The son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the safe of Al-Islam, asked the Russian authorities to support the election of President Libya in 2019. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to his source. According to the agency, the al-Islam safe sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The interlocutor of Bloomberg specified that Gaddafi Jr. personally handed the letter through the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Bogdanov.

The share of those who wish to return "back to the USSR" in Russia has reached a maximum over the past 15 years. During a survey conducted by the Russian Levada Center, 66 percent of the surveyed residents of the country said that they regret the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian sociological group "Rating" conducted a similar study and calculated that now the level of nostalgia for the USSR among Ukrainians is two times less than among Russians.

Oyub Titiev in the courtroom, November 26, 2018 The Supreme Court of Chechnya upheld the extension of the arrest to the human rights activist, the head of the local branch of the Memorial human rights center Oyub Titiev. Thus, the court confirmed the decision of the Shalinsky City Court. On December 10, he extended the arrest of the human rights activist for another three months - until March 22, 2019. In the final edition, Titiev was charged with large -scale drugs.

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Gandelsman - 70 Alexander Genis: Today, according to a long tradition, “Ach” offers our listeners a Christmas anthology composed of the best festive programs of past years. (Music) Alexander Genis: At the end of the outgoing year, the Russian New York gathered, as usual, in the Samovar club-restaurant, so that the 70th anniversary of the beloved poet Vladimir Gandelsman is solemnly and warmly.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia introduced the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements to the register of foreign agents, political scientist Boris Kagarlitsky. Information about this is published on the website of the department. According to the description, NPO was engaged in "developing expert assessments, research and promoting initiatives aimed at democratic and radical socio-economic transformation of society." In total, 71 organizations are listed in the foreign register.

Supporters of Navaz Sharif at the Court building in Islamabad, December 24, 2018 Former Pakistan Prime Minister Navaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison. The Anti -Corruption Court in Islamabad on Monday, December 24, found it guilty of one of two accusations based on the so -called Panama dossiers - materials of a journalistic investigation of tax manipulations committed through offshores.

The Orenburg Regional Court today examined the complaint in the case of Alexander Parshin about self -defense. In September 2017, in Orenburg in a residential building late at night there was a conflict of neighbors, which grew into violence. The conflict began, according to the lawyer, at half past three in the night, when the wife of the former policeman knocked on the door and, having woken up Parshin, accused him of the allegedly loudly playing music.

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Alexander Bortnikov The court in Moscow rejected the lawsuit of the former investigator Igor Stepanov against the director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov because of his interview with the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, in which he called mass executions during the large terror in the USSR "plenters". About this writes "Kommersant". The former investigator for particularly important cases of the Prosecutor General of Russia demanded to refute or prove Bortnikov’s words.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn In Moscow, on Monday, the Museum-Quarter of the Soviet writer and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn opened . In it, he was arrested in 1974 after the release of the Gulag Archipelago. The apartment is located in house number 12 on Tverskaya Street. The widow of the writer Natalya Solzhenitsyna took part in the opening ceremony. The museum exposition is divided into thematic sections and tells about the life and work of Solzhenitsyn.

Artist Prygunov and composer Zhurbin: New Year's Gatherings Actor Lev Prygunov and composer Alexander Zhurbin about what to consider the events of the country's cultural life. Elena Rykovtseva: We are glad to inform you that today we finally have a human broadcast, not political, well, maybe quite a little. Alexander Zhurbin is with us, a wonderful composer, and Lev Prygunov, also a wonderful actor.

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The foreign company appealed to the US Supreme Court for permission not to provide information about commercial activities to special prosecutor Robert Muller. It is reported by CNN with reference to the materials of the court. Müller is investigating the likely intervention of Russia in the American presidential election in 2016. According to CNN, the company sent a request back in September. The name of the company is not disclosed.

Employees of rescue services in the mine of Uralkali in Solikamsk, where a fire occurred In the Perm Territory - a day of mourning in the miners who died at a mine in Solikamsk. Flags were visited in the region, and entertainment gear was canceled. All dead are identified by relatives. On December 23, the bodies of all nine miners were lifted to the surface. Local authorities decided to pay their families a million rubles.