The leader of the most bloody gang of kidnappers Shilin (Shilo) received nine years of colony and state protection, and three years later may be released The leader of the most bloody gang of kidnappers Shilin (Shilo) received nine years of colony and state protection, and three years later may be released Denis Shilin ("Shilo").

Russian world in Malta: let the Russians go better than the Syrians Russian world in Malta: let the Russians go better than the Syrians Russian and Armenian children met on an island in the Mediterranean Sea to play classics for the local population. It sounds a little absurd, but it was. We played Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Paganini. All of them, including the Maltese musical children, are the winners of the New Names contest, created once with the support of Gorbachev.

The activists who organized the blockade of Crimea will allow electricians to power lines only after cutting the wires through which electricity is supplied to the peninsula. This was stated by the acting head of Ukrenergo Vsevolod Kovalchuk, reports .

Statements of the deputy of the Suojärvi urban settlement Vladimir Zavarkin, uttered at a rally for the resignation of the head of Karelia, do not contain calls for separatism. Experts came to this conclusion after conducting a psychological and linguistic analysis of the deputy's speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning the recognition of texts of sacred scriptures as extremist materials. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. Earlier, the document was supported by the State Duma of the Russian Federation. According to the new law, the texts, quotations and content of the Bible, Koran, Tanakh and Kanjur cannot be recognized as extremist.

The Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory filed a new charge against political scientist and public figure Mikhail Savva, who was convicted in a fraud case. According to his lawyer Alexander Popkov, the political scientist is accused of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior agreement (Part 2 of Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Grigory Yavlinsky's new book, Peripheral Authoritarianism, answers the key question: why did the reforms of the 1990s, which were considered democratic, result in the establishment of authoritarian power. Grigory Yavlinsky's new book, Peripheral Authoritarianism, answers the key question: why did the reforms of the 1990s, which were considered democratic, result in the establishment of authoritarian power.

On Monday, November 23, an attempt was made on police colonel Vladimir Zagorodsky, who until recently, the Office for Economic Security and the Control against the Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Bryansk Region ...

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested activist Sergei Akhmetov, accused of resisting a police officer at a gathering in support of politician Alexei Navalny in 2013, Mediazona reports . The court ordered the arrest of the activist until December 22, 2015. This preventive measure was chosen due to the fact that, according to the prosecution, Akhmetov may escape, threaten witnesses, or continue criminal activities.

The head of the Ministry of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev said that the recession in the Russian economy is over. He made such a statement at a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions of the EU member states in Moscow, reports . RIA Novosti The head of the department stressed that inflation in Russia is slowing down and will drop to 12-14% by the end of the year.

Members of the Alliance for Animal Defenders went on an indefinite dry hunger strike to protest against the sentencing of animal rights activist Victoria Pavlenko, who was convicted of stealing a dog from a blind girl. This was announced on his Twitter by a member of the organization Yuri Koretskikh. Three activists who went on a hunger strike demand that Victoria Pavlenko be released and given a fair sentence.

An open letter from representatives of public organizations in Russia and abroad An open letter from representatives of public organizations in Russia and abroad Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation - head of the federal agency for the management of state property OK. Dergunova Dear Olga Konstantinovna!

Activists of the Unity of Equals movement hung the flags of Ukraine on the high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Moscow to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the events on the Kiev Maidan, OVD-Info reports . It is reported that five people hung the flags of Ukraine and the Unity of Equals movement on the scaffolding around the high-rise building. The police detained three protesters: Alexey Domnikov, Alexander Sharapov and an activist named Alexander.

The hopes of the inhabitants of Brussels that the heightened security measures introduced on Saturday in connection with the terrorist threat would be canceled with the start of the working week did not materialize... The hopes of the inhabitants of Brussels that the heightened security measures introduced on Saturday in connection with the terrorist threat would be canceled with the start of the working week did not materialize.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed the government to temporarily stop freight traffic with Crimea. This is stated in a message published on the website of the head of state. Poroshenko proposed to urgently create a working group for a comprehensive analysis of the issue of stopping freight transport links with Crimea.