The European Union countries established the ceiling of prices for the purchase of Russian gas. It will operate from February 15 at the level of 180 euros per 1 megavatts/hour. It is reported by Reuters. At first, the restriction will not apply to OTC transactions. In 2022, the price of gas reached the price of 180 euros from the beginning of August to the beginning of September. The rest of the time gas on the exchange was lower.

The Chinese company Huawei covers the center of corporate sales of information and communication technologies, data storage systems and telecommunication equipment in Russia, Kommersant reports with reference to a source in the company. The manufacturer fears secondary sanctions from Western countries. The unit worked about 2 thousand employees, some of whom were offered to move to the CIS countries. The rest of the employees will be fired.

Line on the Russian-Georgian border, archive photo United Russia has prepared a bill limiting remote work for Russians who left for some specialties. The list of professions that cannot be working from abroad according to the Labor Code should draw up a government. This was reported by TASS with reference to the deputy head of the party in the State Duma of Andrei Isaev. According to the project, restrictions will affect Russians who have ceased to be tax residents of Russia.

Fire at the Markovsky oil and gas condensate field in the Irkutsk region Seven people were injured in a fire at the Markovsky oil and gas condensate field in the Irkutsk region, two people are in serious condition, said the head of the region Igor Kobzev. Four victims were hospitalized in the Ust-Kutsk hospital. One person froze his legs, he will be treated at home. Two victims in serious condition were delivered to Bratsk.

Vladimir Timofeev In Irkutsk, the court changed the measure of restraint for the left activist and former officer Vladimir Timofeev in the case of justification of terrorism due to posts in the telegram channel. This was announced by "OTD-info" with reference to a friend of Timofeev. The court, when changing the preventive measure, referred to a man’s violation of the house arrest: he allegedly used social networks during the ban. The source of Siberia.

On December 19, the Birobidzhan district court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced four followers of the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses to imprisonment in the colony. The Russian authorities consider this religious organization extremist and persecute its members. Valery Krieger and Sergei Shulyarenko sentenced the court to seven years in a general regime for organizing and financing the activities of an extremist organization.

Russian President Vladimir Putin forbade the provision of surrogate motherhood services to foreigners and stateless persons. The corresponding decree is published on the portal of legal information. Only citizens of Russia or single women will now be able to sign an agreement with a surrogate mother for the birth of a child. For a surrogate mother, Russian citizenship will now also be mandatory. Earlier, the services of surrogate mothers could also use the pairs that are not married.

Exercises in Belarus, November 2022 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced battalion tactical exercises in Belarus. On December 18, in Minsk, Alexander Lukashenko will meet with Vladimir Putin, this is the first visit of the Russian president to the country since the beginning of a military invasion of Ukraine. The deadlines of the Ministry of Defense did not specify.

19 years ago, in December 2003, the Severomuisky tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in Russia and one of the most complex sections of the Baikal-Amur highway were commissioned. The construction of the main part of the BAM ended in 1984, and the Severomuysky tunnel was penetrated only in March 2001. BAM is a great Komsomol construction of the second half of the 20th century.

Mi-8 helicopter The Mi-8T helicopter burned down when landing in nyavlen in the Olsk district of the Magadan region on the morning of December 19, the Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office reports . It is clarified that the helicopter crashed into a construction trailer, tipped on its side and completely burned on the landing strip. Three crew members managed to leave the salon before the start of the fire.

Explosion on Angk, December 15 For a week in Russia, explosions and fires at industrial enterprises, warehouses, and shopping centers have been taking place almost daily. The Ministry of Emergencies proposed to check all large shopping centers and warehouses for the presence and performance of alarm and fire extinguishing systems, as well as the state of evacuation exits.