In an infectious diseases hospital in Kommunarka in the south of Moscow, a businessman with Kolyma Vladimir Khristyov, the main shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of Susumanzolot, died. About this, as Interfax reports, said Alexander Chugunov, CEO of the company, Magadanskaya Pravda newspaper. He was 71 years old. The media confirm that the cause of death was the consequences of coronaviral infection.

The Moscow Football Club "Lokomotiv" on its official website announced changes in the leadership following the results of the general meeting of shareholders on Wednesday. Vasily Kiknadze released the post of general director of the club in favor of the former player of the team Vladimir Leonchenko, and in the chair of the chairman of the board of directors Anatoly Meshcheryakov was replaced by Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Alexander Plutnik.

The share of women in the Russian Academy of Sciences is only 7 percent: among 1971, academician and corresponding member of only 157 scientists of the fair sex. Over the entire existence of the Academy, women have never occupied in it one of the two key leading posts - the president or scientist secretary, the study of the publications "Important Stories" and the student journal DOXA said. Moreover, most graduates of schools and higher educational institutions in Russia are women.

Most Russians (78%) are aware of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, although carefully monitors the development of events of the less than the fifth part of the population. According to the survey, published on the Levada Center website , 17% closely monitor the news about Navalny, 61%-at least something about it was heard. At the same time, these numbers have not changed in recent months. Readers of news on the Internet turned out to be the most informed.

The Russian team, composed of players no over 20 years old, in a bitter struggle lost to peers from Canada in a friendly match before the youth world of the world in hockey. The meeting in Edmonton ended with a score of 1: 0 in favor of the owners of the ice. The only puck at the 44th minute of the meeting was held by Jamie Dresdale.

Former police, who in June 2019 detained Meduza, Ivan Golunov, wanted to advance and get encouragement. The state prosecutor Tatyana Parshintseva said this in the Moscow City Court, which on Thursday, December 24, began to consider their criminal case, the RBC correspondent reports.

“What, nevertheless, the subtle spiritual organization at Vladimir Vladimirovich, what a easily growing nature! Here, Dave, at the State Council, he remembered the dilapidated and emergency housing, presented the conditions in which many Russians were forced to live and such sadness sounded in his voice that even the views of the government of the government came to their eyes,” the former politician writes on their Facebook page.

At the Donguzsky training ground in the Orenburg region, the tests of the latest anti-aircraft controlled rocket "Strela-9M333" were successfully completed, the Kalashnikov concern said. The published frames captured the night shooting of the Strela-10M complex on the Cleaning Cosenic chassis for several air targets imitating the enemy’s weapons. The tests were also held in the so-called catch courses: when the "arrow-9M333" catch up with the target and undermines the fighting unit.

Alexander Golts “Marquez, I remember, explained the phenomenon of“ fantastic realism ”by the features of the Latin American reality: they say that for an outside observer it looks fantastic. In the same way, what is happening in Russia may seem like a wandering plot about how crazy, who seized power in a psychiatric clinic, see a threat in every normal person and try, as they can, this threat to eliminate this threat. The chief editor of the "Daily Journal" writes.

Due to the sanctions, domestic athletes will perform at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee (OKR), and instead of the anthem, they use some Russian folk song. These are the plans of the President of the OKR Stanislav Pozdnyakov, which he voiced on the TV channel "Match TV" .

The acting governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev, after the recommendation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, changed his mind regarding the weekend of December 31. A few hours before the performance of the head of state, he said that the decisions of the governors of other regions to declare the last day of the year “more like PR”. "If I sign a resolution on a day off, then it will touch only government officials. But will it be fair? I am not sure.

On the Internet, an open access was a base with personal data of taxi drivers connected to the Yandex.Taxi aggregator. This was reported by Readovka . The base, the fragments of which are sold in neighboring countries, has more than 23.4 thousand lines containing the names of drivers, the number of their phones, as well as information about their cars and taxi parks in which they work. At the same time, information security experts reported that the base was formed in 2019.

The sociologist does not exclude that the Russian leadership discussed the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in the spirit of the "diamond hand". As Aidman on Facebook notes Vladimir Putin and his entourage feel like the heroes of criminal comedies. "Putin: How can you take off your panties unnoticed from a person? You can put a person, stun. Well, in general, from an insensitive body. Finally, from a corpse! Bortnikov: Use understood, chef!

The Federal Court of Switzerland granted the appeal of a three -time Olympic champion in Sun Yana sailing to the decision of the sports arbitration court (CAS) on the disqualification of eight years for violation of anti -doping rules. The CAS decision is canceled, and the case of the Chinese athlete will be revised.

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church), addressing the clergy of the Moscow diocese, urged to purchase candles of the Sofrino church factory. “I urge you, brothers, to refuse to acquire the“ left ”candles,” said Patriarch Kirill. His words are given by RIA Novosti .