Ukraine has imposed arrest or other restrictions on 15 foreign ships that called at the ports of Crimea after its annexation by Russia. This was reported by the assistant to the head of the State Border Service of Ukraine Oleg Slobodyan. “If they enter our maritime economic zone or enter Ukrainian ports, we take measures to limit their further movement,” the Krym.Realii website quotes him as saying. “Already 15 ships have been subject to arrest or other restrictions.

The Oxford Dictionary chose the adjective toxic (toxic, poisonous) in the word of 2018. As reported on the website of the dictionary , it has become "an identifier for the most discussed topics of the year." Along with a 45 percent increase in the number of views of the word TOXIC on the Oxford Dictionary website over the past year, this adjective was also used in different contexts both in the literal and metaphorical sense.

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, met with five -year -old Rakhim Kuriev, recently famous for the record number of continuous push -ups , and gave the young athlet a Mercedes car from the charity fund of his father . "The president of the Akhmat -Khadzhi Regional Public Fund Aimani Nesievna handed you this car. Let my father carry you to it. You are worthy of the best," TASS quotes Kadyrov.

“Kuznetsov’s repairs dates after the swimmer’s accident moved by one and a half years, now they promise to pass it by the end of the 22nd year,” writes a publicist and philosophy teacher on his Facebook page. "That is, four more, and rather more, Russia will live without a single aircraft carrier. Here is the first result of a recent disaster. As it is supposed to carry out repairs without a floating platform - a separate question, the answer to which, as I understand it, is not yet.

Andrei Svintsov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications from the LDPR faction, proposed to oblige bloggers and owners of popular pages on social networks to draw up their accounts on a legal entity and due to this legally place advertising and pay taxes on profits from it.

Former defenders of the Russian national football team and CSKA Moscow, brothers Vasily and Alexey Berezutsky, will join the coaching staff of the Dutch club Vitesse , headed by Russian specialist Leonid Slutsky. According to Interfax , this information, initially disseminated by the media, was officially confirmed on Thursday by the technical director of the Dutch football club Vitesse, Mark van Hintum. “We have a wide staff of coaches and Slutsky is used to this in Russia.

Residents of the capital's Kuntsevo district have joined the list of dissatisfied with the activities of the PIK construction company, accusing it of infill development and violation of the law. To fight the developer, activists hold rallies, set up tents and are suing the company in the Supreme Court.

The Law "On State Registration of Vehicles", which will enter into force in August next year, will oblige the owner of cars with rusty numbers of the body or frame to apply an additional "police" marking with the Vin-Nomer. As part of the preparation of the necessary by -laws in the traffic police, a draft government was developed in which the details of this procedure are described, Kommersant writes. Now, when registering the car, inspectors check identification numbers on the body and frame.

Omsks do not agree that the name of Yegor Letov, the most popular in social networks , was not included in the short list for voting in the name of the airport, and continue to fight for perpetuating the memory of their famous fellow countryman. On the website of the Russian public initiative, a petition was created demanding to include the musician’s name in the final vote. "The candidacy of Yegor Letov took the second place in the voting of the Omsk Regional Channel 12.

Dominic Raab, Minister of Britain from the European Union, resigned, saying that he could not “with a clear conscience” support the Brexit conditions in the draft agreement with the European Union, which was presented by the British Prime Minister Teresa May. This was reported by the Russian BBC service .

“If the package of Senator Lindsay Graham is accepted, and there is a requirement to establish the size of Putin’s personal state and continue to control the transactions with it, then it will be the following: the amount of this state will be arbitrarily established,” writes a political scientist and publicist on his Facebook page.

The Great Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made a decision on the claim of the Russian politician Alexei Navalny about seven detentions and administrative arrests in 2012-2014. According to the Russian BBC service , the pursuit of a blogger is political in nature.

The Moscow headquarters of the opposition Alexei Navalny published an investigation into fraud in the market for the repair of the capital's tram tracks, which was actually captured by Putin's friends - businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenbergs. They managed to get contracts for billions of rubles.

The State Duma deputy from the Fair Russia faction Oleg Nilov asked to check the announcement of the friendly match of the football teams of Russia and Germany from Channel One to incite interethnic growth, violation of public security and moral and ethical norms. The German match - Russia will be held on November 15 at the Red Bull Arena stadium in Leipzig and will be broadcast by the first channel.

The European Commission announced the draft agreement on the ordered exit of Great Britain from the EU on the evening of November 14, which covers all the key aspects: citizens' rights, financial settlement, transition period, management issues, and also includes protocols in Ireland, Gibraltar and Cyprus. The texts of the agreement and the political declaration are published on the website of the country's government.