Idlib. Photo from the site www.aljazeera.com As a result of Sunday airstrikes in the center of the city of Idlib held by the rebels, 73 people died in the north-west of Syria. As Reuters reports , local rescue services stated this. According to eyewitnesses, the bombs were dropped by Russian bombers. At least six strokes were inflicted on a market square in the city center, as well as on administrative buildings and residential quarters.

Vladimir Ionov and Olga Brown. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru Moscow Civil activist Vladimir Ionov, who is under trial under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations at rallies), fled to Ukraine. He himself informed the "faces" about this. The day before, an activist who does not have a foreign passport, illegally crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and is now in Kharkov. Now Ionov intends to legalize in Ukraine and submit documents for political asylum.

On December 21 at 14:30 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar, the final meeting in the criminal case of Daria Polyudova, the organizer of the march for the federalization of the Kuban, accused of calling for extremism and separatism, will be held. It is expected that the defendant will perform with the last word and on the same day the judge Oleg Goncharov will be sentenced. On December 7, the prosecutor requested for Polyudova three and a half years of a colony-settlement.

Leonid Volkov at a gathering in Novosibirsk, 08/11/2015. Photo: Leonidvolkov.ru The democratic coalition during the State Duma election campaign next year will nominate the regional group of candidates, including in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol. This was stated in his video blog by the head of the election headquarters of the Demoralization Leonid Volkov.

Gerard David, Cambysus Court (fragment of the second part of the diptych) The Investigative Committee is checking for the presence of slander in the words of Alexei Navalny to the judge of the Nikulinsky district court of Moscow Evgeny Borisov. As TASS reports , this follows from the response of the SK to the request of the deputy of the State Duma Anatoly Vybnoy. The verification, as follows from the document, was organized "on the fact of posting by Navalny A.A.

Telman Ismailov. Photo from the site Livestory.com.ua The Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region recognized the former owner of the Cherkizovsky market, the founder of the AST group Telman Ismailov. As Interfax reports , competitive production has been opened against the debtor. The decision was made when considering the application of the creditor Boris Zubkov, adopted for production at the end of November.

Mikhail Vudomov in a single picket. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Ales Orekhova sentenced the civil activist Mikhail Sudamov to 15 days of administrative arrest for participating in the picket "Happy Chekist Day, Bastards!" Lubyanka on the eve of the FSB building. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom.

Ilya Milstein Donald Trump promised to agree with Putin, allowing a crisis in relations between America and Russia. The President of the Russian Federation praised Trump, the "absolute leader of the presidential race", for brightness, talent and conspiracy. The absolute leader scattered in gratitude . The international deputy Pushkov called him "the only contender for the title" Man of the Year "in the USA." “I am magnificent,” Trump summed up . All this is terribly touching.

Oil Production. Photos from the archive of the faces The cost of Brent oil dropped to $ 36.17 per barrel. According to RBC, so low prices for North Sea oil have not been lowered since July 2004. As of 07:57, the cost of the February futures was $ 36.18 per barrel. However, then Brent played a little fall - as of 08:17, it traded at the level of 36.22 dollars per barrel. In recent days, the cost of Brent is rapidly reduced.

Vladimir Milov. Photo by L. Barkova/Grani.ru The chairman of the Democratic Choice party, Vladimir Milov, resigned from his post. According to Vedomosti, Igor Drandin said a member of the party’s political council. According to him, Milov wanted to exclude members of the federal political council from the party, but this decision was not supported.

Daria Polyudova during the announcement of the sentence. Photo by Evgeny Titov The judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar Oleg Goncharov sentenced the activist of the United Communist Party, the organizer of the march for the federalization of the Kuban Daria Polyudov to the two years of the penal colony. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. Polyudova was found guilty of public calls for extremism and separatism, including using the Internet.

The opening of the Stalin Center in Penza. Photo: kprfpenza.ru In Penza, with the regional committee of the Communist Party, the Stalin Center was opened. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the first secretary of the regional committee George Kamnev. As stated on the website of the regional branch of the party, Stalin's centers do not exist anywhere in the world. The opening is timed to the mythical birthday of Stalin.

Vladimir Putin at a press conference 12/17/2014. RIA Novosti broadcast frame Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the assumptions about the incompetence of Vladimir Putin when answering some questions of journalists during the press conference. “To put forward assumptions that the president can operate on some inappropriate information that is not true, it would be wrong, from my point of view,” Peskova Interfax quotes .

Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Aksenov. Photo: government.ru Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a request to investigate the expenditure of the federal target program "Socio-economic development of Crimea and Sevastopol until 2020". This is reported by Interfax. Such a step is taken against the background of the scandal caused by the statement of the head of the annexed Crimea Sergei Aksenov.

Lenur Islyamov. Photo: krymr.com The illegitimate authorities of the Crimea in absentia presented the coordinator of the headquarters of the Civil Blockade of the Peninsula of the Peninsula Lenur Islyamov. According to Mediazona, this was announced on the air of Russia-24 by the Crimean prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya.