The lawyer of the Memorial* Maria Aismont suggested looking at the lawsuit against him from the point of view of the principle of separation of powers The second day of the hearing against the “Memorial”* in the Supreme Court on December 14 began boring.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the government, said that the introduction of QR codes in transport on the eve of the New Year will create many problems for Russians. It is reported by Interfax. “Now on New Year's Eve, it seems to me that introducing restrictions of this kind is a rather complicated story.

In Belarus, they sentenced to Sergey Tikhanovsky, Nikolai Statkevich and four bloggers: 94 years in prison at all. Of these, 18 - Tikhanovsky The associates of Tikhalovsky Artem Sakov, Igor Losik, Vladimir Tsyganovich and the Belarusian blogger Sergey Tikhanovsky (stands with his back to the judge) in the Gomel regional court. Photo: Sergey Khlodilin / BelTA / TASS No one was waiting for an excuse - in Belarus there was no longer there for so long.

Travel in Moscow public transport from January 2, 2022 will rise in price. This was reported by the Department of Transport of the capital in its telegram channel. In particular, the price of a one-time trip on a “United” ticket on Moscow transport will increase by 1 ruble (up to 61 rubles), the cost of a ticket for two trips will be 122 rubles (+ 1 ruble).

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law criminalizing calls for sanctions against the Republic of Belarus, its citizens and organizations. This was reported by his press service. Such actions will be punishable by imprisonment for up to six years if the appeals are addressed to ordinary people, and up to 10 years if they are addressed to foreign states, international and foreign organizations.

The Soviet District Court of Minsk sentenced the founders of the Belarusian Fantasy-Folk of the Irdorath group Nadezhda and Vladimir Kalach to two years in a strict regime for playing musical instruments during protest in 2020. This was reported by the human rights center "Vesna".

Novaya Gazeta journalists Elena Kostyuchenko and Yuri Kozyrev, as well as Anna Artemyeva, Anna Pindyurina, Vlad Dokshin, Sergei Sokolov and Kirill Sakharnov became laureates of the Professional Journalist Profession Award. This is reported by the organizers of the award. Elena Kostyuchenko and Yuri Kozyrev won in the nomination "History/Reportage" with the material "Boarding" . In April of this year, journalists spent two weeks in a psycho-neurological boarding school.

Why people are afraid of price rising, but not power. Explains the economist Dmitry Prokofiev Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" Inflation in Russia, of course, is. True, as reported by the Ministry of Economic Development in its release “On the current price situation” dated 08.12.21, in November the price increase slowed to 0.96% (in October, prices added 1.11%). In annual terms, inflation accelerated from 8.13% to 8.4%.

In Moscow, the validity period of QR codes for those who have recovered from coronavirus will be increased from six months to a year. Corresponding changes to the decree on QR codes were made by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. The changes will come into effect on December 20. On the last date of the six-month QR code, the data will be automatically updated and its validity will be renewed.

The authorities do not have a “plan b” that could replace universal Kewarization Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" In recent years, deputies rarely doubt the quality of their lawmaking, especially if it is determined by the “higher political expediency”. Raising the retirement age happened contrary to the promises of the Kremlin and amid the resistance of citizens.

The absolute majority (75%) surveyed by Levada* Russians do not exclude that the current tension in the east of Ukraine can develop into the war between Ukraine and Russia, follows from the Levada Center data (there is at the disposal of Novaya Gazeta).

The main season of Tornado in North America is spring, and it is very unusual that the blow of the elements of such a force happened in December The consequences of hurricanes in Kentucky, USA. Photo with drone / EPA On December 10-11, the Tornado series, the most powerful for almost 100 years, fell on six American states of the south and Midwest.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered the Russian authorities to pay Novaya Gazeta and its journalist Major Vyacheslav Izmailov more than 8 thousand euros in total. The decision is published on the website of the ECHR. As part of the same case, the ECHR also satisfied the complaint of the Human Rights Center "Memorial"*. The lawsuit "New" applies to two investigations of Izmailov on the abductions of people from the Cagir family.

The Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar declared illegal the inaction of the investigation into the case of the abduction and torture of Krasnodar resident Aram Gambaryan in 2017. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by the Committee Against Torture. The court considered the quality of the investigation unsatisfactory and ordered the head of the investigation department for the Karasun district of Krasnodar to eliminate the violations. The decision was made on 10 December.

Picture of the world from Ekaterina Mizulina, Director of the Safe Internet League Illustration: Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta" If Ekaterina Mizulina was not there, she should have invented. You can argue for a long time that absurdity is the beloved muse of the Russian government. But it is better to look at the YouTube channel "And talk?" Irina Shikhman's interview with the director of the safe Internet league in order to see the quite material fruit of this love with his own eyes.