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Alexey Zhuravlev The leader of the Motherland party, state Duma Deputy Alexei Zhuravlev said that the release of Palmyra must deal with the Syrian army. This opinion was expressed by the MP in an interview with “Tape.ru” on Monday, December 12. “Our mission is that we support official Damascus, helped to liberate Palmyra, but it does not mean that we should keep her. It should do the Syrian army,” — said Zhuravlev. He is confident that the authorities are able to restore order. “We need to declare the mobilization and, if even 10 percent of the population go to war, this army is able to win everyone wants,” — said the Deputy. In his opinion, it is impossible to redeploy forces from Aleppo to Palmyra, which has the same strategic influence. Zhuravlev added that the militants seized the city due to the fact that the United States was arming the

In the Kirov region the man shot the hunter, mistaking him for a grouse. This was reported on the website of the regional investigative Department of the investigative Committee. The incident occurred on the day 10 of December in a forest in Yur area. 55-year-old male “was shot in silhouette, suggesting that it was a dead end”, the result of which came in the 43-year-old hunter. From the received wounds the victim died on the way to the hospital. In August in Dagestan, police Lieutenant Colonel during a hunt he shot 32-year-old friend, mistaking him for a wild boar. In fact the incident a criminal case on causing death by negligence. In June, in Kaluga region, the hunter shot from the rifle of his brother, mistaking him for a deer. The victim died at the scene.

Mayor of Yekaterinburg Yevgeny Roizman predicted traffic growth is located in the Yeltsin centre. The mayor wrote on Twitter Monday, December 12. “The Museum of the Yeltsin centre is the most visited in the region, 800 people a day. After Mikhalkov’s speech, I think attendance will grow,” — says Roizman. Earlier in the day the Governor of Sverdlovsk region Yevgeny Kuyvashev invited film Director Nikita Mikhalkov, who accused the Yeltsin center in the destruction of the national identity of children in Ekaterinburg and had promised him to personally conduct a tour of the Museum. On 9 December the parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council, the Director criticized the activities of the Yeltsin center, which, according to him, gives a biased estimate of the history of Russia, thus every day, destroying the national identity of hundreds of visiting his children. He stated that, despite the fact that never was in the

Franz Klintsevich The capture of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), the Syrian city of Palmyra — a hard blow from which to draw conclusions. This opinion, as reported on Monday, December 12, “Interfax”, said Deputy head of Committee on defense and security, Federation Council Frants Klintsevich. “We must honestly admit that the entrance of militants in Palmyra, even for a short time, — a hard blow, primarily psychological in nature from which to draw some conclusions,” said the Senator. Klintsevich called for an end to the practice of providing passages for the escape of the militants. “It should not be so, that in one place open corridors for an exit, often with weapons, fighters, and in another place, and at the same time, they are focusing,” he said. At the same time the interlocutor of the news Agency expressed the opinion that the terrorist attack

The policeman died on one of the stations of the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow metro. On Monday, December 12, the Agency reports city news “Moscow” with reference to the press service of the MIA. “At metro station “Fili” has died, a police officer, who was in the performance of official duties”, — explained the interlocutor of the news Agency. According to preliminary data, the cause of death was acute heart failure. Other details of the incident are not given. 24 Nov passengers of the Moscow subway saw lying on the platform of the station “Avtozavodskaya” man, him called the police and doctors. The arrived physicians verified death of the passenger. About the reasons of his death were not reported. 14 Oct eyewitnesses said that the platform of the station “Voykovskaya” is the body of a man, covered with polybag. According to police, he died suddenly because of a blood

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Mikhalkov proposed to create a Commission to study the exposition “the Presidential center of Boris Yeltsin” (Yeltsin) in Yekaterinburg. He said this to RIA Novosti on Sunday, December 11. “As for the fee, it should include real experts on the country’s history, but devoid of biased view of events,” — said the Director. In addition, in his opinion, it is inexpedient to establish a branch Center in the Russian capital. “I don’t think we need to do a branch of the Yeltsin centre in Moscow, as more of those areas that takes the Museum to take inappropriate,” — said Mikhalkov. On 9 December the parliamentary hearings in Council of Federation Nikita Mikhalkov has criticized the activities of the Yeltsin centre. “It is a matter of national security, as hundreds of children get this poison every day. Should be a consistent policy addressed to ensure that children understand

Metropolitan police checks the information about that Hummer cherry swept the snow-covered lawn near main building of Moscow state University. The radio station “Moscow speaking” said the duty of the city traffic police control Elena Volodina. “Management of traffic police in Moscow began checking on the fact published on the Internet of video, where the driver of the car brand Hummer violate traffic rules. On all facts of violations will be conducted an administrative investigation,” she said. According to her, the results of the investigation will be resolved the question of bringing the offender to justice. The video appeared on the Instagram user with the nickname dinarka070 November 11. Now the page with the video is unavailable. Also, according to REN TV, photos from the event, in the caption to one of them claimed that the machine storming snow mountain, stuck. Judging by the video, the SUV was moving at

Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s condolences for the terrorist attack in Istanbul. On Sunday, December 11, reported on the Kremlin website. The Russian leader “has strongly condemned this cowardly, cynical crime and expressed confidence that its perpetrators and masterminds will not escape retribution”. Putin also stressed that the incident was proof of the need to focus the joint efforts on “an uncompromising struggle against international terrorism.” The attack was committed on the evening of 10 December near the stadium Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, immediately after the end of the match between the football teams “Besiktas” and “Bursaspor”. The object of the attack was the bus with the police. First was undermined planted in a car bomb later blew himself up suicide bomber. According to recent reports, the victims were 38 people, injured 155. These figures are provided Reuters with reference to the

Three people were killed and another six were injured in a fire at the shop for production of plastic products in the city of Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan. It is reported RIA Novosti citing a source in the emergency services of the Republic. “As a result of a fire in the shop at Central street, house 77 nine people injured, three of them died and six were hospitalized,” — said the Agency interlocutor. In the main Department of EMERCOM of Russia in the Tatarstan Republic, the Agency “Tatar-inform” confirmed data on victims. Currently, the fire managed to be localized. The circumstances of the fire are specified. On the website EMERCOM notes that the message on ignition arrived in the early morning of December 11. The fire area is about 100 square meters. To eliminate the consequences involved 68 people and 18 pieces of equipment. Later it became known that under the

In the Tyumen regional Department of the Federal bailiff service opened a criminal case on a local resident who stabbed and used for personal purposes was arrested by the bailiffs pig. This is stated on the website of the division on Friday, December 9. As reported, a resident of Abatsky district of the Tyumen region owed on the loan at 63 thousand rubles. Pig to be seized in the framework of enforcement proceedings to recover the debt. “The custodian of the seized property was assigned owe”, — stated in the text. In this case an employee of the Federal bailiff service explained to the woman of the provisions on criminal liability for embezzlement, alienation, concealment or illegal transfer (article 312 of the criminal code). The suspect faces a fine, compulsory work or imprisonment for up to two years. In January 2015 a similar incident occurred in the coastal region. There’s