The case of the "Double" Oleg Vorotnikov Andrei Lukyanov as an occasion to look at us by the 2012 sample Andrey Lukyanov. Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" By profession, Andrei Lukyanov is a screenwriter, and the story that will be discussed now, probably, not just that happened to him. Probably, life threw him a workpiece for the comedy of the provisions, but only with a denouement she dragged on for five years - and the plot was irreparably grew.

The Security Service of Ukraine announced the detention by counterintelligence officers of an official of the secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, who was recruited by Russian special services. The name and position of the detainee are not known. This was reported on the website of the department. “Law enforcement officers have established that the official was recruited by the Russian special services during a long business trip abroad.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow until April 2 extended the arrest of a supporter of Artpodgotovka (the movement was recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) Sergei Ryzhov, who is accused of organizing a terrorist attack in Saratov. The meeting was held behind closed doors. It is reported by Radio Liberty. “The lawyers insisted that there were no reasons for the closed regime, but the judge granted the investigator's request. And we were taken out of the room.

Residents of Moscow sent 116 appeals to the Ministry of Emergency Situations about the smell of hydrogen sulfide on the streets of the capital, another 15 similar complaints came from residents of the Moscow region. This was reported on the website of the department.

The US Treasury has added five Russian citizens to the Magnitsky sanctions list, including the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. This was reported on the website of the department. The department said it considered Kadyrov "responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and other serious human rights violations." “As the head of the Chechen Republic, Kadyrov controls the administrative resource that is involved in disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Dozhd correspondent Vladimir Romensky and cameraman Vladimir Komissarov, who were detained while filming Dmitry Enteo's action, were released from the Meshchanskoye police station, the channel reports . The police did not draw up protocols, returned the documents to the journalists and ordered them to write explanatory notes. Recall that Dmitry Enteo and his comrades-in-arms held a rally dedicated to the Day of a security worker.

Novaya Gazeta special correspondents Elena Milashina and Pavel Kanygin were among the winners of the A. D. Sakharov competition "For journalism as an act." This year it was held for the 17th time according to slightly changed rules: it was attended not only by Russian journalists, as before, but also by those working in the Russian-language media outside of Russia, as well as bloggers, video bloggers, authors of documentaries and books.

The library building of the Institute for Scientific Information in Social Sciences (INION), which was damaged by the fire, will begin to be restored in 2019. It is reported by RBC with reference to the head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FANO) Mikhail Katyukov. We, as part of the budget process, are starting work in January to include the facility in the list of federal construction projects from 2019,” Katyukov said.

The Moscow City Court banned the celebration of the Day of Free Elections on December 24 in Moscow, said on Facebook. politician Ilya Yashin “The court acted swiftly. (...) The judge ignored all our arguments and with a bored look decided: to ban. The entire review took less than an hour,” he said. Yashin noted that this is "another ban - following the prefecture and the prosecutor's office." The politician intends to appeal the decision of the Moscow City Court.

The Supreme Court of Crimea overturned the sentence of Valery Podyachy, who was convicted in 2011 for calling for the return of the peninsula to Russia, reports . RIA Novosti “The Supreme Court of Crimea overturned the earlier verdict against Valery Podyachy. But this decision is half-hearted, since the court did not provide for the right to rehabilitation, ”said Oleg Bondarenko, Podyachy’s lawyer. He added that the decision of the court will be appealed. “The clerk must be rehabilitated.

Alcoholic women who raise children alone are offered to deprive alimony. It is reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the judge of the Supreme Court of Russia Tatyana Nazarenko. According to her, alimony payments can be lost to women suffering from drug addiction and gambling addiction. In addition, those who are suspected of behavior “contrary to the interests of the family” may be left without alimony.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law providing for the freezing of the funded part of pensions until 2020. The corresponding document is published on the official portal of legal information. The document extends the pension savings freeze program from 2019 to 2020. The bill has already been approved by the State Duma and the Federation Council. A funded pension is a payment of pension savings, which is formed at the expense of employers' insurance contributions.

The KinoPoisk portal has compiled a rating of the best films of 2017 based on user ratings. The American musical La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle (7.9 points) and the Russian drama Arrhythmia directed by Boris Khlebnikov topped the rating (7.8 points). Salyut-7 by Klim Shipenko (7.5 points), The First Time by Dmitry Kiselev (7.5 points) and Loveless by Andrei Zvyagintsev (7.5) were also recognized as the best Russian films.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) asked the Investigative Committee to open a criminal case after the publications of Novaya Gazeta about possible fraud in the elections in Mytishchi in 2016. This is reported by Interfax. “Not so long ago, Ella Alexandrovna (Pamfilova, head of the CEC - ed.) sent all the materials to Bastrykin with a request to initiate a criminal case on the facts of a possible violation of the law.

In Uzbekistan, local city administrations have been banned from involving employees of educational and medical institutions in the collection of scrap metal. The decree of the President of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been published in the official database of the country's documents. According to the document, the ban will come into force in 2018. The tradition of collecting metal has been preserved in Uzbekistan since Soviet times.