Moscow will become the leader in the growth of utility bills in the second half of 2017, follows from the order of the Russian government on the indices of changes in utility bills in Russia, published on the official portal of legal information. According to the document, the payment for housing and communal services in the capital for the second half of the coming year will rise by 7%. In St. Petersburg, the Republic of Sakha and the Kamchatka Territory, a growth index of 6% was approved.

Russia has deployed coastal anti-ship missile systems "Bal" and "Bastion" on the islands of Iturup and Kanashir, according to the newspaper "Combat Watch" on November 18. “Today, the formation is preparing for the next firing with the Bastion coastal missile system,” the note says.

The organizers of the rally against the Yarovaya package, which was supposed to take place on July 26, appealed to the ECHR with a complaint that the authorities did not approve the rally, since the celebration of the Navy Day was held at the rally site almost a week earlier, RBC reports. In their opinion, the officials, by their actions, hindered the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly (Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms).

The Presnensky Court of Moscow has arrested accounts in the case of Interior Ministry Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko for a total amount of more than $16 million, Interfax reports. Since the case is classified as “secret”, it is therefore not known exactly who exactly owned the accounts arrested by the court in the case, Anastasia Pylina, press secretary of the court, told Interfax.

On November 20, at about 13:00, Russian servicemen were detained - ensign Maxim Odintsov and contract service junior sergeant Alexander Baranov. According to the Russian version, they were kidnapped by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The SBU also stated that two “deserters” were detained on the border with Crimea, who went over to serve in the Russian army in 2014.

The Russian authorities, tormented by adolescence complexes, have not been experiencing a difficult period of foreign policy concern for a year now. The confrontation of civilizations, the struggle of superpower, the intrigues of European and overseas enemies-these are, it turns out, topics that are more important for television talk shows and final analytical programs than the events within the country.

The State Duma adopted amendments to the regulations introducing the system of fines for absenteeism deputies of plenary meetings. This is not the first tightening of the rules for the lower house of the seventh convocation: a little earlier, deputies forbade themselves to vote by proxy. The New Times sorted out in deputy moods The elevators in the State Duma barely withstand the pressure of the deputies, the lines from the people's deputies are lined up in the dining room and buffets.