The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel Klimkin condemned the desecration of the memorial to the memory of the victims of mass political repressions executed by the employees of the NKVD of the USSR in Bykovna on the outskirts of Kyiv.

Home violence The State Duma of Russia on Wednesday supported in the second reading a bill on decriminalization of beatings in the family. On it, the single beatings inflicted on close relatives are transferred from the category of criminal offenses to the category of administrative offenses. At the same time, for repeated beatings, responsibility will advance under criminal law.

The publication of excerpts from the expanded version of the novel by Maxim Kantor Red Light ( Death of Solomon Richter and Brown Spring ) aroused the interest of readers of the Radio Liberty site. In the program "Cultural Diary", Maxim Kantor spoke of his new books and paintings and political events, partly inspired. ​ -The book "Red Light" was published in 2013 in Moscow, and now, in January 2017, a new, expanded edition appeared in Kharkov, in the publishing house "Folio".

Our state is built on violence. Torture in police sections, overflowing prisons, mockery of prisoners, attacks by provocateurs on opposition actions - all this happens with the approval and encouragement of power. Six months ago, the state de facto approved violence in relations between its citizens ("The Law on Decriminalization of Beatings"), excluding criminal liability for the beatings between strangers to each other.

Leo Navrozov In New York, at the 88th year of his life, a writer, journalist and translator Lev Navrozov died. After graduating from the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages, he was engaged in the translation of the works of Mikhail Prishvin, Fazil Iskander, Andrei Bitov, as well as Russian classics - Dostoevsky and Herzen. The only book of Navrozov’s stories “Great glasses”, prepared for the publication, did not publish in connection with the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Moscow Mayor Cergea Sobyanin Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to allow the regions not to publish data on public procurement on the federal portal. This is written by "Vedomosti" with reference to the letter of the Moscow mayor. The fact of appeal was confirmed in the city hall.

Vladimir Putin takes part in the opening of the central section of the Western high -speed diameter. December 2016 Dozens of small and medium-sized construction companies and carriers that were subcontractors in the construction of the Zenit Arena stadium, the western high-speed diameter and the M-11 Moscow-Petersburg highway were bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy . This situation immediately caused social tension in St. Petersburg and the paralysis of the local construction market.

Fragment of the picture of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. In the center of the communist "Pantheon" - Lev Trotsky “The uprising of the masses does not need justification. What happened is an uprising, not a conspiracy. We openly forged the masses of the masses to an uprising ... Those who have left here and who come up with proposals, we must say: you are miserable units, you are bankrupt, your role is played.

Karlovy Vary “Putin calls the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and says:“ If you allow the Americans to build a radar for your PRO system, we will aim our missiles to Prague! ”.“ Okay, ”the Czech prime minister replies,“ then we will fire Karlovy Vara!

In Kirov, on Wednesday, the consideration of the Kirovles case continued, according to which oppositionist Alexei Navalny and entrepreneur Petr Officers are accused. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, the main witness of the prosecution, the former director of Kirovles Vyacheslav Opalev, spoke to the court. He admitted that he sold wood at low prices under the pressure of Alexei Navalny and Peter Officerov, which caused damage to the state enterprise for 16 million rubles.

In Transbaikalia, a 19-year-old young man and a ninth grade student were hospitalized after interrogation in the Mogoituisky police department, reports on Wednesday "Zone of Law". The victims claim that the police for two days - January 4 and 5 - were knocked out of them a recognition of the theft from the store. The young man diagnosed the vertebral fracture and concussion, the girl has swelling on her face.

Russia took 131st place in the annual perception of corruption, which is the international organization Transparency International. A year ago, she ranked 119th. According to experts, in general, the situation in Russia has not changed, and the decrease is associated with an increase in the number of countries in the ranking until 176. Russia in the ranking for 2016 received 29 points out of a hundred possible. The same indicator among Iran, Kazakhstan, Nepal and Ukraine.

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