Police in St. Petersburg On the evening of December 7, law enforcement officers burst into a closed party in the art space “Phenomenon” in St. Petersburg, checked and searched the participants. About twenty people were detained, the last of them were released from the police the next day, Sever.Realii reports. No charges were brought against anyone. The employees who came to the art space at the Krupskaya Palace of Culture were in full uniform and had their faces covered with balaclavas.

Brodsky as an interlocutor. Conversation with Solomon Volkov, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the poet. Repeat of the program dated May 18, 2020.

Israeli military equipment in the buffer zone The Israeli military at night and on Sunday morning, amid reports of the fall of power of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, entered the buffer zone between Israeli and Syrian positions in the Golan Heights, and also occupied “adjacent strategic positions.” This was stated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A solid date is 85 years old! - The best reason to pay tribute to the anniversary, to whom I owe too much so as not to share the experience of half a century of reading of his works. The fact is that Valery Popov was our personal apostle all those 15 years when Peter Weil and I wrote together. Popov knew about this well and often wrote, lovingly distorting the facts.

In the Netherlands, a 43-year-old citizen of Russia was detained on suspicion of industrial espionage, the NOS local broadcasting corporation reports . The name of the detainee is not revealed. It is alleged that since 2015 he worked as an engineer in several Dutch chips production companies, including in one of the world's largest firms specializing in the manufacture of machines for the manufacture of chips - ASML.

Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad in Damascus. January 7, 2020 The overthrown President of Syrian Bashar Assad is in Moscow and received asylum in Russia. This evening on Sunday reported TASS and other Russian state media with reference to a source in the Kremlin. "Assad with members of his family arrived in Moscow. Russia, based on humanitarian reasons, provided them with asylum," the source quoted the agency, without calling it by name.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky US President-elect Donald Trump, in a major interview with NBC - his first since his election victory in November - said that he is "actively working" to end the war in Ukraine, while emphasizing that he will stop it "if he can." Trump also suggested that Ukraine, after he takes office, is unlikely to receive military assistance from the United States in the same volume as under the current Joe Biden administration.

In the city of The Hague in the Netherlands on Saturday there was an explosion in a residential complex. Police report at least five deaths. Rescuers are clearing the rubble; there may still be people underneath. The mayor of The Hague Jan van Zanen said at a press conference that there were two explosions, they differed in strength. After them a fire broke out. Five apartment buildings were damaged.

Vladimir Putin, collage Mumin Shakirov and his guests sum up the results of the 49th week of 2024 This material (information) was produced, distributed and/or sent by a foreign agent Mumin Shakirovich Shakirov, or concerns the activities of a foreign agent Mumin Shakirovich Shakirov. 18+ *Mumin Shakirov does not agree with this status Meat processing plant named after Putin. Mass round-ups in Moscow: disabled people - to the front, mobilized into slavery. Image of victory from the Kremlin.

Calin Georgescu at a protest Pro-Russian presidential candidate in Romania Calin Georgescu and his supporters went to a protest demonstration in Bucharest. They are demanding a review of the decision of the country's Constitutional Court, which on Friday annulled the results of the first round of the presidential election. As the Romanian service of Radio Liberty reports , more than 100 people, led by Georgescu, gathered in front of a closed polling station in the center of Bucharest.

Vilnius University The city of Adam Mickiewicz, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Mikhail Bakhtin, Lev Pumpyansky, Thomas Venclov is waiting for new students and offering promising training programs How to bypass the blocking? read > Ivan Tolstoy: It happens that you fall in love with a country in absentia, in advance, without even seeing it. Sometimes poetry about her is enough.

Fighters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, together with the residents of Damascus, celebrate the victory and overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Morning of December 8, 2024 The regime of Bashar al-Assad has fallen. The lightning-fast and completely unexpected offensive of radical Islamists from north-west Syria to the south, which began on November 27, ended in their complete victory on the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Demonstrators in Seoul demand the resignation of President Yoon Seok-yeol, December 4, 2024. In Seoul, police on Sunday raided the residence and office of former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun. The ex-minister himself was arrested. He is suspected of treason and rebellion, state news agency Yonhap reported . The investigation comes as President Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law last week. Kim was sent to a detention center in eastern Seoul.

Empire State Building on Thanksgiving Day. Photo by Irina Genis History of underwear. Bombing of London. How much does Pushkin's chair cost? Universities in fire protection. – New Table Talk with Alexander Genis How to bypass the blocking? read > Ivan Tolstoy: Thanksgiving Day has just been celebrated in America. How did the turkey, Alexander, not burn? Alexander Genis: Well, what are you talking about? The turkey cannot burn because they stand guard around it. It's five o'clock watch!

At one table on opposite sides of the ocean. Conversation with A. Genis about the cultural news of December. Cinema, books, New York. Teachers of the University of Vilnius - about the traditions and new opportunities of education in the heart of Europe.