The commander of the crew of the Mi-24 helicopter, which crashed while performing a combat mission on December 17, was Hero of Ukraine Alexander Shemet. This was reported by Suspilne with reference to the brother of the deceased Yuri. According to him, the disaster occurred in the Cherkasy region. Shemet was 55 years old. On the evening of December 17, the Mi-24 crew flew out to intercept Russian Shahed -type drones, after some time the board disappeared from the radar.

Vince Zampella, one of the developers of the Call of Duty video game series, has died. He died in a car crash on a highway in Southern California along with another person, NBC reported . Zampella was 55 years old. The accident occurred on the afternoon of December 21. According to local police, the developer's Ferrari left the road immediately after exiting the tunnel and crashed into a concrete barrier.

The defendant’s non-admission of guilt, lack of repentance on his part, as well as the position of the victim should not be considered by the courts as an aggravating circumstance. This is stated in the resolution of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, adopted on December 23.

According to the Russian side, the decision was made under “special economic measures in the financial and fuel and energy sectors in connection with the unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and international organizations.” The 99.9% stake will be acquired by the Mexican company Industries E. G., Sociedad Anónima Promotora de Inversión de Capital Variable.

A photo of Stanislav Orlov diplayed at his funeral service, depicting him showing off his tattoo of Espanola's logo on his forearm. Photo: The Insider The Russian far-right volunteer unit Espanola, which announced in October that it was disbanding, will merge with another far-right organization — “Russkaya Obshchina” (lit. “Russian Community”).

The vice-chairman of the territorial organization of the former Shor party in Riscani was sentenced to four years in prison. According to Cotidianul, we are talking about Daria Trofim. The verdict was pronounced on Monday, December 22, by the judges of the Chisinau court.

In Crimea, for security reasons, restrictions on the operation of mobile Internet will continue to apply until the end of the war in Ukraine. The head of the annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, stated this - in his words, “it was impossible to do otherwise.” “These restrictions will remain in effect until the end of the Northern War. Here you just have to come to terms with it, switch to a different mode of operation...

Investigative journalist and founder of the publication “Important Stories” Roman Anin was deprived of Russian citizenship. The reason was that he was found guilty in the case of “spreading fakes about the army.” This was reported by Kommersant with reference to a statement by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Yaroslavl region.

“Theoretically, yes, this should have given the domestic manufacturer a chance. In practice, everything that has gone remains, only under different signs. There was one label, they hung another. The same thing happened with McDonalds after his departure and the appearance of “Tasty - period” restaurants on its sites. They changed the name, tweaked the menu a little, but essentially everything is the same,” says the workwear manufacturer.

Vladimir Putin has authorized a Mexican company to purchase a 99.9% stake in Rurpumpen Rus, the Russian subsidiary of German pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of pumping equipment. A decree detailing the move was published on Russia’s official legal acts portal.

A court in Saransk fined a man 5 thousand rubles for inducing an abortion of a woman who became pregnant from him. This was reported by the Women for Life charity foundation. As Kommersant notes , this is the first such fine in Russia. The Foundation described the situation as follows: “The foundation’s ward, having learned about her pregnancy with twins, told the news to the children’s father. In response, I immediately received an offer to have an abortion.

Chinese population experiment In the 1970s, China was going through difficult times. The country had just begun to overcome the consequences of the Cultural Revolution, the economy was exhausted, agriculture was inefficient, and the mass famine of the Great Leap Forward had not yet been forgotten . At the same time, the birth rate remained extremely high : almost six children per woman. As one of the measures to combat the crisis, the authorities tried to introduce demographic control.

The Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) issued a ten-year license to the Zaporozhye NPP to operate power unit No. 1. This was reported in the official Telegram channel of the Zaporozhye NPP. According to RIA Novosti, it is planned that the license for the second power unit will be obtained at the beginning of 2026, and for the remaining four - until 2028.

Updated: The head of the Government of National Accord of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, announced the death of the head of the General Staff, Mohammed Ali al-Haddad, and everyone flying with him on the same plane.

Russian juniors were allowed to participate in international fencing tournaments with the flag and anthem, Ilgar Mamedov, president of the Russian Fencing Federation, told TASS. We are talking about competitions under the auspices of the International Fencing Federation, which relate to youth and junior levels. According to Mamedov, the International Fencing Federation made a corresponding decision, allowing Russian athletes to compete with national symbols.