Petro Poroshenko and Andrey Grechanov. Photo from the site President.gov.ua Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the pardon of Russian Major Vladimir Starkov, sentenced in Ukraine to 14 years in prison. This is stated in the message on the website of the Ukrainian president. As noted in the message, Starkov was exchanged for a soldier of the Ukrainian army Andrei Grechanov, who was captured by the separatists from the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

Sergey Naryshkin. Photo: Er.ru The candidate dissertation of the State Duma of Sergei Naryshkin "Foreign Investments in Russia as a factor in economic development" is borrowed by 40 percent. Such conclusions are contained in a study conducted by the Dissernet community. Naryshkin defended the dissertation for the degree of candidate of economic sciences in 2004 at St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.

Lattice. Photo from Newsru.com The North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced the 7 years in a colony of general regime of a student of the Stavropol Medical Medical Cadium of the Sultan Yahyaev. According to Interfax, he was accused of participating in Jamaat to promote the ideas of extremism and the creation of the World Caliphate ISIS.

Russian bomber in Syria. Frame of the television channel "Star" Russia is preparing to open a second air base in Syria, reports The Times. It will place additional aircraft and ground forces. About a month ago, at the Ash Shayrat airfield near the Syrian city of Homs, where Russian combat helicopters and support group have already been deployed, new equipment was delivered.

Barack Obama. Shot CNN US President Barack Obama warned Vladimir Putin about the danger of interference in the Civil War in Syria. The American president announced this at a press conference in Paris, CNN reports . “I believe that President Putin remembers the war in Afghanistan and understands how easy it is to be mired in such ineffective and paralyzing civilian conflicts. I think this is not the result that he achieves,” Obama said.

Bulb. Photo from the site bits.borovichi.ru About 250 inhabitants of the house on the street of the heroes of Stalingrad in Sevastopol blocked the road, demanding the resumption of the supply of electricity to the apartments. As Flashcrime reports , according to the audience, in the last five days there have never been a light in their apartments, despite the approved fan shutdown graphs.

The march of the world in Moscow. Photo by Yu. Timofeev/Brani.ru The Committee of protest actions filed an application to the metropolitan city hall for the holding on December 12 "Marsh of Changes". About this on his Facebook page was written by one of the organizers of the procession, the editor -in -chief of the "Daily Journal" and the activist of "Solidarity" Alexander Ryklin.

Military personnel Germany. Photo from OBOZREVATEL.UA website The Cabinet of Ministers of Germany approved the participation of the Armed Forces in the anti -terrorist operation against the Islamic State. According to TASS, the maximum number of Bundeswehr military personnel who can take part in the mission in Syria and Iraq will be 1.2 thousand people, the mission is limited to one year, but can be extended. Now participation in the operation should approve the German parliament.

Logo RTNC. Photo from the site rtnauka.ru In Moscow, a Russian-Turkish scientific center was closed, located in the library of foreign literature. This is stated in the message posted on the center page. "The Russian -Turkish scientific center in the library of foreign literature no longer exists. The Ottoman language courses are stopped, we will not be able to provide assistance to graduate students and undergraduates.

Flag of Poland The dismantling of Soviet monuments in Poland does not violate the international obligations of Warsaw and is within the competence of the Polish authorities. As Interfax reports , the Polish ambassador to Russia Katazhina Pelchinsk-Nalench stated this. “We believe that the agreement existing between Poland and Russia refers to cemeteries and burial places,” she explained.

Moscow Auto Rounder "White Streets". Photo by V. Maksimyuk/Grani.ru The State Duma intends to accelerate the passage of the bill equating the auto tests to the demonstrations, and the tent camps - the Vedomosti reports .

The announcement of the film "Seagull" on the FBK website The son of the prosecutor general Yuri Chaika Artem invests tens of millions of euros in Greek business and real estate. This is stated in the film-investigation film, published by the Foundation for the fight against corruption of Alexei Navalny. The investigation was attended by the journalists of Novaya Gazeta. Artem Chaika owns the Pomegranate hotel on the Greek Peninsula of Chalkidiki, FBK officers found out.

Alexey Ulyukaev. Photo: Premier.gov.ru Trilateral consultations between Russia, Ukraine and the EU did not lead to the achievement of the necessary agreements. This was stated by the Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, Interfax reports . According to the results of the meeting, it was given to experts to try to find acceptable solutions within a month in order to remove Russian concern about the Association of the EU and Ukraine.

George Soros. Hard video from the YouTube channel Open Society Foundations The Open Society Foundation rejected the charges of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office that its activities in the country are a threat to security and the constitutional system. As Interfax reports , this is stated in the report of the Fund.

Zaur Dadaev. Lifenews frame The Investigative Committee conducted an examination of the initial video executions of the ex-bead of the Kadyrovsky battalion "North" Zaura Dadaev, accused of the murder of the co-chairman of the RPR-Parnas Boris Nemtsov, Rosbalt reports .