The House Select Committee investigating the January 2021 storming of the Capitol has recommended criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. The charges, the committee believes, include armed insurrection, conspiracy to commit false statements, conspiracy to defraud the federal government and obstruction of official process. The committee's recommendation is not binding, and the Justice Ministry decides whether to bring charges.

In their own words, actors in Russian pro-war videos explain why they accepted roles in invasion propaganda " I've Been Mobilized " on VKontakte A screenshot from a propaganda video encouraging viewers to enlist in the military Story by iStories . English-language version by Sam Breazeale . Almost every day, new videos encouraging Russians to join the military appear on “I’ve Been Mobilized,” a public page on the social media site VKontakte.

Moscow libraries have received a government-issued list of books that must be written off and “recycled,” due to content that runs against the grain of Russia’s new law against “LGBT propaganda.” This information was published by the journalist and literary critic Sergey Lebedenko, on Telegram. The memo was distributed to libraries on Friday, December 16.

The TV channel "Russia 1" on New Year's Eve will show the traditional show "Blue Light". This was stated in the press service of the TV channel. The hosts of the program will be Nikolai Baskov and Angelina Vovk, as well as actress Tatyana Vedeneeva, TV presenters Andrei Malakhov, Maria Sittel and Dmitry Guberniev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Minsk and met with Alexander Lukashenko. The talks between Putin and Lukashenko as part of extended delegations lasted more than two and a half hours. Among the members of the Russian delegation were, in particular, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The main topic of the talks was bilateral cooperation.

Moscow libraries have received a new list of books to be written off amid the entry into force of a new law banning "LGBT propaganda". Journalist and literary observer Sergey Lebedenko wrote about this in his telegram channel. According to Lebedenko, the list was sent out on Friday, December 16th. It contains 53 positions, the reason for the need to write off is indicated as “other”.

Vladimir Putin has signed a decree instructing authorities in the Moscow region, Crimea, and Sevastopol to pass legislation to grant plots of land to veterans of the war in Ukraine free of charge. According to the document, which was published on Russia's official legal information portal, veterans who have received state awards as well as relatives of soldiers who died while fighting in Ukraine will be able to claim land.

United Russia has prepared a draft law that prohibits Russians living abroad from working remotely in a number of specialties. This was stated by Andrey Isaev, deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma. The restrictions will apply to those who are not tax residents of the Russian Federation, that is, they spend 183 or more days a year outside the country. The list of such specialties is expected to be determined by the government.

The foreign producers of the nominally “Russian” Baikal and Elbrus CPUs have stopped delivering them to Russia. Kommersant reports that international sanctions have disrupted Russia’s supply of “domestic” CPUs, citing a statement by Maksut Shadayev, Russian minister of digital development. Shadayev says that 23,000 new computers, servers, and data-storage systems based on Russian-developed microchips were produced in 2022.

The EU countries approved the introduction of a ceiling on gas prices - the maximum price at which contracts can be concluded on European sites. The restrictions will come into effect if the price of gas at the largest TTF hub in the Netherlands exceeds 180 euros per MWh for three days. The price cap provision will apply from 15 February. The final ceiling was significantly lower than the original proposal of the European Commission (275 euros).

A Russian prisoner joins a private military company to follow his conscripted twin to Ukraine, but his brother dies and now the mercenary is missing Stanislav Krasilnikov / TASS In September, a Russian prisoner named Alexey who had just a few months left on his sentence decided to sign a contract with the Wagner private military company (PMC) after learning that his twin brother, Konstantin, had been drafted to fight in Ukraine.

The first congress of the new state-sponsored Russian children’s and youth organization has voted on the organization’s name. TASS , RIA Novosti , and RBC report that the organization will operate as the “Movement of the First.” In the first two attempts to name the organization, the majority of voters chose “Movement of the First’” as their preferred name, but disagreements among the delegates caused the results to be invalidated, and the vote to start over, twice.

Foreign manufacturers who produce Baikal and Elbrus processors on Russian orders, due to international sanctions, refused to execute these orders, including shipping the already made chips. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation, Maksuta Shadaev. In total, according to the minister, about 23 thousand computers, servers and data storage systems on Russian processors were manufactured in 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on additional measures of social support for military personnel and their families, which states that the authorities of the Moscow region, Crimea and Sevastopol must adopt legislative acts providing for the donation of land plots to war veterans in Ukraine. The corresponding document is published on the website of legal information.

The football team for the first time in 36 years became the world champion. On the streets are hundreds of thousands of people. This is how it looks like Marcelo Endelli / Getty images The Argentine national football team on December 18 in the penalty shootout beat France in the final of the World Cup-2022 and became the world champion for the third time in history.