“The statement, in particular, says: “Writers and representatives of the creative intelligentsia took part in the events organized by Markvo [the head of the company], but for some reason they all accidentally turned out to be members of the so-called “Opposition Coordination Council”, “League of Voters.” Among them are writers Dmitry Bykov, Lev Rubinstein, Viktor Shenderovich, Boris Akunin, TV presenters Mikhail Shats and Tatyana Lazareva." And also, on a personal note: “Boris Akunin, having

State Duma deputies at a plenary session on Tuesday, December 23, adopted amendments to the Tax Code exempting income in the form of interest on ruble deposits posted at a rate of up to 18.25% per annum, from taxation on individuals, TASS reports. The amendments establish that interest on ruble deposits posted at a rate of up to 18.25% per annum (refinancing rate of the Central Bank + 10 percentage points) will be exempted from personal income tax.

Simple, one of the largest Russian wine distributors, resumed supplies suspended due to the collapse of the ruble to Black Tuesday December 16.

The Petrograd District Court sentenced the 40-year-old actor of theater and cinema German Koksharov . He was found guilty of sexual abuse and intentionally causing harm to health health. Koksharov is known for the role in the television series "Streets of Broken Lights". By decision of the Russian Femis Koksharov, a four -year trial period was appointed. In the case of new offenses, he can be sent for five years, the official website of the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg reports.

The Memorial’s human rights center, which the Ministry of Justice threatened with a closure, said that five more houses of militants' relatives who attacked Grozny on December 4 were demolished in Chechnya. Thus, as the human rights activists note, the total number of destroyed houses reached fifteen.

Bankers convinced the government to allocate 1 trillion rubles to them so that it falls on first -level capital. To do this, you will need to redeem longer debts of banks, perhaps unlimited, writes the newspaper Vedomosti . Recall, on Friday, December 19, the State Duma adopted immediately in three readings the Law on the Democulation of Banks at the expense of budget funds for 1 trillion rubles through federal loan bonds (OFZ).

The Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia opened a criminal case against the organizers of the Festival "Books in the Parks", which is held annually in Moscow, - head of Bureau CJSC Alexandrina Markvo and its driver Andrei Mylnikov. They are suspected of performing fraud in large and especially large -scale (PH. 3, 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), according to the committee’s website .

The district rabbi in Israel made a decision to allow the man to marry a second time, without arranging a divorce from his first wife, so as not to injure her psyche, reports Newsru Israel . According to the Ynet portal, the man has not been living with his first wife for more than ten years, since a woman suffers from a severe mental disorder.

The prisoners of the correctional colony from Magadan mastered the release of new products, the demand for which will not depend on the ruble exchange rate, or on the situation in the global oil markets, but will remain constantly stable. According to the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Magadan region, a toilet paper was opened in the territory of the N3 correctional colony in Magadan.

At the hearing in the case of contesting the introduction of the human rights organization "Soldiers' Mothers of St. Petersburg" in the register of NPO- "Foreign Agents", the Ministry of Justice was asked to prove the legality of the inclusion of the organization in this list. In addition, the court for the third time demanded from the department to provide the text of the decision to introduce an organization to the register of NPOs performing the functions of a foreign agent.

In the city of Mariupol, Donetsk Region, controlled by Ukrainian security forces, unknown on the night of December 23, blew up the railway bridge over the Kalchik River. As a result of the emergency, a railway message was violated with the city trading port and the railway station, as well as with Kiev and Lviv, and the two largest metallurgical plants of the city were at risk of stopping. The explosion thundered at 01:40, the city hall said. "There are no victims.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka City Court recognized the former Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Kamchatka Territory Viktor Kravchenko guilty of embezzlement. The former high -ranking official will spend four years behind bars. He will serve his sentence in a penal colony of a general regime, Interfax reports with reference to the press secretary of the court Anna Perminov. In addition, the ex-minister is deprived of the right to occupy certain positions for a period of two years.

In the new arena of Zenit, which is built on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg, during football matches at any time of the year it will be possible to provide a temperature comfortable for fans-up to +20-22 degrees even in winter. This was stated by the General Director of the Inzhtransstroy-SPB contractor Vitaly Lazutkin.

Russians should refrain from excessive alcohol consumption on holidays to support Russian healthcare and the entire economy during the crisis period, said the chief narcologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Evgeny Brun.

Madrid Real Madrid set the amount of compensation for the 25-year-old midfielder of the Wales national football team Gareth Bale in the amount of one billion pounds. Thus, the Madrid reacted to an interest in the player from the English club Manchester United, AS reports. The journalist specified in his microblog Twitter about the fact that it is about pounds.