The autumn conscription for military service in Moscow was completed two weeks earlier than usual, AGN “Moscow” reports this with reference to the capital’s military commissar Maxim Loktev. “The early end of conscription occurs if the plan for the number of conscripts is fully fulfilled. This happens quite rarely and, of course, speaks of growing patriotism among Moscow youth,” said the military commissar.

Historian Alexey Kuznetsov answers the presenters' questions Is history repeating itself? In the USSR they fought against “Ivan Denisovich”, and in modern Russia - against foreign agents and undesirable organizations. Why did the fate of one story by Alexander Solzhenitsyn become a symbol of a breakthrough, and how is censorship returning again?

Materials of the administrative case against the musician under Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses were received by the Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St. Petersburg, noted the publication Zaks.ru. As the press service of the city courts told reporters, the basis for initiating the case was five publications from Balunov’s personal Telegram channel, which he made from July to October 2024.

A pacifist priest was persecuted in Kazakhstan. Criminal case added to church punishments Hieromonk Jacob (Vorontsov). Photo: social networks The Russian church empire is falling apart. Against the background of the Northern Military District, the churches of Ukraine, the Baltic countries, and Moldova are leaving the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The initiative for autocephaly of the national Orthodox Church also arose in Kazakhstan.

The State Duma, in the second and third readings, adopted a law that provides for the possibility of suspending the status of a terrorist organization in Russia, according to data from the lower house of parliament. According to the law, an organization can be temporarily excluded from the list of terrorist organizations by a court decision based on an application from the Prosecutor General or his deputy.

It was quietly decided that those who use advertising on the Internet will begin to support those who block the Internet Photo: Artemy Shumatov / Kommersant An acute budget deficit and problems with replenishing the treasury are forcing officials to look for new sources of money. From April 2025, almost everyone who deals with online advertising in one form or another will pay an additional non-tax levy of three percent of the income received. Every quarter.

Tanker "Volgoneft". Photos from open sources Another Volgoneft tanker sent a distress signal in the area of ​​the port of Kavkaz in Kuban on the night of December 17, writes RIA Novosti with reference to operational services. We are talking about the Volgoneft-109 tanker, loaded with fuel oil. He gave a signal because of a crack on board, Interfax’s interlocutor in the emergency services said .

Poor behavior, Or violence as another staple of Russian education Drawing: Pyotr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta Vladimir Putin, at a meeting of the Human Rights Council, learned that schoolchildren are no longer given marks for behavior, was surprised and suggested giving them. In March of this year, the head of the Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, already made this proposal. Why is this issue so concerning to the Russian authorities and those who should protect human rights?

Geneva-based oil trader Nils Troost became the first EU citizen against whom the EU imposed sanctions for trading Russian oil at prices above the “ceiling” set by Western countries. The Financial Times drew attention to this. Sanctions have also been imposed against Troost-linked Dubai company Paramount Energy & Commodities DMCC.

After a vote of no confidence in the chancellor, the change of power in the key EU country - Germany - will take place almost synchronously with the United States German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a debate in the Bundestag on a vote of no confidence, December 16, 2024.

The State Duma immediately, in the second and third readings, adopted a law that obliges “foreign agents” to store all income received from activities in Russia in special ruble accounts. At the same time, “foreign agents” will be able to gain access to this money only after their status is removed. According to the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, the law in the third reading was adopted unanimously, 429 deputies became its authors.

The authorities decided to cancel public hearings during construction. Expect waste factories and high-rise buildings instead of parks Photo: Sergey Shelagin / Kommersant 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT VISHNEVSKY BORIS LAZAREVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT VISHNEVSKY BORIS LAZAREVICH.

On December 25, the Military Court of Appeal will announce the decision on the appeal against the sentence of Svetlana Petriychuk and Zhenya Berkovich, sentenced to 6 years for “justifying terrorism” Drawing: Ekaterina Galaktionova “Drop everything, jump into the car, we can’t tune in the broadcast here!” - a young black-haired bailiff in a spotted uniform shouts loudly into the phone, begging his colleague, who has special knowledge of setting up broadcasts of court hearings, to urgently come.

The stains of fuel oil formed after the crash of the tankers Volgoneft 239 and Volgoneft 212 washed ashore in the Krasnodar Territory, said the governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratyev. Earlier, he wrote that he turned to his “federal colleagues” with a request to avoid oil products getting ashore. “This morning, while monitoring the coastline, stains of fuel oil were discovered.

In the Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region, there is a debate on the “case of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers,” who are accused of participating in the activities of the extremist community FBK*. The process was closed from the first meeting, and has been going on in this format since September 12. In the dock, we recall, are Navalny’s lawyers: Vadim Kobzev, Alexey Liptser and Igor Sergunin. Of the three, only Sergunin admitted guilt.