In his most serious album to date, Russian rapper Noize MC brings the plight of his generation into focus Evgeny Stukalin / TASS Russian rapper Noize MC dropped the second part of his new album “Exit to the City” (“Vykhod v gorod”) on December 17, adding another ten tracks to the first ten released last month. Exit to the City is the 36-year-old musician’s tenth album — and it’s his most serious and tragic record to date.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added two more organizations to the register of “foreign agents.” The autonomous non-profit organization for the implementation of social and legal programs "Lilith" was included in the register of NPOs-"foreign agents", and the Far Eastern public movement "Mayak", which provides support to LGBT people and women who have suffered from violence, was included in the register of unregistered public associations.

Update. On the afternoon of December 18, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire had been extinguished. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on violation of safety rules during construction work. At the Severnaya Verf plant in St. Petersburg, a Project 20385 Agile corvette, which is being built for the Ministry of Defense, caught fire. It is reported by TASS with reference to the United Shipbuilding Corporation.

The Central Bank is discussing the possibility of making free transfers between their own accounts in different banks. This was announced by the head of the regulator Elvira Nabiullina. Of course, you can withdraw money in cash. Transfer them. But we have long been living in the predominance of non-cash forms. And such commissions can often be a barrier to people freely managing their money and choosing those banks where deposit rates are more attractive to them.

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In South Africa, where a new rapid increase in the incidence of covid due to a new strain of omicron began two weeks ago, the number of hospitalizations of patients fell sharply. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the statement of the head of the country's Ministry of Health, Joe Faahla. According to the results of the second week of the new wave, only 1.7% of people with coronavirus needed hospitalization.

25-year-old Polish soldier Emil Chechko, who defected and asked for asylum in Belarus, told state television that he witnessed two killings of volunteers by Polish security forces. An excerpt from an interview with a story about the murders was published on the Belarus 1 telegram channel. There is no confirmation of the words of the soldier.

The United States has seen Russian proposals for mutual security guarantees, but does not intend to discuss them without the participation of European countries. This was stated by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. There will be no negotiations without our European allies and partners.

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court has jailed Pussy Riot activists Maria Alyokhina and Lyusya Shtein (a municipal deputy) for 15 days and 14 days, respectively, under the administrative article prohibiting the display of Nazi symbols. On Friday, December 17, Alyokhina told Mediazona that the administrative charge was brought against her over a photo of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko with swastikas, which she posted on Instagram in 2015.

was again submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament A draft law , prohibiting foreigners and unmarried couples from using the services of surrogate mothers. Among the authors of the bill are Pyotr Tolstoy, Vasily Piskarev and Anna Kuznetsova, former children's rights commissioner in the Russian Federation.

Russia’s censorship agency is threatening to restrict access to YouTube after the video platform shut down yet another German-language channel run by the Russian state-controlled television network RT (Russia Today).

Soyuzmultfilm studio released the animated series "Well, wait a minute! Vacations ” - restarting the Soviet“ Well, wait a minute! ”. The first four episodes are available on the OKKO service by subscription. The second episode called Lunapark on December 17 was shown on 79 street media screens in different cities of Russia, and also laid out on free access on VKontakte and Yetube . The fifth episode of the animated series will be released on December 31.

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court sentenced Basmanny District municipal deputy Lyusya Shteyn and Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina to 14 and 15 days of administrative arrest, respectively, under the article on propaganda of Nazi symbols. Pussy Riot member Aleksandr Sofeyev told Meduza about this. Alyokhina told Mediazona that she was accused of promoting Nazi symbols because of a photograph that the activist published on Instagram in 2015. The picture depicts a swastika and Alexander Lukashenko.

Russia publishes proposal for legally binding security guarantees, demanding NATO abandonment of activity in Ukraine and U.S. military withdraw from post-Soviet world On Friday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry published two documents asking for legally binding security guarantees: a bilateral treaty with the United States and a multilateral agreement with NATO members.

The law on the introduction of a “fan passport” — Fan ID — in Russia for access to competitions has passed its third, final, reading in the State Duma. This was reported on the website of the legislative support system.