Businessman Konstantin Malofeev bought the state-owned Livadia sanatorium in Crimea, located next to the Livadia Palace . The sanatorium, among other things, includes several buildings of the palace complex, which are cultural heritage sites. The initial price of the sanatorium at the open auction was 396 million rubles. The company controlled by the businessman ended up paying 509.6 million.

Petersburg "Zenith" with a score of 1:0 beat the Danish "Copenhagen" in the Europa League match. Thanks to this victory, Zenit secured a place in the 1/16 finals of the tournament one round before the end of the group stage. "Krasnodar" at home with a score of 2:1 beat the Turkish "Akhkisar Belediyespor" and also practically guaranteed itself access to the playoffs. Moscow "Spartak" in the home match lost to the Austrian "Rapid" with a score of 1:2.

The court sent activist Sergei Mokhnatkin under arrest for two months as part of a new criminal case. Mokhnatkin is accused of disorganizing the work of the colony. According to Mediazona, public defender Mokhnatkin was not allowed to attend the meeting, which took place in the pre-trial detention center. Sergei Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 4.5 years in a strict regime colony in 2014 on charges of assaulting a policeman.

The Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople approved the draft charter of the autocephalous (independent) Ukrainian Church. At the same time, the date of the Unification Council, at which the head of the new church should be elected, was not appointed at the meeting of the Synod. The Russian Orthodox Church opposes granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church.

Igor Lebedev, the deputy speaker of the State Duma (and the son of firebrand politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky), currently finds himself in a public spat with Sergey Neverov, the head of United Russia’s Duma faction. What happened? Neverov called out Lebedev on Facebook for vacationing in Miami during “ regional week ,” when lawmakers are supposed to meet with their constituents.

Nyuta Federmesser, founder of the Vera charitable foundation for palliative care, joined the All-Russian Popular Front. She wrote about it on her Facebook. According to Federmesser, she was offered to join the central headquarters of the ONF at the celebration of the birthday of the Vera Foundation. You know, I agreed. With thanks.

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will not hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina during the G20 summit. Trump cited Russia's reluctance to return the ships to Ukraine and release the sailors detained after the incident in the Kerch Strait as the reason for his decision. The US President stressed that he is ready to meet with Putin in the future, after the situation is resolved.

In Krasnodar, an unidentified man opened fire with firearms at the employees of the National Guard. The attacker was killed by return fire. Two employees of the National Guard received non-life-threatening injuries. The attacker's motives are still unknown.

Former lawyer for US President Donald Trump Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the Trump Tower project in Moscow. Cohen said he told lawmakers investigating Russian election meddling in 2017 that the project was shut down in January 2016. In reality, it wasn't until June — by which time Trump was already the only front-runner for the Republican nomination.

Before playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tom Holland had been dancing for many years. And after receiving the role, he did not give up his hobby (here , for example, he dances incendiary to the song "Umbrella" in the image of the singer Rihanna). In the movies, Holland often does his own stunts, but everyone has long been accustomed to this.

Mike Longhurst / Rex / Vida Press On November 28, the US Diseases Control and Prevention Center published reports on the mortality and causes of deaths in the country in 2017. According to these data, in the United States, the expectancy of life has decreased by the tenth of the year for the third year in a row and amounted to 78.6 years. According to the director of the center Robert Radfield, the reason for this was largely an increase in mortality from an overdose of drugs and suicides.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How the American was in a Soviet prison for heroin, and then wrote about this book In 1976, American Jerry Amster was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport with a suitcase of heroin. The Soviet court sentenced him to eight years in prison. Having spent four years in the Mordovian colony Amster - at least, as he himself claims, he fled. And in 1985, a book of his memoirs was published, where he described the details of what happened.

Update: The press service of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, confirmed the transfer of Ukrainian sailors to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in Moscow, Interfax reported on November 30. Sailors detained in the Kerch Strait were transported to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in Moscow, said lawyer Dzhemil Temishev, who defends one of the Ukrainian military.

Opposition presidential candidate Grigol Vashadze, who lost to Salome Zurabishvili in the second round on November 28, refused to recognize the election results. Vashadze told his supporters that the opposition group "Strength in Unity", which he represents, demands early parliamentary elections. According to official data from the CEC, Zurabishvili won 59.52% of the vote, Vashadze - 40.48%. Zurabishvili ran as an independent candidate, but she was backed by the ruling Georgian Dream.

The court fined the former chairman of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, 150 thousand rubles for participating in a meeting with protesters against the development of the Kuntsevo district. Mitrokhin himself informed BFM.ru about this. The politician was found guilty of repeated violation of the procedure for holding rallies. He maintains that the meeting that gave rise to the fine showed no signs of an unsanctioned event.