Over 50 Aeroflot clients who bought Tickets for Phuket, which were subsequently canceled, applied to the Presnensky district court of Moscow with a collective lawsuit against the carrier, the representative of the victims, managing partner of the Vatamanyuk & Partners, Vladislav Vatamanyuk, told RBC. The plaintiffs demand to return the difference - a total of 7.5 million rubles - between current prices and erroneously loaded into the system. The airline does not agree with the requirements.

The report of “Channel One”, dedicated to preparations for a large press conference of Vladimir Putin, showed several issues sent by the inhabitants of Russia. In one of the messages that fell into the frame, the war in Ukraine is called war, and not a “special military operation”. Questions can be read at those moments when monitors hanging on the walls of the hall are visible behind the correspondent. Here are some of them: When will the war end? When will peaceful negotiations begin?

The mayor of the city of Troitsk (Chelyabinsk Region) Alexander Vinogradov was detained in the case of a bribe: the investigation believes that the official received a running track from a local businessman for “accelerated unhindered receipt” from the administration of permission to build a non -residential building. It is reported by RBC. In 2021, a criminal case was already initiated against Vinogradov on charges of abuse of authority, but it was justified by the court.

On the outskirts of Moscow, the attics of many houses were converted into defense points from drones and missiles. This was reported by "Svetost" with reference to sources in three areas of Moscow - from the services of housing and communal services and the social protection department. Two interlocutors of the publication claim that such premises in the city are already “dozens”.

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced the resident of Usinsk Evgeny Zabolotnaya to 12 years in prison in the case of arson of the FSB building. According to the local BNK news agency, he will spend the first three years in prison, the rest in a maximum security colony. In court, Zabolotnaya partially pleaded guilty to commit arson. He stated that he did not plan a terrorist attack, but simply wanted to draw attention to the war in Ukraine.

The APU air forces in their Telegram channel reported that on the night of December 13, ten ballistic missiles were shot down, which the Russian military launched in Kiev. The Kiev authorities write that 53 people were injured as a result of a night attack. 20 of them, including two children, were hospitalized. 33 victims, including six children, received the help of doctors on the spot.

The Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region introduced a bill to the State Duma, within the framework of which it is proposed to prohibit abortion in private clinics. The project is published in the system of ensuring legislative activity. It was expected that the bill on the ban on abortion in all private clinics in Russia would be submitted to the Duma in the spring session.

A contractor from the city of Kirzhach of the Vladimir region was returned home in a closed coffin after getting into a torture basement for refuseniks in the village of Zaitsevo in the LPR. As “important stories” write with reference to the wife of the deceased, relatives were forbidden to open the coffin, threatening that otherwise they would not receive payments. Peter (the name changed) signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense at the end of September.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, accompanied by an exchange of hostages for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, had been in force since November 24 and was extended twice, on November 27 and 29. During this period, 80 out of 240 hostages were released in exchange for 150 Palestinians . A further 25 hostages (mostly Thai agricultural workers) were released outside of the deal.

The European Union agreed to allocate Hungary more than € 10 billion, the European Commission reports . This is about a third of the amount that the EU decided to freeze a year ago, until Budapest has been conducting a judicial reform. The European Commission came to the conclusion that Hungary fulfilled the conditions for the Charter of the Basic Rights of the EU regarding the increase in the independence of the judicial system in the country.

Chechnya fulfilled a plan for a partial mobilization of 1500%, said the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. At the same time, in September 2022, he said that Chechnya would not participate in partial mobilization, since the plan was already allegedly overfulfilled by 254%. “We have fulfilled the mobilization plan by 1500%. If other regions still have to get volunteers, we have done it.

Photo: Kommersant In Moscow, the unknown manheaded the horse of the Soviet commander Konstantin Rokossovsky on the high relief “Victory Parade” next to the Okhotny Ryad shopping center. This was reported by Kommersant and BAZA . Baza writes that the head of the horse, absent on the high relief, nicknamed Pole was noticed on the morning of December 12. How exactly it was separated from the body of the horse is unknown. After that, someone put two red carnations in place of the missing head.

The countries of the UN conference on changing COP28 climate in Dubai reached a “historical” agreement on the abandonment of all types of fossil fuel in order to reach the zero level of emissions by 2050. The President of COP28 Sultan al-Jaber called the decision “historical”, he is quoted by Bloomberg. For the first time, an obligation was recorded in the agreement to abandon all types of fossil fuel.

A Russian spy arrested in Norway last year pretended to be a Brazilian “hybrid threats” researcher. He just admitted he’s a GRU spy. Last year, Norway arrested José Assis Giammaria, on paper a 38 year-old, Brazilian-born researcher at the University of Tromsø, who specialized in “hybrid threats.” Except no such person exists, in Brazil or anywhere.

The main radio frequency center (GRCHC), which is subordinate to Roskomnadzor, is trying to block part of the chat bot with the artificial intelligence of Chatgpt, developed by Openai. With a letter from the RKN, the Khosting Providers got acquainted with Kommersant, the information was confirmed by an employee of the Monitoring Center and the GRCHC public communication network.