Konstantin Sonin about the weakness of the current government and the Central Bank Photo: Sergey Voronin / Kommersant VSHE Vice-Rector Konstantin Sonin in his LiveJournal compared the Black Mondays of 1998 and 2014. In his opinion, 16 years ago, the prime ministers, the minister and leadership of the Central Bank at least performed on television, trying to calm the population.

Short: "Moscow 24" The Moscow 24 television channel measured the dollar equivalent of the fare in public transport, noting the reduction in this indicator doubled: “A year ago, the travel in equivalent was almost the dollar, and now <...> one trip costs about 50 cents.” The host of news release also noted that in dollar equivalent, public transport travel in Moscow began to cost several times less than in other world capitals.

New York Magazine was forced to apologize to its readers for publishing a story about a high school student who earned $ 72 million in stock trading, which turned out to be a fabrication. An article about Mohammed Islam, a high school student at Stuyvesant High School in New York who allegedly made his fortune on the stock exchange, was published in the December issue of the publication. Initially, the article said that the state of Islam is estimated at $ 72 million.

Photo: @sabreceej / Twitter Cards AGainst Humanity, which produces playing cards for parties, made a sales of mysterious boxes on Black Friday. The company said that in each of the boxes for $ 6 lies on a piece of cow excrement, but the fans did not believe it - they decided that there could be an exclusive card inside. The entire batch of 30 thousand boxes was sold out for the first half an hour of sale. A few days later, the boxes began to reach the addressees.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has said he is considering running for the presidency of the United States. Jeb Bush posted the corresponding statement on his pages on social networks, indicating that the decision on his possible participation in the election campaign was made following conversations with family members last weekend, when Thanksgiving was celebrated in the United States.

Fifteen passengers of an American Airlines flight flying from Seoul to Dallas were injured to varying degrees due to the liner entering the turbulence zone. The crew of the aircraft was forced to urgently change the route and land at the Narita airport in Japan. The plane at the Japanese airport will be checked by specialists for possible damage, after which it is expected to continue flying. Checking the technical condition of the liner will last until the morning of December 17.

The adventures of the hare of the PC and his imaginary friends: F, p, heating pads and pork chopped with peas.

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexei Ulyukaev said that following an urgent meeting of the government, measures were developed to stabilize the financial situation in the country.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced that he was ready to leave his post in order to “fight the shaitans” in the Donbass. He said this in an interview with the NTV television company. The full version of the interview will be aired on December 16 at 19:45 Moscow time. “I intend to ask the president to release me from this position, so to speak, in order to go to the Donbass, to protect the interests of precisely those citizens who are fighting there today.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments that provide for a reduction in the minimum fine for bribes. For taking a bribe, officials will be fined 10 times the amount. Previously, the law provided for a 25-fold fine. In addition, as an alternative, the amendments establish a fixed amount of a fine of 1 million rubles. For giving a bribe, a five-fold fine is provided instead of a 15-fold fine, or a fixed fine of 500,000 rubles.

Artistic director of the Moscow Sovremennik Theater Galina Volchek was taken to intensive care due to heart problems. In which medical institution of the city Volchek is located, it is not specified. According to a source close to the theater management, Volchek's condition does not inspire fear, nothing threatens her life. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the director's condition does not inspire concern.

Svyaznoy Bank suspended issuing loans on cards several hours ago, a representative of the press service of the credit institution reported. Earlier on December 16, a bank representative said that Svyaznoy plans to revise credit card rates upward to ensure profitability. “Credit card rates also need to be increased to ensure business profitability,” said a bank representative. Interfax See also: How does the key rate affect loans?

The Onexim Group of Mikhail Prokhorov assigned the rights of claim on the loan of the owner of the Svyaznoy Group of Companies Maxim Nogotkov to the Solvers group of Oleg Malis. This was announced by the CEO of Onexim Dmitry Razumov. According to him, the main task of Onexim was to ensure the return of the loan issued to Nogotkov, while maintaining the stability of the Svyaznoy company. The transfer of rights to the Solvers loan, Razumov emphasized, allows this task to be completed.

Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / Instagram Time magazine chose 29 photos from Instagram, which “determined the world” in 2014. The selection includes popular and authoritative photographers, including immigrants from the former USSR: Russian Sergei Ponomarev with a photograph from Damascus, Syria and Ukrainian Alexei Beloshchuk with a picture of protest Kyiv. A complete selection of photographers is published on the Time website .

On December 16, the State Duma adopted in the third, final, reading a bill toughening the responsibility of drivers for driving while intoxicated. According to the law, a driver who has previously been subjected to administrative punishment for drunk driving, in the event of a repeated commission of such an offense, is subject to criminal liability.