TV channel "Rain" received a license to broadcast in the Netherlands, noted . journalist Alexander Plyushchev Relevant information appeared on the website of the local regulator on December 22. It follows from the commission's report that Dozhd applied for a license on 6 December. The editor-in-chief of Dozhd, Tikhon Dzyadko, thanked for the congratulations on the license, but declined to comment on this news for the time being.

The State Duma deputy and the first deputy head of the Committee on Security and Countering Corruption, Andrei Lugovoi, asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to give a legal assessment of the actions and statements of singer Valery Meladze. The deputy reported this in Telegram. “Already now we need to be able to protect our citizens from the husky dogs and the entire foreign-native and aimed at undermining the sovereignty of the country and our security,” wrote Lugovoi.

Scandal in France: President of the Football Federation offended the "National Home". And now the president will go French football player and coach Zinedin Zidan. Photo: Quality Sport Images / Getty images A funny scandal flashed in France in a scale and funny in form: the president of the National Football Federation (FFF), a professional official Noel Le Gate spoke unflattering about the legendary Zinedine Zidane.

The Russian troops have mounted a new assault on Soledar, Donetsk region, spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Defence Ministry Hanna Maliar said . “After an unsuccessful attempt to capture Soledar and a retreat, the enemy regrouped, reinforced its losses, redeployed additional assault units, changed the tactics, and launched a powerful assault. Vicious fighting is underway right now,” Maliar wrote. According to her, “best Wagner Group reserves” are participating in the assault.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the federal wanted list of the defendant of the “Spring” case and the journalist “Skat Media” to Angelina Roshchupko. Information about this appeared in the database of the department. Photo: screen from the base of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Familiar Roshchupko told OVD-info that at the end of December she left Russia. They suggest that after that it could be put on the wanted list.

The Russian government switched to the language of Gopota and threatens to apply the “sledgehammer of Wagner” ”or simply kill“ traitors ”. Even ideological supporters are scared The first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak and the deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

In the village of Alkhan-Kala in the Chechen Republic, the security forces allegedly abducted between eight and 14 people. This was reported by Kavkaz.Realii with reference to two sources. Telegram channels 1ADAT and NIYSO were the first to write about the alleged abductions. They also published lists of detainees, one of them contains eight people, the other 14. According to telegram channels, local residents were taken away from the village on January 7.

Lukoil's subsidiary Litasco SA entered into an agreement with GOI ENERGY on the sale of the ISAB refinery in Italy. This was reported on the website of the Russian oil producer. The parties plan to close the deal by the end of March 2023, its amount was not disclosed. The ISAB refinery is located in Priolo in the southeast of the island of Sicily. ISAB Srl's large petrochemical complex also includes a gasification plant and a power plant.

How the Law on the deprivation of citizenship of “extremists” continues to resolve Belarus and whether the Russians who left is to prepare for a similar measure from Vladimir Putin Photo: Jonny Pickup / Getty images Last week, Alexander Lukashenko, who occupies the chair of the President of Belarus, signed a law that allows the deprivation of the citizenship of Belarusians, in absentia convicted of “extremist” articles or for causing “serious harm” to the republic.

President Vladimir Putin's New Year's address in 2022 attracted the smallest audience in the last three years. It is reported by RBC with reference to Mediascope data. Putin's address on December 31, 2022 was watched by 44.6% of the country's population on all TV channels. Last year, 45.1% of Russians saw the appeal, and in 2020 - 45.5%. Most often, Russian citizens watched the president's speech on Channel One.

In the 86th year of his life, the developer of the Caliber missiles Pavel Kamnev died. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of Almaz-Antei. Photo: Pavel Kamnev/Kremlin “On January 9, 2023, at the 86th year of his life, the Scientific adviser to the“ Almaz-Antei ”concern JSC, the Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Pavel Ivanovich Kamnev,” the report said. He was born in 1937 in Makhachkala.

Dagestan woman Elina Ukhmanova was tortured in a rehabilitation center where her parents sent her for "treatment" for bisexuality and atheism. This was told to Novaya Gazeta Europe in the crisis group of the IC SOS. According to the girl, she is subjected to psychological and physical violence in the family, which is why she ran away from home twice.

Russian troops began a new assault on Soledar in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk region. This was stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar. “After an unsuccessful attempt to capture Soledar and a retreat, the enemy regrouped, made up for losses, deployed additional assault detachments, changed tactics and launched a powerful assault. Fierce battles are going on right now,” writes Malyar.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation reported on the detention and arrest in the Bryansk region of a Russian citizen on suspicion of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by "RIA Novosti" with reference to the press service of the FSB in the region.

A dramatic rise in human trafficking cases has been registered after Russia invaded Ukraine, OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid said in an interview with Die Welt. “Organised crime is often involved in this. These brazen criminals meet people who need help, who are forced to earn money, who don’t speak the language of their new country, and who often have psychological traumas because of the war,” she explained.