In the Minsk City Court on Monday, December 18, the process began in the case of journalists of the Russian Internet resource REGNUM . The Belarusian authorities accuse Yuri Pavlovts, Sergei Shiptenko and Dmitry Alimkin of inciting ethnic enemy and illegal entrepreneurial activity. There are three citizens of Belarus in the dock. The prosecution believes that in their publications they cast doubt on the independence of Belarus. They face imprisonment for a period of up to twelve years.

Arseny Roginsky at the opening of the sign "Last address" in Moscow Arseny Roginsky - a Russian historian, human rights activist, public figure, chairman of the board of the human rights and charity society "Memorial" died in Israel. Roginsky was born in the Arkhangelsk region in the family of a repressed engineer-Leninggrad, at the place of his exile. He graduated from the historical and philological faculty of the University of Tartu (1968) and lived in Leningrad.

Sergey Kusyuk in the form of riot police at a rally in Moscow, June 12, 2017 Russia refused to give Ukraine the former commander of the Kyiv special forces of the Ukrainian police "Berkut" by Sergey Kusyuk. In the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia, this decision was explained by the fact that Kusyuk received Russian citizenship.

Will the Russians ever see elections with an unpredictable result? When in Russia there will be presidential elections, which do not know in advance who will win? They are discussed by Sergey Mitrokhin ("Yabloko"), Andrey Svintsov (LDPR), Elena Shuvalova (Communist Party), Evgeny Fedorov ("United Russia"). Elena Rykovtseva: Today the great event happened in the Russian Federation - the first day of the beginning of the election campaign.

The head of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky district, Ilya Yashin, sued the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin. In his opinion, the capital's authorities violate the rights of local self -government and forbid to hold the holiday "Day of Free Elections" on December 24 in the Krasnoselsky district. Last week, the Moscow City Hall called Yashin's plans to hold an event in the city center "Provocation". The opposition politician Alexei Navalny called on to take part in the festival.

In St. Petersburg, an unlimited action of solidarity with the Crimean Tatars continues. On the evening of December 18, Strategy-18 activists went to Nevsky Prospekt to tell passers-by about strengthening repressions regarding the Crimean Tatar activists, the result of which over the past month has become numerous arrests and 74 administrative cases for single pickets.

Non -state pension funds sold Promsvyazbank shares on the eve of how the Bank of Russia announced its rehabilitation. According to Kommersant, on December 14, half an hour before the end of the trading session on the Moscow Exchange with promotions of Promsvyazbank, transactions were made for 16 and a half billion rubles. These are about 20 percent of the bank shares, which coincides with the total share of non -state pension funds "Future", "Safmar" and "Trust".

Arseny Roginsky The brightest statements of Arseny Roginsky on the air of Radio Liberty On December 18, Arseny Roginsky died in Israel - a Russian historian, human rights activist, public figure, chairman of the board of the human rights and charity society "Memorial". Roginsky was born in the Arkhangelsk region in the family of a repressed engineer-Leninggrad, at the place of his exile.

Nikolai Semyon On Monday, the Supreme Court of the Crimea annexed by Russia, softened the sentence to the journalist Nikolai Semen , whom the Railway District Court of Simferopol sentenced to three years in September to conditionally for the article on the website of the Ukrainian Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Liberty, Crimea Radio Radio, which has prescribed a trial period and forbidden Semena for three years to engage in public activities. Now this prohibition is reduced by 1 year.

From Russia last week, the leader of the Tajik labor migrants of Karomat Sharipov was sent. However, both Sharipov’s expulsion itself, and the activities of his organization are caused by questions. Around the Teply Stan metro station in the south of Moscow, half a dozen of shopping complexes were built: "civilized"-with cinemas, food courts and branded shops-and not very similar to the clothing and grocery markets of the 90s and zero years.

Mikhail Saakashvili after visiting the General Prosecutor's Office The ex-president of Georgia and the leader of the Ukrainian Rukh of the New Forces Mikhail Saakashvili appeared on December 18 at the Prosecutor General’s Office in Kyiv, but refused to answer the questions of investigators.

In the Crimea annexed by Russia, the Crimean Tatar activists are judged for single pickets. In total, on December 18, more than 70 court hearings were planned in several areas of the peninsula at once. 50 activists were sentenced to fines, other meetings were postponed, according to the publication "Crimea. Realii". On October 14, a series of single pickets against repressions against Crimean Tatars and local Muslims took place in the Crimea.

The head of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District of Moscow, oppositionist Ilya Yashin sued the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. Yashin claims that the mayor and his subordinates violate the rights of local self -government, prohibiting the holding of the Free Elections Day in the Krasnoselsky district on December 24.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Dancing (Vietnam), November 11, 2017 US President Donald Trump called Russia and China the main rivals in the world arena. He emphasized that he would look for ways to cooperate with these states if such cooperation will meet American national interests. On December 18, in Washington, in a speech dedicated to the new national security strategy, Trump noted that the CIA helped to prevent a large terrorist attack in St.

Former Minister of Economic Development of Russia Alexei Ulyukaev, who was sentenced to 8 years in prison last Friday, refused to programs in the pre -trial detention center. This was told by Izvestia by the Deputy Chairman of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) of Moscow Eva Merkacheva. According to her, Ulyukaev is located in the investigative insulator No. 1, the so -called "Kremlin central", without cellmates. The human rights activists and he himself asked about this.