What did Vladimir Zelensky achieve and did not achieve in Washington? Will the next year become a turning point in the reflection of Russian aggression? We are discussing these and other issues with Stephen Blanc, an analyst from the Philadelphia Institute of Foreign Policy, and Yuri Felshtinsky, an American historian. What did Vladimir Zelensky achieve and did not achieve in Washington? Will the next year become a turning point in the reflection of Russian aggression?

On Friday, the Russian FSB announced the detention of five Russian citizens in three regions on suspicion of cooperation with the Ukrainian special services. In the Perm Territory, according to the department, the SBU agent group from among Russian citizens Dmitry Strelkov, Mikhail Sokolov and Alexei Gashev was exposed, which allegedly prepared terrorist attacks and sabotage in the country.

During the last visit of Vladimir Putin to Minsk, the actual President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he "unconditionally supports Russia in everything." What in the near future Lukashenko can do, will he nevertheless enter the war with Ukraine on the side of the Kremlin and did he have at least some trump cards for bargaining with Putin? What is Belarus in general by the end of 2022?

What changed the visit of Vladimir Zelensky to the United States? Putin demonstrates mock "peace"? On the air, publicist and writer Julia Latynina Video version of the program Mikhail Sokolov: Today the writer, publicist Julia Latynina, will be on the air today.

The Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region Rostislav Goldstein called not to confuse the rainbow flag of the region with the rainbow flag of LGBT, calling the first "biblical symbol". He stated this on the air of RTVI. Journalists asked Goldstein whether in the region they see the risks of the flag of the EAO in connection with the new law on the prohibition of propaganda of LGBT. “The flag of the Jewish autonomous region has nothing to do with the flag of the LGBT.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the last moment canceled his visit to Nizhny Tagil. This was reported by the portal of Yekaterinburg E1. This information was confirmed by three different sources. The already arrived motorcade - five Aurus sedans, including two presidential limousines - are preparing to be sent from Yekaterinburg. Today, December 23, Putin was expected at the Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil.

Three people were killed and somewhat injured as a result of shooting at the Kurdish Public Center in Paris on December 23. The suspect was detained, before today's attack, he was arrested for violence committed on racist grounds. The attack occurred on the street of the Angen Street in the XX District of Paris, near the city center. There are two large railway stations in this area. The suspect opened fire from a pistol towards the Kurdish center, restaurant and hairdresser.

On December 22, in one of the cinemas in the capital of the Czech Republic of Prague, a show of Tatyana Sorokina, Maxim Kournikov and Alexander Arkhangelsky was shown. On November 14, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Culture recalled a rental certificate from the film because of the "numerous complaints of this picture." Money for the shooting was raised through the crowdfunding platform.

Information digest "Freedom time", December 23 Information digest "Freedom time", December 23 Vladimir Putin for the first time publicly called the war of Russia against Ukraine by war; How did American voters perceive the speech of Vladimir Zelensky in the US Congress? Is a noticeable weakening of the ruble course related to an increase in the number of personnel of the Russian army?

The Moscow publishing house Individuum has published a Russian translation of the book Closed ( Red Closet ) by historian Rustam Alexander about the life of homosexuals in the Soviet Union. The book was published at a time when this kind of research actually prohibited the hastily adopted law on "LGBT propaganda". Rustam Alexander talks about the times when Soviet gays lived in unbearable conditions.

All you need to know early in the morning of December 23 Good morning! On the Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, which has been in the docks of the Murmansk plant “Zvezdochka” for a year, has been another fire. But this is no longer news, but the news is: According to the calculations of the Ukrainian General Staff, Russian losses in this war exceeded one hundred thousand people. Associated Press journalists found more than 10 thousand new graves in Mariupol.

Explosions in Kharkov and Kherson, there are dead and wounded, shelling dozens of villages along the entire front line, attempts at storms and fierce battles - these are reports of the Ministry of Defense of both parties. Against this background, Vladimir Putin said that Russia was seeking to end the war, but at the same time he said that he would advance and “click” the USA Patriot set by the United States.

In China, for December 20, 37 million people infected coronavirus infection. This was written by Bloomberg, referring to the closed meeting of the National Health Commission. In total, 248 million people, that is, almost 18% of the country's population, infected coronavirus infection in the first 20 days of December. The minutes of the meeting do not say how many people died.

A sad sign of time: any text published on an international resource about Russian culture, literature or even the kitchen is certainly accompanied by dozens of negative comments. “The only thing that interests me is about Russia is its surrender” is perhaps the most polite of them. I am far from the idea that some organized people write such reviews for money. I am sure that for the most part readers talk about their own emotions. Today, Russia with excess gives reason for such conclusions.