In Yakutsk, prisoners of penal colony No. 1 sewed up their mouths in protest against poor conditions of detention, and then went on a hunger strike. The day before, Mediazone was told about this by the chairman of the regional Public Monitoring Commission, Marina Semenova, and on December 7, the Federal Penitentiary Service reported on the “act of self-mutilation” . The chairman of the POC said that prisoners complain about beatings by employees, as well as the lack of winter clothing.

The FSB and the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained three high-ranking employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow on suspicion of taking a bribe, TASS , Interfax and RBC report , citing sources. There is no official confirmation at the moment.

The Moscow City Court scooted the arrest of Leo Ponomarev from 25 to 16 days Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" The Moscow City Court on Friday, December 7, did not cancel the resolution of the Tver court of Moscow on the arrest for 25 days of the human rights activist and the director of the “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev. The Moscow City Court only reduced the arrest period to 16 days, deciding that the district court interpreted Ponomarev’s actions correctly. ...

UPDATE 21:58 According to TASS , Fedotov is suspected of embezzling more than 730 million rubles. The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested until December 6 the former head of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO) Sergei Fedotov in a new case of especially large-scale fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), Interfax .

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Kirill Belousov, a member of the 14% movement, 150 thousand rubles for participating in public readings of the Constitution in March (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), OVD-Info . reports The action took place on March 12 on Triumfalnaya Square: on that day, seven people were detained after a provocation by members of the SERB movement.

Lecture by Doctor of Economics, Professor Alexander Chepurenko. Announcement Alexander Chepurenko. Photo from personal archive / Facebook The Yegor Gaidar Foundation, with the information support of Novaya Gazeta, continues the cycle of public lectures “Myths of Russian Society”, designed to dispel stereotypical ideas about Russian society.

The synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the Moscow Patriarchate has banned its clergy from participating in the unifying council of local churches, according to the church website. “The bishops, clergy, monastics and laity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are not blessed to participate in the so-called unifying council,” the statement says.

Russians spent 135.5 billion rubles on the day of the Black Friday action on November 23, which is 7.5% more than in 2017. This is reported by TASS with reference to a study prepared by Sberbank. Analysts noted that almost all of the growth was in the online segment: sales increased by 49.3%, and in traditional stores - by 1.4%. According to the bank, additional expenses on the day of the sale amounted to 25.7 billion rubles.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has been elected as the new chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, according to Die Welt. Previously, this position was held for 18 years by the current Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. 51.75% of the votes were cast for Kramp-Karrenbauer, and 48.25% for her opponent Friedrich Merz. “I always wanted to fulfill my duties in state and party political posts with dignity and one day leave them with dignity, because we all live in time.

Rada decided the fate of a big contract with Russia Photo: RIA Novosti On December 3, President Poroshenko submitted to the parliament a bill on the termination of a large agreement on friendship, cooperation and partnership with the Russian Federation. On Thursday, December 6, deputies considered this proposal, as well as two alternative projects. And 277 votes “For” supported the legislative initiative of the head of state.

Valery Limarenko, head of the division of the state corporation Rosatom, which is responsible for the construction of nuclear power plants abroad, has been appointed acting governor of the Sakhalin Region. “The President of Russia, by his decree, appointed and. O. Governor of the Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko, ” RIA Novosti quotes the words of the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.

Read more "This is a shameful order, your honor." The Moscow City Court scooted the arrest of Leo Ponomarev from 25 to 16 days The Moscow City Court examined the complaint of lawyers against the decision of the Tver Court of Moscow and reduced the arrest to the director of the “For Human Rights” movement Leo Ponomarev from 25 days to 16 days, the Novaya Gazeta correspondent from the courtroom reports.

The mini-prototype of a flying taxi, developed by the Russian startup Bartini, took to the air for less than a minute, after which he fell into a snowdrift, TJournal reports with reference to the general director of the company Ilya Khanykova. He suggested that the device turned off due to a long expectation of the start of the tests. According to the broadcast, which was carried out on the Life YouTube channel, the demonstration flight was prepared for at least 30 minutes.

The website of the Smart Voting project by Alexei Navalny - 2019.vote - is included in the register of violators of the rights of personal data subjects. to Vedomosti This was reported by the press secretary of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky. According to a representative of the department, some citizens complained about Navalny's website, who noticed that their personal data was being processed without their consent, while Ampelonsky refused to name these people.

The Lithuanian authorities have imposed individual sanctions against some Russians who are involved in the detention of three Ukrainian military courts. This is stated on the website of the Ukrainian President. “Sometimes it’s not easy to be the first when we impose sanctions.