Kremlin Press Service Russia spent at least 1.5 billion rubles ($25.5 million) on preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, according to a new investigation by the magazine RBC , and now the International Olympic Committee has suspended Russia’s national team next year because of doping violations. Meduza summarizes RBC 's findings. RBC found that the costs for preparing Russia’s Olympic athletes falls primarily on two sources: the government and corporate sponsors.

CSKA Moscow in the last round of the Champions League group stage lost to Manchester United 2:1 and stopped playing in the tournament. After six rounds, CSKA finished third with nine points. Manchester United and Basel, who beat Benfica 2-0 in the last game and finished second in the group, will go to the Champions League playoffs. CSKA from third place will advance to the playoffs of the Europa League.

Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Vida Press On December 5, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) forbade the Russian team to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Athletes from Russia will be able to act only under a neutral flag as "Olympic athletes from Russia." The decision was announced according to the results of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the IOC, where in addition to Russian officials, 18-year-old skater Evgeny Medvedev spoke.

Forward of the St. Petersburg SKA and the Russian national hockey team Ilya Kovalchuk spoke out against the boycott of the 2018 Winter Olympics by Russian athletes, whom the International Olympic Committee will allow to participate. “Going to the Olympics is a must! To give up means to give up! <...> All "clean" athletes must go. For many, this will be the last Games, and they will no longer have the opportunity to get to the Olympics, ”he said.

Athletes who’d planned on representing Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics will attend a meeting on Tuesday, December 12, to discuss the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban the Russian national team and its offer extended to “clean athletes” to participate under a “neutral flag” and anthem. Mikhail Degtyarev, the head of the State Duma’s committee on physical culture and sports, announced the meeting on Russian network television, following the IOC’s ruling.

Passenger and freight trains collided in the German city of Meerbusch near Düsseldorf. The Meerbusch fire department said three people were seriously injured, three more were moderately injured, and 41 people were slightly injured. In total, 155 people were traveling on the passenger train. Data on the dead is not yet available. Earlier it was reported that at least 50 people were injured. National Express, which owns the passenger train, said 20 people were injured, reports .

Anton Denisov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta The International Olympic Committee decided that the Russian team would not be able to speak under its flag at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Russian athletes will be able to participate only under a neutral flag with Olympic rings. The IOC considered proven that in Russia at the state level they created and supported the doping system. Here is a brief version of the IOC decision in Russia.

(spoiler: Almost everything) On December 5, the International Olympic Committee decided that Russia could not participate in Games in Pyeongchang in 2018. Russian athletes will be able to compete only under a neutral flag. Personal sanctions were imposed against the former Minister of Sports, Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was removed from the Olympic Games for life. Photo in the announcement: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP / Scanpix / Leta

How officials and athletes reacted to the news from the IOC What happened: the IOC banned Russia from participating in the Olympics What will happen now: Russians can compete under a neutral flag Will they perform: Not yet known December 5, 2017 8:54:57 PM So, Russia was not allowed to the Olympics. Collecting reactions live. December 5, 2017 8:55:29 PM VGTRK has already announced that it will not show the Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The International Olympic Committee has decided that Russian athletes will be able to compete at the Olympic Games in South Korea, but only under a neutral flag. The Russian anthem will not be played at the Olympics. Not a single employee of the Ministry of Sports will be accredited for the 2018 Olympics. Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Sports Vitaly Mutko and his former deputy Yuri Nagornykh have been banned for life from attending any Olympics.

The winner of the Russian Booker literary prize in 2017 was Alexandra Nikolaenko, author of the novel “Kill Bobrykin. The story of a murder." The Gorky website reports this. As noted by literary critic Natalya Lomykina, the prize was awarded for the first time for a debut. The winner will receive a prize of 1.5 million rubles, the finalists - Mikhail Gigolashvili, Igor Malyshev, Vladimir Medvedev, Alexander Melikhov and Dmitry Novikov - 150,000 rubles each.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case due to the fact that in the Moscow Blokhin Cancer Center they took money from patients for free services. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. There was no official announcement of a case against the center.

What Russia has to say about Grigory Rodchenkov, the whistleblower who may have tanked Moscow’s 2018 Olympic hopes Netflix Update: The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee for “the systematic manipulation” of anti-doping rules, banning Russian athletes from competing in Pyeongchang under the national flag and anthem.

Paul Don's daughter from Ireland interviewed her cat Coco. The transcript says that Koko loves to be stroked on the head, but does not intend to tolerate touching her stomach. Here is the full version: “Koko, can I pat you on the head?” - Certainly! - And on the back? — Of course. - On the stomach? “NEVER-TOUCH-TO-MY-BEVERAGE!” - What about paws? - NO!!! - What about the tail? - ABSOLUTELY NOT! - And in the ass? "YES WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?! INTERVIEW IS OVER.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Why is tolerance infuriated? Ekaterina Krongauz and Andrei Babitsky, with the examples of LGBT activists, the Orthodox Church and Nobel laureates, discuss what tolerance and tolerance, where they come from, why every individual person needs them and how they help to restrain society from violence. In this issue: 00:00-Why did LGBT activist Mikhail Chernyak write an open letter to the Great Council of Orthodox Churches?