The head of the Central Election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova called the pressure on the CEC Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in which he called not to register Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate. Pamfilova said this to the newspaper Vedomosti.

FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov This year this year has been fulfilled not only from the day of the October Revolution, but also from the day of formation of the All -Russian Extraordinary Commission - the Cheka. It is this day that the FSB officers celebrate their professional holiday. One of them was congratulated by Pussy Riot, Maria Alekhina, who was detained on Lubyanka with a poster "Happy Birthday, executioners!" We went to the FSB and congratulated the Chekists.

In Moscow, in the Lubyanka, the rain journalists were detained, illuminating the action of Dmitry Enteo (Tsorionov) passing there. Its participants glued stickers on the FSB building with the words "here the Chekists killed people." According to the channel, the correspondent of Vladimir Romensky and the operator Vladimir Komissarov was taken to the police "until the circumstances".

The leader of the Rukh of the New Forces, the ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili in an open letter to President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called him to resign. “Admit to yourself and the people, you and your associates are not able to and do not want to change Ukraine for the better. Your voluntary resignation is almost the last chance to overcome the political crisis that will only go deeper,” Saakashvili wrote on Facebook.

In Moscow, a participant in Pussy Riot Maria Alekhina, who launched a banner with the inscription "Happy Birthday, executioners", was detained near the building of the Federal Security Service. Activist Olga Borisova, who also participated in the action, told the human rights portal Mediazon that photographers Andrei Zolotov and Denis Bochkarev were detained with Alekhina. They were delivered to the Meshchansky police department.

Ukrainian-Russian border (archive photo) The Supreme Court of Russia freed from the guard of engineer Viktor Ryzhanov, convicted of collecting information about the movements of Russian border guards on the border with Ukraine. According to investigators, a resident of the Bryansk region Ryzhanov learned from his acquaintance border guard a graphics of Russian patrols in order to illegally import goods from the territory of Ukraine. In October, Ryzhanov was sentenced to three years in colony.

At the trial on the extension of the arrest of Sergey Ryzhov By April 2, the Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended the arrest of Sergey Ryzhov, the associate of the nationalist Vyacheslav Maltsev. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, the meeting was held closed. “This could not even be called a court. At first we were launched into the hall, then the investigator came out with a petition for a meeting in closed mode. He did not submit any justifications.

The Irkutsk Regional Court allowed not to comply with the Constitution of Russia and violate the rights of citizens. This portal "Siberia. Realia" was stated by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Irkutsk Region Valery Lukin, commenting on the decision of the regional court, which on December 19 considered his complaint to suspend the activities of the temporary detention center in the village of Zalari.

The health of the gymnasium student from the new Urengoy Nikolai Testnichenko, who performed in the Bundestag, was very deteriorated due to constant bullying and threats. This was reported by the Sever-Press website with reference to the governor of Yamal Dmitry Kobylkin. According to him, Netatnichenko lost seven kilograms.

Initiative groups in Moscow and 19 more cities of Russia on December 24 will announce the nomination of Alexei Navalny as a candidate for the post of President of Russia. In the Moscow headquarters, the opposition does not exclude that the authorities will try to disrupt the assembly of activists. For example, the election commission in Saratov considered that the city administration must be notified of such a meeting as a rally.

Jil Stein Two Senate Committee of the US Congress, investigating the role of Russia in the 2016 presidential race, requested documents from the election headquarters of the candidate from the Party of Green Jill Stein. According to some senators, the participation of Stein in the presidential election could affect their outcome towards Moscow. It is noted that Russia very positively regarded the candidacy of Stein during the 2012 presidential election.

Press Secretary of the State Department Hizer Neurt The press secretary of the US State Department Hiser Neurt, speaking on Tuesday (December 19) at a briefing in Washington, urged Russia to put an end to hostilities in the east of Ukraine and agree to the placement of the UN peacekeepers.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

The initiative group will nominate Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate on December 26 in the 57th Pavilion of VDNH. There is an exhibition "Russia - my story", organized by Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov), who is called the confessor of the President of Russia. The organizers of the event told RBC that Putin’s nomination is positioned as “public history”, there is no money and resources from power to it, and the initiative group itself will pay for the rental of the premises.

The US Department of Finance introduced the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov to the Magnitsky List. This was reported on the website of the department. According to the Ministry of Finance, Kadyrov is responsible for extrajudicial executions, torture and other human rights violations. In addition, the head of the police department in the Chechen city Argun Ayub Kataev got into the updated sanctions list. He is suspected of persecution and torture of gays in the republic.