Russia has suspended flights with Tajikistan since December 22, TASS reports , citing a statement from the Ministry of Transport. Air traffic is suspended from 00:00 on December 22. The fact that the communication between the two countries will be suspended was reported earlier on Wednesday, but later the Ministry of Transport said that negotiations were ongoing.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin considered it impossible for opposition leader Alexei Navalny to participate in the presidential elections. In his opinion, the law does not allow such a possibility, writes the Vedomosti newspaper. “Why is he (Navalny, - ed .) thinking about this? Let him read the laws, he’s a lawyer. His intention must first of all be based on the law. If the law allows him, then he can talk about something.

In Moscow, at the age of 83, the Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Vyacheslav Shalevich died. This was announced to TASS by the director of the Vakhtangov Theater Kirill Krok. The date and place of farewell will be known later, Krok added. Earlier, the media reported that Shalevich became ill on December 1 on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater during the presentation of the jubilee performance "Pier".

The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, had no bodyguards at the time of the assassination, since the security of diplomats is ensured only on the territory of the embassy. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with representatives of both houses of parliament. “There is a general rule according to which the armed guards of the embassy ... work only on the territory of the embassy itself, they don’t go outside the fence with weapons. This is the problem.

In Voronezh, the deputies voted for the abolition of direct mayoral elections. The current head of the city, Alexander Gusev, did not object, and the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexei Gordeev, supported the innovation, reports . Kommersant Chernozemye United Russia deputies Alexander Golovin, Nikolai Grebenkin and Oleg Zakharov acted as the initiators of the amendments to the city charter. "For" the abolition of direct elections of the mayor voted 27 deputies (out of 33 present).

In one hundred villages of Yakutia, the sale of alcohol was completely banned. Initially, the ban affected 87 settlements, later 13 more were included in the list. Thus, the number of villages where the “dry law” is in force has reached 100. The adoption of the relevant laws is reported on the website of the state assembly of the republic.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that Novaya Gazeta's information about the formation of battalions in Chechnya to be sent to Syria does not correspond to reality, Interfax reports . “The authors of these publications, apparently, do not quite understand how the law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation work. They have their own vertical and the formation of any battalions is not a function of the executive authorities of the regions of Russia.

How money was transferred for the state contract As the matter of kickbacks when purchasing medical equipment at first almost turned into a spy detective, but ended with the fact that he had twice arrested became the victim. Read in the material of Andrei Sukhotin "Monitoring the health of the first persons of the state"

A criminal case has been opened against the deputy head of the administration of the city of Kerch and the deputy director of one of the municipal unitary enterprises of the city, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. They are suspected of extorting a bribe by a group of persons by prior agreement, a criminal case has been initiated. According to the investigation, on December 6 this year, the city administration and the contractor signed an agreement worth 3.8 million rubles.

Nazarbayev announced the upcoming constitutional reform Photo: RIA Novosti President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev wants to leave behind a collective leadership of the country. But the liberalization of political life can not be expected: the power of the country is shy to any freedom - both his and alien. They will live now in a new way Last week, Kazakhstan celebrated the 25th anniversary of the country's independence.

The head of the Center for Combating Extremism in Ingushetia, Timur Khamkhoev, was charged with torture. Information about this is posted on the website of the Investigative Committee of Ingushetia. Recall that he and several of his subordinates were arrested on December 7 this year on charges of robbery. According to investigators, Khamkhoev and his subordinates attacked an Azerbaijani citizen and took away his car and mobile phone by force, and then demanded a large sum of money.

In the village of Kuibyshevo, Rostov region, a monument to Joseph Stalin was erected on December 21, local media reported. The 1rnd.ru portal writes that the bust was installed in the center of the village, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and representatives of the local branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, as well as residents of Kuibyshevo, attended the grand opening.

The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an apology from the New York Daily News for comparing the Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov, who died in Ankara, with the ambassador of the Third Reich. The corresponding letter was sent to the editor-in-chief of the publication on December 21.

How Mikhalkov teaches us history Photo: RIA Novosti Mikhalkov flew to Yekaterinburg in the company of the best people to watch boxing. Alexander Povetkin was supposed to fight in the ring for the title of world champion with Canadian Stylen. However, on the eve of the battle, the Russian Knight failed a doping test, so that the official fight was canceled by the Federation.

The Friday TV channel did not agree with the conclusions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the actions of the Revizorro film crew were unlawful. As the TV channel’s representative Maria Lyubimova told Novaya Gazeta, the Revizorro project does not aim to take on the functions of regulatory bodies, as stated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. "We have repeatedly emphasized that the program has never been intended and is not going to replace Rospotrebnadzor.