Alexander Podrabinek. Courtesy Photo It's time to return to Pushkinskaya Square. In Soviet times, every December near the monument to Pushkin was a silent demonstration in memory of the dead political prisoners and those who continued to stay in camps, links, prisons and mental hospitals. The first such demonstration took place 50 years ago - December 5, 1965 , on the Day of the Constitution of the USSR.

Victor Ozerov. Photo: cousil.gov.ru Information about Russia's plans to increase the number of air base in Syria is not true. This was stated by the head of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov, Interfax reports . “We can talk about the increase in the number of our aircraft, and not the expansion of our military bases,” Lakes noted. “Our Western partners are again trying to escalate the situation not where they need.

Opposition rally in Maryin. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The decision to refuse to coordinate the "march of changes" on December 12 in the center of the capital is final. This was stated by the head of the Moscow Department of Regional Security and Anti -Corruption Alexei Mayorov, Interfax reports . “We unequivocally replied that this event in this place cannot be held at this time,” he said.

Hadis Bottaev. Photo: Elbrusoid.org A deputy of the Kabardino-Balkaria parliament, head physician of the Republican Hospital Hadis Bottaev, was killed in the suburbs of the Nalchik. This was reported by the press service of the regional management of the TFR.

MHI policy. Photo: vladmedicina.ru The Ministry of Health instructed to conduct an audit in connection with information about violations of compulsory medical insurance in the Moscow Fund. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the Department of Public Health and Communications of the Ministry of Health Oleg Salagay.

Mosque in Baku. Photo: open.az The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev approved changes in the law "On Freedom of Religions." The law has been published and entered into force, reports Interfax. Now only citizens of the country will be able to conduct religious rites in Azerbaijan. Islamic religious services and rituals are also prohibited from conducting citizens who have received religious education outside Azerbaijan.

Anna Popova. Photo: rospotrebnadzor.ru It is better for citizens of Russia to spend New Year holidays at home and avoid a sharp change in climate. This was stated by the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova, Interfax reports . “Of course, I advise you to relax in Russia,” said Popova. “It is better not to overstrain the body with temperature differences and climatic changes.

Turkish soldiers. Photo: bugun.com.tr Iraq demanded that Turkey immediately withdraw its troops from the suburbs of the Iraqi city of Mosul. It is reported by Reuters. "The placement of the Turkish troops is a serious violation of the Iraqi sovereignty, in connection with which the Iraqi leadership calls on Turkey to immediately withdraw troops from the territory of Iraq," the Iraqi Prime Minister Heider Al -Abadi said.

The Ministry of Finance of Russia. Photo: minfin.ru Russia has no other choice but to sue Ukraine if Kyiv does not pay a debt of $ 3 billion until December 20. This is stated in a statement by the Russian Ministry of Finance, reports TASS. "Russia itself made an offer to install for the repayment of Ukrainian debt for three years (2016-2018) under the guarantees of the United States, the EU or the first -class international financial institution," the statement says.

Truckers in Khimki. Frame of the video Participants in the protest of truckers against road gathering from heavy vehicles decided to stay at least a week at the Mega shopping center in Khimki, Moscow Region. This was reported by journalist Arseny Vesnin. “Truckers organize a long protest in Khimki. For several weeks, a minimum. They defeat the camp,” Vesnin wrote late on Friday late in the evening.

50 years ago, on December 5, 1965, on the Day of the Constitution of the USSR, a glace rally was held on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow - the first public action of Soviet dissidents. It was organized by the mathematician Alexander Yesenin-Wolpin, physicist Valery Nikolsky, artist Yuri Titov and his wife Elena Stroyeva. It was also attended by Yuri Galanskov, Vladimir Bukovsky and about 200 students and writers.

Dmitry Buchenkov. Photo with a personal page on Facebook The new person involved in the swamp business Anarchist Dmitry Buchenkov is in the temporary maintenance of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow in Petrovka, 38 reports human rights activist Zoya Svetova. “Those who were looking for him can try to transfer the program. I don’t know if it is possible to do it today,” Svetova wrote. Before that, nothing was known about the whereabouts of Buchenkov.

Schoolman at the computer. Photo: Minobrnauki.rf The government approved the concept of information security of children. The text of the document signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is published on the official website.

Dmitry Shumkov. Photo: Peoples.ru In the "Tower of the Federation" in Moscow City found the body of the owner of the sports complex "Olympic" Dmitry Shumkov, TASS reports . "According to preliminary information, Dmitry Shumkov committed suicide in his office in an office located in the Moscow -City elite complex at Presnenskaya Embankment, house 12. His death is not criminal," a law enforcement source said.