The Chechen Human Rights Council does not want to accept human rights activists into its ranks. According to media reports, statements from relevant organizations remained unanswered. Considering the number of human rights violations in the republic, the emergence of a new authority is absurd, experts say. Photo: Dmitry Korotaev, Kommersant Human rights activists cannot get into the human rights council under Kadyrov. This was reported by the RBC Daily newspaper.

Law enforcement officers detained the deputy head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Sverdlovsk Region, Marina Pushkareva, Interfax reports, citing a statement from the press service of the Federal Antimonopoly Service. According to the agency's interlocutor, the official is suspected of receiving a bribe.

The Moscow City Court on Monday recognized as legal the arrest of the vice-president of the all-Russian public organization “Support of Russia” Pavel Seagal, who is accused of a scam with maternity capital, Interfax reports. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 10.5 billion rubles were illegally cashed out as part of the fraudulent scheme. Pavel Seagal's lawyer Alexey Kirsanov denied this information. According to him, the amount of claims dropped to 29 million rubles.

Business card Director, actor, playwright, screenwriter, artistic director, French-speaking Canadian - Robert Lepage was born on December 12, 1957. Today he is one of the most prominent theatrical figures of our time. His first great success came in the 1980s after the productions of The Dragon Trilogy and Lie Detector. A turning point in his career was the creation of the Ex Machina theater in 1994, and then the theater center La Caserne (Barracks) in Quebec City.

There is no official information yet about a possible meeting between the leader of the UDAR party, Vitaliy Klitschko, and the member of the European Commission for Neighborhood Policy, Stefan Füle, or other European Commissioners, Interfax reports, citing EC official representative Peter Stano. “As you know, my commissioner (Stefan Fule - Kommersant ) is in regular contact with all participants in the process in Ukraine. The last time this happened was last Thursday during a press conference.

832 1 min. ... RIA Novosti is being liquidated to improve efficiency, as follows from the wording of the presidential decree. The head of the presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, explained what he meant.

In connection with the end of the special operation to eliminate militants in the village of Bylym, Elbrus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, the CTO regime has been abolished, RIA Novosti reports.

Our club won against Italia Thunder Boxing Photo: cit.ua On Friday, the Ukrainian Atamans defeated their main competitor in Group A of the World Series of Boxing (WSB), Italia Thunder, in a home match. In Brovary, the guests achieved success in only one of the fights, in which the vice-champion of the 2008 Olympics, Qedafi Dzhelkir, defeated Nikolai Butsenko.

Dossier 391 1 min. ... Construction of the first horse-drawn tram lines began in Moscow in 1872. The first electric tram was launched in 1899 along the Butyrskaya Zastava-Petrovsky Park line. The last line was opened in 1982 in Strogino. According to Mosgortrans, there are 42 tram routes in the capital, served by five depots. The total length of the tracks is about 180 km; by 2017 it is planned to increase it to 247 km. Passenger traffic is 855 thousand people per day, 960 cars are in operation.

Mosgortrans did not receive the promised money from the advertising contractor The winner of one of the largest advertising auctions in recent years risks not fulfilling their financial obligations. Due to another delay in payments, the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans actually suspended cooperation with the Boulevard Ring company, which in 2011 won the bidding for the right to place advertising on all ground public transport in the capital for five years for 2.2 billion rubles.

Over the past year, something has shifted in the consciousness of Russian citizens. Drivers have begun to get used to the fact that everything good, including highways, has to be paid for. Businessmen decided that 14-20% per annum is a very good return. Investors believed that in Russia it was possible to invest in roads - seriously and for a long time. It looks like the process has begun. Or rather, I went.

Direct speech 2K 2 minutes. ... Viktor Ozerov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security: “Whatever the accusation, the army has already given a moral and political assessment of Serdyukov’s activities as Minister of Defense, calling these times “Serdyukovism.” And this assessment will remain regardless of the verdict that is passed. Whether Serdyukov will be imprisoned or not is pointless to guess; only the court can determine this.

339 1 min. ... The Irkutsk region is one of the richest and most beautiful and at the same time one of the most complex Russian regions. For many years, waste from the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill was poured into the world's largest fresh water reservoir. The plant was finally closed this year, but as a result, Baikalsk lost its city-forming enterprise, and people need to be employed. And other single-industry towns in the region have similar problems.

As Kommersant learned, President Viktor Yanukovych dismissed the chairman of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Yuri Chmyr, from his post. By another decree, he appointed him deputy head of the presidential administration. In the administration, Mr. Chmyr will oversee the humanitarian direction and be responsible for the administration’s communication with other authorities and the media. Sources claim that Anna German will help him, while she will continue her work in the Verkhovna Rada.

Over eleven years of operation in Nizhny Novgorod, MegaFon has gained a reputation as a reliable telecom operator not only for individuals, but also for corporate clients. At the beginning of December, the company’s specialists met with their partners and talked about commercial proposals that allow them to manage business processes remotely. In recent years, services based on the use of innovative wireless communication technologies have become more in demand.