The eve of Catholic Christmas concludes a historical transaction on the conditions of the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union Photo: EPA Trade between the EU and the UK will be without tariffs and quotas, close cooperation in such sensitive areas as safety, transport, climate change, and a cross -border energy market will also continue. “The clock finally stopped tick,” Michel Barnier, chief negotiating of the European Union, wrote tiredly on Twitter.

The Industrial Court of Vladikavkaz granted the petition of the former head of the Ingush Center "E" Timur Khamkhoev for parole from forced labor. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the court decision of December 10. In January 2020, the court replaced Khamkhoev with a more lenient sentence for the remainder of his term in the colony. In July 2018, he was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony. His deputy Sergey Khandogin received four and a half years probation.

In Russia alone, during the epidemic, the state fabulously got rich at the expense of the people Photo: Sergey Konkov / TASS The quarantine year showed: the interests of the Russian authorities and people were opposite. But the power defends its interests much more effective - especially in "these difficult times." False temptation There is a temptation to criticize the Russian authorities for managing the economy in the conditions of a quarantine crisis. Reasons as much as you like.

A number of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) signed a letter addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the laws adopted by the State Duma. According to Novaya Gazeta, HRC chairman Valery Fadeev has already sent this letter to the president.

With leaving! "New Gazeta" sums up the results of the year So today is the cover of the fresh number of "Novaya Gazeta" Read on the topic General District, SMA, Galyamin, Baikal, Safronov. 2020 in petitions You can flip through the entire New Year's issue of Novaya Gazeta here

Chekists gave a historical chance to Navalny Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" I can’t imagine a better gift for the CECTITY Day than the one that Alexei Navalny did to all of us. We will not get laugh soon. But it is worth trying to summarize. When you throw a stone into the water, a surge is heard, circles are coming, and then everything calms down. The consequences of most scandals are just such - they do not lead to anything.

In which Russian regions, the FSB officers this year found "schoolchildren-extremists." Review Shortion from the video. Central Department Store FSB of the Russian Federation / TASS On December 25, the FSB spoke about the detention of a 17-year-old college student who planned an attack in one of the Tambov buildings.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to leave the post by decision of the people. He posted about it on Facebook. According to the Prime Minister, he is ready to step down by the decision of the people, but he is also ready to continue leading the country if confidence is restored. “There is only one way to get an answer to all these questions: holding early parliamentary elections,” he wrote.

Lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Lyubov Sobol was detained for 48 hours after being interrogated by the Investigative Committee and transferred to the status of a suspect in a criminal case. This was reported in the telegram channel "Navalny LIVE". “This is an absolute violation of the law. Lyubov has an article according to which people who have committed a crime for the first time are not imprisoned or deprived of their liberty.

Rospotrebnadzor suspended the activities of the New Sincerity club in Moscow until the trial after the police came to the corporate party of the human rights organization Open Russia. This was announced by one of the owners of the institution, Mikhail Svetov. According to Svetov, the club has all the means necessary for personal protection.

The St. Petersburg historian was given 12 years and 6 months of strict regime for the murder of graduate students Anastasia Eshchenko. How one of the most high -profile processes of the year passed Photo: Peter Kovalev / TASS On December 25, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the former associate professor of St. Petersburg State University Oleg Sokolov, accused of the murder of a student Anastasia Eshchenko.

In Russia there will be seven abbreviated working weeks in 2021. The new weekend calendar RIA Novosti was presented by Rostrud. A three -day working week will be in February. Russians will work from February 24 to 26 and rest from February 21 to 23. At the same time, the working day for the 22nd is transferred on Saturday February 20. Screen: RIA Novosti The second week of March will be reduced due to International Women's Day. Two weeks in May will also be four -day.

The Tverskoy District Court arrested Pavel Maslovsky, the founder and former CEO of the gold mining company Petropavlovsk, ex-senator from the Amur Region, for two months in a case of embezzlement on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the press service of the court. On the eve of the "daughter" of Petropavlovsk "Pokrovsky mine" were searched in the case against Maslovsky.

Detained employees of the Belarusian Press Club remain in custody Photo: EPA On December 21, they were detained in the same way as Viktor Babariko and his son Edward in June: searches in apartments and in the office, then interrogations in the Department of Financial Investigations (DFR) of the State Control Committee, where they all disappeared for a day.

The Soviet District Court of Ulan-Ude released from house arrest the former vice-speaker of the People's Khural of Buryatia, Bair Zhambalov, accused of an accident in which a 17-year-old girl died. It is reported by "Arig Us". Zhambalova's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. The regional department of the Investigative Committee stated that its change was not related to the investigation of the case.