The politician called himself prisoners of war of the Ukrainian oligarch and Putin, and the court released him to freedom How was Mikhail Nikolayevich was taken out of the SBU Specializer and unhindered to the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, which is located in Khreshchatyk?

The Open Russia website was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. Roskomnadzor has included the organization's website in the register of websites containing calls for mass riots, extremist activities and information materials of a foreign or international non-governmental organization whose activities are recognized as undesirable in Russia. At the time of publication, openrussia.org was available.

What does the "historical" victory of Corsican separatists in the elections mean Gilles Simeoni and Jean-Gi Talamon / EPA The nationalist coalition “For Corsica” won a “historical victory” in the elections to the local parliament, gaining 56.5%. The “people of Corsica” spoke out, now the time has come to receive proposals from the French authorities, says the leader of the separatists Gilles Simeoni.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian military has already begun to return home from Syria, reports . Interfax When asked about how long the withdrawal of troops from the country would take, Shoigu replied: "We'll see the situation." Earlier on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his visit to the Syrian Khmeimim air base, ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from the country.

A special commission of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has drawn up a single statement from Russian athletes participating in winter sports, in which they declared their readiness to participate in the 2018 Olympic Games. Athletes indicate that they oppose the boycott of the Games. “Our desire is not dictated by personal career ambitions, although the Olympic medal for each of us is the highest sporting value.

The Bolshoi Theater showed the performance of Serebrennikov, who became a world sensation Photo by Pavel Rychkov / Bolshoi Theater Not a single theater premiere in the country knew such intense expectation.

A hacker from Yekaterinburg, who is considered one of the main defendants in the case of the Lurk group, Konstantin Kozlovsky admitted to being involved in the hacking of the US Democratic Party committee. He stated this while giving evidence in the Moscow City Court, reports The Bell with reference to the protocol of the court session.

There are three men in the St. Petersburg metro with shouts "Bann for Bely!" They beat passengers. The fight occurred on December 9, and on December 11, Fontanka reported that the operatives detained two attackers. The third, according to the publication, disappeared in Estonia. The fight began in the carriage at the Technological Institute station - the attackers pushed a man of non -Slavic appearance out of it - and continued in the stage between this station and the Baltic station.

Lithuanian deputies propose to rename the streets and dismantle monuments "symbolizing Soviet ideology" Photo: RIA Novosti The other day, the deputies of the Sejm from the Union of the Fatherland party - Christian democrats introduced a bill on the "prohibition of the propaganda of communism and other totalitarian ideologies in the public space." The law with the same name in Lithuania is already valid: it, in particular, prohibits the use of Soviet or Nazi symbols, public execution of the

In Krasnoyarsk, another rally was held against Smog. The city is exhausted by him, but is not ready to go out in a protest Photo: Alexey Tarasov / "New Gazeta" On the night of Saturday, Krasnoyarsk habitually dragged on Solo. On the Gray Half of December 9, the townspeople came to the next environmental rally - for the right to clean air.

The jury of the competition "For journalism as an act" awarded the Order named after A.D. Sakharov "For courage" of journalists, publicists and bloggers from six countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan), who were persecuted by the authorities for their civic position. The awards went to Novaya's columnists Olga Romanova and Yulia Latynina, as well as our correspondent in Belarus, Irina Khalip.

The Moscow City Court has sentenced Estonian businessman Raivo Susi to 12 years in a strict regime colony for espionage, reports . Interfax The agency notes that the process was held behind closed doors, Susi's case is classified as "top secret". The entrepreneur was detained in Moscow on February 10, 2016 in the transit area of ​​Sheremetyevo Airport on the way from Tallinn to one of the Central Asian republics.

Labor Minister Maksim Topilin explained that "children are not born at the same time", so if twins or triplets are born, the new first-born allowance will be paid only to the first child. He said this during a discussion of the bill in the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. “Twins and triplets - as I understand it, children are not born at the same time ... anyway, someone is the first, and someone is the second.

The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for the Sverdlovsk Region has acknowledged that a billboard in the center of Yekaterinburg with a quote from the Gospel violates the current legislation on advertising. The decision of the service was published on Facebook by lawyer Alexei Bushmakov. The billboard contains the words from the Gospel of Luke: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery.

VO Technopromexport LLC (part of Rostec) demanded to lift the sanctions imposed on the company due to the supply of Siemens turbines to the Crimea. With such a requirement, the daughter of Rostec appealed to the European Court of Justice, follows from the official journal of the EU Council. The document explains that the court did not establish the fact of violation of the contract for the supply of turbines (hearings in the Arbitration Court are still ongoing).