Journalist Andrei Kolesnikov asked Vladimir Putin the question of whether the president managed to find out the details of the case of Ivan Safronov, how he was going. “What sources did Safronov take information, and wasn't it too easy and often began to apply this article about the Stateizer?” - asked Kolesnikov. “From what sources he took information, the investigation will figure out. He is judged not for journalistic activities.

Russian athletes will not be able to perform under the flag of the country at major international competitions until December 16, 2022. This decision was made by the sports arbitration court (CAS) in Lausanne, rejecting Russia's appeal for four -year disqualification. Russian athletes are prohibited from participating in the national flag in the world championships, olympiads and paralympiads.

The Council of the European Union agreed on the third package of sanctions against 29 Belarusian officials and seven companies associated with the authorities of Belarus. This decision was published in the EU official journal.

Antifacked "We have very good fairy tales." 6 examples of how Putin deceived Russians at a press conference Yuri Bershid December 17, 2020 At the annual large press conference, one of the participants asked Vladimir Putin what books he reads to his grandchildren.

Over the past one or two months, more than a third of Russian citizens have encountered problems when buying medicines, and among residents of cities with a population of 1 million people this share was 44%. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the survey of the Public Opinion Foundation.

A group of 10 tourists entering the caves of Syana in the suburbs disappeared. According to TASS in emergency services, tourists entered the caves in the city district of Domodedovo at about 11 in the morning and no longer get in touch. The group has eight children aged 9 to 12 years. They had to get out of the caves at about 19:00 Moscow time. Syany or Syanovsky quarries - artificial caves in the suburbs.

The Moscow City Court recognized the decision to extend the arrest to the adviser to the head of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov, who was accused of Gosizman. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the court. Safronov will remain in jail until March 7, 2021. The former correspondent of the newspaper Kommersant and Vedomosti Ivan Safronov became an adviser to the general director of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin in May 2020.

The authorities of Nizhny Novgorod paid 1.7 million rubles from the state budget bloggers Andrei Glazunov and Karina Nigai for visiting the city to increase the tourist attractiveness of the region. This was reported by the local edition of Nn.ru. Bloggers have more than 2 million subscribers on Instagram.

Vladimir Putin, answering the question of a British journalist regarding the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, said that the Russian side did not give information about the use of a “newcomer”. “Why do we still not even give us an official medical report about the use of a“ newcomer ”. Can you explain this? " - He turned to the journalist.

We state the fact that the president operates with unilateral information from our opponents - those who now accuse Ivan Safronov. Probably, they use the data that is not true. Rogozin’s assistant Ivan Safronov became in May 2020. Never before was an assistant deputy prime minister Safronov. Today we discussed it with him. He was never an assistant or an adviser to Rogozin until May 2020, even on a voluntary basis.

“You know, Russia originally formed precisely as a multi -confessional state. And we have developed a certain culture of relations between representatives of various religions and ethnic groups. This is the extremely important heritage that we got from our ancestors, transmitted to us by the former generations ...

President Vladimir Putin recognized Kirill Shamalov as a former son -in -law, answering a question about the investigation about the corruption schemes of his family. Putin said this at a press conference. “As for the investigations about my loved ones - there is such a compilation, everything is put into one pile ... all the time it says“ the son of the president ”, and in the end they still write that this is a former son -in -law,” Putin said.

The appeal of a resident of Magnitogorsk with complaints of industrial emissions surprised President Vladimir Putin. He stated this at the final press conference, answering the question of the journalist of the Magnitogorsk Metal newspaper Olga Balabanova. She asked the president why garbage reform is inhibited in the country. Putin assured that the reform is going according to plan, after which he asked the journalist a question about emissions in the city.

This is a prize for all the people who went outside since the beginning of August, because it was Augustus who changed the consciousness of Belarusians, formed the resistance and immunity to the dictatorship. And today it is a peaceful revolution in Belarus. I can’t say how important the individuals are. Most likely, this is the merit of the heroes who suffered - and who died, and who remained wounded or cripple for life.

Rescuers found a group of tourists, which included eight children missing in the Moscow Caves near Moscow, RIA Novosti reports with reference to emergency services. They specified that now everyone is taken to the surface. The condition is evaluated as satisfactory, nothing threatens their life. Earlier it became known that a group engaged in sports orientation, where there were eight children from 9 to 12 years old, did not communicate at the appointed time.