Refugees from the Georgian village of Kurt, located near Tskhinvali. August 20, 2008 The European Court of Human Rights recognized the acceptable complaint of Georgia against the actions of Russia during the August armed conflict of 2008 . Georgia declares Russia violation of a number of norms of the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights. When the consideration of the case begins, it is not yet known.

On Monday, in Belarus, they remembered In Independence Square, people tried to light candles in memory of Black Sunday. However, they were immediately put in police buses. Events of a year ago . On December 19, 2010, as a result of the dispersal of the promotion of those who disagree with the official results of the presidential election, hundreds of people were beaten and arrested, dozens were accused of organizing the riots and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.

The victims of the attack on Dubrovka still do not know what people have died from The European Court of Human Rights on December 20 published a decision on complaints of citizens injured as a result of the capture of hostages in the theater center on Dubrovka . The court admitted that the Russian authorities in an inaccurate way planned and conducted a rescue operation and awarded compensation.

In Kazakhstan, in the center of the city of Aktau, people gathered again today. According to local authorities, these are dismissed employees of the oil company, there are about 50 of them. Yesterday, according to the authorities, more than 100 people entered the central square of Aktau. According to reports from unofficial sources, the number of protesters reached two thousand. They demanded to withdraw troops from the city of Zhanaozen and cancel the commandant hour introduced there.

Ivan Tolstoy: Any tourist from Russia who comes to the Czech Republic remarks that the 1968th year is very well remembered here, August events that crushed young freedom and humiliated the people of the small republic. Czechs are not openly talked about with foreigners, but monuments, memorial inscriptions and signs are everywhere. And near them - silence, focused of silence. Books about occupation, photo albums, memories are constantly coming out.

According to official figures, 11 and a half million people now live in Moscow, ”said the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin. Speaking on Tuesday at the New Year’s reception of representatives of state structures, Sobyanin noted that over 8 years between the last census in 2010 and the previous, eight years earlier, the population of Moscow increased by more than 1 million people.

Czech citizens say goodbye to Vaclav Gavel Prague seal draws attention to the fact that the Russian leadership of Russia on December 19 officially did not respond to the death of the former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic of Vaclav Gavel.

According to the latest data, this morning, during the emergency landing of the Mi-26 helicopter, one person died in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, five were injured. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies, 6 people and a load - 15 tons were on board the helicopter diesel fuel. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, the helicopter collided with the ground and caught fire. Firefighters and a rescue squad left for the scene.

In Moscow today an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States will be held. It is expected that the presidents of all 11 CIS countries will take part in it. The current meeting is the anniversary, the Commonwealth was created exactly 20 years ago. It included all the republics of the former Soviet Union, except Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, as well as Georgia. Having later entered the CIS, Georgia again left it in 2008 after an armed conflict with Russia.

Pakistan for the second year in a row remains the most dangerous country for journalists-in his annual report, the journalists' protection committee (Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ) notes in New York. According to him, in Pakistan, 7 journalists were killed in Pakistan in Pakistan in the performance of official duties. Five journalists died in Libya and Iraq, three in Mexico. In total, in 2011, 43 employees of the media died of a violent death related to their professional activities.

Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Naryshkin Sergey Naryshkin was dismissed from the post of head of the Presidential Administration of Russia. The corresponding decree today was signed by the head of state Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the election of Naryshkin as a deputy of the State Duma of the sixth convocation. On the eve of "United Russia" nominated him on the post of speaker of the lower house of parliament.