White House. Photo from Whitehouse.gov The US administration first approved the commercial supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine. This was announced on Wednesday evening by The Washington Post, citing a number of officials. Ukraine sell sniper rifles M107A1, as well as cartridges and details for them. The price of the contract is 41.5 million dollars. The supply of heavy weapons, in particular Javelin anti -tank complexes, is not about.

Kirill Barabash, Alexander Sokolov and Valery Parfenov to announce the sentence. Photo: Grani.ru The Judicial Collegium of the Moscow Court for two months reduced the term of imprisonment to Kirill Barabash and Valery Parfenov, convicted of the case of the "Army of the will of the people." This was reported by RAPSI. “The verdict was partially changed. The court recognized the mitigating circumstance that the drum was recognized as a participant in the fighting.

Igor Rudnikov in the Basmann District Court, 12/21/2017. Photo by Yuri Timofeev/Grani.ru The Basmanny District Court extended Moscow until April 1, 2018, the arrest of the former deputy of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma, the editor -in -chief of the newspaper New Wheels Igor Rudnikov. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the courtroom. On November 2, Rudnikov was detained.

The US aircraft at the airbase in South Korea. Photo: Af.mil The United States is developing a plan for a preventive DPRK strike to stop its nuclear missile program. This was announced on Wednesday evening by The Telegraph with reference to a source in the White House and two former American officials, who are allegedly familiar with the situation.

Port Tartus. Google Maps space survey The State Duma ratified the agreement concluded by Moscow with the regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, on the expansion of the territory of the Russian naval base in the port of Tartus. Such information is transmitted by RBC. All 427 deputies who were in the hall voted for. The agreement was concluded on January 18 in Damascus. On December 13, Vladimir Putin introduced him for ratification to the lower house.

Promotion near the FSB building 12/20/2017. Photo from FB page Maria Alekhina The judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow Julia Mordvina appointed former Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina 40 hours of compulsory work for the action "Happy Birthday, executioners!". It is reported by "Mediazona".

Boris Sokolov "Happy birthday, executioners!". This banner, hung at the entrance to the well -known building on Lubyanka, much better reflects the essence of the centenary of the Cheka than the extensive interview of the FSB director Alexander Bortnikov - a real anthem of the "expensive organs". Words such as “red terror” or “Katyn” cannot be found in the text.

Dollars. Photo: Myanmarbusinessnews.com Federal loan bonds for Russian investors can be posted in 2018. President Vladimir Putin instructed to determine the parameters and conditions of this issue, Interfax reports . “At our last meeting, you asked to create convenient mechanisms for returning capital to Russian jurisdiction and proposed using domestic external loans nominated in foreign currency as a tool.

Celebration of the ANSHLUS of Crimea on Red Square. Photo: Grani.ru 64 percent of Russian citizens are convinced of the special mission of the Russian people in world history. According to Interfax, these are the results of a study conducted by the Levada Center on November 24-28 among 1600 people in 137 settlements of 48 regions of the country. This is a record high indicator for all years of surveys.

Igor Stenin in court, 11/09/2017. Photo with personal VK page The Astrakhan regional court, having repeatedly examined the appeal of the sentence to the two years of the penal colony, issued by the leader of the Russian Astrakhan movement Igor Stenin in the case of extremism, confirmed the term appointed to the activist. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot".

Stanislav Yezhov after detention. Frame "Direct" Stanislav Yezhov, deputy head of the Protocol of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman, was detained by the SBU in the case of espionage in favor of Russia. The special service announced this on Wednesday evening on its website, without specifying the name and position of the official; The fact that we are talking about Yezhov was a little later wrote "Ukrainian News." Yezhov was detained at the workplace.

Viktor Nochevnov. Photo from a personal VK page (Victor Nobo-Nobo) The justice of the judicial section No. 102 of the Central District of Sochi, Irina Shulepina, began to re -consider on the merits the criminal case of a local resident Viktor Knochevnov on "insulting the feelings of believers." This was reported to the "Franes" by the lawyer of the Human Rights Group "Agora" Alexander Popkov. Popkov noted that the very beginning of the proceedings was faced with "frank bias" from the judge.

Kirill Serebrennikov in the Basmanny Court. Frame "Russia-24" Vladimir Putin denies that a custom -made prosecution is underway against director Kirill Serebrennikov, not a criminal investigation. The president said this at a meeting of the Council on Culture and Art, Interfax reports . "As for Serebrennikov, you know well that if it were a persecution, not an investigation, his performance would not be staged on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.

After unrest in the educational colony in Angarsk. Photo: IRK.SLEDCOM.RU The Irkutsk Regional Court sentenced 23 defendants in the concern about the unrest that occurred in March 2015 in the educational colony in Angarsk, by real terms from two to six years. This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to the lawyer Vladimir Lukhtin. Nine other defendants gave conditional terms, and another was a fine.

MosoLdom. Frame of Channel One Judge of the Moscow Regional Council Vladimir Zimin sentenced the Tajik citizen Sherali Tabarov by a life sentence in a special regime colony on charges of illegal sale and drug smuggling. The verdict made on December 20 on Thursday was reported by Medusa. Tabarov was also found guilty under the articles of the Criminal Code of the illegal crossing of the border and the organization of the criminal community.