The volume of mortgage loans issued in Russia at the end of October increased by 40% compared to the same period in 2017. This was reported by RBC with reference to data from the state company Dom.rf (formerly AHML). Between January and October, housing loans worth about 2.37 trillion rubles were issued in Russia. At the same time, 55% of transactions in new buildings and 46% of transactions in the secondary market were concluded with mortgages.

Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov won gold in an individual race for 15 kilometers at the stage of the World Cup in Finland after the Saturday Triumph in the sprint race by a classic course. In the Sunday race, he overcame a 15-kilometer distance in 36 minutes 17.8 seconds. The second was the Norwegian Emil Iversen (+19.5), and closed the top three Swede Calle Halvarsson (+21.2). The first ten of the Russians also included Andrei Larkov (+ 34.3) and Maxim Vylegzhanin (+ 42.2).

Fijean Vaisale Earvi was approved by the head coach of the Russian National Team in Rugby-7. According to the press service of the ROGBI Federation of Russia (FRR), the corresponding decision was made on November 26 at a meeting of the Supreme Council of the organization. Vaisale Earvi is often called a wizard and considered one of the most outstanding players in the Olympic variety of Rugby.

Arkady Dubnov "Purely emotionally I am striking in the evil excitement of Russian sailors with whom they attack the unfortunate tugboat. They know for sure that they will win and no one will answer them.

On November 26, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin solemnly opened the cable car through the Moscow River, which will connect the Luzhniki sports complex with the Vorobyevs and Kosygin Street. It is planned to open it for passengers from November 27, the city hall’s website reports. It is worth recalling that the new cable car was originally planned to be launched to the World Cup , held in Russia last summer, but did not manage to do this.

Former assistant to the prosecutor of the Shali district of the Chechen Republic, 27-year-old Magomed Guchigov, was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for shooting a wedding motorcade from the window of the car in the Russian capital. The decision of the femids is reported by the official website of the Moscow Main Directorate of the IC of the Russian Federation.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar abolished the punishment of 12 days of arrest , which he assigned to the RAP executor Husky on charges of hooliganism. This was announced by his lawyer Alexei Avanesyan.

The ruble is noticeably cheaper for the dollar and the euro in anticipation of the political consequences of the conflict in the Kerch Strait, which led to the seizure of three ships of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Russian border guards. At the same time, several Ukrainian sailors were injured. On Monday evening, the US dollar and the euro grew up on the Moscow Exchange. And the ruble noticeably fell to the bivalyut basket.

Photos of the new generation of the Porsche 911 sports car, the official presentation of which will take place at the Los Angeles car dealership, got to the network a few days before the premiere. Pictures were published by Jalopnik . Judging by the published images, the car will receive new optics and other bumers. Also, the car will be equipped with an active rear spoiler in the center of which is an additional third stop signal.

The Open Society Institute of American billionaire and philanthropist George Soros announced the cessation of its work in Turkey, writes Daily Sabah . The organization explained that the fund's employees are being persecuted by local authorities. Ankara accuses fund employees of participating in protest demonstrations against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2013. Fund employees deny these accusations.

The renovation program in Moscow allows the construction of high -rise buildings. This was stated on November 24, the chief architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov. “The law has no refinements regarding the number of storeys of houses within the framework of the renovation program. On average, new houses will have about 14 floors, but this can be devoted from this,” Kuznetsov quotes Interfax . He also noted that the renovation program should pay for itself.

“A week ago, many American journalists asked me at the Galifax forum: tell me, but there is an opinion that from the point of view of specific measures, Trump was tougher towards Putin in Ukraine than Obama,” writes the economist and politician on his Facebook page. “To which I answered them: unfortunately, soon, I think, there will be a new situation of real confrontation, and here we will check whose rigidity is longer. My personal forecast and without a centimeter in my hands is clear.

The founder and head of the SpaceX aerospace company, Ilon Musk, appreciated the likelihood that he himself would go to Mars at 70%. He gave such a forecast in an interview with Axios network publication. As Musk specified, we are talking about flying in the foreseeable prospect, when the trip to Mars will become possible, and the ticket there will cost about 200 thousand US dollars.

In Makhachkala, an anime festival, which was supposed to be held in the capital of Dagestan on November 25, was ripped off. The director of the theater, which provided the site for the event, was threatened by its organizers themselves. The Anidag festival was planned in the Avar Theater, and was supposed to take place in Makhachkala for the seventh time, reports the Caucasian Knot . However, the director of the theater received complaints, in particular from the Dagestan showman Eldar Iraziev.

The first groups of migrants from Central America broke through to the Mexican-American border, Fox News reports. As a response, the US Border Service banned the movement of cars and pedestrians on the San Isidro section, north of which the California San Diego is located. According to TASS, which refers to the AR, the incident occurred near the border crossing between the Mexican state of Tihuan and the American state of California.