How a woman was sentenced to compulsory psychiatric treatment for spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army SOTA In 2022, Viktoria Petrova was arrested and charged with spreading “fake news” about the Russian army for social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine.

The Committee on Property and Land Relations of the Tula Administration demanded that the local branch of Memorial vacate the office that the organization had used since 1992. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Memorial society. According to the demand of the Tula authorities, Memorial must leave the premises on Bundurina Street within 40 days. “Tula Memorial has used this premises since 1992 on a free lease basis.

The Russian government issued a compulsory license to the pharmaceutical company Geropharm for the drug Semavik, which is an analogue of the Danish Ozempic. this TASS reports with reference to the press service of Geropharm. The Russian company received the right to produce the drug for a year without the consent of the patent owner. Interfax clarifies that the Russian government has allowed another company, Promomed, to produce an analogue of Ozempic.

A Lithuanian citizen was fined for displaying the symbols of the Wagner PMC at Vilnius airport. this . reports Delfi Press secretary of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Giedrius Misutis said that the man planned to fly to London. The symbols of the Wagner PMC were sewn onto the man’s backpack. “During the check of documents, the border guards took him to their premises and drew up a report on an administrative violation under Art. 524.

Russian prosecutors have requested a 10.5-year prison sentence for Ksenia Fadeyeva, the former head of opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s regional office in the city of Tomsk who’s facing “extremism” charges for her involvement with Navalny, according to her supporters. Fadeyeva’s sentence is set to be handed down on December 29.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has requested an urgent meeting with international donors as Kyiv faces “exceptionally high uncertainty” over the 2024 budget, Bloomberg reports , citing a letter from the Ukrainian prime minister to the Interagency Donor Coordination Platform (MDCP) . “To maintain macroeconomic stability, it is critical that we receive sufficient prompt external financing starting in January 2024,” Bloomberg quotes Shmyhal’s letter, which was sent in December.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has identified suspects in the murders of three Ukrainian soldiers who were captured in the country’s Zaporizhzhia region, war crimes investigator Yuriy Belousov reported on Thursday. According to Belousov, the suspects are soldiers from Russia’s 76th Guards Air Assault Division based in Pskov. “This division is already known for other war crimes committed in Ukraine — specifically in the Kyiv region,” he told RFE/RL's Ukrainian service, Radio Svoboda.

Associated Press: Russian "authorities" of the annexed part of the Kherson region intentionally underestimated the number of dead Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta volunteers and municipal workers transfer the body of the dead during the flood after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. City Naked Pier, Kherson region.

Latvia's electronic media regulator (NEPLP) announced Thursday that it has blocked access to all websites affiliated with Yandex.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces reported Thursday that a cargo ship flying the flag of Panama hit a Russian naval mine in the Black Sea. According to Ukraine’s military, the ship was headed to a Danube port to collect a grain shipment when it hit the mine, which set the upper deck on fire and caused the vessel to lose control. The captain ultimately grounded the ship to prevent it from sinking. Ukrainian search and rescue ships immediately came to the crew’s aid, the military said.

Crypto exchange Binance asked users from Russia to close positions by December 29. RBC writes about this. The administration of the exchange sent out final reminders to clients whose “location is temporarily or permanently determined on the territory of the Russian Federation” about the need to withdraw funds. Update.

The prosecutor's office, during the debate in the Sovetsky District Court of Tomsk, demanded that the former head of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Ksenia Fadeeva, be sentenced to 10.5 years in prison. This was reported by Fadeeva’s support group. According to Fadeeva’s associates, the court will pronounce a verdict on December 29.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The Russians never overthrew Putin. Does this mean that they are “slave people”? The assertion that the Russians are a “slave people” has long become a stamp and the usual answer to the question why the dictatorship has been holding in Russia for so many years. Allegedly, Russians have historically (and maybe even genetically) the desire for freedom, they are nostalgic for the Soviet regime, and the “slave consciousness” is brought up from school.

The National Electronic Media Council of Latvia (NEPLP) has closed access to all sites associated with Yandex. This was announced by the chairman of the organization, Ivars Abolins. According to him, access to the Yandex.Music service will also be blocked, since it provides free access to podcasts and similar content “created in Russia by sanctioned persons.” Delfi recalls that on April 7, 2022, NEPLP decided to limit access in Latvia to the yandex.ru website and its mirrors.

Instructions for choosing a station for a rainy day - from the reader "Medusa" In Russia, tens of thousands of radio amateurs live - enthusiasts who transmit data to a distance and exchange them using radio waves in frequency ranges specially allotted for this purpose.