The municipal deputy of the St. Petersburg municipality "Smolninskoye" Nikita Yuferev appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a demand to initiate a criminal case against Vladimir Putin under the article on the dissemination of "fakes" about the Russian army.

The New York Times has published a half-hour video with the results of an eight-month investigation into the killings of civilians in the city of Bucha in the Kiev region. Journalists interviewed eyewitnesses of the events of March 2022, when the city was occupied by the Russian military, and also collected a lot of evidence and testimony: telephone intercepts, radio conversations, surveillance camera recordings and exclusive videos from government sources.

Nikita Yuferev, a deputy of the St. Petersburg Smolninskoye Municipal District, asked Russia’s Prosecutor General and Ministry of Internal Affairs to open a criminal case against Vladimir Putin in connection with the law on spreading “fakes” about the Russian army.

The story of Savely Frolov, the first Russian charged with treason for ‘defecting to the enemy’ Savely Frolov Original story by Valeria Kirsanova from Paper Kartuli. Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale . 21-year-old Moscow native Savely Frolov started speaking out against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine right after it was launched, and he continued condemning the war even after it brought him a misdemeanor charge and a 10-day prison sentence.

But these supplies will only slightly help Ukraine to confront Russian shelling Christophe Gateau / DPA / Scanpix / Leta Against the backdrop of a visit to the United States of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, Washington announced the supply of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems in Kiev as part of a new assistance package. The Ukrainian authorities have long sought these supplies.

Journalist Konstantin Skorkin revisits the conflicts that shaped Crimea’s past and looks to the not-so-distant future AP / Scanpix / LETA Flames and smoke rise from the bridge connecting Russia to Crimea. October 8, 2022. Essay by Konstantin Skorkin . Abridged translation by Eilish Hart . The following is an abridged translation that appeared in The Beet, a weekly email dispatch from Meduza covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Studying Russia from afar Given current events in Russia and Ukraine, much of today’s expertise about Russia is again created remotely. It simply isn’t safe for many journalists and researchers to be in the country today due mainly to the militarized censorship of speech related to the invasion of Ukraine. So, what happens when Russia experts are forced to work outside of Russia?

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Dmitry Medvedev unexpectedly paid a visit to Xi Jinping. We are unlikely to find out that they secretly decided (including about the war). But what could it be On December 21, Pekin was a meeting of the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev with the chairman of China Xi Jinping.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the journalists that Russia’s aim is to finish the war with Ukraine as quickly as possible. “Our aim,” he said, “is not to speed up the flywheel of military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war, and we try, and will keep trying, to achieve this.” “We’re going to try to end all this. And the sooner, the better, of course,” he added. Russia, Putin emphasized, is not turning away from peace talks with Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin said that Russia is committed to a speedy end to the war in Ukraine. “Our goal is not to spin this flywheel of a military conflict, but, on the contrary, to end this war, we are striving for this and will continue to strive,” the president said in an interview with journalists from the Kremlin pool in Moscow. We will strive to ensure that this is completed. And the sooner the better, of course. Putin stressed that Russia does not refuse peace talks with Ukraine.

The Russian Attorney General’s Office has declared the Stockholm-based Russians Against War Committee an “undesirable organization,” making its activities illegal in Russia and subject to criminal prosecution. Under Russian law, collaborating with an “undesirable organization” may also lead to criminal charges.

The supply of Patriot systems to Kyiv will lead to a prolongation of the conflict in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said. “As for the Patriot, this is a rather old system, it does not work like, say, our S-300. But, nevertheless, those who oppose us proceed from the fact that this is a defensive weapon - well, okay. Let's just keep it in mind," the president said in an interview with journalists from the Kremlin pool. “And there is always an antidote,” he added.

This is how it works Disney On December 14, the world premiere of the film “Avatar: Water Way” was held - the cash register itself in the history of the film. Only during the first days of the world rental, the Water Way earned more than $ 515 million - and in total, as director James Cameron expects , the film should collect at least two billion. After the start of the war, Russian cinemas cannot legally show the Hollywood premieres of large film studios.

Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian Army’s General Staff, said Thursday that the Russian army has struck more than 1,300 critical facilities in Ukraine during the course of its “special military operation” (Kremlin parlance for the war) so far.

As the deadline for Tatarstan to amend its regional constitution to align with federal law draws near, the republic’s State Council Committee on State Construction and Local Self-Government has recommended withdrawing the draft amendments that would provide for changing the title of “President of the Republic” to “Head of the Republic.” According to Kommersant, members of the committee expressed opposition to the proposed version of the bill both because of the office’s renaming and because the