On November 8-9, DDoS attacks were organized on the websites of at least five Russian banks out of the ten largest. It is reported by RBC with reference to Kaspersky Lab. The attack power reached 660 thousand requests per second, the newspaper writes. The attacks lasted an average of about an hour, but the longest lasted 12 hours. Some banks have been subjected to several attacks.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes said that some regions of the Russian Federation that receive additional subsidies from the budget have "non-core expenses." “There are a number of entities that receive additional subsidies and make non-core expenses - for example, they finance football clubs. Especially those regions that are on deep, deep subsidies,” the Dozhd TV channel quoted the minister as saying.

US President Barack Obama said he has instructed his administration officials to ensure a smooth handover of cases to the team of future President Donald Trump. He said the White House would follow the example of the administration of President George W. Bush. "President Bush's team [in 2008] was extremely professional and kind in ensuring a smooth transition and getting us up and running right away," the president said.

Prisoner Aleksey Yelistratov, who is in the Novosibirsk pre-trial detention center No. 1, sent a complaint to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation about bullying and torture by the employees of the detention center. This is reported by the Taiga.info website, which has a copy of the document at its disposal. According to the publication, in February 2016, Yelistratov was placed in a punishment cell due to a violation of the uniform.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in a speech to her supporters and team, urged them to recognize the victory of Republican Donald Trump. According to her, Trump needs to be given a chance to lead the country. “At night, I called and congratulated Donald Trump and invited him to work together for the good of our country. I hope he becomes a successful president for all Americans,” Clinton said. She also apologized for losing the election.

The Tverskoy District Court fined activist Roman Roslovtsev 300,000 rubles, who was detained on Red Square on October 5 wearing a mask depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to lawyer Nikolai Zboroshenko. Roslovtsev was charged under the article “repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a public event” (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

At the end of October, the millionaire Martin Shklya promised in the event of Donald Trump to publish his music collection, including the only copy of the Once Upon a Time in Shaolin legendary hip-hop of Wu-Tang Clan. Shkreli is known as the “most hated millionaire” : he was engaged in the pharmacological business and was not shy about hundreds of times to overestimate the prices of medicines.

Trading on American stock exchanges opened with a decline in the main indices after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, Reuters reports. The Nasdaq lost 0.8 percent from the previous session's close, while the Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.14 percent. The broad market index S&P 500 lost 0.51 percent in the first minutes of trading.

Politicians and experts - about the results of the US presidential election Photo: Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix / Leta Relations between Russia and America are now at the lowest point in the 21st century. Could “warming” come due to the fact that the Americans chose the president of the Republican Donald Trump? Medusa collected the first reactions to the election results by Russian officials, politicians and experts.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on the morning of November 9, a Dutch Navy submarine was spotted in the Mediterranean near the location of the Russian ship group, which includes the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

The results of American elections in the first lanes of world newspapers Photo: Daniel Leal-Livas / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On November 9, it became known that Donald Trump won the election of the US president, contrary to most forecasts. Medusa looked at how the leading world newspapers reacted to the main political event of the year (many of which consistently criticized the candidate from the Republican Party). USA Today: “President Trump.

In Moscow, activists who participated in a rally in support of prisoner Ildar Dadin were detained near the building of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to OVD-Info, activist Maria Ryabikova was first detained, then Konstantin Tselms and Igor Klochnikov. The Grani.Ru publication tweeted about “mass detentions”, without specifying the number of detainees.

The State Duma adopted an amendment to the bill on a lump sum payment to pensioners, extending its effect to those receiving a military pension, and approved this document in the second reading.

Photographer Colin Lowe from Albany, Western Australia made a camera out of a potato. The man named the camera "SpudCam MkII". Lowe has already shown pictures he took with the SpudCam MkII. The camera works just like any other pinhole machine. To make it (in addition to potatoes) you need a tin can, two reels of film, a magnet, electrical tape and rubber bands. detailed instructions Lowe posted on his Facebook page.

Patriarch Kirill congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election, wished him God's help, strength and success. “The choice made by the American people testifies to the high confidence in you on the part of people who pin their hopes on you for the development of the country, for changes in the spheres of domestic politics and international relations,” the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a statement.