At the Ilyinsky training ground in the Khankaisky district of the Primorsky Territory, 19-year-old conscript Artem Antonov from Tatarstan was killed by an accidental shot from a Kalashnikov assault rifle, writes “Important Stories”, which received the materials of the pre-investigation check.

The founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov was interrogated for the first time on the merits of the case, reports 20 Minutes with reference to AFP. According to AFP, Durov arrived for questioning on the morning of December 6, accompanied by his lawyers and said that he “trusted French justice.” He made no other comments. The details of the interrogation are unknown. Pavel Durov was detained at Paris airport on the evening of August 24.

The former coordinator of Open Russia, Igor Rogov, who was arrested in Poland on suspicion of “creating a threat to public safety,” had an article of espionage added to his charge, the Vot Tak publication writes , citing the Polish prosecutor’s office. A representative of the prosecutor's office said that Rogov is charged with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code of Poland.

Residents of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya complained about problems with access to foreign sites, writes the Chernovik newspaper. According to the newspaper, residents cannot access resources “in any way related to foreign content,” including through a VPN. Readers of "Chernovik" report problems with access to Telegram, YouTube and Google. Some people cannot use Yandex Go to call a taxi.

The European Union is putting pressure on the United States to find ways to ease sanctions against Gazprombank, which plays a key role in maintaining Russian gas supplies, Bloomberg writes , citing sources. The EU and US are discussing options and scope for easing sanctions after some European governments and companies warned the restrictions would pose a risk to supplies to the region, according to Bloomberg's sources.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Khinshtein was appointed head of the Kursk region. Using his example, we discuss how the Kremlin (still!) is fighting the institution of governors in the Russian Federation On December 5, Vladimir Putin appointed State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein as acting governor of the Kursk region. Alexander Khinshtein is a former journalist and TV presenter, State Duma deputy since 2003, and is a member of the United Russia party.

Two concerts of rapper Alisher Morgenstern, which were supposed to take place in Almaty and Astana on December 7 and 8, have been canceled, the concert organizer, Concerts.prod, reported . “Unfortunately, we are forced to announce the cancellation of Morgenstern’s concerts in Almaty and Astana for “technical reasons,” says a post on the Concerts.prod Instagram account. It also published a video of the rapper himself. “Hello again, Kazakhstan. The surprise didn't work out. No miracle happened.

Russian troops attacked Krivoy Rog on the evening of December 6, said the head of the administration of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Sergei Lysak. As a result of the strike, a three-story building was destroyed, residential buildings and cars were damaged, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (SSES) said . Two people were killed and 17 others, including a six-year-old boy, were injured. Eight victims were hospitalized with injuries, Lysak said.

Syrian Democratic Forces ( SDF ) have taken control of the city of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, three Syrian sources told Reuters. As the agency notes, this is the third city in a week where the government forces of President Bashar al-Assad have lost control. According to Reuters, the Syrian military and Iran-backed Iraqi fighters left Deir ez-Zor before the SDF entered.

Hungary's Information Office (Információs Hivatal, the foreign intelligence service) spied on European officials visiting the country, including searching their hotel rooms and recording telephone conversations, according to a joint investigation by the Hungarian investigative center Direkt36 and the Belgian newspaper De Tijd . The espionage targets included investigators from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), who traveled to Hungary on four missions between 2015 and 2017.

In the village of Rossiysky in Krasnodar, an eighth-grade student attacked other schoolchildren with a knife, 93.ru reported , citing a source. The incident occurred at school No. 94. According to the publication, the attacker is 15 years old. TASS writes that a conflict occurred between the students. 93.ru reports that three students were injured. One of them had wounds in the chest, abdomen and left thigh, the second had stab wounds to the leg.

Now the offensive of Islamist militants could result in a “sensitive defeat” for the Russian Federation. The main thing from the article of the BBC Russian Service Omar Haj Kadour / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Militants of Islamist groups patrol the area around the airport in Aleppo. December 2, 2024 The Russian group emerged in Syria in September 2015, as President Bashar al-Assad lost control of much of the country to Islamic State militants.

Ambassadors of the European Union countries were unable to agree on the 15th package of sanctions against Russia, including the extension of the right to import Russian oil products to the Czech Republic, Reuters writes , citing diplomatic sources. According to Reuters, the adoption of the package was blocked by two countries, but which ones were not specified.

The Russian Embassy in Damascus published an announcement for Russians, reminding them “of the possibility of leaving the country on commercial flights through existing airports.” The need for such a reminder in the embassy’s message is explained by the “complicated military-political situation in Syria” The message also provides a hotline telephone number and states that the embassy and consular department continue to work as usual.

“I believe in our Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the Russian armed forces” Getty Images Alexander Khinshtein at the ceremony of signing the agreement on the “annexation” of the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia On December 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein as acting governor of the Kursk region.