Activists of the Association "Silver Rose" On December 17, the International Day of Protection of Sex Workers from Violence and Cruelty is celebrated (International Day to violence Against Sex Workers ), the initiator of the organizations acting in defense of the rights of sex workers "(SEX works ' ' Rights Advocacy Network , Swan). The impetus for the affirmation of the Protection Day was a series of murders of prostitutes by maniac Gary Ridgeue .

Chinese coast guard (archival picture of 2014) China expects a “painless” solution to the marine incident, as a government newspaper writes with an “unidentified” object discovered in the South China Sea. Reuters calls what happened the only case in its kind.

A new agreement on the evacuation of civilians has been reached in Syria, reports The Wall Street Journal. It is expected that the export from Aleppo and participants in the armed opposition will be resumed. On the eve of the Shiites, the evacuation of Aleppo blocked, demanding the export of their comrades from two villages in the Idlib province. The evacuation of the eastern quarters of Aleppo was suspended on Friday.

Mikhail Kasyanov At the Parnas Congress passing in the Moscow Congress, the chairman of the party Mikhail Kasyanov said that his party would support that presidential candidate who would take the obligation to become the head of state for a transition period of two years.

The action with this name was carried out by activists of the "Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for equality" at the monument to Prince Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square in Moscow. The picketers launched posters with quotes by Vladimir Putin about LGBT rights in Russia.

Mikhail Kasyanov, photo Mikhail Japaridze/TASS The Parnas Congress chose the course of Mikhail Kasyanov, the opposition with Vladimir Kara-Murza left The crisis of the Party of People’s Freedom (Parnassus) at its congress, which took place after December 16 from its ranks of the group of supporters of the Party of Ilya Yashin , six members of the federal political council, only went deeper.

Gingerbread with the image of Grigory Rasputin and Vladimir Putin, Ulan-Ude, 2016 To the centenary of the murder of Grigory Rasputin A hundred years ago, on December 17, 1916, Grigory Rasputin was killed, an self -proclaimed prophet, who predicted the end of the dynasty of the Romanov and tsarist power in Russia. “I will not be, and you will end,” he said to the kings. And so it happened: two months after his murder - and the Romanovs ended, the tsarist power disappeared.

USns Bowditch Oceanographic Ship, which conducted exhaustions in the South China Sea China will return the United States an underwater drone captured in the neutral waters of the South China Sea. This was announced on Saturday in the Chinese Ministry of Defense. The captured drone was launched by the American oceanographic vessel to study the South China Sea. The Pentagon said that the studies were legally conducted, and demanded to return the captured drone.

Is the Inquisition Court a crime or a punishment? About this in the program "From a Christian point of view" a conversation with historian Olga Tomoeva, the author of the books about Jeanne d'Arc and the inquisition processes of the Middle Ages.

Seven people were detained in Turkey on suspicion of organizing a bus explosion in the Turkish city of Kaiseri on Saturday morning. This was stated by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the country Suleiman Soil. The bus, which drove the car, drove into an explosive, transported military personnel. At the wheel of a passenger car was a suicide bomber. 13 people were killed, more than 50 were injured.

Russia-Russian Heavyweight Boxer Aleksandr Povetkin Poses for Photography During the Official Weigh-in Ceremony At a Fitness Club In Moscow, May 21, 2015 The Russian Boxer-Sumper-West Alexander Povetkin is suspected of using doping for the second time in a year. According to the statement of the President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Maurisio Suleiman, made on the morning of December 17, taken from the athlete, the test gave a positive result for Ostarin.

New foreign policy challenges for Ukraine after the presidential elections in the United States and countries neighboring Ukraine. What are the expectations of Kyiv? Vitaly Portnikov is talking with the former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Danila Lubkivsky.

On December 17, Pope Francis celebrates the 80th anniversary. On this occasion, the Vatican created several email addresses and hashtag #PontifEx80 to congratulate his Holiness. Pope Francis - the Argentine Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires Horge Mario Bergolo - was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church in March 2013. For three years on the Holy Thrones, Pope Francis earned a reputation as one of the most liberal Roman dads.

Will the Kremlin get a tough response to hacker attacks in the United States? Why does Donald Trump not believe in the Kremlin’s intervention in the American presidential campaign? Can Russian hackers discredit Donald Trump's victory? Why didn't the USSR try to intervene in the American presidential campaigns? Will the pyrrhic rate of Vladimir Putin on Donald Trump become?

In the Kyiv studio of Radio Liberty we discuss Ukraine after the Maidan. Will Ukrainians be able to build a democratic European state? How are the relations of Ukraine and Russia developing? Is a full dialogue possible between different regions of the country? We discuss all these and many other issues with politicians, journalists and experts.