The Nobel Prize laureates were held in Oslo. This year the world was received by the Russian, editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov and Philippine Maria Ressa. As stated in a statement by the Nobel Committee, journalists received the award "For efforts to protect freedom of opinions, which is a condition for democracy and peace." We publish the full text of Dmitry Muratov’s speech . Your Majesties! Your royal Highnesses, dear members of the Nobel Committee, dear guests!

The court in Kabardino-Balkaria sent an insus Lander under the house arrest of a blogger. It is reported by the Caucasus. Realiy. On Thursday morning, employees of the power organs in masks and weapons entered the house of a blogger living in Baksan and took her to the FSB management in Nalchik for interrogation. According to preliminary data, she is charged with an article on the commission or threat of a terrorist attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, online with members of the Human Rights Council, entered into a controversy with a member of the Council, film director Alexander Sokurov, after he announced many problems that Russia is now facing, and said that the country needs to be changed. The video recording of Sokurov’s speech and the response to it Putin was published on the Kremlin website. We give the decoding of this conversation. Sokurov: Good evening.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, online with members of the Human Rights Council, entered a harsh controversy with a member of the Council, film director Alexander Sokurov, after he stated the many problems that Russia is now faced with, and said that the country needs to be changed. Sokurov’s performance and Putin’s answer can be viewed on the Kremlin’s website , where the meeting video is published (there is no this discussion in the published stomach).

The Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Karlsen won the 11th batch of the match for the world chess crown of the Russian Yan Nepomnya and secured a final victory. On Friday, Karlsen played with black figures and after this victory scored 7.5 points in the match, becoming unattainable for the non -removal (3.5). Thus, 31-year-old Carlsen defended the title of world champion . The match took place in Dubai and started on November 27.

The high court in London satisfied the appeal of the US Ministry of Justice for a decision of a lower court and decided that the founder of the WikiLeaks project Julian Assange could be extradited to the United States. The court took into account the guarantees of the proper handling of Assange and the protection of its rights that the US authorities previously provided.

The activist of the Yabloko party Ronald Ayrapetyan emigrated from the country on the coast of the Krasnodar Territory, which was conducting single pickets in the Stavropol Territory and on the coast of the Krasnodar Territory. At the moment, he is in the Netherlands, where he submitted documents to receive asylum. It is reported by the Caucasus. Realiy. The 22-year-old activist was repeatedly detained during protest pickets in Pyatigorsk and Essentuki. He reported threats addressed to him.

Dmitry Tarasov, ex-genate director of the Kalashnikov group of companies The company -developer of the Ward B video game has accused the Kalashnikov concern of theft of shotgun design. She demanded that the weapons manufacturer remove all images of these weapons from the site and from social networks and stop its production. About this writes the publication IGN. In August 2020, Kalashnikov held a presentation of the new shotgun "Ultima".

The Moscow Arbitration Court granted the lawsuit of Rosneft to Bloomberg. The court ordered the publication to delete an article stated that the Russian government could allegedly allocate billions of dollars from the National Welfare fund for investment in the infrastructure of the Vostok Oil project owned by Rosneft.

The court in Nalchik sent for two months to house arrest of the blogger Oguz Inu Soltan-Hamidov, known by the pseudonym of Inss Lander. In relation to her, they initiated a case of the promotion of terrorist activities. It is reported by "Mediazona" (recognized by the "media-foreigner"). Saltan-Khamidov was detained on December 9, a court hearing was held on the same day.

More than 50 percent of Ukrainian citizens who took part in a survey of the Rating sociological group believe that Ukraine should conduct direct negotiations with Russia on the issue of resolving the conflict in the Donbass. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky previously spoke about the need for such negotiations.

Selected quotes from Nobel speeches and lectures of Russian -speaking Nobel Prize winners Today, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the head editor of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov (together with the editor -in -chief of the Philippine site Rappler Maria RESSA). Throughout the history of the Nobel Prize, immigrants from Russia, Soviet and post -Soviet spaces became its laureates 21 times.

The European Union on Monday next week will be sanctions by the Russian private company "Wagner Group", three other associations and seven or eight individuals. This, in particular, reports Reuters with reference to a senior European diplomat. The decision will be approved at a meeting of foreign ministers of the EU member states in Brussels.