With what books, series, music did the outgoing year remember? Andrei Gavrilov and Ivan Tolstoy share their subjective impressions of what they saw and heard in a conversation from the C'est La Vie cycle.

The Russian avant-garde once became a kind of guiding star for Western art, but then for many decades he left almost underground. At the end of the last century, it turned out that this artistic direction not only survived, but also was a new revelation. The artist Ilya Kabakov lives a long time ago in America and does not cease to amaze the world, but the legendary workshop in Moscow, the club and the headquarters of Russian conceptualism remains his return address.

Injuries of the rescuer Alexei Popov after the detention of the Rosgvardeys In Ulan-Ude, the firefighter Alexei Popov, who had previously announced the beating of the employees of the Russian Guard. Popov does not respond to the phone calls of Nadezhda Nizovkina for more than a week. This was reported by Siberia. Realities. How to get around the lock?

Was the protest doomed? This is reflected in the politician Vladimir Ryzhkov.

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The estimated type of electronic passport, archive The issuance of electronic passports to citizens of Russia was transferred to 2023. This follows from an interview with the head of the Main Directorate on Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Valentina Kazakova Department of Department. Earlier it was reported that in the pilot regions such a document can be obtained from this December.

The court in St. Petersburg on December 29 will consider the application of the investigation to cancel the arrest of Blogger Yuri Khovansky, who is accused of justifying terrorism. Information about the meeting was posted on the website of the Kuibyshevsky district court, the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov drew attention to the publication. Khovansky was arrested in June .

The long-awaited presidential elections in Libya, scheduled for December 24, on the day of the 70th anniversary of independence, did not take place-due to the complete impossibility of holding them in a warring country, torn to real feudal destinies, led by the leaders of armed groups and clans. 10 years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyans could not demonstrate that they were able to again gather their own state into a single whole - including choosing its chapter.

Library facade in Kansas Co -hosting programs - Andrei Gavrilov and Ivan Tolstoy - share their impressions of the outgoing year. What did you remember? New release of the C'est la vie program Ivan Tolstoy: 2021 almost all came out, and we summarize the cultural results. Let me remind our listeners that we are not at all claiming for some objective picture of events, the infallibility of our assessments, to Strong Opinions, as Nabokov would say.

The lawyer of the North Caucasus branch of the human rights organization "Committee against torture" Abubakar Yangulbaev announced the abduction of 21 relatives in Chechnya. Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, publicly stated that Yangulbaev could be involved in the moderation of the opposition telegram channel, the editorial office of the Caucasus. Realia reports .

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov explained the absence of Novaya Gazeta at the past press conference of Vladimir Putin "human factor." “In fact, they just forgot to call them,” Peskov said on the Russia 1 TV channel, adding that they remembered the “New Gazeta” in the Kremlin two days before the press conference, but it was too late, because in connection with anticonaviral measures, all journalists needed to pass the PCR test three days before the event.

The 1984 Nobel Laureate of the 1984 World, Archbishop of the Church of the Church of Desmond Tutu died at the 91st year of his life in a hospital in Cape Town. This was announced on Sunday by South Africa President Siril Ramafos. Tutu is one of the most famous fighters with apartheid-the regime of the board of the White Minority in South Africa, which existed from the late 1940s to 1994.

Co -hosting programs - Andrei Gavrilov and Ivan Tolstoy - share their impressions of the outgoing year. What did you remember? New release of the C'est la vie program Ivan Tolstoy: 2021 almost all came out, and we summarize the cultural results. Let me remind our listeners that we are not at all claiming for some objective picture of events, the infallibility of our assessments, to Strong Opinions, as Nabokov would say.

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The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Union Jens Stoltenberg proposed to appoint in the mid -January the first meeting of the NATO Council with Russia in 2.5 years. This was reported by the German agency DPA with reference to the press service of the international organization. On Friday, a press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reported at a briefing about an invitation to a meeting. How to get around the lock?