The leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov at a meeting of the presidium of the Central Committee of the party proposed to nominate Pavel Grudinin, director of the State Farm named after Lenin, to the presidency of Russia, Kommersant and Interfax report , citing sources. “Zyuganov proposed as a candidate from the party <…> Pavel Grudinin.

The journalist of the "Caucasian Knot" Vyacheslav Prudnikov was wounded on December 21 in the town of Krasny Sulin, Rostov Region, the newspaper reports. This happened at the cemetery, where, according to the donnews.ru website, Prudnikov was called by an employee of one of the local municipal unitary enterprises, who asked him to photograph him for "advertising material." When they were at the cemetery, the attacker drove up in a car.

Chechen Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information Dzhambulat Umarov called designer Artemy Lebedev's appeal to the "mountain brother" about a forced public apology "an attempt to promote himself in the name of Ramzan Kadyrov." It is reported by "Rain".

Twitter users are participating in a new flash mob: they offer to start listening to certain songs a few minutes (or seconds) before the new year, in order to hear something very correct at midnight sharp. "If you play Frank Ocean's 'Skyline To' on December 31 at 11:59:31 pm, as soon as 2017 is over, Frank will say, 'This year has gone by pretty fast.'" “If you play Niall Horan's 'The Tide' on Dec 31 at 11:58:47 pm, the line 'Oh no, get ready.

21 December. Life sentence for drugs and dachshund Nicholas Main In Russia, for the first time, a person accused of drug trafficking was sentenced to life in prison . The court found that a citizen of Tajikistan, Sherali Tabarov, together with his accomplices, brought almost 700 kilograms of heroin to Russia. The accomplices received from six to 25 years in prison.

Sergey Mamontov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta On December 19, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin conducted a tour for President of Serbia Alexander Vuchich on the promising research fund created with the participation of the Russian politician. During the excursion, Wuchach showed a liquid in which it is possible to breathe - and proved its performance, putting a live dachshund in a container with a liquid.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko will step down as president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), Kommersant newspaper reports, citing sources. According to the publication, Mutko's resignation will be announced on December 26 at a meeting of the organization's executive committee. The decision, according to sources, is due to the "doping crisis" and pressure from FIFA.

The only theodora Over the past few months, Bitcoin managed to grow from three thousand dollars to eighteen . Now, one bitcoin costs about 16 thousand dollars - and everyone who managed to invest in cryptocurrency in time, rub their hands (and who do not - grit the elbows). But some owners of cryptocurrencies, on the contrary, enjoy financial losses - and pay crazy money to financial dominatrix (just like that, for the sake of the opportunity to pay!).

Amazon Prime Video The Amazing Mrs. Meisel is the most optimistic and easy series of 2017 and one of the brightest Amazon projects. The show tells about the housewife Miriam Midge Meisel, who is waiting for success at the stand-up scene. The film critic Egor Moskvitin advises to see the "amazing Mrs. Meisel" to everyone who has not yet done this. "Amazing Mrs. Meisel" - what is it about? New York, indecently expensive apartments in the upper East Side, a man and a woman, two children.

The US Treasury imposed sanctions under the "Magnitsky Act" against Artem Chaika, the son of Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika. According to the US Treasury, Artem Chaika used his father's position and opportunities to dishonestly receive state property and government contracts, as well as put pressure on competitors. In total, 15 people fell under the sanctions on December 21, including the daughter of the late President of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova, as well as more than 30 companies.

The Moscow Department of Transport submitted to the Ministry of Transport of the Moscow Region materials on 17,000 cars near Moscow, which are registered as taxis, but, presumably, do not carry passengers. This is reported by Open Media, citing a source in the department. These cars have the wrong design - there is no special lantern and "checkers", as well as the wrong color. Many of these cars are expensive brands such as Porsche, Mercedes and Rolls-Royce.

In Gudermes, 400 fighters from one of the units subordinate to Ramzan Kadyrov storm the houses of the Yamadayev family. This was reported by the Rosbalt agency, citing an unnamed source. There is no confirmation of this information. “Armed fighters break into houses, turn everything upside down, detain people. They do not explain why this is happening.

Dmitry Korotaev / Kommersant On December 21, the Moscow Regional Court for the first time in Russian history sentenced to a life -long term of drug trafficking - Tajik citizen Sherali Tabarov. The court fully supported the version of the prosecution, according to which Tabarov and his accomplices organized supplies to Russia almost 700 kilograms of heroin in veins with fruits. 14 Tabarov’s accomplices received from six to 25 years in a maximum security colony.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened a case against Tinkoff Bank for violating the advertising law due to a post on Instagram mentioning the AUE subculture. “The said advertisement <…> is addressed to individuals aged 14 to 18 and is offensive in nature, since it classifies individuals aged 14 to 18 as members of the informal youth criminal movement AUE and promotes the popularization of the criminal organization,” the documents published by the FAS state.