President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in an interview with the German television company ARD personally denied the statement of the Ukrainian press that Russian leader Vladimir Putin threatened him with the attack on Mariupol and Berdyansk in a telephone conversation. He said that he would not allow anyone to threaten him personally or his country, reports the site Tagesschau.de .

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the introduction of a new trade fee in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol. He will enter into force on July 2015. Business enterprises once a quarter will receive a notice demanding to pay a certain amount. This is stated in the message on the website of the head of state. Small and medium-sized trade enterprises, such as online stores, will be covered with fees.

The financial crisis has deprived some philanthropists of the opportunity to participate in the projects of the Orthodox Service "Mercy" , which led to a shortage of its budget. "Our budget is quite large, all the draft mercy of the" Mercy "service is a lot of money. We do not have about 50 million on our projects," the confessor of the service, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for Church charity and social service, Bishop Orekhovo -Zuevsky Panteleimon told reporters.

Russia again faced accusations of organizing the interference of Western companies engaged in the development of shale gas deposits in Europe. Romania authorities said that Moscow has financed antifting campaigns in the village of Pungesty in the east of the country where the American energy company Chevron works, The New York Times writes. After a series of protests, the mayor of the village was accused of corruption and corruption and expelled from the village.

The film company Sony Pictures Entertainment applied to the FBI and specialists to eliminate the consequences of penetrations into computer systems after a massive cyber attack, which practically disabled the studio systems. The reason for the hacking could be the comedy film "Interview", which depicts an attempt on the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong -un.

On the first day of winter, after the morning training of Zenit, the goalkeeper Yuri Lodygin and the defender Nicholas Lomberts continued the working day at one of the gas stations of St. Petersburg, taking part in the Star Chef stock. At first, the players learned how many seconds it takes to warm up a bun, and how many sauces are needed for one dish, and only after that they accepted the first orders. In half an hour they managed to feed about 15 visitors to the gas station.

“The 21st century is a time of important discoveries in all areas of science, including medicine. And medicine is a particularly subtle science, because no technological discoveries will be needed if an unhealthy person cannot take advantage of them. He will not be able to, in today’s Russia. Russian officials have become involved in reform efforts in the field of medicine with strange fury. They are planning to “lay off” the most experienced doctors just because they are of retirement age.

The head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, talked with employees of the Investigative Committee on the case , which is investigated in relation to the co -owner of the AFK System Vladimir Yevtushenkov. According to the source of "Interfax" , initially Shokhin changed the procedural status from a witness to the guarantor of Yevtushenkov.

The metropolitan police opened shooting when detaining a drunk driver who was trying to hide. The guardians of the law noticed a suspicious motorist on Monday night in the area of ​​N72 house on Marshal Zhukov Avenue. The driver was moving by car of Hyundai Sonata towards the People’s militia street, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Every year, the BabyCentre portal is a list of the most popular names for babies in the UK. Based on the results of this, one can judge how the national composition of the country is changing, as well as what pop stars were popular among English parents this year, experts say. In 2014, the first place was taken by the name Muhammad , while last year it was in 27th place. The second most popular was Oliver, last year, heading the list of the most popular names for boys.

Investigators of the city of Kamyshin of the Volgograd region are investigating an unsuccessful attempt on a young man, in whom criminals released about two dozen bullets. Shooting was led from a cut of a hunting rifle. At the moment, the 29-year-old victim, which is a resident of Kamyshin, is in a hospital in serious condition. He managed to survive thanks to the timely medical care.

The new version of the "smart" points of Google Glass, which will be released next year, will have an Intel processor and will focus more on professional workers than on the mass market. The new Intel processor will replace the previous filling from Texas Instruments. Thus, the manufacturer of semiconductors wants to strengthen their presence in the field of wearable devices, the sources of The Wall Street Journal , familiar with the situation, explain.

On December 1, when the day of the fight against AIDS is celebrated around the world, hearing was held in the State Duma on the improvement of legislation in the fight against drug distribution in Russia. The head of Rospotrebnadzor, the chief state sanitary doctor of the country, Anna Popova told the audience that most men in Russia, who were infected with HIV, used drugs. “Only this year, 75% of men among infected HIV infected with drug use,” Interfax quotes it.

Forward of St. Petersburg Zenit Hulk is the highest paid football player in the Russian Championship according to the rating compiled by the Sports.ru portal. The annual salary of the Brazilian is 7 million euros. In second place is the striker of the Moscow Dynamo Kevin Kurani with a year salary of 5.7 million euros. The best salary of Russians is another forward of the metropolitan club - Alexander Kokorin, who receives 5 million euros per year.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an order to privatize 19.5% of Rosneft shares belonging to Rosneftegaz. Now 100% of the state "Rosneftegaz" owns 69.5% of the oil company, 19.75% - British BP. The share of Rosneftegaz after privatization will be reduced to 50% plus one promotion. The specific terms of execution by order are not determined. Previously, the privatization of Rosneft was planned for 2016, and in July the government approved the transfer of the deadline for 2015.