State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the blocking of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's Instagram and Facebook accounts a dangerous precedent. "A dangerous precedent is being created. Based on the principle of reciprocity, we must do the same," RIA Novosti quotes Volodin as saying. On Saturday night, Kadyrov's Instagram and Facebook accounts were unavailable. When attempting to access the pages, a message appeared stating that the link was incorrect or the account had been deleted.

Oppositionist Ilya Yashin called today's action in Moscow's Lermontov Square a success: in his assessment , the main task was accomplished - "to achieve the implementation of the legal powers of an independent municipality." Yashin considered it right to refuse the "dubious compromise with the mayor's office" and the rally on Sakharov Avenue. "We did not give in to pressure and stood our ground. The result was an independent citizens' meeting organized by municipal deputies.

Following a rally in defense of fair elections that took place in Lermontov Square in Moscow, material on an administrative violation was collected against its organizers. This was reported by the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The event was organized by the Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District of Moscow, Ilya Yashin.

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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was not detained at Geneva airport; it was a standard document check, said the head of the Ukrainian Interpol bureau, Vasyl Nevolya. “A standard passport control procedure took place, which really did not last long, and after its completion, Arseniy Yatsenyuk was allowed through and was given the opportunity to cross the Swiss border,” Nevolya said on the air of the 112 Ukraine channel.

Of the many gastronomic events of 2017, the editors of Vedomosti have chosen their top five most striking / Andrey Gordeev / Vedomosti The positive effect of the ban on imports of a large list of foreign food products to Russia, introduced in 2014, began to clearly manifest itself in the outgoing year.

Due to unfavorable weather conditions, dozens of flights were delayed at Moscow airports on Sunday. Several more have been cancelled. to According service the Yandex.Schedules , three flights to Vnukovo were delayed and two were cancelled. At Domodedovo - 14 were detained and six were cancelled. 35 flights are delayed at Sheremetyevo. The temperature in Moscow today is around zero, precipitation is in the form of sleet. The rain and snow will not stop in the coming hours, forecasters say.

December 24, 2017, 14:32 / Politics Moscow authorities called Yashin's call to come to the rally in Lermontovsky Square a provocation undefined Vedomosti The order of the head of the Moscow municipal district Krasnoselsky Ilya Yashin to hold a meeting of citizens in Lermontovsky Square is contrary to the law, the police will not allow it, said the head of the capital’s regional security department, Vladimir Chernikov.

December 25, 2017, 00:31 / Finance / Interviews and profiles Dmitry Ananyev: “The bank was shot, the skin was thrown into the Consolidation Fund” Co-owner of Promsvyazbank in an interview with Vedomosti said that he does not agree with the Central Bank’s decision to reorganize his bank Daria Borisyak Co-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev / Evgeniy Razumny / Vedomosti A week and a half ago, on December 15, the Central Bank announced the reorganization of the third large private bank -

Today, December 24, the outstanding Soviet and Russian linguist, comparative scholar, and birch bark scholar Andrei Zaliznyak passed away at the age of 82. This was reported on Facebook by Dmitry Sichinava, an employee of the Institute of Russian Language. "A. A. Zaliznyak has died. I sometimes wondered how I would cope with this, but I couldn't think of anything. My legs can't hold me up, I'm standing leaning against the wall," the scientist wrote.

Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District of Moscow Ilya Yashin will hold a citizens' meeting in Lermontovsky Square today at 15:00 Moscow time. As reported by Deputy Chairman of the Council of Deputies Pyotr Tsarkov, the police will not interfere with the event. "The representative of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs, Colonel Makhonin A. A., assured the organizers that Lermontovsky Square will not be closed off, and citizens can be there.

“American weapons in the hands of Ukrainian soldiers are not for an offensive, but for a decisive rebuff to the aggressor, to protect Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.” Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine “The US <...> has crossed the line <...> American weapons are capable of leading to new casualties in a neighboring country, which we cannot remain indifferent to.” Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Chairman of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District of Moscow Ilya Yashin today spoke in Lermontovsky Park in Moscow in front of people who had gathered for an action organized by him, a Vedomosti correspondent reported from the scene. Before the start of the action, the police came to Yashin’s home, and as he left the house, he was read a statement from the prosecutor’s office prohibiting him from holding a meeting in the park.

China's AG600 amphibious aircraft, considered the world's largest, has completed its maiden test flight, Xinhua reports. It is equipped with four turboprop engines, can carry up to 50 people and 12 tons of water, which it pumps in 20 seconds. The maximum takeoff weight of the new aircraft is 53.5 tons, the flight range is 4,500 km. The AG600 has already received 17 orders from the Chinese government and various companies, the agency notes.

Sergei Polonsky, the founder of the development company Mirax Group, who was recently convicted of fraud, has been nominated as a candidate for president of Russia in the 2018 elections, said his campaign manager, Maxim Shingarkin. "The initiative group for the nomination of Sergei Polonsky gathered on Sunday in Krylatskoye, the number of people gathered was 520.