Iskandar Makhmudov The Russian billionaire Iskandar Makhmudov and Andrei Bokarev personally conduct business in Latvia, related to the Kremlin and receiving contracts from the Ministry of Defense. This is stated in the investigation of The Insider. According to the authors of the investigation, until 2017, billionaires owned shares in the Kalashnikov concern, and their Kolomensky factory supplies diesel engines for Russian warships.

The former presenter of the Rain television channel Alexei Korostelev was banned from entering Latvia. About this writes the publication Delfi. It is reported that the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Latvia Crysteap Elens considered the proposal of the country's state security service and made Korostlev into the so -called black list. Korostelev now lives in Georgia. He does not have a Latvian visa or a residence permit, so the Latvian authorities cannot hold him accountable.

The American Margaret Harrison arrived in 1920 in Soviet Russia with a journalist’s certificate and the US military intelligence assignment. But in the Cheka they knew from their informant in Washington, who she is. Harrison was arrested after two days spent in the Lubyanskaya prison chamber, offered cooperation. She agreed, hoping to replay the Chekists. Its curator was the deputy head of the foreign department of the Cheka Solomon Mogilevsky.

"Stop the war! Stop killing our children. Why are you killing them?" In Kharkov, they said goodbye to the Ukrainian writer Vladimir Vakulenko, who was killed during the Russian occupation of raisins. His body was found in a nameless grave. The day before his abduction by the Russian military, Vakulenko buried his diary in the garden, where there are such words: "Everything will be Ukraine, I believe in victory!"

The traditional Russian-Indian summit will not take place this year. India Prime Minister Narendra Modi canceled a full-time meeting with President Vladimir Putin, who was supposed to take place in December. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference to officials familiar with the situation. According to one of the sources of the agency, the decision of the Indian Prime Minister is connected with the war in Ukraine, in particular - with Russian threats to use nuclear weapons.

Fighter "PMC Wagner" A suspect of the shelling of police officers in the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Region, 38-year-old Pavel Nikolin stated in court that he had opened fire because he thought it was Ukrainians. He also said that he served in Wagner's PMC and fought in Ukraine. Nikolin is arrested, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

An explosion occurred in a two -story residential building in Ryazan. Two people were injured. According to preliminary information, people can remain under the rubble. The reason was the explosion of the moonshine. This was reported by TASS with reference to emergency services. Earlier it was reported that gas exploded in the house. As a result of the explosion, two apartments were damaged. The partial collapse of the second floor is reported.

Women's protests. Is it possible not to let my husband, father, son, brother for war?

Good morning! In Kiev, 32 streets were renamed , the names of which were associated with Russia or the Soviet past: Dostoevsky Street, for example, turned into Andy Warhol Street, and Fuchik Street into Chapeki Street. There are no more funny news: The number of those who died during the shelling of Kurakhov Donetsk region grew up to ten people. The UN introduced a report on the reprisals of the Russian military with civilians in Ukraine in the first months of the war.

Destroyed Russian armored personnel carriers in the Kharkov region, September 18, 2022 As of December 9, during the war of Russia, 10 002 Russian military personnel were killed with Ukraine, 430 of them are mobilized Russians. The Russian service was calculated by the Russian BBC service and the Mediazon together with the team of volunteers.

The Chairman of the PRC and the leader of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia with a three -day visit. Commentators note that he was awarded the highest honors and luxurious reception. In Riyadh, the Chinese leader announced the "new era" in the relationship between Beijing and the Arab world. Saudi Arabia is considered a strategic partner of the United States in the Middle East.

The arrested coordinator of the Kuzbass human rights project "Siberia Legal" Dmitry Kaminin announced violence by the insulator. This was reported by the editorial office of Siberia. Reali, at the disposal of which the human rights activist was at the disposal. According to Kamynin, on December 2, employees of the pre -trial detention center knocked him to the floor, breaking his hands when he wanted to write a complaint.

"Mega Khimki", fire In the MEGA Khimki shopping and entertainment center in the suburbs there was a fire in the construction hypermarket OBI. He burned completely. One person, a guard died, TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Emergencies. 141 people and 47 units of equipment took part in the extinguishing. By eight in the morning Moscow time, the fire was localized on an area of 7 thousand square meters. meters.

About women's protest - human rights activist Valentina Melnikova and civil activist Irina Snegovskaya From the Chechen wars to the special operation of Russia against Ukraine. Is it possible not to let my husband, father, son, brother for war? How to legally avoid mobilization and return loved ones? Prisoners and missing.

Irina Shcherbakova The laureates of the award for the protection of human rights, established by the authorities of the German city of Weimar, this year the human rights activists from Russia and Belarus - Irina Shcherbakova and Olga Karach. It is reported by Deutsche Welle. The award will be awarded on the occasion of the Human Rights Day celebrated on December 10. Its monetary size is 500 euros.