Customs officers detained a man who tried to carry two precious stones at the Domodedovo Premodedovo airport, the total cost of which is about 12 million rubles. "Employees of Domodedovo Customs blocked the channel of illegal transportation of precious stones. A man who took two stones worth more than 12 million rubles was detained. A decision was made to conduct customs examination.

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was killed in the performance of his duties in Ankara as a terrorist, was buried in the Khimkinsky cemetery of Moscow. During the burial ceremony, the diplomat, posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia, gave military honors.

Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov confirmed the media reports that in 2017, the Plato tariff will be doubled to 3.06 rubles. "The Plato system has worked in normal mode, it is time to move to a new tariff. Now it is one ruble of 53 kopecks, it is necessary to switch to 3.06 rubles. This must be done in 2017," Sokolov said.

The Federal Agency for Special Construction (Special Stroy) is eliminated, eight FSUs have been created subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. This was stated on Thursday by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu at the final collegium of the Russian military department with the participation of President Vladimir Putin.

Students, graduates and teachers of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS) addressed the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, chairman of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation Alexander Kalyagin and rector of the educational institution Grigory Zaslavsky with a request to clarify the reasons for the unification of the production and theater faculties of the university. This is stated in an open letter published on the network.

Arkady Babchenko “Varvara Karaulov was sentenced to four and a half years in the age of a colony. All this time, while the court was going on, I could not understand what she was accused of,” the journalist writes on his Facebook page.

The Parliament of Crimea ahead of schedule canceled the previously introduced moratorium on real estate transactions within the 100-meter coastal zone. Temporary restrictions on real estate transactions were introduced by the State Council of the Republic in September and were supposed to operate until February 1, 2017. However, in October, the acting Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea Andrei Fomin protested the decision as that does not comply with the norms of the federal legislation.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on its Facebook page, turned to the Ukrainian leadership and diplomats in connection with the publications of the Ukrainian Ambassador to Finland and Iceland, Andrei Olefirov on Twitter, obviously associated with the mass death of the inhabitants of Irkutsk from the poisoning by counterfeiting alcohol -containing agricultural -containing agricultural agent.

The German authorities hope for the detention of the wanted criminal responsible for the attack in Berlin in the very near future. On Thursday, information appeared in the media that four suspects were detained during the raid in Dortmund, but later the Federal Prosecutor's Office denied reports of detentions, Reuters reported. “I came here to get acquainted with how the work is related to the search for the suspect and, I hope, with a quick detention.

The Russian authorities intend to limit the sale of alcohol -containing medications, including “Valocordin” and “Hawthorn”, to allow their sale only in pharmacies and recipes in small packages. This was announced by the vice-prime minister Alexander Khloponin. "As for medicines, of course, they should be sold in the pharmacy network and by order of doctors - the so -called prescriptions," he said in an interview with Russia 24 .

Residents of Moscow and Moscow Region more and more prefer small trade formats to hypermarkets. This, as reported by the Finmacker , according to the results of the study of consumer (grocery) preferences of residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region for 2016, conducted by EY.

Vladimir Abarinov “The crazy presidential elections in the United States have finally ended. The elected president repeats that he had won a“ crushing ”victory. This is far from the case, but we need to get used to hyperboles for the next four years. However, he already measured himself for eight years. He will take the oath at noon on January 20 and will begin to fulfill his duties,” the journalist writes in the column on the Brani.ru website.

In Moscow, the grandson of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, 80-year-old Yevgeny Dzhugashvili , died, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the recruitment service of the metropolitan ambulance. According to Life , Evgeny Dzhugashvili died on December 22 on one of the streets in the northeast of Moscow. He was unconscious by passers -by who called the ambulance, but the arrived doctors could not save him, the message said. The possible causes of death have not yet been reported.

"In the Rostov region, a miraculous discovery of a monument to Stalin took place. Everything was according to the canons of Christianity. During the war, the bust was hidden in a well, and then, many years later, the statue was found and now erected. Already the sixth in the country. Replace Stalin with an icon (you can - with Stalin) - and a religious sign as it is,” the politician writes on his Facebook page. "Maybe, let it be so. If they want to believe in an cannibal, let them believe.

The current world champion in height jumps by Russian Maria Kuchina told the R-Sport agency that she sent an individual application for participation in international starts to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). “The application was sent literally at midnight. I don’t know if IAAF will have time to consider it before the holidays, after all, in the International Federation, the last working day before Christmas and New Year on Friday.