Attempts to "outwit" American sanctions are fraught with prison Photo: Reuters The US Department of Justice reported an attempt to circumvent the sanctions regime declared by Washington in relation to Russia after events in Crimea and in eastern Ukraine. An unnamed Russian company, “controlled by the government”, tried to get a Vectra 400 power turbine in the United States through international intermediaries for deep drilling in the Arctic for $ 17.3 million.

Documentary film "Novaya Gazeta" about "Moscow business" (watch) Photo: "New Gazeta" After independent candidates were not allowed to elections to the Moscow City Duma, a new political reality began in Russian society. Tens of thousands of people reached the summer protests, and solidarity shares were held in many cities of Russia. The authorities decided to respond with violence to peaceful protests. The Investigative Committee initiated a new “swamp business”, which the media called “Moscow”.

In Tatarstan, civil activists do not allow construction of a waste incineration plant to begin Near Kazan, opponents of the construction of an incineration plant set up a tent camp and, after spending three days and three nights there, achieved their first success: the construction equipment retreated. The contractor, who started the construction of access roads to the future enterprise, took away the equipment, leaving only change houses and security at the facility.

DOXA magazine tells about the "self -nominated" in the Moscow City Duma of the RECS of the RSSU Natalia Pochinok Natalia Pochinok. Photo: RIA Novosti From the editorial office Formally, in Russia there are hundreds of student media. DOXA differs from the enormous majority of them in that it retains an independent editorial policy and is not afraid of complex topics. And why do you need such media, if they only say that it is agreed and pleasant to the "senior comrades"?

How right -dressing "ADG" tests the boundaries of academic freedom in Germany Photo: EPA The space of academic freedoms at Russian universities continues to narrow. Censorship often takes place under the slogan about the need for the "political neutrality" of the university. Irina Zamischak figured out how things are with academic freedoms among German professors who are related to the right -winging party “Alternative for Germany” (“Adg”).

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In Moscow, ex-genocrants of the “Moscow business” Daniil Konon and Sergey Abanichev were detained A police bus, waiting for Danil Konon near the Schukinskaya metro station. Facebook.com On Thursday morning, at the metro station “Schukinskaya”, police officers suddenly approached Danil Konon, twisted and pushed into a car zak. Something similar on the same day happened with another ESC-Figrant of Moscow Affairs Sergei Abanichev.

The Leninsky Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced former State Duma deputy Vadim Varshavsky to 3.5 years in prison for tax evasion in the amount of more than 490 million rubles. This was reported on the website of the UK in the Rostov region. He was found guilty under the article on tax evasion on an especially large scale (clause “b” part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code).

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Saratov acquitted the head of the anti-corruption department of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dmitry Elizarov, in the case of taking a bribe from the owner of a private clinic and a network of gas stations. It is reported by TASS. He was accused of taking a bribe on an especially large scale by an official (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code).

The French Interior Ministry summed up the official results of the first day of protests against pension reform: the total number of protesters across the country amounted to 806,000. This is two and a half times more than it was at the most massive action of the "yellow vests" in November last year. The CGT union claimed 1.5 million protesters against the reform. Protests were held in more than seventy cities across the country. In Paris, according to CGT, 250,000 people took to the streets.

Expertise in the case of Yegor Zhukov is an example of what happens when science loses independence Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" In the court in the case of Yegor Zhukov, the words “linguistics” and “linguistic” became the most common. The whole thing is from the beginning to the end - about the language. The only thing that charges him is texts. And the analysis of these texts is the only thing that proves its innocence. Linguists study texts.

In Tynda, Amur Region, four followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia have been charged with organizing extremist extremist activities (282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the organization. Sergei Yuferov, Valery Slashchev, Mikhail Burkov and Vladimir Bukin, who were released on bail, are accused of organizing meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses.

In the Meshchansky Court of Moscow, the prosecutor asked to sentence Yegor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov to real terms for using violence against police officers that does not pose a danger to health (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the correspondent of "Novaya Gazeta" from the courtroom.

The fair of charitable projects will take place in Moscow with the participation of Novaya Gazeta On December 21–22, the Inliberty Educational Project and the Help Foundation will hold the Rassvet Christmas Fair Fair. Photo: Inliberty.ru This is a large event with the participation of the country's main charitable projects, which will be held on the territory of the Dawn plant on Presnya with the information support of Novaya Gazeta.

On December 5, the literary fair Non/Fiction opened Photo: moscowbookfair.ru 300 publishers, book trade enterprises and cultural institutions from 29 countries, 400 events at discussion venues and stands and without a account of scientists, translators, literary critics, writers, including the Nobel laureate Svetlana Aleksievich, will be educated, surprised, entertaining visitors to Non/Fiction-2019.