May 1989. Photo by Sergey Lepakhi from the home archive Yuri Kolisnik 80 years ago, on December 24, 1937, Vyacheslav Chornovil, one of the leaders of the National Independence of Ukraine, was born in the village of Yerki in Cherkaschin. Under the Soviets, Chornovil spent a total of 17 years in colonies and links: in 1967-1969, 1972-1979 and 1980-1988. In 1989 he acted as a co-founder of the people's rush of Ukraine; Since 1992, the party leader.

The nomination of Alexei Navalny at a meeting in Moscow. Photo: @nlyaskin The initiative group at a meeting in Moscow nominated the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate. It is reported by "Medusa". At the meeting, in accordance with the law, an official of the Central Election Commission was attended by the law. 742 people voted for the navigation of Navalny. There were no voters against and abstained.

Andrey Zaliznyak. Photo: Mitrius/Wikipedia At the age of 82, the Russian linguist Andrei Zaliznyak died. This was announced on his FB page by a colleague of the deceased Dmitry Sichinava. Zaliznyak was born on April 29, 1935 in Moscow. Graduated from Moscow University; In 1957-1958 he studied in Paris - at the Sorbonne and the Higher Normal School. Since 1960 he worked at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences - RAS; In parallel, he taught at Moscow University.

Boris Stomakhin. Frame "Faces" The publicist Boris Stomakhin, who was serving a seven -year term for his articles, was taken to prison in the city of Balashov of the Saratov region. This was announced at his FB page by the Yekaterinburg civilian activist Gleb Eddelev. In the Balashov prison, Politsyk will have to spend almost two years that he remained until November 19, 2019 - the date of the end.

75 years ago, on December 24, 1942, François Darlan, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Vichy government, was killed in Algiers, who had previously ordered the French troops to stop resisting the Anglo-American landing and for this was left by the allies at the head of the French administration in North Africa. Darlan's killer was 20-year-old French monarchist Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, who belonged to the supporters of Charles de Gaulle's "Free France".

Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Photo with personal FB page Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, the leader of the People’s Front Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was stopped at passport control at arrival at Geneva Airport in connection with Russia's request to search for UNA-UNSO. This was reported on Saturday night by the press secretary of the politician Olga Lappo. After 10 minutes, finding out the situation, Yatsenyuk, who arrived in Switzerland with his younger daughter, was released.

On the "Day of Free Elections" in Moscow. Hard video "Flee" In Moscow in the Lermontovsky Square, an inconsistent campaign "Free Elections Day" was held, organized by the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district of the capital, which is the speaker of the opposition Ilya Yashin. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces". Over 500 people took part in the action.

Vladimir Putin at a press conference, 12/14/2017. TASS broadcast frame Vladimir Putin will make the next message to the Federal Assembly before the March presidential election. According to RIA Novosti, this was announced by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. Each year since the beginning of the third term, Putin announced the message to the Federal Assembly in December.