The Rosselkhoznadzor appealed to the court with a request to ban Auchan to make minced meat, the Moscow Agency reports with reference to the deputy head of the veterinary supervision of the Rosselkhoznadzor in Moscow, the Moscow and Tula regions Alla Shkhagapsoeva.

Former Foreign Minister of Japan Masakhiko Komura arrived on a visit to Moscow to transfer the personal message of the Japanese Prime Minister Sinzo AB President Vladimir Putin to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The ex-head of the department noted that "good personal relations" were established between the two leaders.

The German police began to return refugees who fell into the country from Austria more often to the neighboring state. This was written by Die Welt , referring to the data of the Austrian police. According to her, the number of refugees, daily returned to Austria from Germany increased since the beginning of the month.

British archaeologists have discovered the remains of a settlement, which was already called local pampui, reports Sky News . Like a volcanic ash, which retained real Pompeii, river silt for three thousand years blessed the British Bronze Age buildings. Their remains were found at the archaeological facility Mast Farm in the area of ​​Fena swamps in the Cambridgeshir county. Scientists attribute them to about 1000-800 years BC.

The drug police in the Sverdlovsk region eliminated the weapon production workshop located in the house of a music teacher. As the operatives found out, the teacher was engaged not only in the manufacture of pistols and machine guns, but also with drug trafficking. Criminal punishment faces a 53-year-old resident of Kamensk-Uralsky, who previously worked as a music teacher in the class of wind instruments.

The contract for the supply of electricity from Russia to Ukraine will not be extended in 2015, since it was originally linked to the contract for the supply of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea, Kommersant reports with reference to the representative of the Russian Ministry of Energy. We are talking about a contract concluded in 2014. Ukraine purchased electricity from the Russian energy system by agreement between Inter RAO and UKRINTERENERGO.

The Russian Orthodox Church began negotiations on the purchase of an Ergobank control package - a financial and credit institution, among whose customers are the structures in one way or another related to the church. These are dioceses and subordinate institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. As you know, the church is legally exempted from paying taxes and the need to provide financial statements.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with the German publication Bild dwell on the Syrian conflict. The head of state entrusted the death of the civilian population in Syria for those who are fighting with President Bashar Assad, he noted that Moscow supports both the Syrian army and the opposition fighting with terrorists and appreciated the prospects for the possible provision of asylum in Russia.

The authorities of the Philippines said that terrorist groups in the south of the country are not related to the Islamic State (IG, also Daesh , whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation), Reuters reports. The authorities called the video with a statement on the proclamation of the "Vilayata" IG on the territory of the Philippines. The mentioned video appeared last week. The record spoke about the possible accession to the IG of four local Islamic groups, including Abu Sayyaf.

A multifunctional complex in the style of Stalinist architecture is planned to be built between the Belorusskaya and Dynamo metro stations in Moscow. This was reported on the official page of the city’s urban planning policy department on Instagram. “A new “Stalinist high-rise building” will appear on Leningradka near the Sovetsky Hotel.

Fans of one of the greatest British of all time, the musician and artist David Bowie demanded to rename the planet Mars in honor of his idol. The corresponding petition was created on the Change.org platform and almost gained the required number of votes. The appeal addressed to the International Astronomical Union states that Bowie, who died last Sunday after a long struggle with cancer, inspired millions of people with his art, showing a truly cosmic charm.

Despite the fact that in mid-December the decision to block the popular torrent tracker Rutracker.org was supposed to enter into force, this actually did not happen, writes TJ . According to the publication with reference to the press secretary of the Moscow City Court Ulyana Solopov, the court waited for appeal to a previously rejected complaint about the decision on the "eternal blocking", and the procedure was suspended.

A petition with a proposal to appropriate one of the new chemical elements of Mendeleev’s periodic table. The name of the recently deceased founder, leader and bass player of the legendary rock band Motorhead Ian Freiser Kilmister, known as Lemmy, has already signed more than 141 thousand people on the Change.org portal.

Worsening weather and snowfall have not yet led to an increase in minor accidents in Moscow. TASS reports this with reference to the press service of the capital's traffic police. “So far there is no increase in minor road accidents. We’ll see how it happens,” said an employee of the department’s press service. According to him, final conclusions about whether emergency warnings about the impending snowfall were effective could be made on Wednesday morning, when statistics are collected.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov denied rumors about Russia's readiness to resume negotiations with Bulgaria on the construction of the South Stream gas pipe. “At the moment, such a project does not exist. It has been stopped. Therefore, there is no topic for negotiations,” Interfax agency quoted the presidential press secretary.