More than a hundred relatives of the Russian mobilized wrote an appeal to Vladimir Putin, in which they said that their relatives were thrown at the "meat assault" of the Ukrainian city of Avdeevka to take him to the "direct line" with the President of Russia, which is scheduled for December 14, or for the New Year. This was reported by the publication "Important Stories", which at the disposal of which, according to, is claimed, is this appeal.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

Six Ukrainian children will be returned to their homeland from Russia as part of an agreement concluded through the mediation of Qatar. This was stated on Tuesday by the representative of the Dohi, participating in the organization of return. He clarified that the children were in Russia or in the territories not controlled by Kyiv. Children go to families through Moscow and Minsk.

Radio Liberty continues the cycle of podcasts "abroad". In today's issue - a conversation with the writer Alexander Ilicevsky, the laureate of numerous literary awards living in Israel. Ivan Tolstoy: Our guest today is a prose writer, poet and essayist Alexander Ilichevsky, laureate of the Russian Boker and Big Book, which has been living alternately in Russia and abroad, since 2013 in Israel.

Yegor Perepeluk talks about his collection of Nepalic masks, shamanic sculptures and Russian painting

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On December 4, in the United States, at the age of 90, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro, Huanita Castro, died. The American Spanish -speaking Univision television channel said that Castro died of natural causes in one of the Miami hospitals. She left Cuba in 1964 because of the disagreements with the brothers about the 1959 Cuban Revolution and settled in Miami. She opened a charitable pharmacy and worked in it for several decades.

The founder of the Japanese Tanuki restaurants, which was announced by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs on the international wanted list, and the Bulldozer Group restaurant holding Alexander Orlov said that he was currently in London, where he had opened a new Greek restaurant. As Orlov told reporters of the Kazakhstan edition of Forbes , the investigation and investigation of the criminal case in Russia became a surprise for him.

The US Department of Finance included 13 individuals and 20 companies from Russia and the Republic of Belarus in the sanctions list. The updated list is published on the website of the American department. The restriction list among others was a citizen of Sweden and a native of Perm Sergey Skvortsov. A person with such data took place in Sweden in the case of espionage in favor of Russia, but was justified.

Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) The head of the Crimean Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), announced the "circular gathering" in support of the participants of the "special military operation" - as Russia calls a full -scale war against Ukraine. A copy of the order signed by the church hierarch published the Telegram channel "Crimean Wind".

"I stay here because I feel my responsibility for these people." Volunteer Evgeny Tkachev has been helping the inhabitants of the front -line regions since 2014. He was captured during the battles for Slavyansk and survived in the Debaltsevo boiler. Now Eugene is exporting civilians from shelling and delivers humanitarian aid.

Frame from the series "The Word of the Boil" In Russia and at least several countries neighboring countries (for example, in Kazakhstan) there is a big hype around the criminal series "The Word of the Boil". In social networks they discuss how true he shows his era and romanticizes violence. I have no questions to the series “Word of the kid”.

The Russian activist Rafail Shepelev, who was missing in Georgia in mid -October, is in a pre -trial detention center in Nizhny Tagil. He was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and justifying terrorism. This was reported by the human rights project "First Department". On October 12, Shepelev left the house in Tbilisi and disappeared. His personal items remained at home.

The first law limiting the rights of LGBT was adopted in modern Russia back in 2006. After 17 years, the Supreme Court recognized as extremist and banned the non -existent “international movement of LGBT”. What will follow this decision and what caused a new wave of the persecution of Quir-Person in Russia.

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.