An announcement about the sale of Ukrainian passports appeared on the Avito website, Polygon Media and We Can Explain draws attention. The lot has now been removed. The serial number on the document that sellers send to buyers as proof belongs to the Luhansk region. The author of the announcement noted that such a passport allows you to cross the border with the EU countries and costs 80,000 rubles. “Demand is small, but it exists,” anonymous sellers of Ukrainian passports say.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . Life will be easier, money will be less According to the publication, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian imports have decreased by 20-25%. The impact of sanctions is being felt in all areas, from banking to agriculture. For example, farmers struggle to buy tires for tractors, and airlines cannot find foreign components for aircraft repairs.

21-year-old Saveliy Frolov, who was detained on the border with Georgia at the Upper Lars checkpoint in October, became a suspect under the article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the lawyers of the "First Department". The amendment, which allows equating "going over to the side of the enemy" with treason, was adopted in July. The maximum penalty under this article is up to 20 years in prison.

Istanbul opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for insulting CEC representatives. Also, he is deprived of the right to engage in political activities. The prosecution demanded that Imamoglu be sentenced to four years and one month in prison. The mayor himself did not attend the meeting. After the verdict was announced, he called on social networks to gather at the city hall of the inhabitants of Istanbul.

Muscovite accidentally found a fake account with his face. The owner of this page supports the war and Putin In early December, Kirill Kanaev discovered that someone created fake accounts with his photographs to publish posts in support of Vladimir Putin and War. Cyril contacted the owner of the profile and achieved the removal of his photos, but at the same time found out how much can be earned with such propaganda. "Cold" tells its story.

As of December 1, 2022, a record 535 journalists were detained in the world, which is 13.4% more than last year, according to the international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders. There are 78 women among those detained, which is almost 30% more than in 2021. It is noted that almost 45% of the detained journalists are in custody in Asia and more than 30% in the Middle East.

The conspirators from the ultra-conservative Reichsburger movement, who were previously detained in Germany in connection with the preparation of a coup d'état, planned the assassination of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, reports The New York Times, citing sources close to the investigation.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Andrei Zayakin, co-founder of Dissernet, physicist and journalist, in absentia. Information about this appeared on the website of the Moscow City Court. Andrei Zayakin was detained on August 28 this year and accused of financing extremist activities for transferring a thousand rubles to the Alexei Navalny Anti-Corruption Fund. A year earlier, the FBK, like other structures of the oppositionist, was recognized as an extremist organization.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . VPN services blocked for the second year The situation with Surfshark is not the first such case: for example, in June 2022, Proton VPN was blocked.

US President Joe Biden signed a law that recognizes same-sex and interracial marriages at the federal level. It is reported by CNN. “For most of our history, we have denied protection to interracial and same-sex couples. We did not treat them with due respect. But now this law establishes that interracial and same-sex marriages must be recognized as legal in every state of our country, ”said the American president. Thousands of guests were invited to the solemn ceremony of signing the law.

The Bryansk regional court sentenced Anatoly Syntulsky, a resident of Udmurtia, who was previously included in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring, to five years in a strict regime colony in the case of an attempt to leave to fight in Ukraine. Syntulsky was found guilty of attempted participation in an armed formation on the territory of a foreign state (part 3 of article 30, part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code).

Political scientist Grigory Golosov explains what ideas the regime is “Putin’s ideology is the development, stability and prosperity of Russia and every Russian”-this is how his spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov explained the system of Putin's ideas. But what does this phrase mean and does it mean at least something? Is it possible to describe and explain the modern Russian ideology? What are "traditional values" or "conservative path"?