Journalists believe that the attack is related to their professional activities At the party of the Russian BBC service in Riga, they threw a training grenade. This was announced by Novaya Gazeta Europe one of the participants in the events. Photo: "New Gazeta Europe" Updated (12:30 Moscow time) The Latvian police detained two men who threw a training grenade, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Latvia in the social network X (formerly Twitter).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been signaling through intermediaries since at least September that he is ready for a ceasefire. The New York Times writes about this with reference to Russian and Western officials.

For example, to the signature in the form of a cat and a missing letter in patronymic Photo: CEC of Russia On December 23, the Central Election Commission unanimously voted to refuse to register the initiative group of Ekaterina Duntsova. The commission said that she found more than 100 errors in the documents provided. The politician himself believes that the decision of the CEC is “not based on the law” and not one of the shortcomings looks sufficient for refusal.

Andrei Kuraev was included in the register of "foreign agents". Why should the Kremlin put pressure on the theologian? Photo: Mark Nakoykher / Wikimedia Commons At the beginning of the Christmas period, the most important in the church calendar, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation recognized the “ino -agent”, perhaps the most vivid and ambiguous Russian theologian - Andrei Kuraev. Can this be considered persecution for faith? On the one hand, this could be expected.

The Armed Forces declares three shot down Russian fighter-bombers. Experts tell New-Europe how it happened The wreckage of the Su-34 aircraft. Photo: EPA-EFE / Arkady Budnitsky On December 22, the commander of the air force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Nikolai Oleshchuk announced three Russian Su-34 aircraft shot down in the southern direction. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has not yet given comments.

They did not detain anyone, but copied the details of the event participants for themselves In Yekaterinburg, security forces disrupted the “Independent Results of the Year” event, organized by the “Policy Space” project in the “Salt” loft. This was reported by the local publication Vechernie Vedomosti. According to Vecherniye Vedomosti, the men introduced themselves as employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They are in uniform and armed.

Photo: EPA-EFE / STRINGER The Russian Central Election Commission has refused to register Yekaterina Duntsova as a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential election in March. The commission announced Saturday that it had found several “mistakes” in Duntsova’s application. Head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova was present at the session. “You’re a young woman, you’ve got so much ahead of you. This is still an experience,” Pamfilova told Duntsova after the decision.

The presidential candidate in the elections in 2024 from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was the chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, Nikolai Kharitonov. This was reported by the TASS correspondent, who visited the party. Nikolai Kharitonov. Photo: State Duma The decision was made by secret vote. Kharitonov was the only candidate in the ballot.

"Terrible News" with Kirill Martynov All week we followed the nomination of Ekaterina Duntsova: on December 21, her surname appeared in the list of candidates at the President of the Russian Federation-2024 on the website of the State Services, but on December 23, the CEC officially did not allow her to collect signatures. In Russia, the Ministry of Defense refused to limit the service life of mobilized up to a year.

The only independent presidential candidate was stopped on distant approaches to Putin Photo: EPA-EFE / Stringer The CEC found as many as a hundred mistakes in the documents submitted by Ekaterina Duntsova and refused to register her initiative group.

Russian troops have seized the initiative along most of the front in Ukraine. about this . writes The New York Times Journalists note that the Russian army has intensified its offensive near Avdeevka, Bakhmut and Marinka in the Donetsk region, as well as near Kupyansk in the Kharkov region. The authors of the article believe that Russia managed to achieve success due to its advantage in manpower.

Ekaterina Duntsova. Photo: social networks The Central Election Commission refused to register the initiative group of presidential candidate Ekaterina Duntsova. The commission announced this during the meeting on the registration of the initiative group. The CEC discovered "errors" in the documents of Duntsova.

Between November 20 and December 17, the number of recorded cases of COVID-19 in the world increased by 52% compared to last month and amounted to 850 thousand, according to a report from the World Health Organization. According to WHO, from November 20 to December 17, just over 3 thousand people died from coronavirus. This figure is 8% lower than the previous 28-day period.

And summarize the results for "Novaya Gazeta Europe" In 2023, the world encountered wars, cataclysms and political shocks. But what to expect from the next 2024? We asked the guests of our channel and your beloved heroes to suggest what events are waiting for us in the new year.

Vonka is a wonderful New Year's musical with Timothy Shalama, revealing the background of a magic confectioner Shot from the movie "Wonka". Photo: IMDB A musical about Willy Vonka with Timothy Shalame (the director of the Paddington, Paul King) was released in the world rental.