The session will be moderated by Lyudmila Ulitskaya. Speakers have been preliminarily identified - experts and cultural figures: director Vladimir Mirzoev, writer Denis Dragunsky, musician Andrei Makarevich, sociologist Lev Gudkov, writer Ivan Kovalenko, financier Andrei Movchan, human rights activist Lev Ponomarev. A general discussion with session participants is expected.

Photo: Pelagia Belyakova/"New Gazeta" The Moscow City Hall agreed on the conditions for the protest on November 30 against the reduction of medical staff in Russian hospitals and clinics. This was announced by TASS by the deputy head of the capital's regional security department Vasily Oleinik. The procession will begin at 12 o’clock and will pass from Samotnykaya Square to the intersection of Delegatskaya Street with Durov Street and Olympic Prospekt.

The former commander-in-chief of the armed formations of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Igor Strelkov, said he was responsible for military operations in eastern Ukraine. about this He spoke in an interview with the Zavtra newspaper. “I still pulled the trigger of the war. If our detachment had not crossed the border, in the end everything would have ended, as in Kharkov, as in Odessa. There would have been several dozen killed, burned, arrested.

The interrogation of a witness in the case of the "Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists" Yevgenia Khasis, convicted of the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, took place in the Moscow Regional Court The Moscow Regional Court continued hearings in the case of BORN, one of the most brutal nationalist groups, which has more than a dozen victims.

The Russian Security Council has approved a strategy to counter extremism. According to Interfax , citing Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, the strategy will be submitted to President Putin for approval. “The draft strategy has been approved. An instruction was given to the government to prepare a plan for its implementation, ”the agency quotes Patrushev. The plan itself will be developed in June 2015, and in the near future Putin will have to approve the concept.

Evgenia Khasis, a witness in the case of the neo-Nazi group “Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists” (BORN), during interrogation, said that the leader of the gang, Ilya Goryachev, planned the murder of lawyer Vadim Klyuvgant, who represented Mikhail Khodorkovsky in court. The lawyer told Open Russia that he was aware of BORN's plans.

The Moscow Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service initiated 27 cases against the Russian publishing house Fashion Press, which is part of the Sanoma media group. This was reported by the press service of the department.

On November 20, the administration of Rostov-on-Don introduced new rules for visiting the city hall of the Don capital: women with bright makeup, miniskirts and visitors in jeans will not be allowed into the building. These restrictions apply not only to city hall employees, but also to visitors to the institution.

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher continues treatment after a serious injury he received while skiing in France. According to TASS , the racing driver is treated by a team of doctors and nurses at his villa in Switzerland. Schumacher is currently silent, paralyzed and in a wheelchair. Recall that in September, Michael Schumacher was discharged from the hospital and sent home for further treatment.

The Ministry of Economic Development has returned for revision to Rosneft its application for receiving funds from the National Welfare Fund, Interfax reports, citing a statement by Deputy Head of the Department Nikolai Podguzov. The official said that the ministry will continue to work with Rosneft, but is currently waiting for a finalized application before the end of the year.

The head of Russian Railways JSC Vladimir Yakunin said that he sold his country house in the village of Akulinino near Moscow, which bloggers reported about the fur storage. In an interview with Gazeta.Ru, the head of Russian Railways said that he had bought a dacha at the suggestion of a friend. An acquaintance of the top manager, according to him, wanted to create a “village of the future”, where there would be “an appropriate team”.

About the right to freedom from propaganda and brainwashing Photo: "New Gazeta" About the right to freedom from propaganda and brainwashing Photo: Anna Artemyeva/"New" For manipulating public opinion, Russian media have long been used by well -known techniques: from the methods of fragmentation and repeated repetitions to the creation of false countries and “horror stories”. Instead of information - propaganda and misinformation.

Following buckwheat, rice and millet are becoming more expensive in Russia, because of this, pasta will soon rise in price, Interfax reports . According to the forecast of Andrey Dribny, CEO of Extra M, retail prices for pasta will grow by 20-25%. According to Dribny, in September 1 kg of durum wheat cost about 11.5 rubles, today the same wheat costs more than 20 rubles per kilogram.

A Ministry for the Development of Arctic Territories may be created in Russia, Kommersant reports , citing a source in the Legislative Assembly of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. “The creation of a department for the development of the Arctic as one of the priority territories is currently being discussed; such a department has already been created for the Far East,” said Sergei Kharyuchi, speaker of the regional parliament.

The Spanish prosecutor's office has decided to file charges over the independence referendum against Catalan Prime Minister Artur Mas, his deputy Joana Ortega and Education Minister Irene Rigau. According to TASS , in this way the prosecutors supported the proposal of the Prosecutor General Eduardo Torres-Dulce.