The Ministry of Education and Science has finally done at least something - there were orders to withdraw a number of experts from the ES VAK In a recent report by the Kaliningrad public activist Ilya Shumanov, a wonderful image of domestic bureaucracy was proposed: a lizard that, in case of danger (read - accusations of corruption), consistently discards not only its tail, but also its paws (we know that this does not happen in biology), segments torso, all the way down to the head.

Reads Anatoly Yakovlevich Razumov, senior researcher, head of the Returned Names Center Reads Anatoly Yakovlevich Razumov, senior researcher, head of the Returned Names Center Anatoly Yakovlevich Razumov - senior researcher, head of the “Returned Names” Center told readers “New” about the horrors of repressions and executions during the “large” and “red” terror, as well as the features of compiling books about the victims of these events.

Residents of the Gagarinsky district claim that they opened up the falsification of public hearings to expand Leninsky Prospekt Residents of the Gagarinsky district claim that they opened up the falsification of public hearings to expand Leninsky Prospekt Photo: Vladimir Song/RIA Novosti Dead souls, “clones” and persons without a specific place of residence received the official status of participants in public hearings in protocols approved by the District Commission on the “Planning project of

Journalist Leonid Parfyonov and People's Artist of Russia Lia Akhedzhakova were tricked into videotaping in support of Alexei Navalny's conviction. Parfyonov received a call asking him to appear in a video in support of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and to pick up a piece of paper with an Internet address where he could supposedly leave a signature in support of Navalny.

One of the defendants in the Bolotnaya case, anti-fascist Alexei Gaskarov, was transferred from the Butyrka pre-trial detention center, writes Mediazona. Gaskarov’s lawyer, Svetlana Sidorkina, said that last Friday Gaskarov received a decision from the appellate court, which upheld the sentence that the Zamoskvoretsky court had previously passed on the anti-fascist. Thus, within 10 days the prisoner must be sent to a colony.

Russian and Ukrainian musicians congratulate each other a Happy New Year video postcards New Year's videos exchanged Julia Teunikova and Peter Akimov, Gusha Katushkin and Maria Tchaikovskaya, groups "Barto" and "Maidani Congo" Today is the fourth day of the promotion. Happy New Year, Yuri Shevchuk, Oleg Skripka, Onka, Svetlana Surganova, Julia Teunikova and Pyotr Akimov, Gusha Katushkin and Maria Tchaikovskaya, the Barto Tanok Maidani Congo group exchanged video. You can summarize some results.

The ferry Norman Atlantic, engulfed in flames in the Ionian Sea, lost control and is now being blown to the Albanian coast. According to the Greek TV channel Skai, the spread of fire was stopped. The Ministry of National Defense sent a significant military force to the scene. Together with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministries of the Navy and Public Order are taking part in the rescue operation.

The search for the missing AirAsia Airbus in Indonesia has been suspended due to nightfall, reports . News Asia The Indonesian Ministry of Transport still has no information about the missing liner. The search will continue tomorrow at 6 am local time (02:00 Moscow time). There were also reports in the media that the relatives of the passengers received messages about the emergency landing of their loved ones, but it was not possible to contact the passengers.

Franz Klintsevich, a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense, suggested considering the possibility of supplying Russian military equipment to eastern Ukraine. According to RIA Novosti, the proposal was made after the words of US President Barack Obama that the United States could transfer all military equipment stationed in Afghanistan to Ukraine.

The village of Dolzhanskaya and the village of Yasenskaya Crossing are flooded by a surge wave from the Sea of ​​Azov. And if in Dolzhanskaya the inhabitants were notified by a siren, then in Yasenskaya Crossing there was no notification. The Krasnodar Ministry of Emergency Situations does not take large-scale actions to provide assistance. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by local residents. The administration of the Yeysk district said that the situation is completely under control.

23 people did not check in for an AirAsia flight that went missing in Indonesia. Such data is published by the Singaporean newspaper Strait Times. According to the publication, 11 men, 8 women and four children did not show up for registration. The Malaysian Airlines plane disappeared from controllers' radar on December 28 at 06:17 local time (02:17 Moscow time).

On Sunday morning, activists from a number of social movements in Ukraine began to picket the building of the Verkhovna Rada, where a plenary session is to be held today. According to Interfax , about 200 people gathered under the walls of the building, some of them representatives of the Volya political party and the financial Maidan. The protesters oppose the violation of laws and the Constitution of Ukraine by parliamentarians.

Roscosmos launched the target European telecommunications satellite Astra-2G into orbit. As the press service of the department told TASS, the satellite launched from Baikonur by the Proton-M carrier rocket separated from the Breeze-M upper stage and entered the calculated orbit. The Federal Comic Agency noted that the separation of the spacecraft took place at the estimated time. This launch was the last one for this year.

The operation of the ferries of the Kerch crossing was stopped due to increased wind at least until the evening. “The movement of ferries in the Kerch Strait was suspended the day before on Saturday evening due to weather conditions. A storm warning has been issued,” Interfax was told in the dispatch service of the Unified Transport Directorate.

In the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece, the Italian ferry The Norman Atlantic caught fire with 466 people on board. According to Reuters , the captain announced the evacuation, the boats were launched. One of the passengers complained about the poor organization of the evacuation - according to him, not everyone had enough boats, and therefore some had to put on life jackets and escape on their own. RIA Novosti The Greek Coast Guard told that 150 people had been evacuated.