The presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States talked for half an hour in Paris On the sidelines of the UN Climate Conference in Paris, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a half-hour meeting with US President Barack Obama. They discussed the situation in Syria and Ukraine, recognizing the need for a political solution to both crises.

Treatments for men in European hotels La Reserve, Paris Previous photo Next photo 1 / 2 Hotel spas usually offer more or less the same range of treatments. The La Reserve hotel, which opened this year in Paris, decided to go further - anti-aging programs and cosmetics for it were developed by the Swiss company Nescens.

French law enforcement authorities detained more than 340 people during unrest after a demonstration in defense of the environment in Paris, 317 of them were taken into custody, AFP reports, citing a source in the capital police. Let us recall that on November 28, French authorities placed 24 environmental activists under house arrest on the eve of the UN climate conference.

The Russian Ministry of Transport proposes to zero out VAT on domestic air transportation as an anti-crisis measure to support air carriers for 2-3 years, said Andrei Ivanov, head of the department of state policy in the field of civil aviation of the Ministry of Transport, at a round table in the Federation Council.

Pharmacology 712 1 min. ... Soon, diabetes patients will be able to do without daily injections: scientists from the University of California (USA) have come up with capsules that allow them to receive insulin orally. Today there are pills that patients take to stimulate insulin production. But the delivery of insulin to the body has always been carried out through injections, since the hormone is quickly destroyed in the stomach.

Album from the 1910s. While cars had not yet gained supremacy on the roads, the supply of cities with everything they needed depended on dray drivers. Here is a whole column of them, captured by a photographer on the outskirts of an unknown provincial town. Photo: Alexey Koptev, Alexey KOPTEV / Union of Photographers of Russia Dray and passenger cab drivers not only differed in their crews, but also belonged to different castes.

The Russian government intends to limit itself to introducing selective sanctions on Turkish products supplied to the country, the Vedomosti newspaper reports, citing a senior official. “There will be restrictions on food, but they will be selective, they will apply only to some products, the list will be published in a few days. The government is determined to act very carefully, given that the holidays are ahead,” the official said.

An Mi-2 helicopter made a hard landing in the center of the Kamchatka city of Elizovo; as a result of the incident, according to preliminary data, three people were injured, TASS reports, citing a source in the main department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Kamchatka Territory. “The Mi-2 helicopter made an emergency hard landing on Ryabikova, 50a, in the city of Elizovo, at the site near the Raduzhny sports complex. Three people were injured and taken to hospital.

The Nizhny Novgorod Geriatric Center illegally refused hospitalization to 12 elderly people The Nizhny Novgorod prosecutor's office revealed violations in the city geriatric center, which refused to admit patients to hospitalization due to a lack of funds. The Ministry of Health became interested in the situation in the institution. A prosecutor's inspection at the Nizhny Novgorod Geriatric Center (city hospital No. 3 of Nizhny Novgorod) confirmed violations of federal legislation.

The Sverdlovskaya poultry farm may be put up for sale for 2.1 billion rubles, UrBC reports. According to the publication’s interlocutor, before the sale of the asset, the cost will be assessed again. The sale of the poultry farm was discussed at the conciliation commission, where changes to the state property management program for 2016 were discussed. Kommersant-Online

The seaport of St. Petersburg did not see an increase in loadings 678 4 min. ... The conflict in the Seaport of St. Petersburg is drawing more and more actors into its orbit. Last week, Vice-Governor Igor Albin held a meeting with the trade union activists and management of the stevedore, and today State Duma deputy Sergei Vostretsov will fly in to talk with the loaders.

Twenty-two-year-old resident of the American state of Connecticut Joseph Caputo, who climbed over the fence of the US White House on Thanksgiving Day, was going to deliver the rewritten constitution there, the AP reports, citing the offender’s lawyer Stefan Seeger. The defender noted that the package that the young man was holding in his hands contained proposals to change the basic US law. Thus, he did not pose any threat to the security of the White House.

Air travelers are no longer inclined to buy exotic alcohol Gone are the days when tourists loved to bring home exotic drinks like Brazilian cachaça or Greek ouzo. According to IWSR, a global alcohol market research company, air passengers have lost their curiosity about the exotic. In most regions of the world, the most popular drink in Duty Free is Scotch whiskey.

As follows from a message published on the White House website, the United States has decided to tighten the conditions of the visa-free entry program for foreigners. It is noted that cooperation with partner countries of this program will be strengthened. “Due to the terrorist attacks in Paris and the ongoing threat from foreign fighters, the United States is tightening the terms of the visa waiver program,” the statement said.

In the Kurgan region, a criminal case was opened on the fact of evasion of taxes and fees (Part 2 of Article 199 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) by the management of Shadrinsky Brewery LLC. As reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the region, from 2011 to 2014, the management of the enterprise provided false information about financial activities. As a result, the underpayment of taxes amounted to 30 million rubles.