Former deputy head of Naftogaz, Gennady Yuryev, was found dead in his own house. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. “The General Prosecutor's Office conducted a number of searches in the framework of the criminal case on theft of funds of Chernomornftogaz (previously part of Naftogaz) when purchasing self -lifting floating drilling plants.

The Islamic State organization prohibited in Russia took responsibility for the attack in Berlin, Reuters reports. The IGC report that a collision with the Islamic State committed a collision with people. Earlier, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Germany Thomas de Mesier said that the members of the IG made indirect confessions in their responsibility for the terrorist attack in Berlin. “There are indirect confessions of responsibility and the words of“ greeting ”disgusting.

The Moscow Basmanny Court today extended until March 24, 2017 the term of detention of the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh, refusing to satisfy his protection to change his suppression for house arrest, TASS reports. “The petition of the investigation to extend white preventive measures in the form of a detention to satisfy, extend the measure of restraint until March 24, 2017,” the decision of Judge Natalia Dudar announced the decision.

Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich instructed the Minister of Communications and Mass Communications to Nikolai Nikiforov to extend the contract with the head of the Russian Post for six months Dmitry Strashov. This was written by Kommersant with reference to a source in the government apparatus. As the interlocutor of the publication explained, the period of validity of the employment contract with Straznov was increased until July 2017 in early December.

In Irkutsk, as a result of poisoning with tincture of the “hawthorn”, 60 people died, according to the latest data. According to Tatyana Shkurskaya, a spokeswoman for the regional Ministry of Health, and 40 people remain in hospitals, five were discharged, five were discharged. The night before, 58 dead were reported, according to the representative of the Ministry of Health, two more died in the hospital - they were brought to the morgue from their houses.

Russian “titles” (that is, provocateurs attacking opposition activists) have many subspecies: they can be recruited from among athletes, football fans, “Cossacks”, cadets of police schools, but often odious dwarf pro -Kremlin movements are also used, which act relatively autonomously, but use the immunity from the persecution by the authorities.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced to four months imprisonment of motorcyclist Alexei Sokolov for trying to sell a keychain with a video recorder. It is reported by Interfax. “The verdict of the court Sokolov was found guilty of committing a crime under Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal circulation of special technical means intended for an unspoken collection of information).

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov compared the attack of the Narossian ambassador in Turkey with an attack on Russia, RIA Novosti reports. Peskov also added that the news of the murder became emotionally very difficult for President Vladimir Putin. The president qualified the attack as a terrorist attack, he added.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan adopted a seven -year -old Syrian girl Banu Alabed, who described the situation in East Aleppo on Twitter. On December 19, Ban Alabed, along with other residents of Aleppo, was evacuated from the city. The area where the girl lives was bombed by the Russian VKS. The tweets of the girls from Aleppo attracted the attention of the whole world. Bana writes on Twitter in English under the name @alabedbana . She is helped by a mother who works as a teacher.

The mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Ivan Carnin said that he had nothing to do with the apartments of his ex -wife. His words are cited by Nn.ru. “Real estate in the United States was acquired by my ex-wife in 2013-2014. It was an investment - then the dollar cost about 30 rubles, I worked in a commercial structure, and the law did not forbid how to own foreign real estate. Since March 2015, I am divorced, the apartments belong to my wife.

Muscovite Olesya Voronova received a parcel in which the post office employee put a note with an insult. “Direct, scum,” they wrote. The culprit was found, but the company refuses to pay compensation. The girl spoke about this story on her Facebook page. On December 5, Olesya sent a nine -kilogram box of sweets to Azerbaijan through the postal service of Pony Express. She was promised that the parcel would be delivered within 2-5 business days.

The Moscow City Duma approved the installation of the monument to the First President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. According to TASS, the monument will be put in the square on Bolshaya Polyanka Street, named Karimov. Earlier, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Russia by Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov said that the country's government has announced an international competition for the creation of a monument. The Moscow City Duma also approved the installation of the monument to William Shakespeare.

The bailiffs seized four apartments in Moscow belonging to the family of ex-governor of the Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the lawyer of ex-governor Ivan Mironov. The lawyer emphasized that among the arrested apartments there is also the “only housing” of the son of ex-governor Ilya Khoroshavin. He noted that the son of Khoroshavin is an adult and is not a subject of the confiscation law.

Civil activists detained on December 20, Irina Yatsenko, Igor Klochkova, Natalya Klokov, Roman Roslovtsev, Nikolai Istorokova, Sergey Zlotych, the journalist of Radio Freedom Ivan Voronin and France citizen Pierre Huffner released without charging and execution of any documents, having previously held five hours in the car carrier and the police department. About this The Insider was told by Sergey Rudich.

The annual press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin was postponed from December 22 to 23. According to Interfax, this was stated by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. According to Peskov, on December 22, Putin will take part in mourning events related to farewell to Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov. On December 19, the Turkish police officer Mevlut Mert Altyntash shot the Russian ambassador in Turkey at the opening of a photo exhibition in Ankara.