Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev said that on New Year's holidays the authorities will attract 7.5 thousand Cossacks to suppress “mass celebrations.” about this He wrote in his telegram channel. “Police will be on duty in central squares, squares, parks of cities and villages. We will also involve more than 7.5 thousand Cossacks in protecting public order,” Kondratyev said.

Anna Khramtsova / Photo from the site rosguard.gov.ru The winner of the photo contest “Beauty of the Russian Guard” Anna Khramtsova said that she was fired from the department for Storis on Instagram. This was reported on the website of the radio station "Speak Moscow". According to the former employee of the National Guard, the reason for dismissal was Storis, at which the office was visible. “They fired because they needed it, someone crossed the road.

The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow placed under house arrest Alla Laletina, the former director for legal support and corporate governance of Rostec, suspected of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). this TASS reports with reference to the press service of the court. Laletina was given a preventive measure until February 8, 2021. The news agency, citing a law enforcement source, claims that she is accused of embezzling more than 1 million rubles.

The Investigative Committee opened two criminal cases regarding the provision of services that do not meet the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers (Part 2 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code) due to violations in three St. Petersburg bars. This is reported on the department's website.

The State Duma, in the first reading, approved the blocking of sites that violate Russians’ right to freedom of media and “discriminate” against Russian media, according to the parliament’s website. The bill implies the creation of a register of sites “involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms.” Resources found there are at risk of having their access restricted or blocked.

The State Duma in the first reading adopted two bills with amendments tightening the legislation on rallies. reports this RIA Novosti . United Russia member Dmitry Vyatkin introduced these bills to the State Duma on November 17. The first bill obliges rally organizers to report in detail to the authorities about where they get the money to hold the protest. Receiving money from foreigners, Russians under 16 years of age and “anonymous donors” is prohibited.

The State Duma in the third reading adopted a bill according to which the former president can be deprived of immunity only for treason and other serious crimes. This is stated on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The head of the Orenburg department of the Investigative Committee, Vyacheslav Zuderman, accused the ECHR of failing to meet the criteria for an effective investigation due to the nine-year consideration of the complaint of Alexey Averkiev, who was beaten by police in 2008. The Committee Against Torture told Mediazona about this.

The Danish Security and Intelligence Service has charged an unnamed Russian citizen with . This is stated on the department's website. The Russian, who has been in custody since early July, is accused of “among other things” providing Russian intelligence with data on Danish energy technology for a fee, the release said. His arrest had not previously been reported.

Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Evgeny Elin explained the beating of visitors to the Commode bar by security forces during a night raid by the fact that his employees themselves did not release the plainclothes policeman who was inside. about this . Elin told Fontanka “Hard force was used only after physical pressure was exerted on government officials. The police officer and those who were inside were not released,” the vice-governor said.

In Tatarstan, the head physician of the Novosheshminsk hospital, Rafis Vafin, and his subordinate Maxim Konanerov will be tried for the death of a 16-year-old patient from intra-abdominal bleeding. Mediazona was told about this in the Law Zone. Vafin and Konanerov are accused of negligence (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, violations committed by doctors led to the death of the patient in December 2018.

The former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Nizhny Novgorod Region, Nikolai Teushchakov, was detained on suspicion of abuse of power (Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

In the Leningrad region, a deputy of the Lebyazhensky settlement from United Russia, Evgeny Budaev, admitted to stealing rails for his sawmill. this reports 47news . According to the publication, on the morning of December 7, police found Budaev and his friend Shamil cutting rails in the forest. In a conversation with 47news , Budaev said that he needed rails to complete the access road to his sawmill.

In St. Petersburg, Rospotrebnadzor employees suspended the operation of the Angleterre cinema for violating coronavirus restrictions. this Representatives of the cinema reported on VKontakte.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the “Project” investigation into Vladimir Putin’s two identical offices in Sochi and Moscow “an information attack that, of course, cannot achieve its goal.” His words are reported by Meduza. “The President holds public events every day. There are no identical offices, the president has many offices in different cities, he uses them, and you see it all,” he said. “The Project” talked about two identical Putin’s offices the day before, on December 8.