Journalist Zoya Svetova in front of the building of the Presnensky court of Moscow with a copy of The New Times with his article. December 13, 2013 The New Newspaper and The New Times, who accused two Russian judges of plagiarism when writing a dissertation, lost in court On December 13, the Presnensky court of Moscow completely satisfied the lawsuit to protect the honor and dignity of the judges Yuri Bespalov and Dmitry Gordyuk, filed against the New Times.

In the Leningrad Region, the number of people left due to strong winds without electricity exceeded 54 thousand people. 317 settlements of Kingiseppsky, Luzhsky, Lomonosovsky, Volosovsky and Gatchina districts fell into the shutdown zone. The regional center of the Ministry of Emergencies is given with an increased readiness mode, the operational headquarters operates. Gusts of wind currently reach 24 meters per second.

In Kyiv, thousands of opposition supporters who continue to remain on Independence Square in the city center, at four in the morning performed the anthem of Ukraine

26 ecologists and sailors from the Arctic Sanraise vessel in St. Petersburg The Investigative Committee of Russia refused to agree on the issuance of a visa for departure from Russia to one of the detained activists of the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise. This was announced today by Interfax Ecologists Andrei Suchkov. He did not clarify which of the activists we are talking about, but did not rule out that the answers to other requests would also be negative.

The court in Kyiv released all the demonstration arrested during the dispersal near the presidential administration building on the night of November 30 to December 1. It is reported by Associated Press from the capital of Ukraine. The representative of the court said that the last nine people were released on Friday, but criminal cases were not closed against them.

Ukrainian choice. "Volker's rule": 8 exceptions to 3 prohibitions. USA: The standard of "alternative" kilowatt hours.

In the north-west of Pakistan today, unknown people shot two police officers, who guarded the employees of the humanitarian organization who vaccinated the population from poliomyelitis. The incident occurred in the northern part of Peshavar-the capital of the province of Haiber-Pakhtunchi. The attackers disappeared. So far, no one has taken responsibility for the murder.

Logo of the memory group of Vlad Tornovoy, "killed on suspicion of homosexuality," Fig. Andrei Kozhevnikov The court is held closed In the Volgograd Regional Court, behind closed doors, a loud process is held in the case of the murder of Vlad Tornovoy and abuse of his body . The process is closed due to "discussing the circumstances of the personal life of the murdered." Earlier, the defendants stated that Vlad Tornova admitted that he was gay, and this was the reason for the murder.

Euromaidan in Kyiv President Viktor Yanukovych denied reports of the Euromaidan preparing power overclocking in Kyiv, called for stopping the confrontation and supported the proposal to declare a moratorium on the use of force during mass shares on the Internet. Speaking at a national round table with the participation of the opposition in Kyiv, Yanukovych announced the possible resignation of those officials who prepared a draft agreement on the Association with the EU.

The Russian State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on tightening criminal and administrative punishments for an extremist crimes. According to Interfax, it is proposed, in particular, to increase the terms of imprisonment for public calls for extremism, the initiation of enmity on racial, religious, sexual and other signs, as well as for organizing and participating in extremist communities. According to the agency, the number of extremist crimes continues to grow in Russia.

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French troops patrol the streets of Bange - the capital of the Central African Republic France Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived on Friday to the Central African Republic to observe the French military operation to disarm the Islamist Group of the Selek.

On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives of the US Congress 332 votes against 94 approved the compromise plan of the state budget designed for two years. This is the first successful attempt in several years by lawmakers of the long-term state budget project, the New York correspondent of Radio Liberty reports. Thanks to this decision, $ 65 billion budget expenditures that have become a victim of the so -called sequestra, mandatory reduction of government departments will be restored.