A voters’ committee supported the nomination of Russian journalist Yekaterina Duntsova as a presidential candidate, reports Telegram channel SOTAvision. At the meeting, 521 participants voted in favor of her nomination. The group gathered at a conference center in Moscow. For security purposes, the event’s location was not revealed until just before it began. More than 700 people participated in the meeting, exceeding the required minimum of 500.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bid for reelection was unanimously endorsed at the United Russia party congress in Moscow. During a speech at the event, Putin said that the plans of the “Western elite” to destabilize Russia through “so-called ‘color revolutions’” have not worked and will not work.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, reported that there was “a small arms battle with the enemy” near the village of Terebreno, located close to the border with Ukraine. “All relevant agencies have the situation under control,” Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel, without including any further details. According to Telegram channel Baza , the fighting started at around 11:00 a.m. local time. Approximately 200 people live in the village of Terebreno.

The Washington Post's Investigation Highlights In the spring of 2023, the FBI arrested 21-year-old US Air Force serviceman Jack Teixeira in connection with one of the largest leaks of classified documents from the Pentagon and US intelligence. Teixeira had been posting documents on a closed server in Discord for over a year, a platform that gamers use to chat during multiplayer games.

In Voronezh, after heavy snowfall in the European part of Russia, huge snowdrifts formed on the streets, which housing and communal services did not have time to clear. In the public page “Typical Voronezh” they write about advertisements in which residents are invited to “shovel the yard” , and talk about how a snow-covered car can be dug out with a baking sheet from the stove .

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia didn’t have any problems with Finland until the country was “dragged into NATO.” “What, did we have some kind of disputes with Finland? All disputes, including territorial ones from the mid-20th century, have long been resolved,” said Putin in an interview on Russian state news network Channel One, as cited by Interfax . “There were no problems. Now there will be.

The initiative group supported the candidacy of journalist Ekaterina Duntsova in the Russian presidential elections. 521 meeting participants voted in favor, SOTAvision reports. The group gathered at the congress center of the Moscow technopolis. For security reasons, the location of the forum was not advertised until the last moment. More than 700 people took part in the meeting, with the required minimum of 500. A representative of the Central Election Commission was also present.

Morris Macmatzen / Getty images Masha Hessen at the Hannanah Arendt award ceremony for political thought. Bremen, December 16, 2023 The Germanic Foundation named after Henry Bell, who is engaged in political education in order to promote democracy, on December 13, he decided not to participate in the award of Masha Hessen Prize Hannanah Arendt .

Members of United Russia will be required to pay party dues. Corresponding changes, Interfax reports , were made to the party charter at the congress taking place in Moscow. Secretary of the General Council of the party Andrei Turchak said that the mandatory payment of membership fees is being introduced “at the numerous requests of the regions.” According to him, Tatarstan was the first to make such a proposal, and similar requests were received from more than 20 regional branches.

The United Russia congress, held in Moscow at the Russia exhibition and forum at VDNKh, unanimously supported the nomination of Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation. , among others, A day earlier, an initiative group of voters ( including Shaman, Navka, Zhoga and Turchak) supported Putin’s candidacy as a self-nominated candidate in the upcoming Russian presidential elections in March 2024.

CharlesDeluvio / Unsplash Pornhub published the trends of 2023 - they show that they were most interested in users based on their requests. In 2023, the number of search queries with the word “uniform” increased around the world by 243%. The number of requests “Military Form”, “Police Form” and “Man in Form” has also grown, which overtook the “maid form” popular in past years. The number of requests with the word "soldier" increased by 332%.

Goods from parcels sent from Russia to Germany are subject to sanctions; items prohibited for import may be confiscated. The German customs office published a corresponding reminder on its website. attention to the publication RBC drew .

In the Belgorod region, on the border of the village of Terebreno in the Krasnoyarsk district, "a firefight with the enemy is underway," said the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. "All relevant agencies are monitoring the situation," Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel, without disclosing any details. According to Baza, the battle began at about 11 a.m. About 200 people live in Terebreno, located near the border with Ukraine.

Film director, screenwriter, actor Otar Ioseliani died at the age of 89. The death of Joseliani was announced by his friend - photographer and journalist of Novaya Gazeta Yuri Rost. Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty images Among the most famous films of Joseliani, born in Georgia, the film -trilogy “Listopad”, “lived a singing thrush” and “pastoral”, awarded awards of international festivals in Cannes and Berlin.

The Public Council for Taxi Development sent a proposal to the Federation Council to allow migrants to work as taxi drivers for two years, RBC writes. Such a measure, according to the Taxi Development Council, will help cope with the shortage of drivers, which, according to experts, ranges from 500 thousand to 2.5 million people. “We propose to allow temporary admission of migrants behind the wheel of a taxi under strict control,” said the chairman of the council, Irina Zaripova.