The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Syria. According to the document, the UN should take over the organization of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition. Negotiations are scheduled to start in January 2016. The resolution calls for the formation of "credible, inclusive and secular" transitional authorities within six months, reports the Associated Press.

Seven members of the crew of the Russian tanker "Mechanic Chebotarev", detained in Libya on September 16, returned to Russia. Three more crew members remain in Libya, including the captain of the tanker. The issue of their return to Russia "will be agreed with the Libyan authorities separately," according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The director of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, where the power unit was shut down on the afternoon of December 18, said that there were no grounds for the evacuation of local residents. The appeal of Vladimir Pereguda to the population of the city of Sosnovy Bor is posted on the NPP website.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested until February 15 one of the three detained participants in a shootout near the Elements cafe in Moscow, which killed two people. This was reported by the press service of the court. The surname of the arrested person is Romanov. Which side of the conflict he belonged to is not specified. among the detainees . He was not previously mentioned Another detainee, lawyer Eduard Budantsev, has been placed under house arrest until 15 February.

Transparency activists' long game against the Kremlin Photo: Kremlin press service On December 1, Alexey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation released damning evidence that the relatives of Attorney General Yuri Chaika and other top officials do business with known mobsters.

At the airport in Istanbul, two people were detained, from whom 148 European passports were confiscated. According to Today's Zaman, the passports were real. They belonged to citizens of France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland. Documents were transported in pizza ovens. One of the detainees is a Belgian of Turkish origin. Previously, he was detained for links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party . The second detainee is a citizen of Syria.

The best videos, pictures and texts about one of the main films of the year Photo: Ilya Putalev / Sputnik / Scanpix During the month, which took place from the previous review of the most interesting materials based on the “Star Wars”, so many things were published that we could write about it every day. But we regretted readers and simply put everything we saw in bookmarks - and now we are sharing with you.

6 of the most outrageous untruths from yesterday's press conference Photo: Kremlin press service Vladimir Putin spent three hours answering journalists' questions yesterday at his annual press conference. Several times during that marathon, he played fast and loose with facts and statistics. Meduza highlights some of the most egregious untruths. Cargo trucks and passenger vehicles pay the same vehicle tax.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation promised to exclude " from the register of "foreign agents the movement "For Human Rights ". Officials decided to do this after an unscheduled inspection of the organization. The department added that the decision to remove the movement from the register will be made and issued in the form of an order within the time period established by law - no later than December 31, 2015.

Two books about Russian Primorye. Overview of Galina Yuzefovich A weekly literary critic Galina Yuzefovich tells at Medusa about the most interesting books published in Russia. The current review is dedicated to two books about the Russian Primorye: “In the footsteps of Dersus, it was: paths of the Ussuri Territory” Alexei Korovashko and “Crystal in a transparent rimmer: stories about water and stones” Vasily Avchenko. Alexey Korovashko.

Employees of the Ministry of Culture were evacuated from a building in the center of Moscow, as someone reported an explosive device planted there. According to the Moscow agency, about 200 people were evacuated from the building. Whether a bomb was found was not specified. The building of the Ministry of Culture is located at the address: Maly Gnezdnikovsky lane, 7/6, building 1, 2.

Ilya Azar tells what the journalist of RBC Alexander Sokolov is being persecuted Photo: Oleg Yakovlev / RBC “Our journalist has been in prison for five months under an non-violent article,” said RBC correspondent Mikhail Rubin at the annual press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 17. “I would like to convey our appeal to you with a request to figure it out.” We are afraid that we can talk about pressure on freedom of speech.

The Moscow City Court refused to consider an appeal filed by Roskomsvoboda lawyers on behalf of users of the RuTracker.org torrent tracker against the decision to permanently block the resource.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has filed a lawsuit against Odessa Governor Mikhail Saakashvili for libel, Avakov said in an interview on TV channel 1 + 1 . “Because, if you're saying that someone is a thief, [that someone should] respond,” said Avakov. “As far as I know, [Ukrainian Prime Minister] Yatsenyuk is going to do this, too,” Avakov said.

How to help people who were on the verge of suicide. Reporting Katerina Gordeeva Photo: Davide Monteleone / Salt images According to the World Health Organization, more than 70% of Russians live in a state of protracted stress. The media talk about family murders with suicide in the final, teenage suicides, suicides of cancer patients. Against this background, Roskomnadzor forbade the media to call the causes of suicides.