The Tuapse District Court replaced the environmental activist with a suspended sentence for a real one. Thus, the court chaired by Igor Milinchuk satisfied the submission of the penitentiary commission, which was dissatisfied with the fact that Vitishko stayed in Krasnodar a day longer than planned, without warning the commission.

December 22 at 14.00 in Moscow in the square near the monument to Lermontov (Lermontovskaya Square, Krasnye Vorota metro station) will open points for signing and receiving New Year's cards for those arrested in the Bolotnaya case. The best postcards will be read into the microphone there. website The RosUznik , which provides information support for the accused in the Bolotnaya case, invites everyone to come and take part in the New Year's Post. The agreed action will last until 18.00.

Putin signed a decree pardoning the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the Kremlin. The document comes into force from the date of its signing. A day earlier, Putin had told reporters that Khodorkovsky had petitioned him for clemency because his mother was ill.

system Putin does not believe that riot police can beat girls “just like that” "Gazeta.Ru", December 19 : “ Vladimir Putin admitted that he could not imagine a picture of a riot police officer beating a girl, the president said this when answering a journalist’s question during a large annual press conference. “They are such healthy guys, there is absolutely no need for them to beat a girl,” Putin said. “I don’t believe that a riot policeman beats a girl just like that.