"Monologists about freedom" - a joint project of Radio Liberty and the independent Festival of Documentary Cinema "Artdokfest", which will be held from December 8 to 16 in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Artists talk about the spirit of time and documentary cinema today. About his attitude to power, information wars, romanticism and the film about the planet, which is not, says director and actor Anton Adasinsky.

Combined photo of Zhirinovsky and Gorbachev Gorbachev’s lawyer in court stated that Zhirinovsky’s attempt to prove that his statements are not extremist, causes surprise On Wednesday, the Timiryazevsky court of Moscow will continue the consideration of the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the LDPR party to the ex-president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and the whole world publishing, which published his book.

In the statement posted today on Twitter, the group threatened with attacks on the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi if its members are executed in the country The extremist group "Al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula" made threats to Saudi Arabia in connection with the plans of the government of this country to execute a large group of convicts, including members of Al-Qaeda .

At the International Climate Summit (Le Bourget, November 30, 2015) Speaking on the sidelines of the UN International Climate Summit held near Paris, French President Francois Hollande said that 2 billion euros from these funds will be aimed at the development of renewable energy sources France will allocate 6 billion euros in 4 years to provide Africa countries with electricity.

Pavel Litvinov and Thomas Ventzlov about the possibility of changes in Russia In the Polish city of Wroclaw, the days of the human rights activist and poet Natalya Gorbanevskaya were held, the main event on December 28-29 was the international conference "Against War and Hate." The program “Face to the event” of the interview with the conference participants: human rights activist, participant in the demonstration in August 1968 against Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia Pavel Litvinov and

The prosecutor’s office on Tuesday recognized the refusal to initiate criminal proceedings on the beating by an employee of riot police as a pensioner Turana Varzibyan on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. This was announced by the Public Verdict Foundation . The case materials are returned to additional verification. In May 2014, the Zamoskvoretsky inter-district department of the Investigative Committee refused to initiate proceedings.

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The climatic summit in Paris, Baku between Ankara and Moscow, why are the Chechens from Pankisi fight for Islamists in Syria and Iraq

As a collapse of the USSR economy allows Putin 25 years later to report on the successes of Russia in the fight against global warming The visit of Vladimir Putin to the UN climate conference was interested in many journalists and observers primarily in the context of important events in world politics- complicated Russian-Turkish relations , the Russian-French union in the fight against terrorism and, in general, the situation in Syria . Will Putin say hello to Turkish President Recep Erdogan?

Russian universities call their students from Turkish universities, while promising to create safe conditions for students from Turkey, Interfax said, referring to the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Opposition action in Maryin, September 20, 2015 The opposition applied to the "Marsh of Changes". His prospects against the backdrop of a growing force of truckers Representatives of the Committee for the Russian Opposition’s protest actions on the morning of December 1 submitted an application to the Moscow City Hall to hold an action called "Marsh of Changes" . On December 12, activists plan to hold a procession and a rally in the center of Moscow.

The young man admitted in court that he distributed extremist materials on his VKontakte page In Surgut, the court sentenced the local resident Oleg Novozhenin to the year of the colony-settlement, finding him guilty of the distribution of extremist materials through social networks, TASS reports . This is the first time that under this article the accused receives a real prison term.

Barack Obama Obama called on Russia and Turkey to focus on the fight against the common enemy - the Islamic State group group US President Barack Obama supports Turkey’s right to protect his country and its airspace. He stated this today after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan on the sidelines of the climatic summit in Paris. According to Obama, during the negotiations, the question was discussed that Türkiye and Russia can do together to de -escalate the tension between them.