Ukrainian sailors, arrested by the Russian authorities, after their seizure in the Black Sea, was transported from the pre -trial detention center to the annexed Crimea to Moscow. Messages about this, who were distributed by Crimean activists and lawyers, confirmed by the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights in Crimea Lyudmila Lubin. At first she claimed that the command staff was “transferred to Moscow”, but then she confirmed that all the arrested were sent to Moscow.

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, serving the conclusion in the White Bear correctional colony in the city of Labytnangi of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, is restored after leaving the hunger strike and is actively working on the film "Room", told Radio Liberty, the filmmaker Askold Kurov, who visited him on a date. From May 14 to October 5, 2018, Sentsov held a hunger strike, demanding the release of Ukrainian political prisoners. On October 25, 2018, he was awarded the Sakharov Award.

Why did Donald Trump refused to meet with Vladimir Putin at the Great Twenth Summit? Attack on Ukrainian boats: an act of war or a random incident? Are the United States ready to provide military assistance to Ukraine? Are new sanctions coming against the Kremlin?

Gustav Olaf Zederstom. The transfer of the body of Charles XII across the Norwegian border. Option of 1884. 300 years ago, December 30, 1718, King of Sweden Karl XII died. Upon learning of his death, Peter I was sincerely upset and called Karl a brother. At the end of the XVII century, the Moscow state remained a political teenager. The main players on the European stage were adult powers.

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A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Emigration or "conditional underground" - a choice that came to Jehovah's Russian witnesses After in April 2017 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation banned the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, recognizing its activities to the extremist , more than five thousand Jehovahors left Russia. Many of them found a shelter in Finland. But most of the Russian Jehovists, despite the persecution, remains in Russia.

In Argentina, the Great Twenth summit - the twenty largest economies in the world is opening today. It will last two days. Officially, the main theme of the agenda of such summits is the state of the world economy. However, at the current meeting, it is expected to be raised a number of political issues - primarily during bilateral meetings. We are talking about the situation around the Kerch Strait - after Russia capture Ukrainian ships and sailors in the Black Sea.

In Yekaterinburg, at a shooting competition from a pneumatic rifle, schoolchildren were offered to shoot in a photograph of US Army General Robert Skils. The organizers of the event called the retired 74-year-old general, writer and journalist "enemy of the people", reports the publication 66.ru. Competitions were organized by the Foundation "Promoting Hands", which, according to its leader, is engaged in the patriotic education of adolescents.

Concert in support of Husky "I will sing my music" in Moscow That this week lawyers and civil activists are discussing in Russia In Russia, concerts of musicians are prohibited . In social networks they talk about the return of censorship, musicians want freedom of creativity. Human rights activists demand to adopt the law "On the prevention of family-domestic violence." So far, homemade violence in Russia has been decriminalized.

Kuril Islands The number of Russians who are ready to support the idea of transferring Japan to several islands of the Kuril ridge for the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan is increased in two years from seven to 17 percent. According to the Levada Center survey , 74 percent of the respondents opposed the transfer of the islands, and still found it difficult to answer.

Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at the Great Twenth summit. According to the CIA, it was the Crown Prince that ordered the journalist Jamal Khashoggi to kill.

Sergey Polunin Ukrainian dancer Sergey Polunin received Russian citizenship. He published a photo of the passport of the Russian Federation on Instagram. “Russia has always been and is good for me, I am very happy to become a Russian citizen and take a position against evil and unscrupulous people who create revolutions in Ukraine, Georgia and other countries,” he wrote, commenting on a new passport.

The Memorial’s human rights center recognized the political prisoner of a resident of Rostov-on-Don Vyacheslav Shashmin, who is accused of preparing riots in the city on November 5, 2017. Prior to this, human rights activists assigned the same status to two more accused in this case - Jan Sidorov and Vyacheslav Mordasov. Earlier, the International Organization of Amnesty International recognized all three prisoners of conscience.

In relations between Russia and Ukraine, events took place that should not have occurred. And "I do not want to have any concern for these events." So the US President Donald Trump defined his attitude to the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The President gave an interview to the Voice of America correspondent Greeta Van Saseren in Buenos Aires, where the next twenty summit takes place.