowing consumer prices to the target level of 4 percent in the medium term.

Welding of the gas pipeline pipe. Frame NTV Belarus can sign a three -year contract for the supply of Russian gas next week. According to RBC, the first deputy prime minister of the republic Vladimir Semashko stated this. According to him, the prepared contract does not fundamentally differ from what is valid now, but due to the fall in the ruble the ruble, Minsk will pay less for gas than now. "We did not move away from the fundamental form in the pricing that was.