In St. Petersburg, the trial of the 18-year-old cadet of the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy Vadim Osipov, who was charged with terrorism due to the “plan to capture the barracks”, has been charged. The cadet of the Mozhaisk Military Poprime Academy in St. Petersburg Vadim Osipov has been in jail from April 8, December 25, the court extended his detention for another six months.

The head of the self -proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic ("DPR") Alexander Zakharchenko said that the exchange of prisoners will be held on December 27. It is reported by RIA Novosti. This information was confirmed by a representative of Kyiv in the Minsk Contact Group to resolve the conflict in the east of Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk.

In Moscow, a passenger bus hit passers -by. Five people were killed, about 15 were injured. The bus driver was detained. According to news agencies, the police are currently considering two versions of the incident: the driver has lost the control and a malfunction of the vehicle.

Alexei Navalny was denied nomination for the President of Russia in 2018. This decision was made by the Central Election Commission, citing the criminal record of the opposition in the Kirovles case. Navalny, in response to the decision of the CEC, called for voters' strikes. Before this, speaking at the Central Election Commission, Navalny said that the refusal to register his candidate for the post of head of state contradicts the Russian Constitution.

Learning the Tatar language in Kazan The General Prosecutor's Office of Russia sent a report to President Vladimir Putin based on the results of the audit of schools in the National Republics for the voluntary of the study of the native language from among the languages of the peoples of Russia and the state languages of the republics. The supervisory authority did not present the public department, although certain violations of the Law on Education were identified in all national republics.

There are countries that live boring. They seem to be prosperous, well equipped, the people there are calm, secured, lives for a long time, observes laws, but ... boring. Routine. Without shakes, mobilizing all forces ... so that everything is in a single impulse for something like that! Or against something like that !!! And there are countries not so boring and faded. I would say special. Special inherently. With a special historical purpose. And the people in these countries are not like!

Gref and Putin in Crimea in 2014 Christmas are celebrated in America, and in Russia they are already preparing in full swing for the New Year with its inherent holidays. But silence is deceiving - many look with uncertainty to the near future, in early February, when, as expected, the so -called "Kremlin list" as a basis for new sanctions can be published.

Jerusalem Guatemala President Jimmy Morales announced that the country's embassy in Israel will be transferred from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. An application about this was published on December 25 on the official page of the president on Facebook. Morales said that he made this decision after a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The official start of the "elections" of the President of Russia is discussed by Viktor Sheinis, Alexander Kynev, Nikolai Kolomiytsev. Mikhail Sokolov is broadcast. Access to the text of the program and a complete video on the link https://wwww.svoboda.org/a/28937546.html

In Moscow, a passenger bus ran into pedestrians who were on the stairs of the underpass. Five people were killed, about 15 were injured. The bus driver was detained. The police are considering two causes of the incident. According to one of them, the driver lost control. In another, the cause of the incident was the bus malfunction.

Detention of suspects in preparing the attack. St. Petersburg, December 14, 2017 Three suspects in the preparation of a terrorist attack in the Kazan Cathedral of St. Petersburg are charged. They are charged with illegal storage of weapons and explosives, the mediazone portal reports . On December 14, representatives of the FSB reported the detention of a group of persons allegedly engaged in the preparation of terrorist acts in St. Petersburg.

Sofya Apfelbaum and director Kirill Serebrennikov (archive photo) The Basmann District Court of Moscow extended for four months a house arrest to the director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Sofya Apfelbaum in the so -called “Seventh Studio” case. The judge also refused to free the Apfelbaum on bail of one million rubles. It is reported by the Rain TV channel.

The list of possible participants in the presidential election continues to replenish. At the end of last week, entrepreneur Pavel Grudinin joined him - it was he, not at all Gennady Zyuganov, will be nominated from the Communist Party. Zyuganov will lead the Grudinin election headquarters. Was Zyuganov correctly what he put forward to the President of Grudinin, or Gennady Andreevich had to advance himself?

Christmas in New York Reporting Rai Weil Alexander Genis: In our city they like to say: if you are bored with Christmas in New York, then you are tired of living. There is something in this. Every year I do not get tired of enjoying the measured growth of Christmas enthusiasm on New York streets and squares. This is indeed a wonderful sight: right before our eyes, the holiday sprouts through everyday life. These days, the city seems older than it is.

Oppositionist Alexei Navalny said that he was preparing the all -Russian protest against the decision of the Central Election Commission, which refused to register him as a candidate in the election of the President of Russia. When she passes, Navalny has not yet reported. Alexey Navalny called on his supporters to join the boycott of the 2018 presidential election. All his election headquarters, he said, is now becoming the headquarters of the "voter strikes".