At the airport of Krasnoyarsk, Olga Suvorova, a participant in the Soft Power public movement, was detained. As reported in the Telegram channel of the movement, on the eve of it participated in a meeting of the initiative group to nominate journalist Ekaterina Duntsova in Moscow. Suvorov was detained as part of a criminal case under Art. 306 of the Criminal Code (false denunciation) due to the statement that she wrote to the police officer.

Inflational expectations of the population in December increased by 2 percentage points in a month, to 14.2%, it follows from the information of the Infom survey, which is carried out by order of the Bank of Russia. This indicator allows you to find out how significant, according to the survey participants, prices will increase in the next 12 months. This is the maximum value since March last year, when inflationary expectations have been at the peak level 18.3%.

The Moscow Provincial Theater canceled the play “The Adventures of Fandorin” based on the story of Boris Akunin. This is stated in a message published on the theater website. The theater’s announcement is dated December 15th. “We apologize. Tickets can be handed over at the place of acquisition, ”it says. The reasons for this decision are not explained.

News The EU approved a new package of sanctions against Russia. India will suffer from the prohibitions on the import of Russian diamonds, and not Russia - an expert The Insider December 18, 2023 The European Union approved the twelfth of the package of sanctions against Russia. It includes restrictions on the import of non -industrial diamonds produced or processed in Russia. The EU imposes a ban on direct or indirect imports, the purchase or transfer of diamonds from Russia.

The former dancer of the Little Big musical group, the showman and actor Dmitry Krasilov, known as the “Pukhlyash”, passed away at the age of 29. According to Telegram channel 112, it was found dead in his apartment in Moscow. Presumably, the actor died due to heart disease. The cause of death will be established by a medical examination. As the Telegram channel notes, the actor felt bad at work on the evening of December 17. He went home and stopped in touch.

The Volgograd garrison court sentenced two accused to a fine, two more on the fines of three years in excess of three years, and only one of the defendants in the case was sentenced to real imprisonment, the Kommersant newspaper reports . The military paid and. O. The commander of the battalion, who offered a number of military personnel who had already visited the war in Ukraine, to evade re -sending. According to the publication, the bribes are from 25 thousand to 150 thousand rubles.

Almost one in ten cases of trade-based money laundering from Russia over the past ten years has involved companies from the UK, according to a recent study by Transparency International-Russia . The study says that at least 20 billion roubles (close to $110.8 million as of December 18, 2023) — or about 10% of the total volume of illegal money transfers through trade from Russia — were withdrawn through these types of operations.

Almost every tenth case of money laundering through trade from the Russian Federation over the past ten years has been associated with firms from the UK, the Transpenseri International -Russia study said . According to experts, with the help of such operations, it was possible to withdraw at least 20 billion rubles, which is approximately 10% of the total amount of illegal transfer of funds through trade from the Russian Federation.

The Helsinki District Court has remanded Russian national Yan Petrovsky, also known as Voislav Torden, in custody on suspicion of having committed crimes on the territory of Ukraine as a member of the neo-Nazi Sabotage Assault Reconaissance Group (DShRG) “Rusich.” The court found the evidence that Petrovsky committed war crimes in 2014-2015 sufficiently convincing, according to a report by the Finnish publication Helsingin Sanomat . He is expected to be indicted by May 31.

The American software developer in the field of digital design Adobe agreed with the American service for web designers and FIGMA application designers on the termination of a cost of $ 20 billion due to opposition to European and British regulators. The Adobe statement says that the parties do not see understandable ways to obtain approval from the European Commission and the competition for competition and the British markets.

Law enforcement officers detained the head of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Samara Region Oleg Boyko in the case of kickbacks, sources of RBC , BAZA, TASS and Kommersant said. Searches are underway at the place of residence and work of Boyko. He is suspected of receiving money from subordinates during their inspections of legal entities for fire safety. It is expected that in the near future Major General will be delivered to Moscow to choose a preventive measure.

Russian gymnasts will never perform at international competitions without their anthem and flag, said Irina Viner, president of the All -Russian Federation of rhythmic gymnastics and head coach of the Russian national team. In an interview with TASS, she stated that she considers the proposal of the International Olympic Committee to Russian athletes to act without the attributes of their country humiliating and unacceptable. “It will be a shame if we go there.

The request was originally submitted on December 14, according to Pevchikh. Mariana Katzarova, the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Russian Federation, issued an official statement raising her concerns about the politician's disappearance: “I am greatly concerned that the Russian authorities will not disclose Mr. Navalny’s whereabouts and wellbeing for such a prolonged period of time which amounts to enforced disappearance.

The Moscow City Court softened the verdict to the founder of the group “Sum” by Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed Magomedov, the press service of the court reports . The term of Ziyavudin Magomedov was reduced from 19 years to 18 years and 6 months of a maximum security colony, Magomed Magomedov - from 18 years old and 6 months of the colony.

The end of the Ukrainian summer counteroffensive was marked by an interview with its overall commander General Valeri Zaluzhnyi in the UK’s leading news magazine The Economist. It is clear to everyone now that this will not be achieved anytime soon. As the General puts it: “there will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough.” As matters stand, Zaluzhnyi assesses that effectively the war is in a situation of stalemate .