The Grand Prix of Artdocfest in 2018 went to the film Barking Dogs in the Distance by Danish director Simon Lereng Vilmont. as the best feature documentary film was recognized The picture of the Ukrainian director Alexander Techinsky "Delta" . The Special Jury Prize went to Dina Barinova from Russia for the film The Potato Eaters. Diploma of the jury - for the tape "Home games".

The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia raised the key rate by 0.25 percentage points to 7.75%. This is the second rate hike in a year. Before the meeting, there was no consensus among macroeconomists on the decision of the Central Bank. According to the Bloomberg consensus survey, out of 42 experts participating in it, 26 analysts (62%) predicted that the rate would remain at 7.5%, and 16 (38%) predicted its increase, RBC notes .

The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit against the coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters, Denis Mikhailov, and the press secretary of the Vesna movement, Bogdan Litvin, for compensation for damage allegedly inflicted on the city by participants in the May 5 rally. According to Mediazona , the prosecutor's office estimated the damage to the green spaces of the city at 10 million 953 thousand rubles.

Damn - in details: what does the world know about what is happening in Israel? What is told to him about this Damn - in details What does the world know about what is happening in Israel? What they tell him about it. “Three Palestinians, two Israeli are shot on the western bank,” under such a heading, one of the oldest, most respected, influential and read newspapers in the world, the British “The Guardian” , said.

Bellingcat and The Insider Identify Second Russian Military Intelligence Officer Involved in Montenegro Coup Two Russian military intelligence officers are wanted by Interpol as alleged masterminds of the failed 2016 coup in Montenegro. The real identity of one of the officers is public - this is Eduard Shishmakov, the other is known only under the false name "Vladimir Popov", under which he is wanted.

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court overturned the decision to arrest imprisoned activist Sergei Mokhnatkin. In addition, the court, overturning the decision of the Isakogorsky district court, decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody, Mediazona reports . Mokhnatkin, who has been imprisoned since 2014 on charges of assaulting a policeman, was charged with a new criminal case at the end of November, shortly before his release, on disorganization of the colony's activities.

Bellingcat and The Insider Identify Second Russian Military Intelligence Officer Involved in Montenegro Coup Two Russian military intelligence officers are wanted by Interpol as alleged masterminds of the failed 2016 coup in Montenegro. The real identity of one of the officers is public - this is Eduard Shishmakov, the other is known only under the false name "Vladimir Popov", under which he is wanted.

Manhattan prosecutors are investigating how the record $107 million donated to US President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration was spent. According to The Wall Street Journal , citing its own sources, the investigation, which is at an early stage, should find out whether sponsors gave money in exchange for favors from the presidential administration, political concessions or influence on officials.

A criminal case has been initiated against the Deputy Governor of the Pskov Region, Alexander Kuznetsov, on taking a bribe on an especially large scale. According to investigators , in 2013 the director of a construction company gave Kuznetsov a residential building in Pskov as a bribe, underestimating its cost by 1.5 million rubles.

They have not yet begun to draw up protocols on an administrative violation for not deleting the film “He is not Dimon to you” from the Internet on Alexei Navalny. “Classic situation. The day before yesterday: three agendas for you, we will draw up three protocols, we will put you in jail for 30 days for not removing “He is not Dimon to you” from the Internet. Yesterday: I'm writing a post about it. This morning: why did you come? To draw up a protocol on the agenda?

The leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Gennady Zyuganov asked President Vladimir Putin to restore the format of regular meetings with them in order to "know the priorities." They made a request at a reception in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Constitution on December 12, RBC writes . Zyuganov said that “such a need is long overdue and overripe. Both the president and the heads of the factions need this.

34% of Russians polled by sociologists of the Public Opinion Foundation found it difficult to choose a 2018 politician of the year, 29% of respondents chose President Vladimir Putin, and 17% said that there is no politician in the country worthy of the title of person of the year. According to the results of the study, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in second place after Putin (7%), and LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky is in third place (4%).

The State Legal Department of the President criticized the draft amnesty for the anniversary of the Constitution, developed by the Human Rights Council. Chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov told Vedomosti about this. “They criticized our proposals over trifles. For example, it was said that the proposal to shorten the suspended sentence cannot be implemented, since the Criminal Code does not have such a definition of the concept of “amnesty,” Fedotov said.

The leaders of the EU countries have not agreed on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia because of the conflict in the Kerch Strait. “The European Council expresses its extreme concern over the escalation in the Kerch Strait and the Sea of ​​Azov and Russia's violations of international law. He reaffirms his commitment to international law, the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine and the EU policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, director of the Golden Mask theater award Maria Revyakina and artistic director of the Russian Academic Theater Alexei Borodin discussed the case of director Kirill Serebrennikov and the Seventh Studio behind closed doors. According to Dozhd , after the end of the meeting with theater figures in Yaroslavl, Revyakina and Borodin approached the president and raised the issue of Kirill Serebrennikov and the Seventh Studio case.