Petro Poroshenko. Photo: President.gov.ua By introducing a free trade zone with the European Union, Ukraine will be able to compensate for the losses from the closure of the Russian market for Ukrainian manufacturers in several years. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, UNIAN reports .

Ildara Dadina is taken into custody in the courtroom. Photo by Dmitry Borko The lawyers of the civil activist Ildar Dadin filed a complaint about the verdict of the Basmann District Court of Moscow. This was reported by the bride of Politzeck Anastasia Zotova. So far, a brief complaint has been filed. Having received the text of the sentence, lawyers will study the motivation part and file a full complaint. In it, the defense will challenge the specific conclusions of the court.

NATO headquarters. Photo: NATO.int NATO received this week from the constant representative office of Russia under the North Atlantic Alliance data on a reduction in the state of Russian diplomatic mission in Brussels. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the official at the headquarters of the Alliance. In April, NATO leadership asked all partner countries to reduce the number of representatives at the headquarters of the Alliance for nine months.

"Guardians of the Islamic Revolution." Photo: aljazera.com.tr Iran withdraws fighters of the elite units of the Corps of the "Guardians of the Islamic Revolution" from the war zone in Syria due to too high losses. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the American and Western military sources. This decision was made after a series of deaths and wounds of senior Iranian military in the province of Idlib in the north-west of Syria, as well as in the city of Halab and other places.

Pavel Dremov. Photo: News-front.info In the self -proclaimed "Lugansk People's Republic", the leader of the local "Cossacks" Pavel Dremov was killed. His car was blown up at a gas station on the Pervomaisk -Stakhanov highway, according to the separatist agency "News Front". Dremov died on the spot, the driver was injured and later also died. The scene is numbered by law enforcement officers of the LPR and Cossacks. In the "Prosecutor General" of the LPR, the death of Dremov was confirmed.

Bashar Assad. Photo: Sana.sy Syrian dictator Bashar Assad refused to negotiate with the opposition, reports Reuters. He called representatives of the rebels terrorists and puppets of the United States and Saudi Arabia. “If they want to change their approach, pass weapons, we are ready to accept this. At the same time, the acceptance of them as a political entity is unacceptable,” Assad said.

110 years ago, December 12, 1905, writer Vasily Semenovich (Joseph Solomonovich) Grossman was born. The fate of his main work - the epic novel "Life and Fate" - was not easy. In February 1961, the manuscript and drafts of the novel were confiscated by the KGB officers during a search in the writer's apartment. A copy of the manuscript, located in the editorial office of the magazine "New World", was also seized.

Evgeny Vitishko in KP-2, 07/31/2015. Photo: @ewnc_org The state of health of the political prisoner Evgeny Vitishko worsened, according to the website of the Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus. The hunger strike in 19 days has already threatened his life. As Vitishko himself said on the phone, his kidneys hurt, pressure decreased sharply, his head is dizzy. At the same time, Vitishko is not exempted from physical work in the colony.

Anton Siluanov. Photo: minfin.ru Oil demand in 2016 will continue to decline, in some periods the price of oil will be below $ 30 per barrel. This was stated by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, reports TASS. "Over the past year, the International Monetary Fund for the fourth time reviews the forecast towards a decrease in the global economy, this suggests that the demand for oil will also fall.

The British "Typhoon" is haunted by the Russian Tu-95. Photo from the site of the British Ministry of Defense London is concerned about numerous cases of approaching Russian strategic bombers to the airspace of Great Britain, BBC reports . According to the country's defense Minister Michael Fallon, the British military held negotiations in Moscow with Russian colleagues to prevent incidents.

On December 12, on Constitution Day, a March of Changes will be held in Moscow under the slogan "For a free Russia without war and tyranny!". Organizer - Committee of Protest Actions. Participants: PARNAS, Yabloko, Solidarity, Civil Initiative. Declared route: from Pushkinskaya Square along the boulevards to Sakharov Avenue. From the appeal of the organizers of the March of Change: “Before our eyes and with our connivance, the ruling regime is leading Russia to a catastrophe.

Detention on Pushkinskaya. Photo: Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru In Moscow, the police detained more than 30 participants in the protest, the correspondent of "faces" reports. The action on the Constitution Day, held instead of the "march of change" instead of the authorities inconsistent with the authorities, began with single pickets on Pushkinskaya Square. There were a lot of police officers on the square, at the Izvestia building there were rods.