Court of Appeal commutes sentence due to victim's 'immoral' behavior A court in Bashkortostan sentenced Sergei Asyapov, a participant in the war in Ukraine, to 7 years and 9 months in prison for beating his friend to death. Previously, he received 8 years, but the appeal court commuted this sentence, Vorstka found. Before that, he was convicted under a similar article - for causing grievous harm to an acquaintance.

Alexey Smirnov led the region in which hostilities are taking place for only 209 days On the evening of December 5, Vladimir Putin dismissed the governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, and instead appointed the head of the Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein. This was a response to the “chaos” in the management of the region.

This is a regular benefit paid to Russians in need. Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Boris Chernyshov addressed Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova with the “New Year’s Family Budget” initiative. As part of it, it is proposed to establish a one-time payment of 10 thousand rubles for the New Year for families with children with incomes below the subsistence level, single parents and pensioners. “Layout” talks about this in more detail.