Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to hold an annual face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. A senior official familiar with the matter said that "India-Russia relations remain strong, but trumpeting friendship at this stage may not be to Modi's advantage." Over the past two decades, the leaders of Russia and India have met 21 times, the agency noted.

The majority of participants at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) summit spoke in favor of keeping in place the sanctions imposed on athletes from Russia and Belarus following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The restrictions stipulate that: International competitions cannot be held in Russia and Belarus; Flags, anthems, colours or any other symbols of these countries may not be displayed at any sporting events or meetings.

LIBKOS / AP / Scanpix / Leta President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in circulation, following the results of the 289th day of the war, spoke about the situation at the front in the Donbass. He stated that the city of Bakhmut was practically destroyed. The front -line situation remains very difficult in key directions in the Donbass - Bakhmut, Soledar, Maryinka, Kremennaya ... On the earth of these areas there was no longer a living space that was not damaged by shells and fire for a long time.

Kristaps Eklons, the interior minister of Latvia, has blacklisted the former TV Rain host Alexey Korostelev, banning him from entering Latvia. Korostelev lives in the Republic of Georgia and works remotely. The Latvian media Delfi reports that, since Korostelev does not have a Latvian visa or residency, he cannot be charged with a crime in Latvia. The only way Latvian authorities can hold him responsible for his December 1 remark on “helping” the Russian troops is to banish him from the country.

The Moscow City Court satisfied the lawsuit of journalist Ivan Golunov against the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the recovery of moral damages caused by former police officers involved in the falsification of the criminal case against the journalist. The court exacted one and a half million rubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the court. Golunov filed a lawsuit for five million rubles.

In exchange for the supply of Iranian drones, the Russian authorities are providing Iran with military and technical support at an “unprecedented level,” senior White House sources told NBC News. According to them, Moscow can supply Tehran with modern military equipment and components, including helicopters and air defense systems.

The Russian Ministry of Justice included publication The Bell in its list of “foreign agents,” according to a consolidated registry the ministry maintains. Also included in the registry are: Rovshan Askerov, a journalist and participant on the game show What? Where? When?

During a press briefing on the results of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is considering modifying the Russian nuclear doctrine, to include the possibility of a preemptive nuclear strike. His statement was published on the official Kremlin website. Putin said that, compared with the U.S., Russia has “more modern and effective” cruise missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons that the U.S. does not yet have in principle.

The Central Department Store of the FSB of the Russian Federation / TASS Russian Viktor But on an airplane before being sent to Russia. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 8, 2022 On Thursday, December 8, at the Abu Dhabi airport, Russia and the United States exchanged prisoners. The American basketball player Britney Grainer, convicted in Russia on charges of drug smuggling, was exchanged for Russian Viktor Buta, who was serving a sentence in the United States for 10 years.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has included The Bell in the list of “foreign agents,” according to a single register maintained by the Ministry of Justice ( .pdf ). The register also includes: Rovshan Askerov, expert in the game "What? Where?

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian authorities are considering the possibility of including a preventive disarming nuclear strike in the country's military doctrine. He stated this at a press conference following his visit to Bishkek. A transcript of Putin's speech has been published on the Kremlin's website.

Prominent graphic designer Grigory Kochenov fell to his death from his balcony in Nizhny Novgorod during a police search Agima Grigory Kochenov Grigory Kochenov, the 41-year-old creative director of Agima, a large Russian IT company, fell to his death from his balcony in Nizhny Novgorod while police officers were supposedly conducting a search of his apartment.

They are beaten, poisoned by dogs and kept without food Attila Husejnow / Sopa Images / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta Polish border guards and police officers on the border with Belarus during the migration crisis. January 2022 Migrants and refugees are faced with “unprecedented growth of violence” on the boundaries of the European Union, the Border Violence Monitoring Network report ( PDF ) of the non -governmental organization says. Its Guardian retells its main conclusions.

The head of the investigation department of Alexei Navalny's team, Maria Pevchikh, discovered that the eldest daughter of the Russian president, Maria Vorontsova, has been appointed one of the deputy deans of the faculty of fundamental medicine at Moscow State University. Pevchikh published a photo showing members of the academic council of the faculty of fundamental medicine. The list includes Vorontsova Maria Vladimirovna.

The BBC’s Russian Service, Mediazona, and volunteers working with open source data have confirmed that, as of December 9, 10,002 Russian service members have been killed in Ukraine. Among the dead are 430 mobilized soldiers, 104 more than the total from two weeks ago, notes the BBC. Journalists found that 394 mobilized soldiers were killed on Ukrainian territory. Another 36 died in Russia, before they were sent to the front.