Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on partial decriminalization of the 282nd article of the Criminal Code on the initiation of hatred or enmity. The signed decree is posted on the official portal of legal information. The amendments suggest that the first case of placing inciting, according to the court, the hatred of materials on the network will be punished in administrative order, and in criminal - only if this is repeated within a year.

The Russian Ministry of Labor refutes information about possible mass reduction in the country. Earlier this was reported by the Izvestia newspaper. According to the publication, more than 230 thousand Russians can fall under the reduction at the beginning of next year. Who can threaten the dismissal Most of all, according to Izvestia, dismissal threatens employees of the financial and banking sector - more than 30 thousand people can allegedly lose their jobs.

Law enforcement agencies conducted searches in the largest alcohol trading network of Russia - Krasnoye & Beloye. She was suspected in the circulation of counterfeit and tax failure. What happened The searches began the night before and continued all day. They took place in warehouses and in the office of Krasnoye & White in Moscow and Chelyabinsk. Employees of the Federal Tax Service, Rosalcoolreguli, the FSB and riot police seized documentation for goods and computers.

Sergey Naryshkin (SVR), Vladimir Putin (President of the Russian Federation), Alexander Bortnikov (FSB). Leonid Gozman, Nikita Petrov, Igor Stepanov summed up the results of the political year Ex-prosecutor Igor Stepanov in court tries to get the right to answer the chairman of the FSB Bortnikov. Why do the Russians for the mass allow you to do any experiments on themselves? What to consider the main result of the outgoing year? Discuss Leonid Gozman, Nikita Petrov, Igor Stepanov.

Alexey Bukalov and Papa John Pavel II In Rome, Alexei Bukalov died - a journalist, writer, translator, researcher of Pushkin’s work, head of the TASS representative office in Rome and the Vatican who was part of the journalistic “pool” of several Romanes. He was 78 years old. In the 1960s and 70s, Bukalov worked as a diplomat, was an employee of Soviet embassies in Somalia, Ethiopia and Italy. Since 1978 - in journalism.

Detention of a protest campaign in St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, an unlimited protest participant Ilya Tkachenko took police officers from the house. The reason was a picket near the Black River metro station. The detained activist did not participate in it, but was nearby, and he was taken to the police along with other protesters, Mediazona reports with reference to the detainees help group.

Victor Zolotov The Friendship of Peoples plant in the next two years will continue to supply food to the troops of the Russian National Guard. As the press service of the Russian Guard said on Thursday , the decision of the “friendship of peoples” will remain the only supplier in 2019–2020 was adopted by the Russian government.

The presidential election campaign in Ukraine will begin on December 31. Such a decision was made by the Central Election Commission of the country. The presidential election was scheduled for March 31, 2019. The nomination and acceptance of documents from presidential candidates are allowed until February 3. Until February 8, the Central Election Commission will complete the registration process and announce the applicants for the post.

In St. Petersburg, activist Shakhnaz Shitik was released from the police after two days of arrest. It drew up an administrative protocol on petty hooliganism and was obliged to appear in court. It is reported by "Mediazona". The activist was detained on December 25 at the office of the Yabloko party. There was a meeting of the deceived equity holders with the leader of the "Homeless Subjector initiative" Alexander Golovko, whom St. Petersburg opposition is considered a provocateur.

The American traveler Colin O'bredy was the first man in history, who alone, moving on skiing, crossed Antarctica. The path of 1,500 kilometers took 54 days from him. Behind him, he dragged a sleigh with foods and equipment with a total weight of about 170 kilograms. Relatives and friends could follow O'bredy's journey along his Instagram, where he published his photos and impressions. "I did it!" - wrote the traveler, reaching the finish line.

The Security Service of Ukraine announced the disclosure of the Russian agent network in the Nikolaev region. Law enforcement officers detained a retired Ukrainian military who allegedly collaborated with Russian intelligence. It is reported by Ukrainian Pravda. According to representatives of the SBU, they detained the captain of the first rank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who has Russian citizenship. He was allegedly recruited by an employee of Russian intelligence in Sevastopol.

The court in Tatarstan sentenced two police officers to the conditional terms, who, while intoxicated, beat the detainee for the sake of confession. They were found guilty of abuse of authority with the use of violence, lawyer Andrei Suchkov, who collaborates the human rights organization "Zone Law". Albert Samigullin was sentenced to five years in prison, and his colleague Vitaly Mustafin - to four. The police were also banned from working in law enforcement agencies for two years.