Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the country needs to change the procurement system for cultural institutions. This was reported on the Kremlin website. “These open tenders (...) for all assignments, for all points, they, of course, are not appropriate, except for general household items - paper clips, curtains, chairs - this can be bought at open tenders,” Putin said.

Workers from Russia under the guise of tourists are taken to Panama for a construction site for the Russian Foreign Ministry. There they do not receive a salary, they get sick and die 11/28/2017: There is a sequel The reaction to the publication of the "new" about the death of Russians at the construction of the embassy in Panama: the Foreign Ministry "in the course", the workers were given debts on salary Project of the Russian Consulate in Panama.

The management of the business center "Tom", which houses the Kemerovo headquarters of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny, terminated the lease agreement. This was stated by the head of the headquarters, Ksenia Pakhomova , to the Sibir.Realii publication. “The administration is telling the landlords that if they don't evict us they will be in trouble and that they won't win any court cases. Now we are looking for new options, this is very difficult in our city,” Pakhomova said.

Two approaches to the discussion about harassment and women's rights on the example of the heroes of the story by Leo Tolstoy "Two Hussars" This note has two reasons for not being written. Secondly, in domestic latitudes, discussions of the American scandal with accusations of harassment have practically come to naught, overshadowed by new informational occasions.

The zoo defenders hold a hunger strike at the walls of the Duma for the second week, demanding from the deputies to consider the law on the protection of animals Photo: Maria Efimova, for "New" The eleventh day near the State Duma building is chairs, bags and backpacks. Due to the rain, all things are covered with transparent adhesives and multi-colored packages. Two people sit around the clock here under umbrellas.

The submarine of the national naval forces of Argentina San Juan with 44 military personnel on board stopped communicating, the ship left the port of Ushuaia and sailed to the port of Mar del Plata. This is stated in the Twitter of the Argentine Navy. “We are investigating the reasons why the boat stopped communicating. If they relate to communications, then it should have surfaced, ”said the official representative of the Argentine fleet, Enrique Balbi.

Five men accused of hooliganism, who had previously tried to open their veins at a meeting in the Moscow City Court, were not hospitalized, Interfax reports , citing court spokeswoman Ulyana Solopova. “In respect of Umar-Khami Idrisov, Rambek Musrapilov, Shamkhan Abduev, Abdula Satabaev, Shamil Saduev, Asalan Makhmutmerzaev, the term of arrest has been extended until January 18. All of them are currently being taken to a pre-trial detention center,” Solopova said.

The doctor of the Railway Department of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow Region “Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination”_ _Mikhail Kleymenov, who discovered alcohol in the blood of a boy who was shot to death in Balashikha, was removed from his post. This was reported by the official representative of the Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has launched an investigation against the country's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko under an article on illegal enrichment. to Ukrayinska Pravda This was reported by NABU spokeswoman Svetlana Olifira. The representative of the department clarified that the case was initiated under part 3 of article 368-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by decision of the Solomensky District Court of Kyiv.

The All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) has announced that it will not broadcast the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (South Korea) if the Russian team does not take part in them. It is reported by "R-sport". “If the Russian team is suspended from the Olympics in Pyeongchang, then the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company will not broadcast the Games,” the press service of the holding told the agency.

An unknown person stole a special communications cable that was located on the territory of a military unit belonging to the FSB, RBC reports , citing a source in the capital's department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow and an interlocutor in the territorial police department. “An employee of the military unit located on Novocheryomushkinskaya Street contacted the duty unit, who reported the loss,” the publication quotes the interlocutor.

The human rights organization "Zone of Law" and the Kazan Human Rights Center appealed to Pavel Nikolaev, Chairman of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (IC Investigative Committee) for Tatarstan, with a request to check the information about four new cases of torture in the police of Nizhnekamsk. This information came to human rights activists after the suicide of 22-year-old Ilnaz Pirkin, which caused a wide public outcry.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that head of state Vladimir Putin is aware that the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has twice failed to appear in court in the case of former minister Alexei Ulyukaev, TASS . reports Peskov added that this is not part of the Kremlin's questions. According to him, "here there can be no question of a personal position (of the head of state)." The day before, Igor Sechin said that he was ready to appear in court to testify if the schedule was agreed.

The Znamensky Garrison Military Court found Federal Security Service General Gennady Lopyrev guilty of taking a bribe and sentenced him to 10 years in prison, reports . Interfax According to the agency, Lopyrev did not admit guilt in accepting a bribe of 6.3 million rubles; the defense intends to appeal the verdict.

Former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov cited his refusal to support Dmitry Medvedev's nomination for a second presidential term as the reason for his resignation. This was reported by Moskovsky Komsomolets, which published parts from Luzhkov's new autobiographical book. Luzhkov claims that in April 2010 businessman Boris Khait came to see him.