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A conversation with Natalia, the mother of Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, about feminism.

In December 2013, Mikhail Khodorkovsky — former head of the Yukos oil company and one of the most prominent political prisoners in modern Russia — gave his first press conference in Berlin after nearly ten years in prison. His arrest and the Yukos affair have become a symbol of the persecution of political opposition in Putin's Russia.

Former world champion in several weight categories, American boxer Roy Jones fought Frenchman Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf in Moscow on December 21 and won on points. On December 18, Jones appeared in a different role at a Moscow restaurant, performing several songs.

Leonid Brezhnev's granddaughter, Malakhov, and others lay flowers at Brezhnev's house on his birthday.

Footage from the court hearing where Vladimir Akimenkov, Nikolai Kavkazsky, Maria Baronova, and Leonid Kovyazin, the defendants in the "Bolotnaya Square Case", were amnestied. Lenta.doc cameramen are escorted out of the courtroom.

A protest by RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) academics demanding the repeal of the educational reform and the resignation of Education and Science Ministers Dmitry Livanov and Mikhail Kovalchuk. This was part of a protest against the government's initiative to eliminate the Academy's autonomy and transfer its institutes to the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations. The protest generated a widespread public response, becoming a symbol of the academic community's resistance to increased bureaucratic control over science.

A survey of people in Moscow on the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution: "What holiday is today?"

Footage of the Euromaidan events. Construction of barricades and attempts to appeal to security forces. Conversations between protesters.

Footage of the Euromaidan events. Clashes between protesters and supporters of Viktor Yanukovych and the "Party of Regions", between protesters and the police.

Footage of the Euromaidan events. The Verkhovna Rada is considering the resignation of Mykola Azarov and the holding of early presidential and parliamentary elections. Some of the deputies are chanting “resignation” and “revolution.” No decision on resignation has been made.

Opening of the "Anton Tut Ryadom" (Anton's Right Here) Foundation office in Moscow.

Footage of the Euromaidan events. A priest delivers a speech to protesters. A Right Sector leader also speaks, and the crowd is filled with Right Sector flags. Security forces use batons, including against journalists.