In Ukraine, Crimean Gennady Afanasyev, who was convicted in Russia in the case of “Crimean terrorists,” died in the war. This was reported by Krym.Realii with reference to his wife Lyudmila Afanasyeva. Afanasyev was involved in the same case with the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. According to investigators, they and several other people carried out explosions and arson in Crimea, occupied by Russia. In December 2014, Afanasyev was sentenced to seven years in a maximum security colony.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala dismissed the administrative case of “propaganda of non-traditional values” among minors against local designer Elnara Askerova. reported this to Mediazona The human rights group SK SOS . The reason for drawing up a protocol against Askerova (Part 2 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) was the performance of two young people with makeup at a fashion show, which took place on October 18 in the Makhachkala boutique “Grey House”.

The Krasnoselsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the former deputy director of Psychoneurological Boarding School No. 9, Dmitry Mogilevsky, to 12 years and 8 months in prison. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts.

The State Duma immediately, in the second and third readings, adopted a bill on quotas for education in universities at the expense of the budget for participants in the invasion of Ukraine and their children. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. Amendments will be made to the federal law “On Education”. The quota size will be at least 10% of all budget places.

The Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu proposed to “phased” to increase the age of the military service from 18 years to 21 years, and raise the maximum age to 30 years, instead of 27. Broadcasting of the Ministry of the Ministry with the participation of President Vladimir Putin led in the Kremlin telegram channel.

In Yekaterinburg, police in the morning took away the director of the Yekaterinburg History Museum, Igor Pushkarev, from his house. about this He himself told the Ural publication It's my city . According to Pushkarev, the police “interrogated” him and released him. He did not say what was discussed.

Since the beginning of March 2022, 5,518 administrative cases on the “discredit” of the army (20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) have been received in the courts of Russia. This follows from the data of the GAS “Justice” system, which collected the Mediazona. Most of the protocols were received by Moscow courts (701 cases), Petersburg (311), courts of the Krasnodar Territory (246), Tatarstan (197) and Crimea (196).

The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, came to recruit prisoners to the Vladimir maximum security penal colony No. 6, where politician Alexei Navalny is currently serving his sentence. about this The oppositionist spoke in a letter that his comrades posted on Twitter. According to Navalny, he learned about the visit of the head of PMC Wagner from another prisoner. “[Prigozhin] arrived by helicopter, all the prisoners were gathered at the stadium along with the authorities.

Danil Chertykov from Yekaterinburg and Roman Paklin from Surgut, who were arrested in the Tyumen case, sent letters to the support team in which they said that they were not receiving the necessary medical care. Chertykov wrote from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Tyumen that his health was “rapidly deteriorating.” He reported constant headaches, a cold accompanied by fever and sore throat, and deteriorating dental health.

The Novosibirsk State Theater "Red Torch" has canceled the performances of its former chief director Timofey Kulyabin. This was reported attention to it . drew on the theater’s website, and Taiga.Info “Unfortunately, we are forced to announce the cancellation of performances in January and February.

The State Duma adopted in the third final reading amendments prohibiting foreigners from owning a controlling stake in ad services, and foreign messengers from integrating payment services for Russians. This is stated in the bill card. The bill was introduced in June. At the beginning, it concerned only ad services. The share of foreigners was going to be limited to 20%, but by the second reading they were prohibited from controlling more than 50% of the voting shares.

State Duma deputies adopted a bill on the suspension by courts of proceedings in the cases of participants in the military invasion of Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. We are talking about the abolition of civil, arbitration, administrative and enforcement proceedings - including in relation to mobilized, volunteers and employees of the FSB border service.

The State Duma adopted in the final third reading amendments to the Criminal Code on life sentences for “sabotage activities,” according to the website of the lower chamber. The Criminal Code already had an article about committing sabotage. It implies a life sentence only if someone dies as a result (Part 3 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code). Deputies decided to add three new articles (281.1, 281.2 and 281.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Department for Municipal Property Management of Yekaterinburg demanded that the Ural Memorial leave their premises on Lenin Avenue. Vecherniye Vedomosti about this The chairman of the organization, Alexey Mosin, told ; The text of the notification from officials was posted by RusNews . The department intends to terminate the lease for the premises effective March 20, 2023. The notice was sent on December 20 - three months in advance, as required by the Civil Code.