Super short about the results of the group stage According to the results of the matches on December 2, the last two places in the playoffs were received by South Korea and Switzerland. The Koreans defeated Portugal, for which this match had no tournament value (2:1), and the Swiss defeated Serbia (3:2). In total, 16 teams (out of 32) will continue to fight in the playoffs. Two favorites, Germany and Belgium, who were eliminated after the group stage, were not included in their number.

As Ilya Yashin is judged - one of the few opposition politicians who remained in Russia after the start of the war Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Ilya Yashin at a meeting of the Meshchansky court of Moscow.

Children's TV channel Disney, which is a local version of the American TV channel Disney Channel, will stop broadcasting in Russia. According to Kommersant, citing sources, the company's partners are already being notified of the upcoming departure. Instead of Disney, its controlling holding, YuTV, ​​is preparing to make a new TV channel, the newspaper reports. According to Mash, this TV channel will be called "The Sun", it will also broadcast children's content.

The Russian publication Proekt has calculated that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has lost 15 percent of its combat vessels since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. At the outset of the war, the Black Sea Fleet had 275 ships and boats, out of which only 58 were designed for combat. Together with patrol boats, the fleet had a total of 74 combat units. Proekt has traced mentions of at least 12 different ships and boats belonging to the fleet that have been either damaged or sunk.

A fire started in a building at the Mikoyanovsky meat-packing plant on Moscow’s Volgogradsky Prospekt. Emergency services said 13 people were evacuated from the building, and no one remains inside. There is currently no information about injuries. According to rescue workers, there is some threat that the fire could spread to neighboring structures. Firefighters are working on extinguishing the flames, and are discussing using a helicopter to help. The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

Updated . The fire on the roof has been extinguished , the Ministry of Emergency Situations is checking two floors for possible outbreaks. In Moscow, a fire broke out on the roof of the Mikoyan meat processing plant on Volgogradsky Prospekt. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that 13 people were evacuated from the building, now there is no one inside. There were no reports of casualties. 100 people and 30 pieces of equipment are involved in the elimination of the fire.

Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky has ceased to be a dollar billionaire, Forbes writes. Kolomoisky's fortune, which was estimated at $1.9 billion before the war, has now fallen to $850 million. The reason for this was the nationalization of the companies Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta , shares in which belonged to Kolomoisky, the publication notes. The nationalization of Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta, and a number of other strategically important enterprises became known in early November.

TV Rain fires host for saying the network has ‘helped’ many Russian soldiers, Latvian authorities to investigate his remarks Leadership at TV Rain fired host Alexey Korostelev after the channel received criticism for Korostelev’s “ambiguous” remarks.

Photo The press service of the mayor and the Moscow / TASS government, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced a trip to the “defense line” of the Russian army in Ukraine. He examined the conditions in which military personnel are located, noting that the Moscow authorities "help to equip lines: anti -tank ditches, trenches, bunkers and dugouts." Sobyanin also talked with military personnel mobilized from Moscow. In which region did the mayor visit is unclear.

The journalist was fired. He stated that he "agreed on the air." Latvia authorities check the TV channel On the evening of December 1, the Rain TV channel showed the program “Here and now”. The presenter Alexei Korostelev suggested that everyone who wants to talk about mobilization in Russia, write to the mail of the channel or in a telegram bout. “Many of the stories written in our mail and telegram boot become published.

The EU countries have agreed to introduce a price ceiling for Russian oil at $60 per barrel. This was stated by the representative of Poland at the talks Andrzej Sados. Sados also noted that after January 15, the ceiling will be regularly reviewed depending on changes in oil prices: it will have to be at least 5% lower than the current cost of Russian oil on world markets. The decision must be approved by the EU Council, it is expected that this will happen on December 3.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has published a Telegram post about his visit to the Russian army’s “line of defense” in Ukraine: We’re helping set up our guys on the line of defense, with anti-tank trenches, ditches, pillboxes, and dugouts. We’re setting up generators, stoves, and lighting. We’re building medical stations, he wrote. The mayor also wrote that he “spent some time” with servicemen mobilized in Moscow. He did not specify which Ukrainian region or location he had been visiting.

One of the murals created by the British street artist Banksy in the Kyiv region was cut away from the facade it decorated. Sergey Zhuk, who witnessed the attempted theft in the Ukrainian city of Hostomel, posted “before-and-after” photos of the incident on Facebook. “Just a moment ago, right before our eyes, vandals cut out Banksy’s famous work,” he wrote.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. What is happening under the bahmuth? And will Ukraine come in winter? We are discussing with Dmitry Kuznets, who since the beginning of the war analyzes the situation at the front The Russian forces fighting in Ukraine accelerated the pace of their attack on Bakhmut. This is the main goal of the Russian army in the Donetsk direction.

The media group Shkulev Media Holding closes the Russian websites of Elle, Elle Girl and Elle Decoration due to the termination of the license agreement. This was reported by the press service of the company to TASS. “We are not talking about extending the license agreement for 2023, so we have decided to close the sites,” said Viktor Shkulev, President of Shkulev Media Holding, in the company.