The court announced the sentence to Alexei Ulyukaev, and he was not much more humane than the colony requested by the prosecutor. The court found Ulyukaev guilty of receiving a bribe. The charge requested 10 years in a maximum security colony and a fine of 500 million rubles Pic.twitter.com/8BYX62MO4H - tape (@oldlentach) December 15, 2017 Many such a cruel sentence did not expect: the most common forecast was a conditional term. Today the verdict in the case of Ulyukaev will be announced.

Palestinian in the eastern part of the city of Gaza, during clashes with the Israelis, December 15, 2017 On December 15, the Israeli soldiers shot four Palestinians and wounded another 150. The largest number of victims and victims - at the border of the Gaza sector, where thousands of Palestinians threw stones in Israeli soldiers over the border fence. This was reported by Western agencies with reference to doctors working in the protest promotion zone.

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The Amoskvoretsky Court found the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia guilty that he demanded a bribe for selfish purposes. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.

In Krasnodar, the court extended the arrest of Pavel Grib. The Ukrainian blogger, accused of Russia under an article on terrorism, will remain in the investigative insulator until March 4. This was announced by Igor Grib, the father of the arrested. He noted that initially the court to extend the term of maintenance of his son in custody was appointed on December 19.

In St. Petersburg, many truckers did not go to work today. They left their heavy trucks in garages or parking lots. Drivers intend to protest for ten days. There are no posters on cars, but there is a symbolism of the organizer of the action - united carriers of Russia.

Thirty Transbaikal truckers today began a protest against the Plato system and the increase in gas prices. Four of them are now in two cars at the highway. The remaining participants in the strike are in garages, since frosts in Transbaikalia do not allow the long -term action in the open air. The main requirement of protesting drivers remains the same - the complete cancellation of the Plato system in Russia.

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On December 15, Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow sentenced to the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev. He was found guilty and sentenced to a real term - eight years in prison with serving a sentence in a maximum security colony. In addition, the court fined the former minister more than 130 million rubles. Alexey Ulyukaev was taken into custody in the courtroom, he called the sentence "unfair." The 61-year-old official is accused of bribery.

European Commission Head Jean Calond Junker and British Prime Minister Teresa May The leaders of the EU countries supported the beginning of a new stage in negotiations on the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. Donald Tusk, chairman of the European Council, reported on the EU summit in Brussels on Friday. EU LEADERS AGREE to MOVE On To the Second Phase of #brexit Talks.

The chairman of the Council of the Center for Strategic Development, the former Minister of Finance of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, called the "terrible" and "unreasonable" verdict, issued on Friday Alexei Ulyukaev. The former Minister of Economic Development was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security colony on charges of receiving a bribe from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin.

On December 15, Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow shall be sentenced to the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev. The 61-year-old official is accused of bribery. According to the prosecution, he extorted two million dollars from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin for a positive assessment of the Bashneft's privatization transaction. The prosecutors asked for Ulyukaev 10 years in a maximum security colony.

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What does Putin have to do with it? They discussed Sergey Aleksashenko, Mikhail Krutikhin, Vasily Melnichenko, Leonid Gozman, Alexey Makarkin The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow on Friday found the former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev guilty of receiving a bribe from the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin and sentenced him to 8 years in a strict regime and a fine of 130,000,000 rubles. "Bribe taker", the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, never came to court.