The production of vodka under the brand "Five Lakes" at the Omsk Plant Omskvinprom The General Director of the Siberian Siberian Group, one of the largest producers of vodka in Russia, was detained in Moscow, RBC reports . Igor Savelyev is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale. He was detained in the office on Presnenskaya embankment, but the ASG claims that what happened is not connected with the business of the company he headed and it works as usual.

Victor Vekselberg Nine years ago, Russian magnate Viktor Vekselberg was warmly received in American companies, universities and government institutions. Relations between Moscow and Washington were at the reboot stage, and Vekselberg, with the support of the Kremlin, headed the Skolkovo project for the development of high technology, research and entrepreneurship. To create an academic center in the Russian Silicon Valley, he needed an influential partner in the United States.

Military judge Arsen Krikors The federal judge of the Krasnodar garrison court Arsen Krikors on December 21 shot down an 18-year-old athlete Victoria Zverev at a pedestrian crossing. A video of a drunk judge threatening eyewitnesses, shot immediately after an accident, caused a federal resonance, several television channels told him. At the same time, the mother of the injured student does not hope for an objective trial and punishment of the culprit.

Why did the FSB grab the American Paul Willian? To exchange Butin for Maria? Why does Russia break the agreements with Ukraine on the exchange of prisoners? And other issues of foreign correspondents to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Are the answers satisfactory? Experts Viktor Mironenko, Yuri Fedorov and Alexander Shumilin and journalists Roman Tsimbalyuk (Ukraine) and Anton Alekseev (Estonia) participate. Presenter Elena Rykovtseva.

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16 people died in the explosion of a suicide bomber in the Syrian city of Manbij, three more were injured. Among the victims are four American military. According to Reuters , the Islamic State terrorist group took responsibility for the attack. The city of Manbij passed under the control of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al -Assad in late December. Shortly before that, US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the American military from Syrian territory.

A pensioner from Samara hired a lawyer to make a business proposal to the US President. She is afraid that in the event of the death of her husband, she will not be able to retire due to increased housing and communal services tariffs. Tariffs and taxes in Russia were significantly increased from January 1, 2019.

Special economic zone "Dubna" Will Russia save Russia from below? Russian life is surprising by contrast: an authoritarian rollback and the decay of political institutions are combined with the "modernization of everyday life." New modern life forms, new market niches and services appear in the country. Civil society is gradually being formed, people are united around political and social initiatives. In order for the sprouts of the new to turn into public institutions, it takes time.

Chinese invisible J-20 invisible fighter, adopted in 2017 The Chinese armed forces in the near future will have the most modern weapons, which was the result of a violent modernization of recent years, the strategic purpose of which is a sharp increase in the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and the reunification of Taiwan with the PRC. This conclusion is contained in a special report of American military intelligence, published on Tuesday.

Why did the FSB capture the American Paul Wiman? To exchange Butin for Maria? Why does Russia break the agreements with Ukraine on the exchange of prisoners? And other issues of foreign correspondence to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Are the answers doubled? Experts Viktor Mironenko and Yuri Fedorov and journalists Roman Tsimbalyuk (Ukraine) and Anton Alekseev (Estonia) participate.

In St. Petersburg, the movement of a democratic renewal was supported by representatives of the LGBT community after the messages of Novaya Gazeta and LGBT networks about the new surge of gays and lesbians in Chechnya, which began at the end of December. According to the member of the board of the movement of Elena Vilenskaya, it is difficult to remain calm, learning about the arrest of 40 people and the death of two under torture.

Almost twenty years ago, the ruling elite presented the bewildered and stunned decade of "market reforms" and a series of explosions of houses of Russian society cast in a television test tube of the character: a young energetic special services officer who sends sharp and clear teams, sending the victorious regiments deep into the Caucasus, carrying horror and death to the terrorists and the enemies Fatherland.