The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has recognized Palestine as a state with its capital in East Jerusalem, according to a communiqué issued following an extraordinary summit of the organization in Istanbul, Interfax reports . The document calls on the world community to follow this example and recognize East Jerusalem as the occupied capital of the Palestinian state. The decision came in response to US President Donald Trump's announcement to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The United States will not lift sanctions on Russia until the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Despite the opinion of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the status of Crimea is yet to be discussed. This was stated by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , speaking with a report on solving foreign policy problems. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine is something that we cannot accept… This is the basis for the strictest sanctions that the US and Europe have imposed on Russia.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow refused to accept the lawsuit filed by journalist Oleg Kashin against the Federal Security Service, RAPSI reports . Kashin filed a lawsuit , objecting to the FSB's demand to provide the encryption keys for messages in Telegram.

A record number of journalists are being held in prisons around the world, according to a report released on Wednesday, December 13 by the International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). According to CPJ, 262 journalists around the world are in prison for their professional activities. This is three more than the previous record, which was set last year. The three countries identified as the "chief jailers" are Turkey, China and Egypt.

Roskomnadzor gave Twitter a day to delete the Open Russia account. Otherwise, the service is threatened with blocking on the territory of the Russian Federation. Twitter announced this in a letter to Open Russia.

The North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Ramzan Belyalov to 15 years in prison and Magomed Mazdaev to 13 years in a general regime prison. They participated in the hostage-taking in 1995, when more than 100 people were killed, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported . The defendants disagreed with the verdict and intend to appeal it.

Roskomnadzor gave Twitter a day to delete the Open Russia account. Otherwise, the service is threatened with blocking on the territory of the Russian Federation. Twitter announced this in a letter to Open Russia.

Russian hackers and propagandists used Twitter, fake videos on YouTube and Facebook to influence the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum, The Guardian reports on Wednesday, December 13 . The newspaper refers to the work of Ben Nimmo, a member of the American analytical organization Atlantic Council, associated with NATO.

Artist Boris Zhutovsky - 85 Passion for man. 1959–1960 At the famous avant-garde art exhibition in the Manege in 1962, 30-year-old Zhutovsky was awarded the personal puppy from Nikita Khrushchev himself. “Look at his self -portrait. You can get scared. As soon as it is not conscientious to spend his strength on such a disgrace ... It is disgusting to look at such a dirty daub and disgusted to listen to those who protect it. ” As the artist says, the Secretary General then gave him a bill.

Opposition politician Alexei Navalny, a year after declaring his intention to fight for the presidency of Russia, published his election program . “My election program is from the people. I have held more rallies, meetings with voters and just conversations than all the other candidates combined. People talk about their problems, I consult with experts and offer solutions. This is how the program is born. It is the subject of constant discussion and development.

A native of Bangladesh, who staged an explosion in the underpass of a transport hub in Manhattan, Akayed Ullah was accused of supporting a terrorist organization and committing an explosion, reports Reuters . It is noted that the man planned to "kill as many people as possible" and acted in the name of the "Islamic state" *. Now he is in the hospital, at the trial he can speak via video link.

NT asked one of those who brought Putin to power 18 years ago: what to expect from the fourth term? The questions made me sad. They assume that Putin is an uncontrolled natural phenomenon, like a meteorite fall and a volcanic eruption in Bali. If I were a dictator, I would not dream of a more pleasant way of posing questions. Where the country of Russia has disappeared from sight, and in the center of everything is the personal will of a single person in the Kremlin.

US President Donald Trump's national security adviser Herbert McMaster said Russia and China "are undermining international order and stability by ignoring the sovereign rights of their neighbors and the rule of law," reports Bloomberg .

For violations of Russian law, the prosecutor's office will check the Ukrainian film, which was previously removed from the screening of the Artdocfest festival "War for Peace". The Minister of Culture of Russia Vladimir Medinsky, who was asked by the Vice Speaker of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy, turned to the supervisory authority.

The FSB checked the statement of Ksenia Sobchak that "from the point of view of international law, Crimea is Ukrainian." Experts did not find in this phrase a call to violate the territorial integrity of Russia, according to the Russian BBC Service . FSB officers conducted a linguistic analysis of a fragment of the TV presenter's press conference, where she spoke about Crimea.