Vitaly Portnikov Negotiations of the tripartite contact group in Minsk, which were supposed to end with the coordination of the list of the released and the conclusion of a new armistice agreement in the Donbass, ended in complete Fiasco. There will be no release of prisoners before the New Year, a new truce - too. Instead, a “truce” is extended, which allows the Russian side to carry out constant shelling of the territory that Ukraine controls.

Ilya Milstein Yuri Zakharenko, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, the enemy of Alexander Lukashenko, was killed so. They detained on the way from parking to the house on Voronyansky Street in Minsk, put on handcuffs, put them in a car, and a canopy was thrown over their heads.

Special forces on Lubyanka. Hard video In Moscow, the unknown person opened shooting in Lubyanka. As Mash reported , he barricaded in the FSB building and fired from the security forces. Later, the FSB reported on his murder. The Ministry of Health reports five wounded. According to RBC, four of them are special services.

From December 31 to January 5, the center of Moscow will have a “special regime” of admission of citizens providing for a pass through the checkpoint with a mandatory inspection, according to the website of the capital's city hall. The single space in which it will be possible to get through the checkpoint will be located within the boundaries of Tverskaya Streets, Mokhovaya, Okhotny Ryad, Manezhnaya Square, Theater passage, Revolution Square, Red Square.

Debat before voting by impeachment. Frame of the video broadcast The House of Representatives voted for the removal of Donald Trump from the presidential position. The first point of the resolution on impeachment - abuse of authority - gained 230 votes (with the necessary 216). 229 Voices of Trump were found guilty on the second point - the obstacle to the work of the Congress. No Republican supported the resolution. How did America go to this vote and what will happen next?

US Senate The US Senate Committee approved the bill "On the Protection of American Security from the Kremlin aggression" (DASKA), which provides for the introduction of strict sanctions against Russia. According to Bloomberg, 17 senators voted for the bill controlled by the Republicans, against five. The bill is approved by amendments that have not yet been published. It is assumed that they will not affect sanctions.