Listen to this issue on VK | Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Yandex. Music | Google Podcasts and other platforms. For almost two years, Zoya Svetova and Anna Stavitskaya have been made at the MBH Media Podkast “Really Word”. And although in Russia, podcasts about the judicial system and prisons are a rarity, in the world this topic is very popular. Why in the West the administration is not afraid to give the prisoners a word?

Sber began to test unmanned cars on the roads of Moscow. New machines are tested for resistance to high humidity, low temperatures and check their work in complex road situations. When Sber managed to acquire his own unmanned vehicles and how this project differs from Yandex machines - in the MBH Media material. Sberbuilder The first series of Sbering drones went to the streets of Moscow on December 22 for testing in a winter metropolis.

Vladimir Putin signed the law on the updated form of the formation of the upper house of the parliament, which provides for the appearance of lifelong senators there. The document is published on the portal of legal information.

Two employees of the Russian Embassy in Colombia were forced to leave the South American country on December 8, since their activities violated the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. This was reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia.

Activist Pavel Krisevich filed a lawsuit in the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow to the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples because of his deduction after the action in support of political prisoners. This was reported by the human rights organization "Apology of Protest". In the lawsuit, Krisevich demanded to recognize the order of his expulsion illegal, restore it and appoint moral compensation in the amount of 500 thousand rubles.

Updated (16:32) Mansky was released from the police, on December 29, it will have to draw up a protocol on participation in an inconsistent action (part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was announced by the MBH Media lawyer "Human Rights Cards" Anastasia Burakova. “They did not come up with what to write in the protocol and how to bring under an administrative violation, so the protocol will be drawn up on December 29.

The Council of the European Union refused to businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is called the “Putin’s cook” in the media in lifting sanctions. This was reported by the press service of the Concord company associated with it. “In this regard, additional justifications arise for considering this case in court in accordance with the rules of the European Union.

Employees of the Investigative Committee searched the house of the mother of Pussy Riot and the publisher of the Mediazons Pussy Verzilov in the village of Vidogoschi of the Tver region. About this "MBH Media" said lawyer Leonid Solovyov. “We arrived at Peter's mother in the village today at 10 a.m. The search was held in the framework of the same case under the 212th article on the riots in Moscow, plus it was added that Verzilov allegedly did not notify the authorities of second citizenship.

Dmitrovsky City Court sentenced the 16-year-old teenager Rustam (the surname is not disclosed in connection with the age of the defendant-approx. “MBH Media”) by 1 year and 10 months of the colony due to correspondence on VKontakte. This was announced by MBH Media by his lawyer Daniil Berman. “My client was accused of preparing for the murder of his classmates.

The journalist and presenter Vladimir Soloviev, according to the VTsIOM survey, was named the most popular journalist among Russians according to the results of 2020. The results of the survey are published on the site of the center. 1600 respondents took part in it. The journalists of the year were Vladimir Solovyov (6%), Yuri Dud and Olga Skabeeva (2%, respectively). The five most popular journalists of the year are closed by Vladimir Pozner and Alexei Pivovarov (2%, respectively).

The staff of the headquarters of Navalny Konstantin Raspov, detained the day before at the house of the alleged poisoner from the FSB Konstantin Kudryavtsev, was fined a thousand rubles. This was reported to the "MBH Media" in the press service of the Moscow Court of Moscow. Raspov was found guilty of disobedience to the police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The mayor of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Vysokinsky, resigned, his statement was accepted by the City Duma. It is reported by URA.ru. Vysokinsky will go to work in the Government of the region as the first deputy governor of the Sverdlovsk region. Aleksey Orlov, who was now appointed acting mayor, worked in this post. At a meeting of the City Duma, Vysokinsky was asked about the possible nomination to the Duma elections in 2021 - he replied that he would make a decision later with United Russia.

The State Duma adopted a bill in the second reading, which will expand the criteria for introducing individuals in the register of foreign agents. This was reported on the website of the lower house. The main second reading in the document was prescribed types of “political activity” for the introduction of organizations and individuals in the register.

The issue of the magazine "Spark", released on December 21, will be the last paper release of the publication. This was reported by the editorial office of "Ogka" on the website of the Kommersant Publishing House, which owns the magazine since 2009. Employees of the "Ogka" were informed of the dismissal "in connection with the optimization of the organizational and staff structure" of the publishing house, journalists write.

The State Duma in the second reading adopted amendments to the law on rallies. The document is published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The bill notes that the courts, when considering cases, may recognize rallies “the participation of several persons in the acts of picket alternately”.