Why "The Irony of Fate" is more interesting than Vladimir Putin What can a party leader talk to reporters about a few hours before the congress of his own party? Especially if this leader is a real star, the party has a faction in parliament and serious victories, even in the past, in the country - elections, and at the congress the leader is nominated as a presidential candidate? Guessing is useless, you still can't guess.

Russian retailers received less than 2.5 billion rubles. profits due to today's failure of online cash registers. This was announced by the President of the Association of Internet Trade Companies Alexei Fedorov. “According to our calculations, about 9% of the market suffered from the failure. The turnover that did not enter the cash desks amounted to 10 billion rubles, 2.5 billion rubles. - the lost profit of retailers on this day, ” TASS quotes Fedorov .

You either agree to act together, or get out completely The fuss around the Minging holiday on December 24 in Moscow, which was initiated by Yashin-alas, ordinary, but from this, it does not cease to surprise with its cynicism wiring. Its purpose is to suffer capable forces in Moscow, conditionally, “Navalnov” with the “Gudkov”. One is exhibited as an inconsistent extremist, the other is a practitioner-pragmatic. As a result, both lose their electorate in the eyes.

The Moscow City Court ruled to ban the celebration of the Day of Free Elections on December 24, municipal deputy Ilya Yashin reports on Wednesday, December 20, on his Facebook . According to the oppositionist, the mayor's office is behind this court decision. The applicant was a deputy of the Krasnoselsky district from the United Russia party Alevtina Bazeeva. According to Yashin, the court acted "quickly".

In Moscow, near the FSB building on Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, Maria Alyokhina was detained, who hung out a banner with the inscription "Happy Birthday, Executioners," Mediazona writes , referring to the words of activist Olga Borisova. On the Day of Security Workers and the centenary of the special services, the activists went to the FSB building and tied a banner to the bars on the building.

The UN General Assembly at a plenary session adopted a resolution proposed by Ukraine condemning "Russia's illegal establishment of laws, jurisdiction and administration" in Crimea. A document proposed by the Russian Federation against the glorification of Nazism was also adopted.

Another five Russians have been included by the US Treasury on the Magnitsky sanctions list. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is also in their chile, Interfax reports . Sanctions have also been imposed on Ayub Kataev, Yulia Mayorova, Andrey Pavlov and Aleksey Shesheni. Mayorova, Pavlov and Sheshenya were implicated "in a criminal conspiracy uncovered by Magnitsky," the US Treasury said in a statement.

What are the grandchildren and great -grandchildren of Dzerzhinsky proud Photo: ntv.ru Among those who established new power in October 1917, there were different people. There were adventurers, there were bandits, there were romantics who believe that they would build a paradise on Earth. No one knew how it would end and what to pay for the future happiness.

On Tuesday, December 19, the RF State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes recommended for adoption in the second reading a bill, according to which property tax debts, formed as of January 1, 2015, will be written off to individuals. It is also proposed to recognize as uncollectible and write off debts to individual entrepreneurs as of January 1, 2015, Interfax reports . On December 20, the deputies will consider the issue at the plenary session.

Police detained Dozhd TV correspondent Vladimir Romensky and cameraman Vladimir Komissarov. The film crew covered the action of Dmitry Enteo, they say on the TV channel . The journalists, according to the police, have been detained until the circumstances are clarified. Enteo and his comrades-in-arms held a rally near the building on Lubyanka, dedicated to the Day of the security worker.

Politician Dmitry Gudkov decided to withdraw the application for holding a rally in defense of citizens' electoral rights on December 24. He did this at the request of the head of the municipal council of the Krasnoselsky district, Ilya Yashin, who intends to hold a "Day of free elections." “Gudkov withdraws the application, but the position of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District remains unchanged.

Grigory Yavlinsky, who announced that he plans to participate in the presidential elections, said on the air of Dozhd that "some time ago" he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to him, the situation in Ukraine was discussed at the meeting. According to Yavlinsky, the last meeting with Putin took place this year, where politicians discussed the situation in Ukraine.

At 10:25 am on December 20 in Hong Kong, the cryptocurrency exchange rate was $16,626.42, which is 15% lower than the record level that bitcoin set on Monday. This is the steepest decline since futures were introduced on December 10, according to Bloomberg . According to the head of marketing department of the cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin Ltd. in Hong Kong by Thomas Glucksmann, this is a short-term correction. “I think we will see some recovery towards the end of the week.

On the 100th anniversary of the security authorities, the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov presented his version of the history of the special services.

On the anniversary of my liberation, I urge Amnesty International to use my influence in the struggle for Alexei Pichugin, a political prisoner December 20 marks four years since the moment I became my second birthday: I was released from prison, where, by the will of Vladimir Putin, I spent ten years for crimes that I did not commit. I remember my escort, who, going down the ladder of the aircraft taking me to Berlin, tells someone by the walkie-talkie that I am on board.