The “food blockade” of Crimea, which has been going on for the sixth day, has not yet led to noticeable consequences for the residents of the peninsula. Prices for consumer goods have not increased, there is no rush or shortage in supermarkets and markets. The shortage of goods from Ukraine is compensated by an increase in traffic through the Kerch Strait. The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced a 15% increase in cargo transportation through the Kerch Strait.

Beirut The fourth disc of the American group Beirut has been released, whose quiet folk with a Balkan flavor has managed to influence many shy young people with guitars, from Londoners Fanfarlo to Zelenograd group The Retuses. The short album "No No No" is the result of the emotional crisis of Beirut leader Zach Condon associated with his divorce, which happened in 2013.

Singapore suffers from smog due to fires in Indonesia All schools and kindergartens in Singapore are closed due to forest fires in neighboring Indonesia. According to Agence France Presse, in Indonesia, farmers are burning forests to further use the land for agriculture. At the same time, the degree of smoke from harmful smog increased to a dangerous level. Currently, about 3 thousand military and rescue workers have been sent to fight the fires.

The corresponding bill has been submitted to the Sverdlovsk parliament A bill has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region to abolish direct elections of the head of Yekaterinburg and select him by competition by the City Duma.

The fire that caused the burning smell at a landfill in Astrakhan has been extinguished The fire at a household waste dump near Astrakhan, which caused widespread complaints about the smell of burning from citizens to emergency services, has been extinguished, the acting director said. O. Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the region Alexander Meretin.

Anna Sotnikova about Ivan Vyrypaev’s film “Salvation” The fourth full-length film by director, playwright and artistic director of the Praktika theater Ivan Vyrypaev has been released - an unexpectedly meditative film with ideas for this author Twenty-five-year-old Catholic nun Anna (Polina Grishina) spent half her life in a monastery, and now, having packed her backpack, she goes on a mission to Tibet.

Producer of Tatar pop stars from Bashkiria convicted of major fraud The owner of the Kazan recording studio Media-starkazan, producer of many local pop stars, Rustem Gataullin, was found guilty of fraudulent theft of more than 55 million rubles. The victims of the native of Bashkiria were not only artists, whom he left without the promised videos, but also businessmen who succumbed to promises of good dividends from investments in highly profitable projects and did not receive their money.

American General John Campbell, commander of international forces under the auspices of NATO and US troops in Afghanistan, sent recommendations to Pentagon and NATO representatives on the US military presence in Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reports.

As Kommersant learned, today the mayor of the city, Ivan Pozdeev, was detained in Syktyvkar. This information was unofficially provided by law enforcement officials. Head of Syktyvkar Administration Ivan Pozdeev Photo: Official website of AMO GO "Syktyvkar" It is not yet known whether his detention is connected with the criminal case of the head of Komi.

The government has decided on subsidies for electric trains The Ministry of Transport has agreed with the main ministries on the extension of the preferential infrastructure tariff for suburban passenger companies to 2016; this will require 37.1 billion rubles. budget subsidies. The amount has increased noticeably (previously this required 25 billion rubles per year).

Standard & Poor's (S&P) credit rating service has lowered Ukraine's long-term sovereign ratings on foreign currency obligations from CC to SD, or "selective default" level. This is reported on the service's website. Ukraine's short-term foreign currency rating was downgraded to SD from C. It is noted that long-term and short-term ratings in the national currency were confirmed at the CCC+/C level. In addition, the outlook for Ukraine's long-term rating in national currency is “negative”.

Now experts from the Investigative Committee will work with them As it became known to Kommersant, there is a whole documentary about the murder of Boris Nemtsov at the disposal of the Investigative Committee. It was compiled from the personnel of dozens of video cameras, which recorded, according to investigators, the preparation of the alleged killers for an attack on the opposition, their departure from the scene of the crime and departure from Moscow on Grozny the next day.

Peruvian police have freed a large group of foreign tourists who were captured in the southeast of the country, reports Andina agency. According to him, the police held successful negotiations with representatives of the local residents who captured the tourists. As a result, all the hostages were released, none of them were injured. The released tourists are under the protection of local law enforcement officers.

Ekaterina Degot and David Riff about their project Pluriversale III Until mid-December, a series of events takes place in Cologne under the general name Pluriversale III. This is a project of the Academy of World Arts, which since March 2014 has been headed by curator, critic and art historian Ekaterina Degot. Together with their longtime co-curator David Riff, they prepared an extensive program, the main theme of which this year was the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.

Press release The results of preparation of the branch of IDGC of Center PJSC - Belgorodenergo for work in the autumn-winter period of 2015-2016 have been summed up. The passport of readiness was presented to the Deputy General Director - Director of the branch of IDGC of Center PJSC - Belgorodenergo Sergei Demidov by the Deputy Chief Engineer for Development and Innovation of IDGC of Center PJSC Dmitry Rybnikov.