Sergey Moskalenko. Photo: Top55.info In Omsk, the judge of the Kuibyshevsky district court Sergey Moskalenko was found hanged, RIA Novosti reports . He was suspected of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale and the murder of a bribe taker. “We confirm that in the morning a man, Judge Sergey Moskalenko, was found in the park. Any bodily harm indicating the violent nature of death was not found on the body.

Peter Lyubchenkov. Photo from his page on Facebook The Russian Polyactivist Pyotr Lyubchenkov received political asylum in Ukraine. He himself reported this on his page. “I finally received a refugee certificate. I want to thank, everyone who helped these two and a half years,” Lyubchenkov writes.

Headquarters BND. Photo: bnd.bund.de The Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND) and the Federal Department of Protection of the Constitution (Counterintelligence of the country) accused Moscow of manipulations aimed at undermining the close interaction of Europe with the United States. This is stated in the joint report presented by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, reports Der Spiegel.

Vasya Lozhkin's painting "Great Beautiful Russia". Photo: xtc.org Most Russians believe that they are afraid in the Russian world, and are sure that this is good. Such data based on the results of a sociological survey are given by the Public Opinion Foundation, Interfax reports. 85 percent of the Russians surveyed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service said they were afraid of Russia in the world. Three quarters are sure that this is good.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the joint photograph of Vladimir Putin and the head of the private military company Dmitry Utkin, known under the call sign of Wagner. It is reported by the Rain TV channel. Peskov explained that the picture was most likely taken during a reception in the Kremlin on December 9. "On the sidelines of admission, the president took a lot of photographed with the guests. Apparently, this is one of these photographs.

Donald Trump. Photo: Donaldjtrump.com The elected US President Donald Trump is not going to cancel sanctions against Russia "at least for some time" after his took office. He stated this in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Trump noted that sanctions can be canceled if Moscow proves its benefits in the fight against terrorism, as well as in achieving other goals that are important for the United States.

Detained in pure poods. Photo: Vladimir Zalishchak In Moscow, at the monument to Griboedov near the Pure Prudy metro station, detentions were held at the popular gathering, the detained activist Vladimir Zalushchak reports on Twitter. In total, about 40 people were detained.