From January 1, 2020, car owners will be obliged at their own expense to apply a special police marking to the body or frame of cars in cases where identification numbers were rustled. About this writes "Kommersant". The corresponding document was signed by Dmitry Medvedev. Additional (police) marking is an innovation laid down in the Law “On State Registration of Vehicles”, which enters into force on January 1, 2020.

Ukrainians came up with a Pole “You know, life is complex and diverse. We have a difficult country and so many ethnic groups live. You see, we forget some things. Here we have disputes with Ukraine and so on. There is Ukrainian identity. Yes, it is formed. Who was the author? Count Pototsky is a famous researcher, scientist and writer, who first spoke about Ukrainians as a separate ethnic group.

The Russian government will oblige Rostelecom to purchase Russian -made tablets for the population census in 2020 and cancel the competition that the operator has already held to choose a device supplier. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the financial and economic block of the government. After summing up the contest, Russian manufacturers of tablets complained to the government that Chinese tablets will be used for the census.

On December 16, Kazakhstan celebrated Independence Day. Against the backdrop of official celebrations from year to year, shares of oppositional citizens are also held-because it is with this date that two of the most important events in the history of modern Kazakhstan, which were accompanied by bloody clashes and victims: the December events of 1986 in Alma-Ata (famous in Kazakhstan as "Zheloksan", i.e. just "December") and the extension of striking oilmen in Zhanaozena (2011).

The firing at Lubyanka was operating alone, the FSB said at the Center for Public Relations. “The Center for Public Relations of the FSB refutes the messages of some media that there were three who opened the shooting at Lubyanka, who shot was one,” the special service said. Meanwhile, earlier the FSB COO itself reported about three attackers. In addition, according to the FSB, the shooter could not go to the building on Lubyanka.

Law enforcement officers came with searches to the Rostov City Hall and detained the press secretary of the city administration Maria Davydov. This was reported by "MBH Media" with reference to a source in power structures. According to the publication, searches are related to the competition for information coverage of the city hall in 2018.

An unknown who opened shooting in the Lubyanka area in the center of Moscow is “neutralized”. It is reported by Interfax with reference to the FSB. Kommersant, citing a source in the FSB, reports that as a result of the attack, one security forces died, three were injured, one of the wounded is in serious condition. The source of the publication also confirmed that the attacker was killed. It is still unknown whether he acted alone or as part of the group.

Tajik and Uzbek languages ​​appeared at the Sberbank ATMs: Sberbank went to meet the huge number of visiting citizens from former Soviet republics receiving money in Russia, but poorly speaking Russian. However, not only Sberbank took advantage of this situation.

From the outside it may seem that Central Asia today can no longer be considered a single region - these countries are too different in its domestic policy. Indeed, the news of the last days, it would seem, must confirm this thesis. So, in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with varying degrees of success, timid democratic transit continues. In Kazakhstan, it is accompanied by equally timid protests (more about these shares and their dispersal - here ).

The EU Council extended the effect of economic sanctions against certain sectors of the Russian economy until July 31, 2020. This was reported by the press service of the European Council. This decision was made by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the European Council on the state of the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

Vladimir Putin, answering the question of possible changes in the Constitution, said that “one could remove the reservation“ contract ”from the provision on the deadline of the president. This statement was made as part of the president’s annual press conference. “This is a living tool, it must meet the requirements of society. We should not adopt a new constitution. We have fundamental things, everything else can be changed.

In Moscow, the unknown person opened fire from automatic weapons on Vorovsky Square, next to the FSB building, writes the Baza Telegram channel. According to preliminary data, there is a dead. Information about shooting confirms RBC with reference to a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow. According to the interlocutor of the publication, the shooting occurred in the parking lot, adjacent to the scene of the incident of the street blocked.

Vladimir Putin, at a press conference with reporters, announced that criminal cases have been instituted against the five employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were delaying the Medusa Special Room. “As for Golunov, this is his last name? It really decided to classify the materials, since during the investigation questions arise about the organization of operational-search activities.

In the center of Moscow, from December 31 to January 5, a special regime will be introduced-it will be possible to get there only after inspection at checkpoints. This is stated on the city hall’s website. The regime will operate within the borders of the Tver and Mokhovaya streets, Okhotnoye and theatrical passage, as well as Manezhnaya Square, Red Square and Revolution Square. They will not allow people in a state of intoxication, with weapons or objects that can be used in this capacity.

Ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was hospitalized with pneumonia, Interfax reports with reference to a source in his environment. The interlocutor of the agency clarified that Gorbachev will be discharged soon. According to the source, "doctors do not fix any crises or exacerbations at Gorbachev." The press service of the Gorbachev Fund information about the health status of the First President of the USSR is not commented.