Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that the investment climate in Russia has not yet significantly improved. “Unfortunately, we do not have any major successes here,” Medvedev said on November 29 at a government meeting. According to the head of the White House, it is necessary to reduce administrative barriers, increase the efficiency of government agencies, as well as the level of trust in the decisions of the executive and judicial authorities.

The richest musician this year was US rapper Dr. Dre, whose income last year amounted to $110 million. When compiling the rating, the income of music industry stars from the sale of discs, from advertising contracts and business activities, to the deduction of taxes, expenses and commissions was taken into account.

The capital of the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund can be increased from 15 billion rubles to 100 billion rubles. President Vladimir Putin announced this on November 29 at a meeting of the State Council Presidium dedicated to the socio-economic and demographic development of the Far East and Transbaikalia, RIA Novosti reports. “If the fund shows its effectiveness, we will continue to replenish its capital so that it ultimately reaches 100 billion rubles,” the head of state said.

The Prosecutor General's Office approved an indictment in a criminal case against the head of the investment company Hermitage Capital, William Browder, and the auditor of this company, Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pre-trial detention on charges of tax evasion. The Browder-Magnitsky case has been sent to court for consideration on the merits, the department reports . “The indictment in the criminal case against William Browder and Sergei Magnitsky, who were prosecuted under Part 2 of Art.

The former head of YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, addressed members of the Coordination Council of the Opposition, elections to which were held at the end of October. In his address, he outlined 7 most important tasks that, in his opinion, face the Council. The text of the appeal was published on the Facebook page of journalist and oppositionist Sergei Parkhomenko and sent by mail to all members of the CSR.

The editors of the Sverdlovsk news agency Ura.Ru, headed by Aksana Panova, against whom a criminal case has been filed under the article “Extortion,” announced the launch of the online newspaper Znak.Com. Journalists handed over the passwords from the previous site to representatives of the main owner of Ura.Ru LLC - the Austrian company BF TEN Holding GmbH. “This was a difficult, forced decision,” says the editorial office on the Ura.Ru website.

The head of Yandex.Music, Konstantin Vorontsov, told Forbes about why the search engine launched its own radio Today, the Yandex.Music service officially abandoned its “beta” status and at the same time updated itself - for the first time in two years. Now it has “radio” : you can not give specific requests to the service, but let it independently launch tracks one after another, based on a specific genre or artist.

In 2012, the Russian Ministry of Defense submitted claims for state defense orders in the amount of 20 billion rubles. Multi-billion dollar claims have been made against defense industry enterprises.

A third of the monthly rainfall fell in the capital in one day Over the past 24 hours, between 15 cm and 17 cm of precipitation fell in Moscow, which is almost a third of the monthly norm. According to the deputy mayor of the capital for housing and communal services and landscaping, Pyotr Biryukov, up to 55 cm of snow may fall in places in Moscow by the end of the week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ministry for the Development of the Far East, created this year, has not yet lived up to its purpose. There are “failures” and “erosion of responsibility” in the department’s work, Putin said on November 29 at a meeting of the State Council Presidium dedicated to the socio-economic and demographic development of the Far East and Transbaikalia.

Police and tax inspectors are checking the documentation of the Kazan football club "Rubin" regarding the transfer of midfielder from Turkey Gokhan Tere. Maxim Kostromin, deputy head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Tatarstan, reported this to Interfax. The check is being carried out in connection with a letter from the player’s representative Georg Yablukov addressed to the President of the Republic Rustam Minnikhanov.

Former US President George Bush Sr. was hospitalized in a clinic in the Texas city of Houston with bronchitis. This was reported by the BBC on Thursday, November 19. Republican George Herbert Walker Bush was born in 1924. He was the 41st President of the United States from 1989-1993, having previously served eight years as Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Bush was director of the CIA from 1976-1977. The politician's son, George W. Bush, led the United States from 2001-2008.

There are flight delays at the capital's airports. At Domodedovo, according to the online board on the airport’s website, about 100 flights are delayed, more than 20 of which are departures. About 20 flights are delayed at Vnukovo, 10 at Sheremetyevo. On Thursday, November 29, heavy snow fell on Moscow. Up to half a meter of precipitation will fall in the capital in two to three days. The weather paralyzed traffic on the roads.

The head of the Federal Service for Financial and Budgetary Supervision, Konstantin Sedov, died on Thursday, November 29, at the age of 43. agency sources Prime reported that death was due to illness. Sedov was appointed head of Rosfinnadzor on October 9, before which he worked for three years as vice-governor of the Moscow region. In 2001-2007, Sedov headed the department of the federal tax department for the Moscow region, and in 2007-2009 he served as deputy head of the Federal Tax Service.

On November 29, 1899, the Barcelona football club was founded, one of the richest football clubs in Europe (No. 3 in the latest Forbes ranking). The history of one of the strongest teams in Europe began with an advertisement in the newspaper. Football player Joan Gamper invited everyone to take part in the creation of the club. On the initiative of the club, which was supported by Real and Atlético, the Spanish Football League was formed in 1928.