Alexei Navalny has submitted to the Central Election Commission the documents necessary for his registration as a candidate for the presidency of Russia. This was announced by Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh. Navalny is running for president as an independent candidate. On December 24, meetings of voters were held in 20 cities of Russia, who supported his nomination.

Ilya Yashin still managed to hold the "Day of Free Elections." Reporting Pavel Merzlikin Maxim Zmeyev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Ilya Yashin for promotions on December 24 In Moscow on December 24 (on the marching anniversary of the largest rally for honest elections in 2011), the "Day of Free Elections" was still held. The action of deputies of the Krasnoselsky district was called upon to tell Muscovites about the upcoming presidential election and demand their honest conduct.

The politician promises to boycott the elections if he is not registered Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant On Sunday, December 24, at once in 20 cities of Russia, meetings of initiative groups to nominate Alexei Navalny to the presidents were held - the election of the head of the country will be held on March 18, 2018. The founder of the Corruption Fund (FBK) went to the main event - to a tent installed on the beach in Silver Bor in Moscow.

How it was. Video Alexei Navalny was nominated as a presidential candidate. The meetings of initiative groups for Navalny’s nomination on December 24 were held in 20 cities of Russia, including in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. In Moscow, the meeting was held in Silver Bor . After summing up the vote, Navalny thanked his supporters for his support and stated that he intended to win the elections.

The linguist, doctor of philological sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Zaliznyak died. This was announced by an employee of the Russian Language Institute Dmitry Sichichyva. Burning was 82 years old. Meduza died Andrey Zaliznyak Andrei Zaliznyak is the largest specialist in Novgorod birch bark letters. In 1995, his book “Ancient -Gorodsk Dialect” was published. Another subject of studies of Zaliznyak was the “Word about Igor's Regiment”.

Nureyev ballet composer Ilya Demutsky - About music for the Olympics, symphony about Pussy Riot and Serebrennikov Sergey Bobylev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Nureyev, whose premiere took place at the Bolshoi Theater in December 2017, is already the second Ballet of Gabt to the music of Ilya Demutsky (the first was the “hero of our time”). The 34-year-old composer graduated from the conservatory in St.

Update. By 3:30 p.m. Moscow time, about 2,000 people had gathered in Lermontovsky Square in Moscow, according to Meduza's correspondent. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported about 300 participants of the action. At about 4:00 pm, people began to disperse. The police did not detain anyone. About 500 participants of the "Day of Free Elections" action, which was organized by municipal deputies from the Krasnoselsky district, gathered in Lermontovsky Square in Moscow.

Sergey Fadeichev / TASS / Scanpix / Leta on December 24 in different cities of Russia, including Moscow, have been held meetings of initiative groups for the nomination of Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate. At the meeting of the initiative group in Moscow , where Navalny was personally present, it was announced that documents on his nomination would be transferred to the CEC in the next hours.

The term of one of the most famous financial bets in the world expires: Warren Buffett against professional investors Shannon Stapleton / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta At the end of 2017, a bet, which was concluded ten years ago by one of the richest people in the world, Warren Buffet with investors from Protégé Partners.

The Saudi authorities demanded $6 billion from Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who was detained in a corruption case, for his release, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources. Al-Waleed bin Talal, according to the interlocutors of the publication, so far refuses to pay the required amount, believing that this will look like an admission of guilt.

In Moscow, on the beach in Serebryany Bor, a meeting of the initiative group to nominate Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate took place. A Meduza correspondent at the scene estimated that about a thousand people, including journalists, turned up for the meeting, which began 1.5 hours late. 742 people voted for the nomination of Navalny, there were no votes against and no abstentions.

The "Day of Free Elections" in Lermontovsky Square in Moscow will be held in the format of a meeting of citizens. Ilya Yashin wrote about this on his Facebook. “As the head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district, I signed an order to hold a meeting of citizens,” Yashin wrote, emphasizing that, according to the law, he has the right to organize a meeting of citizens without any approval from the executive authorities.

Update : A meeting of initiative groups to nominate Navalny for the presidency was held in Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk . A meeting of the initiative group to nominate Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate took place in Vladivostok. As the coordinator of Navalny's regional headquarters said on Twitter, 650 people came to the meeting. They all voted in favor of Navalny's candidacy for the presidency.

The Chinese-built AG600 amphibious aircraft has made its maiden flight, Xinhua reports. AG600, notes Reuters , is currently the largest amphibious aircraft in the world. The plane took off from the airport in Zhuhai, spent about an hour in the air and returned to the airport of departure. The AG600 was developed by the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The length of its fuselage is 39.6 meters, the wingspan is 38.8 meters.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk was detained at passport control at Geneva airport on the evening of December 23 at the request of Russia, his press secretary Olga Lappo said on Facebook. “Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who flew to Geneva with his youngest daughter, was stopped at passport control at the request of Russia,” Lappo wrote.