Boris Johnson and Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Mid.ru The UK is ready to “turn the page” in the topic of Russia's intervention in the election campaigns of Western countries, after such an intervention “remains in the past”. This was stated by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson at a press conference after a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interfax reports .

Denis Bakholdin in the Suzemsky court. Photo: Grani.ru The judge of the Suzemsky District Court of the Bryansk region Natalya Shpirko handed over the case of the Politzek Denis Bakholdin to the Nagatinsky district court of Moscow. This was reported from the courtroom by the correspondent of "faces". Bakholdin is accused of participating in the hostilities in the Donbass as a volunteer of the "Right Sector".

Patriarch Cyril. Photo: Patriarchia.ru In Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, monuments will erect all the Patriarchs of Moscow and All Rus', including the current Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Cyril. This was reported by Izvestia.

Dmitry Monakhov after beating by police. Hard video from the YouTube channel of the newspaper "Top Secret" The Russian authorities refused to recognize a violation of the beaten by the police activist of Solidarity Dmitry Monakhov at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in 2013 in Moscow. This is stated in the response of the Russian Ministry of Justice for questions of the European Court of Human Rights on the complaint of an activist, Kommersant reports .

Flag of the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee lifelously removed another 11 Russian athletes from participating in the Olympiads, the IOC press service reports . The decision was made following the work of the IOC Commission under the leadership of Denis Oswald, which was engaged in the rechecking of doping tests taken during the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. All the results that disqualified athletes showed at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi are canceled.

Isa Yamadaev. Photo from the site www.ren-tv.com Sources of Novaya Gazeta in Gudermes refute information about the assault on the houses of the Yamadaev family, who held Chechen security forces on Thursday. The publication refers to 20 sources in Chechnya, including 17 residents of Gorky Street, where the Yamadaevs are located. According to the interlocutor of the newspaper in the Gudermes police, the city really entered the city.

Dmitry Peskov. Shot CNN Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the “slander” publication of the Corruption Fund that the official bought his ex-wife Ekaterina Solonitsky an apartment for 1.77 million euros. “It is claimed that I bought an apartment in Paris. This is not true, it is slander,” Peskova quotes Medusa quoted .

Collection of Jehovah's Witnesses. Photo: JW-russia.org The Leningrad Regional Court upheld the recognition of the Bible in the translation of Jehovah's Witnesses "extremist material." This was reported on the website of the religious organization. The hearing was attended by about 30 people, including representatives of the British embassies, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the USA. The basis of the judicial was the examination of the publication "Holy Scripture.

December 22 from 11:00 to 19:30 in the "International Memorial" (Karetny series, 5/10) will be a farewell to Arseniy Roginsky. The entrance will be organized from the carriage, the exit from the new opera. The funeral will be held on December 23 at 14:30 at the Vvedensky cemetery. Condolences and necrologues on the site "Memorial"

Vyacheslav Prudnikov in the hospital. Photo: kavkaz-uzel.eu In the city of Krasny Sulin of the Rostov region, an unknown person shot several times from a traumatic pistol in the journalist of the "Caucasian Knot" Vyacheslav Pruudnikov. According to the publication, the attempt was made on Thursday. Prudnikov was operated on and is in a local hospital. At the time of the attack, Prudnikov was in the city cemetery for work not related to journalism. "I took out a camera to take a few pictures.

FSB In the Moscow district of Lianozovo on Thursday, four visitors of their Central Asia were detained, allegedly part of the "sleeping cell" of the Islamic State. This was reported by RBC with reference to sources in the police. The operation was carried out by employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs together with FSB operatives.

On the polling station. Photo: elpais.com According to the results of early elections in Catalonia, the majority in the parliament of the region will receive independence supporters, according to La Vanguardia. The deputies from the parties acting as a department from Spain - "Together for Catalonia", "Left Republices of Catalonia" and "Candidate of National Unity" - received 70 out of 135 in the Catalan parliament. 47.5 percent of voters voted for the separatists.

On December 22 at 11:00 am, the first hearing on the merits of the criminal case against Denis Bakholdin will be held at the Suzemsky District Court of the Bryansk Region. Bakholdin is charged with part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization), which provides for two to six years in prison. Muscovite Bakholdin, a participant in a number of protests, emigrated to Ukraine at the end of 2014.

Pavel Grudinin. Photo with personal VK page The Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov at a meeting of the Presidium of the Party Central Committee on Thursday proposed to nominate Pavel Grudinin to the president of the Lenin state farm. This was reported by "Echo of Moscow" with reference to a member of the Presidium Valery Rashkin. According to Rashkin, on Thursday there was the first stage of discussion of presidential candidates from the Communists.

Ilya Yashin Picket near the CEC building. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow insist on holding the "Day of Free Elections" in the format of the municipal holiday. This was stated by the head of the district Ilya Yashin. “Friends, do not go to the stuffing and wiring about the transfer of the day of free elections. We are not negotiating with the mayor and do not ask for anything.