The head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, demands to recover 1 million rubles from opposition leader Alexei Navalny as part of a lawsuit to protect honor, dignity and business reputation As ” Zolotov’s lawyer Shota Gorgadze told TASS, in the statement of claim, the general asks to recognize the information disseminated by Navalny as discrediting him and untrue: “In particular, we are talking about information about real estate and management, which, according to him, eats up its employees.

Time Magazine's 2018 Person of the Year was a series of journalists who were injured or killed for their work, and Time called them "Guardians." Among them is Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the territory of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. In his publications, the journalist criticized the authorities of the kingdom.

Moscow is ready to publicize correspondence with colleagues from the United States on the situation with the hacking of the servers of the Democratic Party in 2016, said Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the National Computer Center for Computer Incidents. According to him, this will become possible if the American side gives its consent, but for now the content of the correspondence is classified information, Interfax reports .

Human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseeva will be buried in the United States, her son Mikhail Alekseev said. “A farewell took place in Moscow, and the funeral will take place at the cemetery of St. John's Church in Washington. Her mother, husband and eldest son are buried there. I will discuss the exact date of the funeral already in America, including with my children, and I’m leaving on Saturday, ”he told the Moscow agency .

In France, after any riots, the rollback will still be to Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.

According to the authorities, VKontakte has the right to arbitrarily disclose user data without them and the judicial permission of the police, while users do not even have the right to initiate legal proceedings on this matter. In October, we filed the first lawsuit from a VKontakte user, Lilia Chanysheva, an employee of Navalny's headquarters in Ufa, against the administration of the social network.

The UK government did not suspend the program for issuing investment visas of the first level (Tier 1). This is written by The Independent . Earlier it was reported that from December 7, the UK will suspend the issuance of first-level investment visas, which are often used by Russian businessmen and oligarchs. The UK Home Office explained this with a reform aimed at combating money laundering and organized crime.

Maria Butina, who was arrested in the United States, is ready to plead guilty to some of the charges and is ready to cooperate with the investigation, hearings in court will be held on December 12.

The farewell ceremony for human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseeva at the Central House of Journalists was attended by many people, including President Vladimir Putin.

Google was fined 500 thousand rubles for non-compliance with Russian law, said Alexander Zharov, head of Roskomnadzor. According to TASS , Zharov noted that the department may initiate another administrative case against the company. On November 26, Roskomnadzor against Google for not connecting to the register of banned sites.

With what the country and Alexander Isaevich came to the 100th anniversary of the writer On Solzhenitsyn Street, the former large communist, it is not very good to walk with the orchestra.

On the day of the century since the birth of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a monument to the writer was opened in the Tagansky district of Moscow. The bronze monument on a granite pedestal was elevated under the leadership of the people's artist of Russia Andrei Kovalchuk. His project won an open competition for the architectural and sculptural decision of the monument.

The owners of Alfa-Bank discussed its possible sale with VTB and the Italian UniCreidit This is reported by the Financial Times , citing sources, the publication is quoted by Kommersant . According to FT sources, the cost of the transaction was estimated at $7-8 billion. But the negotiations did not lead to anything: the discussion of the sale with UniCredit ended more than a year ago, with VTB a few months ago. A representative of Alfa-Bank did not confirm the information of the publication.

The head of the main department for countering extremism of the Russian Interior Ministry, Timur Valiulin, has resigned. It is reported by RBC with reference to the sources of the Ministry. Valiulin has headed the Central Committee for Combating Extremism since 2012, and in April 2018 he was included in the US sanctions list.

Around the elections of the President of Georgia, passions boil. Supporters of Mikhail Saakashvili consider the results of Bidzina Ivanishvili, slapped in favor of the protege of the “shadow ruler”. The President decides little, but the first woman leader in the history of the Caucasus is a significant event. Her weak Georgian will not understand in the mountainous regions, but Salome Zurabishvili is confident in his abilities to work on the image of the Caucasian Republic.