Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained on Tuesday, December 30, by police in downtown Moscow when he tried to join a protest rally after violating his house arrest.

A quarantine was introduced in the city district of Khoroshevo-Mnevniki in the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow, due to the sickness case of pet rabies detected on December 17.

The Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin proposes to discuss the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 with international law experts.

The most memorable December’s event for the Russians was the fall in the rouble’s exchange rate.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the manual mode of control over the economy may be turned on and the work in sectors may be organized, if necessary.

The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea believes that the American movie “Interview” dedicated to the assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un is a “dangerous film production justifying and encouraging terrorism”. This was told to the radio station “Govorit Moskva” (“Moscow Speaking”) by the North Korean Embassy in Russia.

Extra police are currently rushed to Moscow's Manezh Square and the central streets of the city in order to prevent a protest rally Navalny's supporters are about to hold, as the Russia's biggest opposition leader got suspended prison sentence this morning.

American CNN TV company will stop broadcasting in Russia's cable and satellite networks from December 31, the official representatives of Turner Broadcasting System International (TBSI) company told the press.

On Tuesday, December 30, Russian opposition leader and main Putin critic Alexey Navalny has been been found guilty in a high-profile fraud case. His brother, Oleg Navalny, gets imprisonment.

On Monday, December 29, The Russian Supreme Court officially named the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat al-Nusra militant groups terrorist organizations, the court's press service told the press.