Production of condoms. Photo: Okamotocondom.ru After the protest of the Orthodox activists, Bergus LLC refused the production of condoms planned at the factory in the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Region. This was stated by the managing partner of the company Pavel SPECHAKOV, according to the website of the Tsargrad television channel. “Believers from Bogolyubov must pay tribute, they made our company a very powerful PR,” said Spicakov.

30 years ago, on December 16, 1986, demonstrations of Kazakh youth began in Alma-Ata against the appointment of the Russian Gennady Kolbin as the head of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. These events are also known as Zheltoksan - the December Uprising. On December 19-20, youth performances were also held in Karaganda. On December 18, the riots in Alma-Ata were suppressed with the help of troops.

35 years ago, on December 16, 1981, after the introduction of martial law, units of the Polish police and army suppressed a strike at the Wuek coal mine near Katowice by force. 9 miners were killed, 21 wounded. The strikers were forced to leave the territory of the mine. In 2007, 15 members of a special police platoon were sentenced to terms ranging from 2.5 to 11 years for participating in the murder of miners.

Mikhail Kasyanov and Ilya Yashin. Short of broadcasting Deputy Chairman of Parnas Ilya Yashin, as well as a number of members of the political council and ordinary party members announced the withdrawal from it. It is reported by the Rain TV channel. In total, about 20 people left about 20 people because of disagreement with the policy of the party chairman Mikhail Kasyanov.

Grigory Rodchenkov. Photo: Championat.com The Moscow City Court canceled the arrest of property belonging to the former head of the Moscow Anti -Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov. As TASS reports , the court decided to cancel the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, sending the case for a new trial to the same court, but in another composition. During the meeting, the investigator said that he was asking to interrogate Rodchenkov in the United States in a criminal case.

Oil production. Photo: Rosneft.ru All oil companies in Russia are ready to reduce oil production next year as part of the implementation of Russia's agreements with OPEC. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak, Interfax reports . The working group for monitoring the reduction of production within Russia, created under the Ministry of Energy, will include 12 largest oil companies, the minister said.

Russian military in Syria. Photo: mil.ru On October 1, 2015, in Syria, a sergeant-contract from Kabardino-Balkaria, Eduard Sokurov, died. This became known from the message published on Friday on the official website of the administration of the capital of the Republic of Nalchik on the delivery of posthumous award to his relatives. The message was later deleted, but its copy remained in the Yandex cache Sokurov was posthumously awarded the medal "For Courage".

Dmitry Utkin (Wagner) at a reception in the Kremlin. Frame of Channel One The commander of the Russian mercenaries in Syria Dmitry Utkin, known under the call sign Wagner, is looking for his wife Elena Shcherbinina. Her announcement is published with the database of the TV show "Wait for me." “Lived in Pechora in 2000. The husband commanded the military unit in Pechora. In 2000, I left for Moscow for treatment. He called my mother in Budennovsk. The connection was interrupted.

25 years ago, on December 16, 1991, the UN General Assembly, at the initiative of the United States, the USSR, Israel and 85 other countries, canceled its 1975 resolution, which characterized Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination. 111 countries voted in favor of the cancellation, 25 voted against (mainly Arab countries, but also Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan), 13 abstained.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo Actually, this happens all the time. In dysfunctional families. In dysfunctional labor groups. In dysfunctional countries, where the notorious "atmosphere of hatred" is the air that people inhale, generously sharing them with compatriots when exhaling. This, one might say, is the norm of communication, and do not think, falling into the pride, as if Russia belong to the palm of the championship.

Vitaly Portnikov The Eiffel Tower, which turns off the lights in solidarity with the dying civilians Aleppo, is a real symbol of the helplessness of the modern world. The situation is strikingly resembles the initial period of World War II, when it was still called "strange." But even when the war was already in full swing, in some countries of Europe there was a familiar life - except that there were more flags with a swastika than usual - and in others the blood poured.

Representatives of the "International Memorial" in the Zamoskvoretsky court. Photo by Dmitry Borko/Grani.ru The Zamoskvoretsky court of the capital rejected the lawsuit of the International Human Rights Center "Memorial" to the Ministry of Justice, recognizing the organization to the organization in the register of "foreign agents" legal. As the correspondent of the "faces" reports, the decision was announced by the judge Nelly Rubtsova.

Foreign Ministry of Russia. Photo: press service of the department The European Union, extending sanctions against Russia, once again demonstrates its weakness. This is stated in a statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted on the website of the department. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that the decision of the EU countries was not a surprise.

Alexey Ulyukaev. Photo: economy.gov.ru The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the property of the former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev, accused of receiving a bribe. According to Interfax, a press secretary of the court of Juno Tsarev reported this. "By the decision of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, it was arrested by 10 land plots and Ulyukaev’s residential building as a security measure. All property is located in the Smolensk region," she said.

Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama in Paris. Photo of the Kremlin press service The current US President Barack Obama promised to take “response measures” in relation to Russia, which intervened in the country's presidential election. “I think we must undoubtedly take measures when the government of a foreign country is trying to influence the inviolability of our elections.