China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has approved two Chinese cars with Level 3 autonomous driving capabilities, Reuters reports. As the agency notes, this is the first time that the Chinese authorities have recognized such machines as suitable for mass use. We are talking about two electric vehicles developed by state-owned automakers Changan Auto and BAIC Motor.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported earlier today that it had carried out a joint operation with the Ukrainian Navy to destroy a Russian Kilo-class (“Varshavyanka”) submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. According to the SBU, the submarine was struck by a type of underwater drone known as the Sub Sea Baby, marking the first time such an unmanned system has been used to attack a submarine.

Director Rob Reiner's son was arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents. Nick Reiner, 32, was detained on Sunday evening and is being held on a $4 million bond, NBC News reports .

The foreign ministers of the European Union member countries approved new sanctions against Russia. They affected 14 individuals and companies. Information about this appeared in the Official Journal of the EU (EUR-Lex). Among the individuals subject to the new restrictions are Dmitry Goloshubov, Vladislav Borovkov and Denis Denisenko. Both of them are members of the GRU hacker group from military unit No.

The European Union has imposed sanctions against two Azerbaijani businessmen for trading in Russian oil. As follows from data published on December 15 in the Official Journal of the EU ( 1 , 2 ), Etibar Eyyub and Talat Safarov were included in the sanctions lists. Etibar Eyoub founded and runs a chain of companies, including Coral Energy (later changed its name to 2Rivers Group), headquartered in the UAE.

News The Insider December 15, 2025 The Tverskoy Court of Moscow recognized the “punk band Pussy Riot” as an “extremist” organization, TASS reports . The decision was made at the request of the Prosecutor General of Russia Alexander Gutsan. One of the founders of Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, commented to The Insider on the court decision: “The purpose of recognizing us as an extremist organization is to erase the very existence of Pussy Riot from the consciousness of Russians.

Photo: AFP The Moscow City Court has upheld the sentence against Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the election rights advocacy movement Golos (“Vote”). Melkonyants was convicted of participating in the activities of an “undesirable” organization — namely, the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) — RusNews reports . In May 2025, the Basmanny District Court sentenced Melkonyants to five years in a general-security penal colony; his defense appealed the ruling.

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court has designated the “punk group Pussy Riot” an “extremist” organization, according to a report by the state-controlled news outlet TASS . The ruling was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by Russia’s prosecutor general, Aleksandr Gutsan.

Meta turns a blind eye to the placement of malicious advertising from Chinese agencies on its platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), since such ads generate billions of dollars in revenue, Reuters reports , citing internal company documents. By 2024, Meta was earning more than $18 billion a year from providing space to Chinese advertisers—more than a tenth of the company's global revenue.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has received a claim from the Bank of Russia against the Belgian depositary Euroclear in the amount of 18.17 trillion rubles (approximately €195.6 billion), TASS reports . The central bank previously said it would seek damages over Euroclear's "illegal actions." We are talking about Europe blocking Russian assets, most of which are stored in a Belgian depository. The fact that the Central Bank is preparing to sue Euroclear became known last week.

Germany will take in former Belarusian political prisoners Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, who were released on Saturday as part of a deal between Washington and Minsk. A statement from German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt cited by broadcaster ZDF confirmed Berlin’s offer to Kalesnikava and Babaryka. “We are highly interested in strengthening this democratic movement, even if it now has to develop outside Belarus.

The Turkish Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of an unidentified drone approaching the country’s air borders. In this case, F-16 fighters of the Turkish and NATO air forces were used. The report also noted that the drone "appeared to be out of control." “It was established that this aerial target was an unmanned aerial vehicle that was out of control. To avoid possible negative consequences, he was hit and shot down in a safe area outside populated areas.

The united company Wildberries & Russ acquired the Rive Gauche perfume and cosmetics chain. According to the press service of the RVB company, the legal formalities for the transaction have been fully settled, but its cost has not been disclosed, RBC writes . The parties agreed on the purchase back in the fall of this year: then it was about a strategic partnership and connecting more than 250 Rive Gauche stores to the marketplace’s pick-up service.

News The Insider December 15, 2025 Photo: AFP The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of Grigory Melkonyants, co-chairman of the movement for the protection of voters' rights "Voice", accused of participating in the activities of the "undesirable" organization European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO). RusNews reports this. In May 2025, the Basmanny court sentenced Melkonyants to five years in a general regime colony; his defense appealed this decision.

News The Insider December 15, 2025 #Military report In today's summary: In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian military is “infiltrating” into Kupyansk in an attempt to unblock the group cut off there On the Seversky ledge, the presence of Russian attack aircraft is recorded throughout the urban area of ​​Seversk In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops intend to move from Pokrovsk northwest to Grishin In the southern Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are increasing pressure on the