New Europe report from Georgia, where the opposition did not recognize the appointment of a new president from the ruling party Protest in front of the parliament building during the presidential elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, December 14, 2024. Photo: David Mdzinarishvili / EPA-EFE Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze promised to arrange a real holiday on December 14: the city’s main Christmas tree will be lit, right next to the parliament building.

The commander of “Akhmat” Apti Alaudinov spoke at the political department of Moscow State University and “forgave” a student whom a fellow student accused of insulting the Chechen army From left to right: Anastasia Balter, Apti Alaudinov and Victoria Sanygina On December 14, the commander of the Chechen special forces “Akhmat” Apti Alaudinov gave a lecture at the Faculty of Political Science of Moscow State University.

What the overthrow of Assad means for Russia’s ambitions to be a great-power Syrian workers living in Lebanon hold pictures of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad during a pro-Russia protest in front of the UN headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, 20 March 2022.

The first season of the series “Dashing,” the crime saga of Yuri Bykov, has been released. The plot is based on the real story of the Khabarovsk organized crime group that operated in the 90s. How did the return of “the most popular director” turn out? Photo: Okko / Telegram 1991 The collapse of the USSR turns into a new round of economic crisis for Russia. Pavel Likhovtsev, a huntsman and hunter who lives with his wife and two sons in the remote taiga, knows this firsthand.

Two Russian tankers carrying mazut, a low-quality heavy fuel oil with a wide range of industrial applications, in the Black Sea’s Kerch Strait have sent distress signals after one vessel ran aground, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told Russian business daily RBC on Sunday.

Screenshot: NIYSO Telegram channel Ukrainian drones attacked the Chechen capital of Grozny on Sunday morning, with eyewitnesses saying they saw drones in the air and that they heard explosions in the city, pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Baza reported.

The cargo ship "Volgoneft 212" with 13 crew members and "Volgoneft 239" with 14 crew members are in distress in the Kerch Strait area and have requested assistance, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in the annexed Crimea. According to Interfax, Volgoneft 212 transports about 4.3 thousand tons of fuel oil. The tanker was in distress eight kilometers from the coast, and a rescue ship was sent to it. The causes of the disaster have not been reported.

"Vegetation" by Alexey Ivanov - a sci-fi action thriller about the war and its causes Photo: Alpina Publisher The Alpina.Proza publishing house has published Alexey Ivanov’s 16th fiction novel, “Vegetation,” which combines the genres of science fiction, road adventure, diesel punk, dystopia and reflections on the fate of the homeland. Cultural observer Irina Karpova read the novel and believes that the genre frame gave Ivanov the space to express everything he thinks about today.

The FSB reported on the arrest of a suspect in connection with a car bombing in the center of Donetsk on December 9. This was reported by the TASS agency with reference to the press service of the FSB department in the self-proclaimed DPR. According to the security forces, the detainee, on instructions from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, installed an explosive device under the bottom of the car and activated it remotely.

On the night of November 15, Ukrainian drones attacked Grozny, Russian telegram channels report. According to the Baza and Shot telegram channels, several explosions occurred in the city this morning. The opposition Chechen telegram channel NIYSO claims that the target of the attack was the riot police base and the 2nd patrol regiment of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as a military base where participants in the war in Ukraine were trained.

The authorities want to prohibit “foreign agents” from receiving income from the sale and rental of housing. “New Europe” is considering new restrictive amendments Police officers outside the building of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation during a hearing on the liquidation of the International Memorial, Moscow, November 25, 2021. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA The Russian authorities want to prohibit “foreign agents” from receiving income from the sale and rental of housing.