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December in 10 sentences
The shortest retelling of the main events of the last month of the year
Formally, on December 29, 30 and 31 - working days, but in fact, Russia goes to two -week New Year holidays today, December 26. For those who forgot what happened in the first winter month, Medusa prepared a brief retelling - after the holidays it will be convenient to return to life.
The terrorist attack in Grozny : on the day of the message of Vladimir Putin, the militants captured two buildings in the center of the capital of Chechnya, killed 15 police officers and one civilian; 11 militants were shot.
The collapse of the ruble : the euro exchange rate in early December was 64 rubles, by the middle of the month reached 100 rubles, but then rolled back.
A surge of inflation : according to the results of the year, official inflation will increase by 11%, but the prices for many imported goods have risen one and a half or even twice.
The queues and empty shelves in large stores : Russians, knowing about the imminent change in prices, rushed to buy up equipment, furniture, and cars.
Emergency measures of the Central Bank to stabilize the course : the monetary authorities sharply raised the key rate, promised assistance to banks and repelled the attack on the ruble with international reserves.
Putin: “Everything is done correctly” : at a large press conference, the president defended all the actions of the authorities-from the accession of Crimea to the fight against devaluation.
“Russian Zen” appeared : against the backdrop of devaluation, the Russians, as usual, joked a lot and witty, but one joke became a cultural phenomenon - this is the site Zenrus.
Blocking the announcements about the "people's gathering" : on January 15 (on the day of the announcement of the sentence to Navalny), the opposition planned a street event; Even those who did not do this immediately began to block information about him - for example, Facebook.
The autumn rallies of doctors did not led to the abolition of medical reform : the activity of protests was asleep, Putin and Medvedev streamlined about reform, after which it became clear that no one listened to the doctors.
Traffic jams : 5 hours from Domodedovo to a garden ring or 8 hours from Sheremetyevo to New Moscow - a new New Year's reality.