Sergey Naryshkin, January 20, 2008 The head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergei Naryshkin and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, did not abandon the mandates of deputies of the State Duma of the 6th convocation. Their surnames are included in the list of deputies for registration by the Central Election Commission. Naryshkin headed the list of "United Russia" in the Leningrad Region, Zhukov - in Kaliningrad.

Ex-president of France Jacques Shirak The court of Paris found the former president of France Jacques Shirak guilty of corruption while working as the mayor of the French capital. This is the first conviction in the history of France to the former head of state.

The Central Election Commission of Russia checks about 1,700 citizens' appeals with complaints of violations in the State Duma elections on December 4. This was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the CEC Leonid Ivlev in an interview with Russian newspaper today. According to him, complaints came from 38 constituent entities of the Federation. The largest number - 701 - is applied to the protocol about the voting results, which came from the election commission of the Volgograd region.

Mikhail Prokhorov Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who intends to run for president of Russia, said that in case of winning the election, his first decision would be the pardon of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He also promised to reduce the presidential term, return the elections of governors, and introduce the notifying nature of the registration of parties. In addition, Prokhorov intends to give the land to those who process it.

The current president of Yakutia Yegor Borisov The current president of Yakutia, Yegor Borisov and his predecessor, now the deputy chairman of the Federation Council Vyacheslav Shtyrov, abandoned the mandates in the State Duma in favor of the first president of the republic Mikhail Nikolaev. According to Interfax, referring to the press service of the regional branch of United Russia, the corresponding statement was sent by Borisov and Shtyrov in the Central Election Commission of Russia.

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Vladimir Putin answers the questions of Russians in direct television and radio, December 15, 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that if the President of Russia was elected in 2012, he will consider the petition for the pardon of the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, if he writes it. Putin told reporters about this after for several hours he answered the questions of Russians in direct television and radio.

In Taimyr, according to updated data, two people were killed and one was injured today during a fire on the Vaigach icebreaker, which was there on the joke. According to information agencies with reference to the Office of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, three cabins burned. The fire is localized. Employees of the Ministry of Emergencies work on the spot. The causes of the disaster are clarified.

Irina Lagunina: Mass protests against the falsification of elections that have passed throughout Russia make you think about serious qualitative changes in the Russian public consciousness. Over the past decade, sociologists have talked a lot about the passivity and disunity of Russian society - are such estimates now appropriate? What do experts think about what is happening? Why right now, protest moods have intensified in society? What can be the further development of events?

In Geneva today, a protocol on the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be signed today. According to ITAR-TASS, the official ceremony of signing the contract will take place at about 21 hours of Moscow time. Thus, a feature under negotiations that lasted 18 years will be brought in. The signature of the document will be put by the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina and the Director General of the WTO Pascal Lami.

Anatoly Kuznetsov Marina Timasheva: The Publishing House "Corps" published the book "Anatoly Kuznetsov at large." This is a collection of chosen performances by the writer from 1970 to 1979, when, after emigration from the Soviet Union, he worked in the London Studio "Freedom". Says my colleague, son of Anatoly Kuznetsova Alexei Kuznetsov.

The French reacted ambiguously to the verdict of their former president The court in Paris sentenced the former President of France Jacques Shirak to two years in prison. Shirak was found guilty of illegal assignment of money and exceeding official powers while working as the mayor of the French capital in the 80s and 90s of the last century. We are talking about creating several fictitious jobs at the City Hall of the capital of France.

Mikhail Dmitriev: "We have already received virtually illegitimate elections to the State Duma, the illegitimate process of organizing these elections, illegitimate results" Mikhail Sokolov: Today in the Moscow Studio Radio Liberty - President of the Center for Strategic Development, Doctor of Economics Mikhail Dmitriev and member of the Political Committee of the Yabloko party, Professor Viktor Sheinis.