Human Rights Council strikes a 'double line' for civil society and NGOs On December 8, the Kremlin hosted a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, the fourth of those in which I took part as a member of the Human Rights Council. Finally, I can formulate, including for myself, the answer to the question of what this advice is about and what it is for.

Why in Germany there were irreversible changes The outgoing 2016 year was marked in Germany by the consequences of the migration crisis. The culture proclaimed by Chancellor Merkel "Welcome!" And the slogan “We can handle it!”, Having become topics of hot discussions from the Bundestag to the rural beer, German society was split.

And now what? Russian Post has found a new warehouse for unregistered parcels. Previously, letters, packages and boxes were collecting dust in Moscow offices, but from January 1, 2017, the city of Mirny will take on this unenviable role. If you order a thing through an online store in Moscow, this will not prevent it from first stopping at a warehouse in Yakutia. And until the product registration number is clarified, stay there for a while ...

In the city of Aleksin, Tula region, a large number of dead dogs, including puppies, were found. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “Corpses of animals were found near garbage containers. The inter-municipal department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Aleksinsky" is currently checking this incident, establishing the circumstances and causes of the death of animals," the department noted.

The European Union intends to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months after December 15, Reuters reports , citing diplomatic sources. According to the interlocutors of the agency, during the December summit in Brussels, Paris and Berlin will briefly inform the leaders of European countries about the situation in eastern Ukraine. The sanctions, which expire at the end of January, will "no doubt" be extended, the sources said.

After the “deal” with the leadership of Chechnya, a resident of the village of Kenhi turned to Bastrykin Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" A resident of the Chechen Republic Ramazan Jalaldinov, who became known after his April video message, in which he spoke about the plight of his village Kenha and the facts of corruption in the distribution of compensation in Chechnya, spoke today at a press conference in Moscow.

The United Nations General Assembly has called for an end to hostilities in Syria. The corresponding resolution was adopted at an extraordinary meeting by a majority of votes, reports . RIA Novosti 122 members of the General Assembly voted for the document, 13 voted against, including Russia, Belarus, Iran and Syria, and 36 abstained. Canada was the initiator of the meeting and the sponsor of the draft resolution.

The Investigative Committee began checking because of information about anti-terrorist exercises in one of the Tikhvin colleges, which frightened students. This was reported on the website of the Office of the UK in the Leningrad region. “During the inspection, all the circumstances of the incident will be studied, those present at the lesson, as well as the persons who organized these exercises, will be interviewed,” the ministry’s press service said.

The International Olympic Committee will recheck 254 samples of doping samples taken from Russian athletes during the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, the reports .

The General Director of Russian Post is likely to face administrative punishment. This was stated by the official representative of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia Alexander Kurennoy, reports . Interfax “Despite the fact that we sent a submission about the possible initiation of a criminal case, we are not talking about punishment related to deprivation of liberty. Most likely, it will be an administrative punishment.

Abstracts of the head of the Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency Photo: EPA The head of the Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) Richard McLaren presented the second part of the report on doping in Russian sports. According to new data, 12 athletes who received medals at the Sochi Olympics used doping. Among them are four gold medalists. True, according to the results, the most serious blow falls on the Russian Paralympic Committee. "New Gazeta" tells why.

Anton Romeiko-Gurko, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Security Service (GUSB) of the Russian Interior Ministry, and Vladimir Tsvetkov, head of the GUSB division, have resigned. This was announced by the official representative of the Ministry Irina Volk. It is noted that the decision was made in connection with the detention of the head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North-Western Federal District, Yury Timchenko.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is studying the report of an independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) led by Richard McLaren and checking the information on a special website created after the report, RIA Novosti . reports Peskov noted that one should not react emotionally to the mention in the report of the alleged “state conspiracy” in Russia on the substitution of doping samples.

The Syrian army liberated 93% of the territory of Aleppo. This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of Russia, Sergei Rudsky. “Government troops and people's militia continue to carry out an operation to liberate the eastern districts of the city of Aleppo from terrorists. As a result of successful offensive actions, 52 blocks of eastern Aleppo were liberated from militants.

In Russia, there is no state program to support doping in sports. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Sports. This is how the agency responded to the second part of the report of the head of the commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Richard McLaren.