The social network "VKontakte" named the names of the performers whose songs were most listened to on the site in Russia in 2017. The most popular track was "Rose Wine" by LJ and Feduk - it was listened to over 200 million times. For other songs from the list, the press release received by the editors of Meduza does not indicate the approximate number of plays. The second place was taken by "Lambada" by T-Fest and Scryptonite, the third - by "Half of Mine" by MiyaGi & Endgame.

Politician Ilya Yashin said that the police came to his parents' house on the evening of December 25. “They are looking for me, although I am not hiding from anyone,” Yashin said on social networks. According to him, the police did not explain why they were looking for him, but only “mumbled” that they were “instructed to establish his whereabouts.” Oppositionist Ilya Yashin has been heading the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District since the fall of 2017.

Alexey Navalny's speech to the government officials who moments later barred him from Russia's 2018 presidential election (full translation) Russia’s Central Election Commission refused to register Alexey Navalny’s presidential candidacy on December 25, a day after the opposition politician’s campaign staged nomination gatherings in 20 cities across the country and Navalny personally submitted his candidacy application to the commission.

In the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL), a limit on foreign players in the application for a match will be introduced instead of a limit on the field, RFU President Vitaly Mutko said on December 25 following a meeting of the organization's executive committee. It is assumed that, under the new rules, clubs will be able to include seven or eight foreigners in a bid of 25 people. The reform is planned to be introduced from the 2020/2021 season.

TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who intends to run for the presidency of Russia, offered to become her confidant in the elections to oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who was denied registration as a candidate by the Central Election Commission on December 25.

The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation refused to register oppositionist Alexei Navalny as a candidate for the post of President of Russia. In response, the politician announced a “voter strike.” He calls on people not to participate in the elections, to work at polling stations as observers and to encourage everyone to join the strike.

December 25th. Navalny was not allowed to the polls. He called for their boycott Main The Central Election Commission refused to register Alexei Navalny as a candidate in the election of the President of Russia. Such a decision of the CEC motivated the opposition to the opposition to the criminal record. Navalny, in response , announced the “voter strike” : activists of his headquarters will campaign against participation in the elections.

Evgeny Feldman CEC meeting December 25, 2017 On December 25, the Central Election Commission refused to allow Alexei Navalny to the presidential election. The reason is the criminal record of Navalny according to a heavy article (embezzlement on an especially large scale), which, taking into account all the deadlines, does not allow him to be elected until 2028. Before the final decision between Navalny and the members of the commission, a hot discussion occurred. That's how it was.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko announced the suspension of his work as president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), TASS and Kommersant report . This happened at a meeting of the executive committee of the organization. Mutko suspended work for six months. He explained his decision by the fact that he plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) his lifelong suspension from the Olympic Games, reports . RBC “I am not resigning in any way,” Mutko said.

Henryk Kotowski / Alamy / Vida Press On December 24, on the air of the UVB-76 radio station, rap and screams “Glory to Ukraine” sounded. Radio amateurs suggested that this happened due to the interception of the wave: usually the air of UVB-76 fills only the white noise, sometimes interrupted by incoherent words and numbers. Such mysterious radio stations as UVB-76 exist around the world.

Navalny's performance in the CEC. Video and decoding The CEC refused to register Alexei Navalny as a presidential candidate. On December 24, meetings of initiative groups for Navalny’s nomination were held in 20 cities of Russia, including Moscow. In the evening of the same day, documents for registration of Navalny were submitted to the CEC. On the afternoon of December 25, Navalny was invited to the CEC meeting, where the politician made a speech.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was organizing a nationwide protest against the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) not to register him as a candidate for the presidential elections in Russia. Navalny has not yet announced the date of the action. Earlier, immediately after the decision of the CEC, Navalny called on supporters to boycott the elections.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Where does freedom begin? Scharansky, Urgant, Dzyadko and others - in the podcast of Roginsky's memory. Together with the "memorial" Special issue of the memory of Arseny Roginsky, historian, human rights activist, one of the founders of the Memorial society.

Lawyer, journalist, lawyer, marketer and schoolgirl - about the lectures of Andrei Zaliznyak "Pravmir" / YouTube On December 24, at the 83rd year of his life, the outstanding Russian linguist Andrei Zaliznyak died . One of the main directions of his work (but far from the only one !) Were birch bark letters.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny called on his supporters to join the boycott of the 2018 presidential election. The corresponding appeal about the beginning of the “voter strikes” was published on Navalny’s blog immediately after the Central Election Commission refused to register him as a candidate in the presidential election on December 25. Alexey Navalny announces the voter strike “We announce the strike of voters. The procedure in which we are offered to participate is not an election.