Russian authorities have imposed sanctions against Turkey. Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24 aircraft on the border of Turkey and Syria on November 24, accusing the pilots of violating airspace. One of the pilots died. In Russia they believe that the crew did not violate anything. Different. Travel companies are prohibited from selling trips to Turkey. Charter flights to Turkey are prohibited.

Archaeologists have completed yet another study of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings and have come to the conclusion that there is a hidden space behind the northern wall of the burial chamber. Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh al-Damati said scientists are 90 percent sure there is another tomb behind the wall. In February 2014, the Spanish company Factum Foundation carried out a project to photograph the tomb of Tutankhamen in high resolution.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree imposing sanctions against Turkey. In particular, he instructed to suspend the visa-free regime with Turkey from 2016 and ordered to limit the import of Turkish goods - their list will be determined by the Russian government. Tour operators are prohibited from selling trips to Turkey. Charter flights from Russia to Turkey should be cancelled. The decree does not say anything about a ban on regular flights.

In Italy, at the request of Russia, the Ukrainian nationalist Dmitry Korchinsky, the leader of the Brotherhood organization, which is recognized as extremist in Russia and banned, was detained. Korchinsky said that he was detained at the airport in Rome. “According to my information, the Central Bureau of Interpol has already determined that this is a politically motivated submission from Russia, and therefore they should not have put me on the wanted list on this request.

Photo: Pavel Smertin / TASS / Vida Press The head of the Turkish choir, Mikhail Turkish, was about to discuss the issue of changing the name of the team in connection with the crisis in the relations of Russia with Turkey. Moreover, Turkish suggested that he should change his name. “We have to think about it now. “Turetsky’s choir” - with this name in this situation, maybe you will have to face a disadvantageous position, ”said the head of the Business FM radio station.

Turkish police tried to disperse the demonstration in Istanbul, which began after the murder of a well-known Kurdish lawyer, the head of the Chamber of Lawyers in the city of Diyarbakir, Tahir Elchi. About two thousand people gathered at Taksim Square in the center of Istanbul. As one of the eyewitnesses told Reuters, the police used a water cannon and tear gas against them. Tahir Elchi was shot dead by unknown assailants in the street while speaking to reporters.

Turkish citizens living in Russia began to complain to the Turkish Embassy in Moscow about pressure from the Russian authorities. “Complaints come from businessmen, workers, students and ordinary citizens,” the embassy said. “The embassy contacts compatriots, clarifies these complaints and, having clarified the situation, transfers the data to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant authorities, waiting for explanations and an end to such pressure,” the embassy said.

Russian singer Sergei Penkin was banned from entering Ukraine. This was reported by the representative of the Security Service of Ukraine Olena Gitlyanska. She did not give a reason for this decision. Penkin was going to give a concert on December 12 in Kiev, at the International Center for Culture and Arts (October Palace), on December 13 - in Dnepropetrovsk, on the 14th - in Kharkov and on the 16th - in Odessa.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret over the downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber shot down by a Turkish fighter. “We wish it didn’t happen, but it did. I hope nothing like this will happen again,” Erdogan said. Erdogan again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold a meeting during the UN climate change conference starting Monday. Al Jazeera A Russian Su-24 was shot down by a Turkish fighter on November 24 in Syria.

In Turkey, a well-known Kurdish lawyer, the head of the bar in the city of Diyarbakir, Tahir Elchi, was killed. He was shot dead by unknown gunmen while speaking to reporters on the street next to the mosque. The police returned fire, and one of the officers was killed in the shootout. The Turkish state agency Anadolu reports that the PKK, banned in Turkey as a terrorist party, may be behind the attack. Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the attackers fired from a car.

St. Petersburg truckers, protesting against the introduction of tolls for trucks on federal highways, “decided to march on Moscow.” This was announced by the representative of the truckers Alexander Himane after the meeting, which was held with the freight carriers by the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov. According to Himane, no result was achieved at the meeting with the minister. “Practically no one was given a vote, only one girl was allowed to say a couple of phrases.

In Crimea, from December 1, the reception of tourists in the sanatorium of the Ministry of Health will be stopped. This decision was made due to the lack of electricity. The head of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shakhov, also said that the provision of planned medical care to the population would be "limited" on the peninsula.

Direct broadcast from the Library of Mayakovsky Medusa is conducting a live broadcast from the Mayakovsky library in St. Petersburg, where “open dialogs” are held. The broadcast is completed. Decoding and video of “open dialogs” will appear on “Medusa” in the coming days. Schedule: 15:00 - 16:30 Anton Dolin - Anton Krasovsky: “Art. Politicians " 17:00 - 18:30 Sergey Rukshin - Philip Bakhtin: "Dental Age" 19:00 - 20:30 Vitaly Mansky - Daniil Dondury: "Intellectuals and Power"

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has recommended that Turkish citizens postpone trips to Russia unless they are related to urgent matters. The ministry said in a statement that Turkish citizens have begun to face difficulties in Russia. A crisis began in Russia's relations with Turkey after the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber in Syria on November 24. On November 25, the building of the Turkish embassy in Moscow was pelted with stones .

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Kurdish armed groups are effectively fighting the Islamic State (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned). “This is a more realistic force in the fight against ISIS than the ephemeral Free Syrian Army,” Peskov said in an interview with Russia 1 TV channel.