The Pushkin District Court did not recognize the texts of the American preacher William Branham with extremist, which spread in Russia by the "Evening Light" organization. The prosecutor's office demanded that Branham prohibit the texts of the examination conducted at the Center for Expertise of St. Petersburg State University, however, the court attracted independent experts.

The book “The Axtreamer of the Total Dictation: From Bykov to Yakhina” has become available for pre-order in the book online store BOOK24.ru. It contains stories and essays about the Russian language of the authors of the Total Dictation over the past 9 years. The preliminary date of the book is January 22, 2019.

"Paper" - information partner of the Zero Waste program In St. Petersburg, the pilot version of the federal waste reduction program in the Zero Waste bars and restaurants started. By December 28, 21 city institutions joined it. Since December 28, the program has St. Petersburg Bars Brimborium, Old Friends, Terminal Bar, Pinch!, “One and a half rooms”, “Robata” and “Flower”, as well as Madbaren restaurants, the farm and Raw Materials, the Pio Nero cafe and others.

The St. Petersburg producer Artem Balaev published a post on the festive decorations on Instagram, which was placed in the city. According to him, "Petersburg is worthy of the best New Year's decorations." "How do you evaluate the New Year's" decoration "of St. Petersburg?" - Balaev wrote at the end of the post and called on subscribers to share his opinion. Under the recording in less than a day, more than 70 comments were left. Ashirokova: - Compared to Moscow, it is very sad.

Israeli writer Amos Oz died at the age of 79. About this writes "Interfax" with reference to the Associated Press. Times of Israel was also confirmed by the writer's daughter. One of the most famous works of OZA are “a story about love and darkness”, “black box” and “Judas”. One of the main topics in the work of the OZA was the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Gallery in December launched the traditional “Dedmobus” - a bus in which Santa Claus drives the city center. It starts from the square in front of the shopping center and to the music runs along Nevsky Prospekt and other central streets. Santa Claus arrange concerts, play pipes and drums and take pictures with happy Petersburgers. "Paper" collected 11 photos and videos of a festive bus and performances of the New Year orchestra in the center of St. Petersburg.

The Nevsky District Court of St. Petersburg found Petersburger Vladimir Ryazantsev guilty of public calls for extremist activities against the Anti -Fascist group (part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the United press service of the city courts. The court sentenced Ryazantsev to two years conditionally with a trial period throughout the entire period.

In Finland, at the request of the American authorities, the Russian Terrada was detained (until 2017 - Oksana Vovk). This was reported by TASS with reference to the consular department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Finland. The girl was stopped by the border guards at the airport of the city of Vantaa, when she followed from St. Petersburg to Spain. The detention was made on the basis of the Order of Interpol. At the moment, the Russian woman has been placed in a local prison.

Illustration: Elizabeth Semakin / "Paper" Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmun disease that affects the skin. It manifests itself in the form of red peeling plaques, often accompanied by itching. Currently, some methods of therapy can provide remission. Together with the biotechnological company, Biocad “Paper” produces a partner special project dedicated to the lives of people with psoriasis - about the methods of treatment and the difficulties that they face every day.

In the Space of Sevkabel Port on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, the Pan -Asian cafe Totoro was opened. It is located on a food court next to the Devil Taco and Easy Hummus cafe. The Village writes that the institution will work in a technical mode for the first time, so so far only two main dishes are offered there-the classic Thai soup of Tom Yam and Pad-Tai Lapsha. Also on the menu - shrimp chips and drinks: lemonade, coffee and craft beer.

Petersburgers recreated a scene from the film “Real Love” in 2003 on Palace Square, in which the hero Andrew Lincoln admits the girl in feelings with the help of tablets. In this video, a person turns in a white bear costume. The author of the idea of ​​the video, Natalya Vasenkova, said that they chose this scene as "the most touching moment from the most touching Christmas film."

The Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced the four years of the colony of the general billionaire regime from St. Petersburg, the general director of the forum holding Dmitry Mikhalchenko in the case of alcohol smuggling. About this writes RIA Novosti. Mikhalchenko was accused of organizing the smuggling of elite alcoholic beverages. According to investigators, the goods were transported to Russia from the countries of the European Union.

In addition to news and stories on important city topics, every year “Paper” publishes partner special projects, conducts events, engages in research and makes newsletters for readers. In 2018, we released dozens of materials with our partners, organized an intellectual party at the PMEF and first arranged an unsuccessful slam, conducted their own sociological study and, together with readers, came up with the names of the streets around the Lakhta Center.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill on the introduction of administrative responsibility for involving minors in unauthorized rallies. The document was published on the official portal of legal information. Any involvement of a minor falls under the law in unauthorized meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions or pickets.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested the activist of the Time movement Timur Rasulov for the “gross obscene abuse” at the previous hearing of his case due to the “disappearing constitution”. This was reported by the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg. As Vitaly Cherkasov’s lawyer told Mediazone, at the evening meeting, Judge Elena Sergeyeva deleted him and rejected all the petitions.