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The Moscow authorities did not agree on the demonstration planned on December 16 in defense of the parks and squares of the Russian capital. The participants in the action had to hold a procession without slogans and posters. They transferred the appeal to the presidential administration with a request to express their distrust of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Eco -activists accuse the Moscow authorities of the inability to solve the city’s problems environmentally friendly.

Evgeny Ponasenkov in Paris The publishing house of AST published a book by a historian, publicist and director Yevgeny Ponasenkov "The First Scientific History of the War of 1812." “He who controls the past runs the future,” the author recalls the slogan of the totalitarian state described by George Orwell, and talks about how the history of the war with Napoleon was falsified - both in the 19th century and in Soviet times - to hide the defeat and failures of Russia.

Parents of Russian Grigory Tsurkan, who was captured by the Islamic State terrorist organization (prohibited in Russia), told about the visit of the representative of the private military company Wagner. According to the mother of Tsurkan, an unknown man said that their son died from wounds, and the second captive, Roman Zabolotny, was killed by the jihadists. Valentina Tsurkan told the Rain TV channel that the man who came to her introduced himself as Andrei, he looked 47 years old.

The Austrian People's Party and the Austrian Party of Freedom formed a coalition government. This was stated by the leaders of the movements of Sebastian Kurtz and Hinz-Cristian Straha. If the coalition is ratified, then Austria will become the first country of Europe with the government, which are represented by representatives of the ultra -right.

The publisher and writer Vitaly Leontyev, who tried to protect Artdokfest from members of the radical movement SERB, was arrested. The Presnensky court of Moscow sent Leontyev for jail for seven days for disobedience to the police. On December 10, activists of the SERB group tore off the show at the film forum of the documentary of Beata Bubenets "Fleet Bullet", which talks about the fighters of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion "Aidar".

In the center of Abakan, a rally was held on Saturday demanding the resignation of the head of Khakassia Viktor Zimin. According to unofficial data, more than 100 people took part in it, the Siberia. Real portal reports . The audience demanded to dismiss the head of the region in connection with the unsatisfactory socio-economic and personnel policy.

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.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFol criticized US President Donald Trump for a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It took place the day before yesterday. In an interview with MCNBC, McFol said that Trump and Putin’s phone call did not meet American national interests. In addition, the former ambassador is surprised that Trump's advisers generally allowed him to make this call.

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. at the forum in Berlin, October 10, 2016 In St. Petersburg on Saturday, December 16, the joint event of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny and the Open Russia movement was held. The opposition strategy and tactics were discussed in the period from 2018 to 2024. According to the German Wave, the meeting that could have come to, having previously registered, all comers, takes place at the Oktyabrskaya Hotel. Mobile application Radio Liberty.

The year turned out to be rather strange. On the one hand, a solid movement continues in the global economy, which seems to have nowhere to come from, because this year did not present any additional grounds for the growth of the national economy. On the other hand, uncertain anxiety, as if spilled in the air, grows just as noticeably: there is a sharp exacerbation of old "frozen" conflicts and the emergence of new ones.

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The article by historian Kirill Alexandrov “Bandera and Bandera: who they were actually” recognized as extremist. It was published in Novaya Gazeta in 2014. Experts from the Russian Pedagogical University named after Herzen discovered an excuse for war crimes in the article. On this basis, the city court decided to block the article, confirming the previously made decision of the Leninsky District Court. Natela Ponomarev’s lawyer does not agree with this decision.

Lyubov Yakubovskaya - about ecological disaster in Moscow The Year of Ecology in Russia was marked by the smells of hydrogen sulfide and rotten cabbage in Moscow, ruthenia emissions in the Chelyabinsk region and numerous prohibitions of rallies in defense of nature - throughout the country.