Public order and security

In the morning of December 28, at about 7 am, the tragedy happened off the coast of Novaya Zemlya. The fishing trawler "Onega" sank with 19 people on board.

In a number of regions of Russia, clandestine arms dealers, working for export, were detained, from whom, among other things, the "Val" special forces machine gun was confiscated.

In St. Petersburg, a trial was held at which the fate of the historian Sokolov was decided. He was found guilty of the murder of his student Anastasia Yeshchenko, who had been his girlfriend for over four years.

The website of the regional department of the department reports that the Investigative Committee of the Tambov Region has begun checking and searching the houses of the «Jehovah's Witnesses» organization.

In her Twitter, Lyubov Sobol said that a search had begun in her apartment. A criminal case is also initiated against her for violation of the inviolability of her home.

Russian State Duma Deputy made a proposal to re-suspend flights with all countries amid the detection of a new strain of coronavirus infection in the UK.

At a plenary session on December 24, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law on biosafety, taking into account amendments that extend its effect, including to coronavirus infection.

As follows from a study by IDF Eurasia, 58% of Russians deceived by telephone scammers voluntarily transferred money to them.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the first reading a bill that toughens punishment for hooliganism with the use of weapons.

The State Duma adopted a law banning the propaganda of laughing gas.

The Russian biotechnology company Biocad is starting to supply Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus for large-scale vaccination in Russia.

This was reported by Katerina Novikova, the Bolshoi Theater press secretary.

The explosion near the building of the local department of the Federal Security Service of Russia was made by a suicide bomber.

A sawed-off shotgun and materials about similar crimes were confiscated from the detainee.

One of the offenders was killed, two fled.