The White House issued a decree covering the loophole in the rules of export to America fish and seafood, which allowed Russia to import these goods if they were processed in other countries. The decree clarifies that the United States prohibits the import of fish products from salmon, sides, cod and crab caught in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation, even if they were subsequently processed and significantly changed their consistency in enterprises in other countries.

In St. Petersburg, on suspicion of organizing the murder, a former mercenary of the PMC of Wagner Alexander Tyutin was detained, the publications are reported by 47news , Fontanka , 78.ru and the Baza Telegram channel. Tyutin in 2021, as the Insider wrote, was convicted of 23 years in prison for organizing several murders, but in the summer of 2022 he concluded a contract with Wagner PMC and went to war with Ukraine.

Switzerland imposed sanctions against 61 individuals and 86 legal entities. The restrictions were introduced by analogy with the 12th package of European Union sanctions against Russia, the Federal Council of the Republic said . In addition, in the near future, Switzerland, following the EU, may apply restrictions on the supply of Russian diamonds.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested the rapper VACío (Nikolai Vasiliev) for 15 days and fined it 200 thousand rubles. The performer was found guilty of violation of public order (part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and the promotion of “non -traditional sexual relations” (part 3 of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

News The Russian Su-34 ambushes, marines from the 155th brigade without camouflage, the "stuffed" of the military on a broken technique.

Can Donald Trump become a dictator during his second period We have repeatedly seen and heard Trump praised dictators throughout his presidency and called the strong leaders of those who are commonly called dictators in the American or in general in the Western European political tradition. If we look at the experience of his work, then, say, his proposals to change the immigration legislation, which is now in the spotlight due to help from Ukraine, was impossible to accept.

Russian musical services removed the song “Blue Moon” by Boris Moiseev and Nikolai Trubach from their libraries, noted the “new newspaper Europe”. The song disappeared from such platforms as “VK Music”, “Sound”, “Yandex Music” and “MTS Music”. Other Moiseev’s songs were not removed from these services.

The Ural Airlines airlines bought 19 Airbus aircraft from the Irish holding Aercap . All this time they did not fly abroad, as they could be arrested outside Russia due to sanctions. The transaction was reported by the press service of the carrier. The S7 airline also completed the settlement of the dispute on 45 aircraft and four aircraft engines, the carrier’s press service told RBC.

News New parts of the Armed Forces of the RF Armed Forces are transferred to Avdeevka, the mysterious history of the message on the brick from the Russian soldier.

On December 18, the October Court of Vladimir suspended Navalny's cases until his location was established. Prior to this, the Vladimir court reported that Navalny “left outside the Vladimir region,” but where exactly was not specified.

OPINION “One against all, and all for one.” Meet Ekaterina Duntsova, a candidate prepared to take on Putin in the presidential elections 22 December 2023 Denis Bilunov Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Sociology, Charles University, Co-founder of the Prague Russian Anti-War Committee Ekaterina Duntsova stands as the lone candidate in Russia's coming presidential elections, boldly opposing the war, advocating for change against Putin, and championing the release of political prisoners.

The CEC postponed a meeting on the registration of the initiative group of Ekaterina Duntsova, which on December 17 approved its nomination for the elections of the President of Russia in 2024. She wrote about this in her Telegram channel. Initially, the meeting was supposed to take place on December 22 at 15:00 in Moscow. Now it will take place at 12:00 on December 23. In the event of a refusal, Duntsov may not have time to hold a second meeting on the nomination.

POLITICS Lessons unlearned: Drawing parallels between the Ukraine war and historical military campaigns Sofia Presnyakova 22 December 2023 After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many observers began to notice some obvious historical parallels.

The Ministry of Justice has replenished the register of “foreign agents” with six names and three organizations. Oleg Kuvaev, the creator of Masyani, fell on the list; Andrey Kuraev, devoid of a sled of protodiacon; historian and journalist, head of Carnegie.ru Alexander Baunov; Leading Rain TV channel Valery Ratnikov; journalist Alexander Ryklin; Lawyer and human rights activist, head of legal practice of Roskomsvoboda, Sarkis Darbinyan.

Aeroflot airline temporarily allowed passengers to transport their pets in the cabin of the plane on a nearby chair. The service allows you to transport up to 15 kg (along with carrying) at the price of an adult ticket (along with carrying), while the standard permissible mass for transportation in the cabin is 8 kg. The service will be available on its own flights of the carrier until March 20, and then the company may decide to make it constant.