Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersky Flavian (Maxim Mitrofanov) was banned in the priesthood due to violation of the decrees of the Synod. Such a decision was made on December 8 at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, according to the website of the Moscow Patriarchate. Flaviana was also deprived of the right to wearing panagia, bishops and mantles, the use of any other signs of bishop dignity.

Zenit Arena, Petersburg The Investigative Committee revealed the theft of about 180 million rubles in the supply of video surveillance systems during the construction of the Zenit Arena football stadium in St. Petersburg. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the head of the TFR Alexander Bastrykin. According to the investigation, the company that installed video surveillance systems in the arena attracted a subcontractor - LLC Group of Companies Security.

Explosion at the refinery in Ukhta The City Court of Ukhta terminated the proceedings on the criminal case against three employees of the oil refinery LLC Lukoil-Ukhtanefteaspay. The head of the section of the enterprise, the head of the workshop and his deputy was accused of violation of the requirements, which, by negligence, caused serious harm to human health and major damage. The case was opened after a fire at the refinery in January of this year.

Russian policeman in Moscow The court in St. Petersburg sentenced three police officers to the conditional terms, who were accused of tossing drugs and extorting by the detainees, the press service of the city’s courts said. Police Sergey Volodchenko, Maxim Gulempinchenko and Anatoly Lebedinsky in July 2019 stopped a passerby, inspected him and his things and put a bag of powder that imitated the drug in his jacket.

New pontoon crossing. Photo of the prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region Under Kaliningrad, after two years of promises of officials in the village of Myskovka with an emergency river crossing, they began to mount a new pontoon. The work should be completed on December 25, the head of the administration of the Slavic city district, Eduard Kondratov, told North. "Now the bridge is in the assembly stage, mounted up to 80 meters a day.

Opening of the metro station Prospekt Slava The former general director of the St. Petersburg Metrostroy Nikolai Alexandrov was released on a recognizance not to leave. The term of his stay under house arrest expired on December 8. The investigation did not go to court with a petition to extend the preventive measure. This was reported by "Interfax" with reference to the regional UFSB. Aleksandrov - accused in two criminal cases of embezzlement. Both are investigated by the FSB.

Alexander and Galina Nekrasov The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Kaliningrad Region refused to institute criminal proceedings against the police who broke the shoulder of a disabled woman. Galina Nekrasova received a turning point during the detention on the #feeding pigeon on August 8. This was reported by North. Nekrasova herself.

Ambulance in Kaliningrad In the second wave of pandemia, Russian doctors still do not pay allowances for working with coronavirus patients. Relatives of those who died from Covid doctors cannot receive insurance laid down by law. The trade unions believe that this is dictated by saving: the authorities did not expect so many cases.

Single pickets in defense of VNIIB in St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, the defenders of the VNIIIB building of the cellulose-paper industry, protesting against its demolition, on December 8, brought to the service of state construction supervision and examination posters, which depict rats. They believe that the behavior of officials resembles the behavior of these animals, according to a statement of the initiative group.

An illustrative photo In St. Petersburg, the owners of cafes and restaurants created a " resistance map " - a map of city institutions that refused to stop working after 23:00. Since the end of October, the authorities of St. Petersburg have banned the work of catering enterprises from 23:00 to 6:00. "These restaurants, bars and hookahs continue to work for guests in the standard mode. If they comply with the decision, they will not survive and everything will be closed," the site says.