A hand-selected list of 2019’s best Russian movies, music, and TV Movies Beanpole Kantemir Balagov Pioner Cinema This is, in every sense, an atypical film. Its director, who studied under Alexander Sokurov ( Russian Ark, Faust ) and now collaborates with producer Alexander Rodnyansky ( Stalingrad , Leviathan , Loveless ), is only 28 years old.

A court in Slovakia sentenced Zoltan Andrusko to 15 years for involvement in the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak. Andrusko pleaded guilty during the process, made a deal with the investigation, and agreed to testify against other accused. In addition to Andrusko, four other people are involved in the case, including the alleged killer, former policeman Tomasz Szabo. They are expected to be sentenced in early 2020, and all four face life imprisonment.

Baza journalist Anna Nikitina sent a complaint to the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the inaction of the Investigative Committee employees. On December 23, Nikitina wrote a statement that during a search of the mother of Yevgeny Manyurov, who opened fire near the FSB building on Lubyanka, she was hit by the officer in charge of the search.

Yevgeny Savilov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Former Ukrainian prisoners are transferred to forces from the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. December 29, 2019 On December 29, Ukraine held a prisoner exchange with the breakaway republics of the country’s Donbas region. Seventy-six people were returned to the Ukrainian government, and 124 people were returned to the Donbas.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Nikita Semyonov and Georgy Chernyshev for two months, accused of planning a terrorist attack in the city center during the New Year holidays. The case against Semyonov and Chernyshev is being conducted under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization.

Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump during a telephone conversation on December 29 discussed, among other things, the issue of arms control, the White House said. "The Presidents discussed the state of bilateral relations between the United States and Russia and future efforts to maintain effective arms control," the White House said in a statement.

Rosselkhoznadzor from January 6, 2020 prohibits the supply of citrus fruits from China, according to the website of the department. “The Russian department continues to systematically identify dangerous quarantine objects in exported products,” the report said. In August, Russia banned the import of peaches and apples from China. Rosselkhoznadzor clarified on December 30 that the ban had been extended.

The Chamber for Patent Disputes did not satisfy Rambler's claims against Yandex because of the use of the word "poster", TASS reports with reference to Rospatent. The trademark "Yandex.Afisha", thus, remains in force, explained in the press service of the department. A reasoned decision will be provided within a month.

In January-September 2019, the number of the poor (that is, people with incomes below the subsistence level) in Russia increased to 19.2 million people (13.1% of the population) from 19.1 million (13%) in the same period a year earlier. This is with reference to the preliminary data of Rosstat reports "Prime". At the same time, in the third quarter of 2019, the number of poor people decreased to 17.6 million people (12%) from 18.3 million (12.5%) in the third quarter of 2018.

The end of 2019 gave us updated versions of two most important New Year's songs at once. First, the “Last Christmas” of the Wham duet came out ! With a strongly improved picture. And now - the remake of the New Year's Clip of the Russian Group "Glasswat". In the updated video published in the MTS public , three of the four participants of the “glass wool”, as well as a person in the suit of Santa Claus, starred (he also quoted the lines of the fourth participant, Arthur Yeremeyev).

In the coming days, pressure and wind will change dramatically in Moscow, the acting head of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand suggested calling such weather an “anemorumbometric saw”. This is reported by the agency "Moscow". “A number of meteorologists have coined the term baric saw to attract attention. I would suggest inventing a new term - anemorumbometric saw.

In the last week of 2019, the British hit parade UK Top 100 Singles Chart was headed by singer Ellie Gulding with the song “River”. This is a new version of the Christmas composition of the same name, which was released in 1971 by the Canadian singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell. ElliegouldingVo Ellie GOULDING - RIVER “River” is the third song of Ellie Golding, who headed the British chart (after the hits of “Burn” in 2013 and “Love Me Like You Do” in 2015).

In the city of Sunzha, Ingushetia, one person was killed in a shootout between representatives of two teips, six were injured, the regional Investigative Committee reports. According to Kavkaz.Realii, the reason for the conflict between the teips of Yovla and Poalanka was a dispute in social networks over who owns the family towers in the village of Pyaling, Dzheyrakhsky district. The "Caucasian Knot" specifies that the dispute has been going on since 2014.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened a case against Booking.com, the service was suspected of violating the law "On Protection of Competition". This was reported on the FAS website. The company, according to the department, requires hotels to guarantee the best price. According to the FAS, the service sets such conditions that accommodation options are not offered cheaper anywhere else, explains .

The defendant in the case of hazing in a military unit, where Private Ramil Shamsutdinov killed eight colleagues, pleaded guilty. This was reported to Interfax by Shamsutdinov's lawyer Ruslan Nagiev. Consideration of the case in a special order will begin in January, he said. Shamsutdinov himself is already being transferred to Moscow for a forensic psychiatric examination, Nagiyev added. On the criminal case, where Shamsutdinov became a victim, the lawyer reported on December 17.