"The FSB is expanding the powers , today amendments to the regulatory decree. And they are going to" ensure security in the information and psychological sphere. "That is, they want to plant a crowd of loafers who will look for, who create information that has a negative psychological impact on the people," the political scientist and publicist writes on their Facebook page.

The Investigative Committee terminated the proceedings in the criminal case of repeated violations at rallies (the so -called Dadinskaya Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) against the participant in protest in Khabarovsk Alexander Prikhodko .

The Council of the commanders of the OMON Minsk City Executive Committee handed over to the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Black Beres - the highest insignia of the riot police, for which special trials usually need to be taken. Lukashenko noted that he would not pass the exams, in response, the commander of the detachment Dmitry Balab explained that he was awarded to him for "special merits", which is provided for by the appropriate position.

According to the results of the next round of Coronavirus testing in the English football Premier League, 18 new cases of infection in the week were recorded. This weekly indicator is a record since the beginning of the pandemic. Premier League tests are held on a weekly basis from August 31. On the previous segment (December 14-20), seven positive tests were identified. Earlier, the largest number of sick (16) was in the 11th check round, from November 9 to 15, Interfax notes.

The Union of Biathlonists of Russia (SBR) decided to remove Victoria Konovalov from the competition for four years for violating anti-doping rules, the press service of the Russian anti-doping agency (Russia) informs. The disqualification period of a 20-year-old native of the city of Novoilinsk in the Republic of Buryatia has been counted from December 15, 2020.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the UK ambassador Deborah Bronins and handed it a note to expand the list of British citizens who are closed to the entrance to the Russian Federation. It included "those who are involved in the injection of anti -Russian sanctions activity," the website of the ministry said without specifying specific persons.

The number of victims of the airport in Aden in the south of Yemen has grown to twelve people at least, the newspaper The Independent reports with reference to sources in the Yemen government. The running line on the website of Al Arabiya reports about 25 dead, Interfax reports. More than 20 people were injured, the local source told RIA Novosti .

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow arrested the former employee of the power structures of Nikolai Kolabukhov on suspicion of illegally obtaining information constituting a state secret.

Minzifra completed work on the second package of support measures of the IT industry. This was written by RBC with reference to the deputy head of the department Maxim Parshin. Now the authorities must approve the government. According to Parshin, a new list of support measures of the IT industry includes a proposal for preferential conditions for access to software for small and medium-sized businesses.

Almost 71 thousand Russians died because of the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 45 thousand people with a positive test on Covid died for other reasons, said Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova in an interview with Russia-24 television channel. "70 921, the deceased is a dead solely from the cause of the Kovid mortality, he is officially confirmed and not subjected to any doubt.

In January-November 2020, Rosreestr registered 3.1 million mortgage transactions, 15% more compared to the same period last year. This was reported on the website of the department. "If in April 2020, in connection with coronavirus, the number of registered mortgages in Russia decreased to 173.8 thousand, then in June this indicator was 252.7 thousand, in August - 322,752, in September - 348.7 thousand, in October - 377.5 thousand hypothes.

On December 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a city bus with hydrogen fuel by 2023. It is reported by TASS. “We must continue to continue, I ask you to keep this in mind, our plans - in general, we have already“ dispersed ”them in the good sense of the word - plans for using gas -engine fuel.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Iran approved the payment of compensation for 150 thousand dollars to the families of the victims of the disaster of the Ukrainian aircraft, which was shot down by the anti -aircraft missile in the vicinity of Tehran after takeoff. This was stated on Wednesday by the vice president of Iran on legal issues of Laia Johndy.

In 2020, almost all new cars rose in the Russian car market, and on average prices rose by 10%. This is stated in the study of the Auto.ru service, the review of which is quoted by RBC . If we talk about individual manufacturers, then the Mercedes-Benz cars added most (25%) in price, which also became leaders in the number of reviews to eliminate various defects. Further in this ranking, Jeep (+17.1%), Nissan (+17%), BMW (16.7%) and Changan (15.5%) are included in this rating.

In a car accident in the Tver region, the chairman of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma Alexei Konstantinov died. This was announced by the governor of the Yaroslavl region Dmitry Mironov on his page on the social network. "The chairman of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma Alexei Dmitrievich Konstantinov was tragically died. Alexey Dmitrievich was driving, in the Tver region," he wrote. According to media reports, the accident occurred on the 20th kilometer of the road "Sergiev Posad - Kalyazin - Rybinsk".