On Monday, December 13, the sixteenth month of investigation began in Arkhangelsk and St. Petersburg in the first criminal case against the compilers of books in memory of German special settlers in the Russian North. Yesterday it became known that “the investigation has decided on the qualifications of the charges.” Perhaps today, December 16, the status of Mikhail Suprun and Alexander Dudarev, who have until now been suspects in this case, may change.

Russian television channels begin to go online. The pioneers will be the STS Media and VGTRK, the newspaper Vedomosti writes. The new resource of CTC Media “VideoMore” ( Videomore.ru ) is a combination of a classic video service and social network, the holder of the holding Anton Kudryashov told the publication; Vyacheslav Murugov, general producer of the holding, calls this service a “social television network”.

“What do Nemtsov, Ryzhkov, Milov and others want?”, Putin asked, implying the leaders of the non -systemic opposition. Nemtsov, Milov and Ryzhkov want “money and power,” said Putin. According to the description of the prime minister, at one time “dragged with Berezovsky and others”, and now “they want to return”. “But if we allow, they will not be limited in separate billions,” the prime minister scared.

In Russia, the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry will be adopted for 150 billion rubles, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during the "Direct Line". He said that investments from abroad will be involved, while Russia will close its market for import and stimulate its own pharmaceutical industry.

“Mobile Teleessystems” (MTS) reported today that on December 15, 2010, the company received a notification from the Ministry of Communications of Turkmenistan about the decision to suspend licenses for the provision of communication services issued by Barash Communications Technologies, Inc. ("BCTI"), 100%of the subsidiary of MTS in Turkmenistan, for a period of one month, from December 21, 2010.

Lawyer Vadim Kluvgan says that he is “grateful” to Prime Minister Putin for his answer to the question of Mikhail Khodorkovsky during today's “television conversation” with the Russians. Special " thank you " Putin from the clamp - for two things. First: the prime minister “did not allow” to decrease the attention to the Khodorkovsky case compared to yesterday, when everyone, according to the clubman, was too carried away by the theme of the ex-head of Yukos on December 27.

Three land plots belonging to the State Duma deputy Ashot Egiazaryan, suspected of large fraud, were arrested, ITAR-TASS reports, citing the official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin. According to Markin, the arrest was imposed on two plots in the Barvikhinsky rural district in the country society "Zhukovka-1" and to a plot in the village of Barvikha.

Yesterday's unrest in the city was a staging, political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky said on Kommersant FM . According to other media outlets , the law enforcement agencies have devoted all day to Wednesdays to prevent the battle on the European Square in front of the Kiev stations and, if possible, prevented fights in other areas of Moscow. By the end of the day, 800 people were detained.

Vladimir Putin admitted that the income level of Russian teachers is low and on average of their salaries by 25-30% lower than in economics. All this affects the general level of education in the country. The prime minister sees three ways to get out of this situation. Firstly, it is necessary to increase the income of teachers. Secondly, Putin noted, the educational network should be structured. According to him, the number of students is falling, and this network remains large.

The European Court of Human Rights examined the appeal of the relatives of two residents of Chechnya, who disappeared in 2002 and 2004, and decided to refund Russia for 148 thousand euros, the Caucasian knot reports . Ruslan Taymuskhanov from the village of Prigorodnoye, Grozny district of the Republic, disappeared in December 2002. Shamkhan Tumaeva from the village of Valerik Achkha-Martan district, according to relatives, took the Russian military in September 2004.

Over 130 illegal gambling establishments are closed in Moscow, ITAR-TASS reports the statement of the capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin made at a meeting in Ryazan about additional measures to ensure the law and order of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. In the framework of measures to restore order in the gambling business, a number of specific operations were carried out and the work continues.

During the "direct line" Putin for 20 minutes solved the household problems of small villages located under the cheat. For example, they complained to the premiere that thanks to him, expensive equipment was brought to the village school, but they did not use it and hold it in the basement so that they would not be stolen. In another village, they complained that they had stopped stopping trains.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting in Ryazan about additional measures to ensure the law and order demanded to “pack the full program” of those rallies who wear masks, “since this is a sign of their participation in the gang,” ITAR-TASS reports. In addition, the president called the incitement of interethnic growth with a grave crime and is convinced that it should have the appropriate punishment. The head of state did not exclude changes in the legislation on this subject.

The Baikonur cosmodrome is intensively on preparation for the launch of the Zenit-3M cosmic purpose with the Fregat-SB accelerated unit and the Russian meteorological spacecraft "Electro-L", the press service of the Tsanka reports. In accordance with the schedule, the calculations of NGOs. Lavochkina and the branch of the FSUE Tsanki of the South Space Center carried out work on installing a satellite on an accelerated unit.

Several criminal cases were instituted on the participants of yesterday's street unrest in Moscow. According to the website of the Investigative Committee, in the evening of December 15, a young man beat the young man near the Park of Culture metro station, while one of the attackers shot him in the head from a traumatic pistol. The victim received serious bodily harm, but the police managed to detain the attackers. Criminal criminal against them under Art.