The Arbitration Court of the North-Western District approved the decision on the invalidity of the contract for the installation of a monument to Joseph Stalin in the courtyard of the Vologda Link house-museum in Vologda. The court rejected the museum's cassation appeal, upholding the decision of the courts of first and appellate instances.

The magistrate court in St. Petersburg suspended the case against Vyacheslav Shvedov, who was accused of desecrating the grave of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin. This was reported by the head of the press service of the city courts, Daria Lebedeva. According to investigators, it was Shvedov who in the summer of 2024 pasted a poster with an offensive inscription on the monument to Prigozhin at the Prokhorovsky cemetery, and then also took a photo with the poster at the grave.

Kiev has submitted a request to the Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office for the extradition of archaeologist and Hermitage employee Alexander Butyagin, detained in Poland, RMF FM reports . Butyagin was detained in Poland on December 4 at the request of Ukraine: there he has been put on the wanted list since 2024. Kyiv considers his participation in archaeological expeditions in Crimea after 2014 illegal.

The claim was filed with the Tagansky District Court of Moscow (at the place of registration of the regulator). The initiative group is headed by Kaluga politician Konstantin Larionov (on the cover). The lawsuit states that RKN violates the right of Russians to make calls using the method they choose. Today, representatives of the WhatsApp messenger commented on the restrictions imposed by Roskomnadzor, Reuters reported .

The Supreme Court upheld the second sentence of Alexei Gorinov. He will celebrate the New Year between the punishment cell, diseases and rats Alexey Gorinov. Court hearings via video link The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considered the cassation appeal of politician Alexei Gorinov, who was convicted under the article on justifying terrorism for talking with his roommates in a prison hospital.

The State Duma adopted a law that allows the introduction of paid zones in Moscow Photo: Igor Ivanko / Kommersant The law affected not only the capital, but for some reason also the federal territory of Sirius, on the border of the Krasnodar Territory and Abkhazia. These are not toll roads or paid parking places, these are entire zones through which there will be a charge.

Roman Anin. Photo: Novaya Gazeta Roman Anin, the founder of the investigative project “Important Stories”, former editor of the investigative department of “Novaya Gazeta” and one of the Pulitzer Prize winners for researching the “Panama Papers”, was deprived of Russian citizenship, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN AGENT OF ANO "LEVADA-CENTER" OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF A FOREIGN AGENT OF ANO "LEVADA-CENTER" Sociologists from the Levada Center* in a December survey found a drop in the share of supporters of continuing the SVO to a minimum in the entire history of observations (since February 2022).

Christmas evening with Genis* 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT GENIS ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT GENIS ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVICH. Christmas in America, favorite books, holiday food and small traditions. A calm and warm conversation with Alexander Genis* and Alexey Kuznetsov - about literature, home and what creates a feeling of celebration.

Israel became a “gas country” not only because it found deposits, but because it decided to extract it Photo: AP / TASS There are two types of “gas history”. The first is geology: lucky, we found it. The second is politics. More precisely, there is a lot of politics... The topic of gas production in Israel has previously caused heated debate, although it has not reached the point of an obvious split in society.

Oksimiron* released an album after “a year on sick leave” Oksimiron. Photo: social networks 18+ THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY FOREIGN AGENT FEDOROV MIRON YANOVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT FEDOROV MIRON YANOVICH. St.

Photo from the hearing in the Supreme Court on the complaint of Alexey Gorinov. He himself was present via video link The defense's cassation appeal demanding that the proceedings be stopped and the case sent for a new trial was rejected, Novaya's correspondent reports. Speaking in court, Alexey Gorinov elaborated on the circumstances under which, according to him, the documents were obtained with violations.

Why is the state introducing a new register, adding hassle and expense to citizens? Photo: Kirill Kukhmar / TASS As part of the “electronic warfare against citizens,” the Ministry of Digital Development proposed the creation of another register. This time it is a database of IMEI addresses, unique device identifiers. Various options are being developed, including registering the device in a contract and linking it to a phone number.

The Moscow School of Social Sciences (Shaninka) lost its license for educational activities - this was done by Rosobrnadzor ( see screenshot from the department’s website ). Screenshot from the Rosobrnadzor website Now a well-known and prestigious university will not be able to recruit and train new students. And those who are already studying will have to transfer to other universities - and this becomes Shaninka’s responsibility.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin 40 thousand rubles for failure to fulfill the duties of a foreign agent.