Spartak Moscow lost 7-0 to Liverpool in the last round of the Champions League group stage and left the tournament finishing third in the group. According to sports journalist Vasily Konov, this is the biggest defeat of the Russian club in the history of the tournament. Liverpool were leading 3-0 by the 20th minute of the match.

Vitaly Mutko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government for Sports, commented on the decision of the International Olympic Committee not to allow the Russian team to the 2018 Winter Olympics and to allow the Russians to compete at the Games only under a neutral flag. Mutko told TASS that "the interests of the athlete have always been a priority" for the Russian authorities, so they will support those who decide to compete under a neutral flag at the Olympics.

The investigation into the case of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov, accused of incitement to terrorism and organizing mass riots, refused to attach the results of a polygraph test (“lie detector”) to the case file. This was reported to Interfax by his lawyer Sarkis Darbinyan. “The investigator believes that the specialists who conducted it do not have sufficient qualifications and competence,” he said.

Russian Human Rights Commissioner claims that a delegation from the European Committee Against Torture has visited Chechnya and discovered no evidence of summary executions carried out in January 2017.

A riot has broken out in the strict regime penal colony No. 18 in the Murmansk region. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta, citing relatives of the prisoners. According to the newspaper, the incident was provoked by a search in the colony. "According to the prisoners, the employees took their personal belongings, in response people began throwing things out of windows, setting fire to locals ," writes Novaya Gazeta.

US President Donald Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “I decided it was time to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” he said. Trump said he had ordered the State Department to begin preparations for moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

December 6th. “Gas for you! Oil for you! " Putin goes to the presidency again Main Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to go for a fourth term . Today, Putin came to Nizhny Novgorod for a rally dedicated to the anniversary of gas, and said that it was better to find a place to find a nomination for an announcement. If Putin gets out for a new term, he will rule Russia until 2024. We watched what Russians think about this .

Update December 7th. The European Committee against Torture stated that Moskalkova's words were "misleading" and did not reflect the results of the check. An official report on the results of the visit to Chechnya has not yet been submitted to the Russian government, the organization said. A delegation of the European Committee against Torture visited Chechnya and found no evidence that extrajudicial executions were carried out there.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on December 6 that he would be re-elected for a fourth term. Putin spoke at the anniversary of the Gorky Automobile Plant in Nizhny Novgorod. “There is probably no better place and better reason to announce this,” the president said. The workers greeted Putin with a shout of "GAZ for you!" - and this chant, it seems, has already become one of the main symbols of his election campaign.

The head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, said that the territory of Syria was completely liberated from terrorists from the Islamic State. “All ISIS gangs on the territory of Syria have been destroyed, and the territory itself has been liberated,” he said. On December 6, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Vladimir Putin about this, Gerasimov said.

Aeroflot announced that it would pay compensation to passengers of six flights whose departure on December 1 from Sheremetyevo Airport was delayed by more than four hours. We are talking about flights from Moscow to Vladivostok, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Hong Kong and Phuket. Economy class passengers will receive 5,000 rubles or 10,000 "award miles" (used by Aeroflot customers to purchase tickets), business class passengers will receive 10,000 rubles or 20,000 miles.

The Russian Defense Ministry declared on Wednesday that Syria has now been liberated completely from ISIS forces. General Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia's General Staff, made the announcement on December 6, following what Moscow says is the defeat of ISIS in Deir ez-Zor. “All ISIS armed groups on Syrian territory have been destroyed, and the territory itself has been liberated.

Facts "Medusa" DPA Picture Alliance / Alamy / Vida Press Quote “It is important that in the conclusions of the commission it is written that in Russia there was no system of state support for doping. This is an important conclusion, ”President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with gas workers.

Interview with American Vika Wilde, who accepted the citizenship of the Russian Federation and won for Russia two gold medals in Sochi Egor Aleev / TASS / Vida Press On the evening of December 5, the International Olympic Committee decided that Russia would not participate in the 2018 Olympic Games in the South Korean Pyeenchan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 6 announced his decision to run for the fourth presidential term in the 2018 election. He performed at a rally in Nizhny Novgorod dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Gorky Automobile Plant. Shortly before, speaking at the award ceremony “Volunteer of Russia 2017”, Putin promised to report whether he would run for the near future.