The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in connection with a difficult demographic situation in a country that negatively affects the number of draftees intends to send more university graduates to the army, Interfax reports with reference to the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Army Nikolai Makarov. “In Russia, there are a lot of deferrals for education. Basically, their action ends when a young man receives an education.

The appearance in the microblog of Dmitry Medvedev, an obscene recording, explained the Kremlin press service with the intervention of the employee “During the planned password change”. “Dmitry Medvedev, an incorrect retweet of one of the records appeared on the twitter account twitter account twitter.

Grigory Yavlinsky will head the Yabloko party in the Parliament of St. Petersburg, Interfax reports. In the elections in this city, Yabloko gained 12.85 percent of the vote and received six places in parliament. The results of the party in St. Petersburg were higher than on average in Russia. Recall that in the elections to the State Duma, Yabloko received a little more than three percent of the vote. In the previous composition of the St. Petersburg Parliament, "Yabloko" was not represented.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today, December 7, signed the law on the liberalization of the Criminal Code, the Kremlin press service reports . A new article is introduced into the code, according to which persons who have committed an economic crime for the first time can avoid criminal liability by fully comparing the damage and paying a fine in the amount of a five -time amount of damage. A new form of punishment is also introduced - forced labor.

The Tver District Court of the city of Moscow upheld the verdict of the justice of the peace Alexei Navalny. Thus, he will have to spend 15 days under arrest, until December 21. Previously, the same court made the same court relative to Ilya Yashin, a politician detained simultaneously with Navalny during the march from pure ponds to the CEC building. Alexei Navalny, like Ilya Yashin, was detained on Monday evening during the procession to the CEC building.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Bulgaria on Wednesday, December 7, decided to stop the participation of Burgas -Alexanderopolis in the construction pipeline. About this, as reports RIA Novosti , said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Republic Simeon Dyankov. “Bulgaria left the project because it cannot be implemented on the terms and financial indicators set forth in the 2007 agreement,” the minister said.

The director of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station Valery Kyari knocked down a pensioner who crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing, Life News reports. The accident occurred in the area of ​​the village of Cheremushki, which is located on the 13th kilometer of the Sayanogorsk-Cheremushki highway, on December 5, but the media reported only today.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg in absentia arrested the activist of the war group "War" Natalya Sokol, in March 2011 during a rally of "disagreement" doused riot police and announced for this on an international wanted list, the RIA Novosti website said. Natalya Sokol (Kozlenok) was charged under Articles 318 (violent actions against a representative of the authorities) and 319 (insulting a representative of the authorities) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Ex-President of Israeli Moshe Katsav on Monday began to serve a seven-year prison term for rape and sexual crimes, reports Jerusalem Post . Moshe Katsav still rejects all charges against him. The former head of Israel said that the court sentenced the innocent and buries him alive. Moshe Katsava was sentenced in March this year. On November 10, the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the sentence. The details of the process remained unknown to the general public.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov sent a letter in the name of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in which he reports on the results of the military voting in the elections to the State Duma. This was written in the issue of December 7 of the newspaper " Kommersant ". Serdyukov indicates that the turnout compared to the 2007 elections increased from 85% to 95.5%.

The Tver District Court of Moscow refused to change the sentence to one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement Ilya Yashin. Thus, he will spend 15 days under arrest. Before the meeting, Judge Alexei Krivoruchko asked the convoy to remove Yashin out of the cage. “What is the need to keep an administrative detainee in a cage. Let him sit on a chair next to a lawyer, ”said the judge, as the Gazeta.Ru reported.

The company "Yo-Mobile Limited Liability Company) received permission to provide mobile services under the same brand in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Leningrad, Novgorod and Tver regions, writes Kommersant . “Yo-Mobail” will work on the MVNO system-providing communication services under its brand, but using the existing network of cellular operators. Yo-Mobail also received a license to provide telematic services, local communication services and data transfer in Russia.

On December 7, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law allowing budgetary scientific institutions to conclude contracts for the supply of necessary goods and services without trading.

On December 12, 2011 , as part of a joint project "Polit.ru" and the international club of documentaries FrontlineClub, a documentary about Anna Politkovskaya "Gorky Taste of Liberty" will be held. After the show, there will be a discussion about the problems that are raised in the film. The film screen is organized in conjunction with the film bookcase. McGaffin . The film "Gorky Taste of Freedom" (USA, Sweden, director Natalya Goldovskaya, 46 min.).

The Interregional Association of Human Rights Office of Agora prepared a report on hacker attacks on the eve of the election. The authors of the report believe that the cyberovs have turned into an instrument of political struggle, Kommersant writes.