Political scientist Grigory Golosov explains why the year turned out just like that and whether it was possible to avoid this It is impossible to summarize the political results of 2022, because there is nothing to summarize. The main event of the year is war, but it seems to be far from the denouement. There were no elections in Russia, power did not change. Yes, the mode is tightened, but this is also a process that continues, which means that it cannot be evaluated objectively.

The Higher School of Economics fired Professor Ilya Inishev of the Faculty of Humanities and the School of Philosophy and Cultural Studies. Doxa writes about this, at the disposal of which was a dismissal order. As follows from the document, Inishev was fired for "an immoral act incompatible with the continuation of work." In turn, the publication claims that the real reason for the dismissal of the professor was his anti-war statements on social networks.

On December 23, at the Misyash railway station in the Chelyabinsk region, a mobilized senior sergeant, being drunk, attacked his commander with the rank of captain. The victim died from his injuries. The assailant, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody by the Magnitogorsk garrison military court for two months.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . How we analyzed Google Trends counts popularity in two ways: by the total number of searches and by their relative growth. In terms of the total number of requests, “weather”, “translator” and other requests that millions of people drive in daily are usually in the lead. In terms of relative growth, the leaders are requests that have become much more actively searched compared to the previous month.

Iranian chess player Sara Khadem took part in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Almaty. At the competitions, the girl appeared without a hijab, which is a crime under Iranian law. In Iran itself, protests have been going on for several months, which began after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She was detained by the Iranian vice police for wearing the hijab “incorrectly”. She was taken from the police station to the hospital, where she died without regaining consciousness.

The leadership of the Perm branch of the Higher School of Economics fired Associate Professor Dinara Gagarina. In the first half of December, she was removed from the leadership of the master's program, and the program itself was closed. After that, Gagarina continued to work as head of the historical research sector, but on December 27 she was fired from this position as well. The teacher wrote about this on her Instagram.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . Stood on the defensive line on the side of Ukraine Mikhail Naidenko, now 35, was born in the village of Krasnopolye in the Sumy region of Ukraine, less than 20 kilometers from the border with Russia. After graduating from the village school, Naidenko entered the Sumy National Agrarian University, where he studied as an economist.

After increased Russian shelling, many residents of Kherson decided to leave. More than 400 people have left the city since last weekend. However, there are still tens of thousands of inhabitants. The BBC Russian service spoke to those who left and those who decided to stay. The family of 13-year-old Nika Selivanova decided to leave Kherson after the massive shelling that began on December 24.

What? Yes, there were such! According to the compilers of the British dictionary of Collins Dictionary, the word 2022 was Permacrisis (Permacrisis) - a term that describes life in conditions of political instability and lack of security. But in the past year, in addition to bad news related to the war, mobilization and their consequences, there were others less disturbing and even good. "Cold" remembered some of them.

The Perm City Court sentenced Timur Bekmansurov to life imprisonment. He was accused under several articles of the Criminal Code at once - the murder of two or more persons, attempted murder, encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer, as well as intentional damage to property. During the process, the prosecutor asked the court to sentence Bekmansurov to life imprisonment.

In the bowels of United Russia, they developed a code of public positioning for State Duma deputies from this party. RBC managed to get acquainted with the document. As writes the edition, the code consists of 11 points.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . Cut costs Compared to July-September 2021, what Russians save on has not changed. However, in general, they began to save more. More than 70% of Russians are less likely to buy new clothes, according to a NielsenIQ study based on the results of the third quarter of 2022. For example, over the same period last year, only 66% of citizens reduced spending.

The Kirovsky District Court of Crimea appointed three residents of the village of Zolote Pole from 11 to 13 days of arrest due to loud listening and performance of "songs of Ukrainian nationalists." Mediazona writes about this with reference to the court's website.

The Insider journalists decided to check how easy it is for the Russian authorities to post their propaganda on Tik-Tok. Posing as "customers from the Kremlin", the publication's staff contacted several bloggers and agencies that take orders for videos with specific content.

The wives of those mobilized from Volgograd appealed to the military prosecutor's office with a demand to release their husbands, who are illegally kept in a "prison for refuseniks." The telegram channel "Military Ombudsman" writes about this. According to the project, nine residents of Volgograd called for mobilization on September 26. And in November they were already on the territory of the annexed DNR.