Vladimir Putin and Almazbek Atambayev. Moscow, 12/23/2014. Photo: President.kg The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signed an agreement on the accession of his country to the Eurasian Economic Union.

The blown up the bridge over the Kalchik in Mariupol. Photo: 0629.com.ua In Mariupol, the railway bridge across the Kalchik River was blown up, according to the website of the city Rada. The incident occurred at 1:40 by local time (2:40 Moscow time). As a result of the explosion, the bridge support was destroyed. There are no victims. Meanwhile, the movement of trains to the districts of the railway station and the seaport was suspended.

Meeting of the contact group in Minsk. Frame ONT The Foreign Ministry of Belarus confirms the meeting of the contact group in Ukraine in Minsk on December 24. This was stated by the head of the information department - press secretary of the Foreign Ministry Dmitry Mironchik, BelTA reports . The meeting will be held in the press closed for the press. The exact place and time of its holding has not yet been reported.

Dmitry Medvedev. PART "Peter.TV" The refusal of Ukraine from non -block status will lead to the fact that the country can become a "potential military enemy" of Russia. This was written on Facebook by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev named the introduction of a bill on the Verkhovna Rada of the bill on the abandonment of non -block status by the Ukrainian President Peter Poroshenko.

US flag Russia violated the principles of the World Trade Organization, introducing restrictions in response to the sanctions of the United States, the European Union and a number of other countries. According to Lenta.ru, this is stated in the report of the office of a trade representative of the United States.

Burned house in Chechnya. Photo: Memo.ru In Chechnya, five more houses of militants were destroyed, according to the website of the Human Rights Society "Memorial". In total, today is known about 15 destroyed houses. On the night of December 6, in the village of Alpatovo, Naursky district, the security forces burned the house of the family of Imran Utsimiev. His son Baisangur left the house six months ago. On December 4, he participated in an attack on Grozny and was killed.

In Moscow, a promotion was held in support of political prisoners Sergey Mokhnatkin, the correspondent of the "faces" reports. Several activists with the Banner "Freedom Mokhnatkin" blocked the garden ring and lit fireers. The detentions have not yet been reported. Video Andrei Novichkov: Freedom to Mokhnatkin! On December 10, the judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow, Alexei Stekliev, found Mokhnatkin guilty of attacking police officers ( VIDEO ).

Verkhovna Rada. Photo from the site kolo.poltava.ua The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law on the rejection of non -block status, RIA Novosti reports. The document consolidates the intention of Kyiv to obtain the status of a full member of the North Atlantic Alliance. The bill, according to the Rada website, supported 303 deputies, 8 opposed.

Denis Meanov. Photo: Chelyabinsk.ru Judge of the Kopeysk City Court of the Chelyabinsk Region Grigory Yarygin sentenced the former IK-6 chief in Kopeysk Denis Mejanov to three years with a three-year ban on holding a number of posts in public service. This was reported on her Facebook page member of the regional PMC Oksana Trufanova.

Mikhail Demin. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The new CEO of Echo of Moscow Mikhail Demin plans to conduct a "certain optimization of the radio station", ITAR-TASS reports . “I would not call it a reduction,” the agency reports the top manager. The need for such a measure is dictated by a decrease in the salary fund due to a shortage of funds, Demin explained. "Optimization", he assured, is discussed "with the administration, and with the founders, and with the editors of" radio station.

A gas pipeline. Photo: press service "Gazprom" Gazprom gas production in 2014 will fall by 9 percent to 443-445 billion cubic meters compared to 2013, Interfax reports with reference to the data of the TEK CDU. This indicator is the lowest in the history of the company. Prior to this, the minimum production was recorded in post -crisis in 2009. For 11 months of 2014, the group mining amounted to 401.4 billion cubic meters. In December 2013, production amounted to 48 billion cubic meters.

Logo NPO "Soldiers' mothers of St. Petersburg" The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg demanded that the Ministry of Justice prove that the introduction of the Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg in the list of “foreign agents” had legal grounds. It is reported by Radio Liberty. The court wants to get acquainted with the text of the order, on the basis of which the NPO was entered into the register. However, representatives of the department for the second time ignored this requirement.

The action of state employees on Tverskaya. Photo: Philip Kireev In Moscow, about 15 doctors and teachers, as well as political activists, blocked Tverskaya Street with a banner “Back us social housing,” Philip Kireev reports on his blog. First, the participants in the action came to the Department of Housing Policy of the Moscow Government in Gazeta Lane. They demanded a meeting with the deputy head of the department Ekaterina Radchenko.

State Duma. Frame NTV The State Duma adopted in the second and final third readings a law allowing advertising of the wine and Russian -made beer on radio and television. This was reported by RAPSI. The document provides for the introduction of relevant amendments to the law "On Advertising" and a number of other acts. New norms must enter into force on January 1, 2015.

Participants in the armed underground attack Nalchik. Frame "Vesti" The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced to all 57 defendants in the case of attacking the armed underground in the capital of the region Nalchik in October 2005. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". At a meeting on Tuesday, only the resolution of the document was announced. Five of the defendants - Murat Bapinaev, Rasul Kudaev, Aslan Kuchmenov, Anzor Mashukov and Eduard Mironov - were sentenced to lifelong terms.