Political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin explains how the restoration of the Ritual “Direct Line” leads to the routinization of war Photo: Alexander Kazakov / Sputnik / EPA-EFE World media and political experts continue to discuss the direct line of Vladimir Putin - the first from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. Putin predictably said that the West provoked the war, the Nazis live in Ukraine, and the Russian economy is on top.

The main events of December 15 Actor Anatoly White. Photo: social networks Several companies immediately said that they would stop publishing and selling books by Dmitry Bykov and Boris Akunin. The ex-munduse Alexei Gorinov disappeared from the colony. Lawyers cannot find him for a week. The FSIN confirmed that Navalny "left for a correctional institution outside the Vladimir region." The Central Bank of the Russian Federation increased the key rate to 16%.

The House of US Representatives approved an investigation on the Biden impeachment case. We tell you what to follow this decision and what is the essence of the accusations of the Republicans Joe Biden. Photo: Chris Kleponis / CNP / Bloomberg / Getty images The House of US Representatives voted for a resolution that ordered to officially continue the investigation in the case of US President Joe Biden.

Georgia received the long -awaited status of the country of the EU candidate - and this is a national holiday, despite political disagreements Demonstration in support of Georgia's entry into the EU. Tbilisi, December 9, 2023. Photo: Nicolo Vincenzo Malvestuto / Getty Images The war in Ukraine changes Europe. In Brussels, the European Union summit was held, on which European leaders gave “good” to an unprecedented project of expansion “from Lisbon to Tbilisi”.

Russian courts of general jurisdiction reviewed almost 42 million cases in 2022, which is twice as much as in 2013 (21 million). This was reported in the report of “Civil Assistance” with reference to data from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Photo: National Police of Ukraine At least 26 people were injured when a local politician set off several grenades in a government building in a village in western Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, the National Police of Ukraine reported on Friday. Photo: National Police of Ukraine Six of the 26 injured in the attack in the village of Keretsky are reportedly in a serious condition.

How democracies lost to Putin the 2023 campaign and risk losing everything Patriotic installation with the symbols of the Russian army in front of the US Embassy in Moscow. Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA-EFE A year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the title of Leser of the year. His brilliant plan to take Kyiv in three days, to put it mildly, based on ignorance of local realities. His plan to lay a land corridor to Moldova and cut Ukraine from the Black Sea went there.

The deputy blew up several grenades in the building of the Keretskivsky village council of the Mukachevsky district of the Transcarpathian region. This was reported in the National Police of Ukraine. Photo: National Police of Ukraine According to preliminary information, 26 people were injured as a result. Six of them are in serious condition. Initially, it was reported that the deputy who exploded the grenade died, but later the police reported that doctors were trying to reanimate it.

The first test flight since the beginning of the war in Ukraine landed at the Pashkovsky airfield in Krasnodar, reports the Federal Air Transport Agency. The flight was operated by Azimut Airlines. The Superjet 100 plane arrived at Krasnodar airport from Mineralnye Vody. There were no passengers on board.

The Kremlin for the second winter in a row delivers massive attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. We understand how the country will survive the coming months Fire at the electrical substation in Kharkov. September 11, 2022. Photo: Vyacheslav Mavrychev / Suspilne Ukraine / AO "UA: PBC" / Global images ukraine / getty images Last week, Russia - for the first time since September - again attacked Kyiv and central Ukraine with winged missiles and drones, aiming at energy facilities.

Who is the provincial journalist and mother of three planning to run for president? Yekaterina Duntsova / VK Since Yekaterina Duntsova, a small town journalist with no previous national profile, announced her run in next year’s presidential election last month, she has found herself questioned by police and her bank account blocked. While the odds are very much stacked against her, the would-be candidate appears remarkably undaunted.

A court in the city of Chelyabinsk, in Russia’s Ural region, has stripped two men of their Russian citizenship for attempting to avoid conscription, the Interior Ministry’s regional press service reported. The two men, aged 21 and 24, are reportedly citizens of former Soviet republics who recently acquired Russian citizenship. Upon doing so, they were told to register with the military enlistment office within two weeks.

Photo: EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY Russian Supreme Court hearing on Navalny’s right to correspond from prison. Photo: EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY The mystery of jailed Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s whereabouts continued on Friday, as a court in the central Russian city of Vladimir confirmed that Navalny had “left for a correctional facility outside the Vladimir region”, Telegram channel SOTAvision reported.

A bill has been submitted to the parliament of the Altai Republic that proposes to allow the killing of stray animals. This was reported on the website of the Kurultai of the Republic. According to the text, the authors propose to allow the killing of stray animals, as well as those showing aggression or causing damage to human health or life. The deputies intend to vest such powers in the republic's local self-government bodies.

How the military registration and enlistment offices catch people and what to do so as not to get into the army During the autumn call, military registration and enlistment office organized mass raids on conscripts in large cities. Men were taken from a taxi, shopping centers and even mosques. The practice of calling on one day - when conscripts pass the commission and immediately go to the assembly point.