In early December, Novaya Gazeta published an investigation into large-scale fraud in the election of the governor of the Moscow region in Balashikha, where more than 300 people participated in "carousels" and stuffing with the assistance of more than 200 members of election commissions and observers. On September 9, Andrey Vorobyov won the election. In Balashikha, he received the highest result in the region.

Professor "Shaninki" Grigory Yudin - On the portrait of a modern Russian Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" A professor of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shanka) spoke about how a request for a collective action arises in Russia, why it is impossible to conclude a “social contract” with the state and when the propaganda of war ceases to work.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michelle resigned against the backdrop of disagreements in the parliament of the United Nations UN Pact about migration, reports Financial Times. He stated this in parliament, after the former members of his coalition, the Green Party and the Socialists, supported the idea of ​​conducting a vote on the vote of distrust to his government, Politico Europe notes .

How the state rate to "traditional values" provokes aggression in society and what to do with it Photo: Victoria Votonovskaya/ TASS The Russian Constitution does not recognize the rights “which are clearly included in the conflict with the values ​​traditional for Russian society,” writes Dmitry Medvedev in an article in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Basic Law. The theme of "traditional values" in his performances was repeatedly raised by Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump extended for a year the effect of last year's decree on the inclusion in the sanctions list under the "Magnitsky Act" of the son of Russian Prosecutor General Artem Chaika. about this Trump spoke in his letter to Congress, published on the White House website. According to the US authorities, Artem Chaika used the official position of his father, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, to obtain state property and contracts.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has communicated the complaint of Yevgeny Makarov, Ruslan Vakhapov and Ivan Nepomnyashchy to torture in the Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1, the reported . Public Verdict Foundation, which represents their interests, The lawsuit concerns an incident that took place last spring: on April 21, masked officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the course of searches beat them and all the other prisoners who were in the ShIZO at that time.

The success of the main team on the site and in the stands in St. Petersburg should not create the illusion of their own infallibility in the hockey leadership Photo: Peter Kovalev/ TASS The main event of the Channel Channel Cup was not the expected victory of the Russian national team, but the so-called “winter classic” in St. Petersburg-that is, hockey at the football stadium performed by the national teams of Russia and Finland.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended until April 6 the arrest of Mikhail Tsakunov, who is accused of attacking a policeman at the “He is not our king” protest on May 5 (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), reports the telegram channel Pravozashchita Otkrytka . According to investigators, Tsakunov, who was detained for refusing to comply with the "legitimate orders" of police officers, knocked out a policeman's tooth.

Why is it necessary to resume the work of the "coffee hall" Photo: Artem Geodakyan/ TASS “Journal Hall” (ZhZ) is a literary site representing the maintenance of 28 thick magazines of literary magazines that once agreed to exhibit together (“New World”, “Banner”, “Star”, “October”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “Urals”, “Volga”, “Foreign Literature”, “UFO”, etc.). The annual audience of ZhZ is one and a half million visitors.

The salvation of one person is only a part of a large cause for reforming neuropsychiatric boarding schools “Do not transfer to Ilya to PNI” - such a flash mob launched on Facebook by the deputy head of the Charitable Organization “Prospects” Svetlana Mamonova. Photo: Perspektivy.ru “I am scared from the sensation of a stone wall in front of me, which is completely without a door,” wrote Svetlana.

The Ministry of Justice will conduct an unscheduled check of the documents of Lev Ponomarev's organization For Human Rights over the past three years. This was reported in Ponomarev's blog on the website of the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

The Lefortovo court left the 75-year-old scientist from TsNIIMash, Viktor Kudryavtsev, accused of treason, under arrest for another three months, that is, until March 20, 2019. This was reported by RIA Novosti. The court session was held behind closed doors, as documents classified as "secret" were considered. The media reported that during the meeting, Kudryavtsev called an ambulance, as he became ill with his heart.

Wheelchair user Nikita Sorokin held a picket in front of the government building of St. Petersburg, according to the “St. Petersburg Citizen” group on the VKontakte social network. Photo source: public “Petersburg citizen” He also went on a hunger strike due to the inaccessibility of the urban environment for people with disabilities, demanded the resignation of the head of the Kalininsky district and a review of the results of the implementation of the “Accessible Environment” program.

On the nature of the conflict between the smash and cirque du soleil Illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" The trainer Edgard Zapashny at the Presidential Council of Culture reported to businessman Mikhail Gutseriev. The wines of the latter, according to the reserve, lies in the fact that he builds a platform for Cirque du Soleil, the world -famous Canadian circus company in Skolkovo.

Roskomnadzor will fine Facebook and Twitter for 5,000 rubles if they do not respond to Roskomnadzor's letters about the start of verification of compliance with the legislation on the localization of data of Russians in Russia. This was told by the head of Roskomandzor Alexander Zharov, Interfax reports. “If by January 17 Facebook and Twitter refuse or do not answer at all, they will be fined,” Zharov said. He noted that we are talking about a fine of five thousand rubles.