Zyuzinsky district court of Moscow. Photo: zuzinsky.msk.sudrf.ru The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced the former LPR militant Vladimir Kudryashov by one year of the general regime in the case of the Nationalist movement "Attack". This was reported on the website of the Prosecutor General. As an additional punishment, a three -year ban on organizing and heading NPOs is imposed on the convict, as well as participate in their work.

Rescuers on the ruins of the house in Volgograd. Photo: mchs.gov.ru When analyzing the blockages of gas injured from the explosion of the house in Volgograd, the fourth deceased was discovered. According to TASS, this was reported by the representative of the regional department of the Investigative Committee Natalia Kunitskaya. "The fourth deceased was discovered during the analysis of the rubble between the sixth and seventh floor of the collapsed entrance.

Tomatoes. Photo: fruitinfo.ru From January 1 to December 21, consumer prices in Russia rose by 12.7 percent, Interfax reports citing Rosstat data. In a week from December 15 to 21, prices rose 0.2 percent, in the first three weeks of December - by 0.6. The average daily price increase in December has somewhat accelerated. Tomatoes valued the largest article importing fruit and vegetable products from Turkey.

OP "Zheleznodorozhny" in Simferopol. Photo: 82.mvd.ru In Simferopol, a search was held in the dwelling of a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group at its FB page. The surname of the priest is not specified; In the publication, he is called Father Sergius. It is also reported that he himself is in continental Ukraine, and his parents live in the house. The search began on Tuesday at 21:30.

Negotiations of Ministers of Defense of Russia and Armenia. Photo: mil.ru Russia and Armenia have concluded an agreement on the creation of a united regional air defense system in the Caucasian region of collective security, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reports . Signatures under the documents were set by the Minister of Defense of Russia Army General Sergei Shoigu and the head of the military department of Armenia Seyran Oganyan.

Flags of Russia and Georgia. Photo by the Air Force The Russian authorities have simplified the receipt of entrance visas for Georgian citizens. According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the decision comes into force on December 23.

Fragments of registration of the "Crimean" banknote. From the Bank of Russia website The Bank of Russia issued a commemorative bill "dedicated to the adoption of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation." This is stated in the press service of the Central Bank. The banknote with a face value of 100 rubles was issued by a circulation of 20 million copies. She "is required to accept the household value in all types of payments without any restrictions." The banknote has a vertical design.

25 years ago, on December 23, 1990, a referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia as part of the federal Yugoslavia, which asked the question: "Should Slovenia be a sovereign and independent state?" Almost 90% of those who took part in the voting answered this question in the affirmative. The independence of the Republic of Slovenia was officially proclaimed on June 25, 1991.

Vladimir Chirkin. Photo of the press service of the Central Administration The Moscow District Military Court softened the punishment of the ex-head of the ground forces, Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin, convicted of five years in the case of receiving a bribe of 450 thousand rubles. As Interfax reports , the court replaced the real term with a fine of 90 thousand rubles. Chirkin will be released on Wednesday.

Tver court. Photo from Newsru.com The Corruption Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Tver court of Moscow on the protection of honor and dignity for the prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. About this, as TASS reports , said the representative of the plaintiffs Ivan Zhdanov. According to him, this is the third attempt to file a lawsuit. Earlier, the Presnensky court of Moscow returned the lawsuit FBK in connection with its indecence.

Gennady Timchenko. Photo: ccifr.ru The US authorities convicted the oligarchs of Gennady Timchenko and the Rotenberg brothers in the systematic bypass of sanctions. According to RBC, referring to the press release of the US Department of Finance, out of 34 people and firms entered on the eve of the sanctions list, 11 are associated with Timchenko or Rotenberg and punished for helping businessmen to circumvent sanctions.

A downed plane. Shot of Habertürk TV channel The awareness of the Turkish authorities about the exact number of Russian aviation sorties in Syria can be considered the "official recognition" of a pre-planned operation to destroy the Su-24 bomber. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov, TASS reports .

Zamir Kabulov. Photo: Afghanistan.mid.ru Russia and the Islamic fundamentalist movement "Taliban", operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, have common interests that are in the fight against the "Islamic state". This was in an interview with Interfax said the special representative of Vladimir Putin in Afghanistan, the director of the 2nd Department of Asia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zamir Kabulov. "The interests of the Taliban ... objectively coincide with ours," the official said.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo from personal twitter The ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in absentia in the case of the organization of murders and put on the international wanted list. This is stated in the message of the Investigative Committee posted on the website of the department.

Mikhail Saakashvili at an anti -corruption forum in Kyiv. Photo: @pavelsheremet The governor of the Odessa region of Ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili said on the sidelines of the anti -corruption forum organized by him in Kyiv, which at this event will be announced about the formation of a wide non -party anti -corruption movement. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. “We are starting updating Ukraine,” said the Odessa governor.