The combination of the incongruous—state policy or state failure? Still from the series “Combination” Never before has the New Year shimmered with such a pagan riot of colors as this one. The light arches on Tverskaya are so huge that the frightened founder of the capital, Yuri Dolgoruky, along with his war horse, almost disappeared in their shadows. The combination of the incongruous is everywhere and everywhere.

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church sent the compromised Metropolitan Hilarion to “retire” - to Karlovy Vary, where he can maintain influence Metropolitan Hilarion. Photo: Sofya Sandurskaya / TASS A line has been drawn under the high-profile case of Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeev), who until recently was considered one of the potential candidates for the patriarchal throne. Perhaps not the last.

Resolution of Alexander Beglov on the extension of restrictions until the end of 2025 The government of St. Petersburg published a decree by Governor Alexander Beglov to extend the coronavirus restrictions in the city for another year, until December 31, 2025. The restrictions allow Smolny to prohibit rallies and even pickets. Officials refuse applicants, citing the coronavirus and the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor, and those who leave without approval are fined.

An example of blocked content on the RIA Novosti telegram channel for readers in the EU Instead of the content of the RIA Novosti telegram channel, a user in the EU sees emptiness and the message: “This channel is unavailable because it violates local laws (country specified).” In this case, the user sees the number of channel subscribers and can read its description. Pro-state media, such as Government Gazette, Channel One, RIA Novosti, Izvestia, and NTV, complained about the blocking.

The Kremlin website reported that Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev about the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane en route from Baku to Grozny on December 25. “Vladimir Putin apologized due to the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace,” the Kremlin said . Putin, according to the press service summary, noted that “an Azerbaijani passenger aircraft that was strictly on schedule repeatedly attempted to land at the airport in Grozny.

A concert was held in Tel Aviv in memory of pianist Pavel Kushnir, who died in a Russian pre-trial detention center after a hunger strike and beatings. Pavel Kushnir. Photo: social networks On December 25, a concert was held in Tel Aviv in memory of Pavel Kushnir, a musician and educator who died after a hunger strike and beating in a Birobidzhan pre-trial detention center.

Residents of the Khasansky district of Primorye record video messages complaining about tiger attacks and the inaction of the authorities. In winter, a video message to Putin was first recorded by residents of the village of Primorsky, Khasansky district. Soon, residents of the village of Filippovka in the same Khasansky district supported them with their video.

“Greatness” by Sergei Mostovshchikov, illustrations by Pyotr Sarukhanov Petr Sarukhanov / Novaya Gazeta We come as yellow chickens, And we'll leave as scary dinosaurs. And who knows what animals Along the way we will turn around one day.

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Ten best Russian films of 2024. Choice of Larisa Malyukova Still from the film "The Master and Margarita".

Priest Daniil Sidorov Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Evgeniy said that 26-year-old priest Daniil Sidorov, who attacked a girl in Yekaterinburg in the evening: knocked her down at the entrance and began to masturbate, went to the SVO. At the same time, the Metropolitan made it clear that Sidorov could have been forgiven by the victim of the attack before this.

The damaged window and cornice of the post office window where a Molotov cocktail was thrown. Photo: Mash on Moika At five o'clock in the evening on December 26, unknown persons threw a bottle of incendiary liquid into the glass window of a post office on Bolshevikov Street in St. Petersburg. There were no injuries; the fire damaged a fragment of the window frame. The police seized a half-liter glass bottle with traces of fuel, plugged with gauze. A case of terrorism was opened.

The Russian government has banned IP telephony services. Now it will be impossible to call mobile and landline phones via the Internet. A ban was issued in the form of deprivation of a license for communications of this kind: through IP telephony to mobile and landline numbers of Russian subscribers. Officials are confident that the restrictions will not affect ordinary Russians in any way.

How poetry can exist separately from music Any reflection on rock poetry begins with the question “is it poetry at all and can it exist and be perceived separately from music?” In the case of the poetry of Yuri Shevchuk - maybe. He even published a collection - by the way, from the Novaya Gazeta publishing house. Although poems without music, on paper, when read with the eye, take on some kind of different life, they sound differently in the head, even the accents are placed differently.

Is it true that Russia ranks third in the world in the number of divorces? Not really Photo: Mikhail Razuvaev / Kommersant “The ratio of the number of divorces to marriages reached its maximum value - for every eight divorces there were ten new marriages.