Putin awarded Deputy Defense Minister Yevkurov the rank of Colonel General

The rank of Colonel General was also awarded to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Andrey Yudin and & nbsp; Chief of Staff of the Central Military District Mikhail Teplinsky. Six soldiers were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, 11 & nbsp; & mdash; major general. Four military men became rear admirals. The President appointed Mr. Yevkurov Deputy Defense Minister in & nbsp; July 2019. Then & nbsp; same & nbsp; he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general. In & nbsp; 2008 & mdash; 2019, Mr. Yevkurov headed Ingushetia. He & nbsp; resigned ahead of schedule after the rallies in & nbsp; Ingushetia, which took place because of & nbsp; establishing the border with & nbsp; Chechnya.

Investigative Committee of Belarus has filed a final charge against Sofia Sapega

She & nbsp; was finally charged under & nbsp; articles on & nbsp; incitement to hatred, data crime & nbsp; rules & nbsp; ; threats to the & nbsp; address of law enforcement officials, said the chairman of the & nbsp; SK Dmitry Gora. According to & nbsp; he said, in the near future, the protection of the Russian woman will receive for & nbsp; acquaintance. In addition to the Russian woman, former employees of the telecommunications company Beltelecom are involved in the case. and & nbsp; and & nbsp; a few more people who “ laid out personal data in & nbsp; illegal Telegram channels '', according to the head of the Belarusian IC, quoted by BelTA. Sofia Sapega was detained in & nbsp; May during & nbsp; during the forced landing of the Ryanair plane together with & nbsp; former editor-in-chief of the Nexta Telegram channel Roman Protasevich.

US to make new investments to protect journalists around the world

NEW YORK, December 8 & nbsp;/TASS /. The United States is set to provide significant new funding to & nbsp; fund efforts to & nbsp; protect independent journalists and & nbsp; the media around the world. This was announced on & nbsp; Wednesday by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the eve of the & nbsp; Summit for & nbsp; Democracy, which will take place on 9 & mdash; 10 & nbsp; December. & laquo; In & nbsp; nbsp; investments in & nbsp; support of independent media experiencing financial problems. Our contribution to the & nbsp; recently launched International Foundation for & nbsp; Supporting Public Interest Media will be the largest of any nation & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Blinken. Washington-initiated 'Summit for & nbsp; Democracy' scheduled for & nbsp; 9 & mdash; 10 & nbsp; December. It & nbsp; will be held in & nbsp; videoconference

The European Union approved sanctions against PMC Wagner

About & nbsp; plans to impose restrictions against a Russian PMC because of & nbsp; its activities in & nbsp; Mali and & nbsp; other African countries earlier said Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le & nbsp; Drian. He & nbsp; noted that & nbsp; The European Union will compile a list of possible restrictions for & nbsp; Russian mercenaries who can be deployed in & nbsp; Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and & nbsp; Chad). September has become it is known that & nbsp; the authorities of Mali appealed to & nbsp; a Russian PMC with & nbsp; request for & nbsp; assistance in & nbsp; fight against & nbsp; terrorists. The & nbsp; & nbsp; what kind of PMCs the authorities of the republic turned to was not & nbsp; specified. Subsequently, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed this information, but stressed that & nbsp; official

The awarding ceremony for the laureates of the Knowledge Prize took place in Moscow

“ When we & nbsp; talk about & nbsp; young guys and & nbsp; girls, it really was a pleasant revelation for & nbsp; us that & nbsp; they are ready to watch difficult lectures, they are ready to spend a lot of time on & nbsp; We seem to have understood a very important answer: they are not & nbsp; just the sum of knowledge, they & nbsp; important are the eyes of a person, a personal example. The people who have gathered in & nbsp; this room, everyone who is & nbsp; nominated for the & nbsp; Society Award nomination & ldquo; Knowledge & rdquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; these are, first of all, inspirers, people who inspire, transmitting a piece of their fire, the shine of their burning eyes and & nbsp; their sincere belief in & nbsp; what they are doing & raquo;, & nbsp; &

The Kremlin announced the impossibility to recreate the USSR

The Soviet Union cannot be recreated. & Nbsp; Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this, commenting on the statement of the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States Victoria Nuland. The latter suggested on the eve that Vladimir Putin, as a project of his legacy, seeks to return the USSR. Ms. Nuland is well versed in & nbsp; Russian topics and & nbsp; in & nbsp; all the nuances of the post-Soviet space, and & nbsp; I am convinced that & nbsp; Mrs. Nuland is & nbsp; the same as & nbsp; we, and & nbsp; as & nbsp; as & nbsp; as & nbsp; as & nbsp; recreating other experts & nbsp; perfectly understands Union is impossible '', & nbsp; & mdash; Peskov is quoted by RIA Novosti. Speaking at the & nbsp; Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives,

Authorities to link decision on QR codes to herd immunity level

The & nbsp; federal center does not yet have a final decision on & nbsp; to pass bills on & nbsp; introduction of QR codes in public places and & nbsp; ; on & nbsp; transport or not, a source involved in the & nbsp; discussion of the issue told RBC, and a federal official, an interlocutor in the & nbsp; State Duma and & nbsp; a source close to the & nbsp; presidential administration, told RBC. QR code The final decision on & nbsp; will depend on & nbsp; development of the epidemiological situation & nbsp; & mdash; the level of herd immunity from the & nbsp; coronavirus, the rate of vaccination, mortality rates, and & nbsp; t. According to RBC sources. According to & nbsp; the source of RBC, who takes part in the & nbsp; discussion of bills, they are & nbsp; most likely to pass the

The State Duma approved the law on expanding the powers of the police

So, law enforcement officers will be able to enter & nbsp; housing and & nbsp; other premises, to & nbsp; land plots for & nbs & np; detention, as well as cordon off buildings and & nbsp; territories. Police officers will be able to open vehicles to & nbsp; save lives of citizens or to & nbsp; ensure security during & nbsp; riots and & nbsp; emergencies, to & nbsp; suppress a crime or check a message about & nbsp; threat of a terrorist act. In addition, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be able to inspect citizens, their & nbsp; personal belongings and & nbsp; vehicles not & nbsp; only if & nbsp; not & nbsp; only if & nbsp; the possible presence of weapons, drugs and & nbsp; other prohibited substances. The document was adopted with & nbsp; a number of amendments, in & nbsp; in

End of the Merkel era: Olaf Scholz elected as the new German chancellor

The Bundestag approves the new German government. The parliamentarians, as expected, elected the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor. Scholz received 395 votes of deputies. Now he & nbsp; will go to & nbsp; Presidential Palace Bellevue & nbsp; & mdash; According to the FRG constitution, the head of state, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, must appoint a new chancellor, after which he & nbsp; will return to parliament and & nbsp; will take the oath. The new government will replace the cabinet of Angela Merkel, who has led her Christian party four times. -Democratic Union '' to & nbsp; victory in the & nbsp; elections. Merkel was the Chancellor of Germany for 16 years and 15 days, it took her only 12 days to get around Helmut Kohl. In this case, she would become & nbsp; the second longest serving as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany after Otto