The Russian Ministry of Justice has announced that it has included two LGBT groups — Exit from St. Petersburg and Revers from Krasnodar — to the register of unregistered public associations that act as “foreign agents.” The Vykhod LGBT group provides free psychological and legal support to LGBT communities and their loved ones, and is engaged in educational activities.

The Russian government has expanded the list of vital and essential drugs that the state guarantees citizens will receive. The government website reports that the list will include another 22 drugs, including risdiplam (trade name "Evrisdi"), which slows the development of a severe genetic disease - spinal muscular atrophy . From January 1, 2022, when the corresponding government order comes into force, the drug will be required to be issued in the regions under preferential drug provision .

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered the incident that took place on the night of December 24 at the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Lvov a terrorist act, and filed a strong protest with the Charge d'Affaires of Ukraine in the Russian Federation Vasily Pokotilo.

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Shutterstock.com The City Council of the English Barrow-In-Fermes in the north-west of the country opened an unusual vacancy. They are looking for a person who will control the bar and the hotel, to monitor the castle of the XIV century -and the most important thing ... to be the king of the island of Pil Island (or the queen!). This is an official position and, as is usually the case in England, there is a special ritual of joining it.

Anatoly Zhdanov / Kommersant On December 24, the court in Moscow fined the company META , the owner of Facebook, for 1.99 billion rubles for the refusal to delete the prohibited information. Such a decision was made by the justice of the judicial section No. 422 of the Tagansky district. A few hours earlier, the judge of the same site fined Google 7.22 billion rubles - also for failure of prohibited content.

Ural56.ru The court of the Saraktash district of the Orenburg region sentenced to 21 years in prison in a colony of strict regime of the founder and former rector of the Holy Trinity monastery of mercy of 57-year-old Nikolai Strezky, accused of crimes against the sexual integrity of 11 adopted children. In addition, Zapsky was forbidden for 20 years to engage in any activity related to work with children.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. We speak with the journalist Christ Grozev about the Malaysian Boeing. He investigated this story, and his information was part of the case against Strelkov and other accused The Netherlands prosecutor’s office requested a life sentence for four accused in the Malaysian Airlines flight in the MH17 flight in 2014.

The Administration of the President of Russia bought New Year trees from Denmark for the Kremlin and the presidential administration. Attention to the corresponding purchase was drawn by the telegram channel "ChTD". In total, the manager buys 32 Christmas trees, of which 19 are “super-premium class” trees. The most expensive Christmas tree costs 316 thousand rubles, the cheapest - about six thousand. The total value of the contract is 3.1 million rubles.

The deployment of Wagner's private military company to Mali could worsen the security situation in West Africa and the human rights situation in the country itself. This is stated in the joint communiqué of France and 15 other states, published on the website of the French Foreign Ministry.

In one of the German supermarkets on the eve of Christmas, a wild marten snuck into the drinks section and made a mess. Employees tried to catch her or at least drive her away with a mop, but in the end they themselves broke several dozen bottles of wine and champagne. It is quite possible that it was the people with the mop who caused the main damage, and the marten is not at all involved here!

In the Voronezh Region, a serviceman of the Western Military District was detained on suspicion of treason. This was reported to Interfax by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC).

The Fifth Court of Appeal in Novosibirsk overturned the acquittal of Nikolai Kuzmichev, who is considered the first person charged in Russia under the thieves-in-law article, TASS reports, citing the court file. The case will be returned for consideration to the Tomsk Regional Court. Article 210.1 "Occupation of the highest position in the criminal hierarchy" appeared in the Criminal Code of Russia in April 2019.

Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Many supporters of Donald Trump from among the followers of Qanon and other conspiracy theories stopped supporting him and criticized him after they found out that he had made a booster vaccination. This is written by Rolling Stone. Trump was first vaccinated while while president - unlike Joe Biden, he did it non -public and preferred not to advertise this fact once again so as not to lose support of opponents of vaccination.

But he has very competitors 💪 "Sib.fm" holds a contest "The main pet of Novosibirsk". From October 5 to December 24, 2021, the publication accepts photos of pets and publishes them on its website. You can also vote for animals there. Every week, a finalist is chosen based on the voting results, and on December 31, a winner will be determined among the finalists. He, as Sib.fm promises, will receive "glory, honor, respect" and a certificate for 30 thousand rubles in a pet store.