The head of the Union of Cinematographers and director Nikita Mikhalkov sent a letter to the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin with a request to redeem and save the Nightingale film center without allowing the construction of the hotel in its place. About this writes the publication The Village , to whose journalists a copy of Mikhalkov’s letter came.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed his American counterpart Donald Trump about the impossibility of Ankara abandoning the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems (ZRS). “We explained to Trump that Turkey will not back down on the S-400 issue. I told Trump about how Turkey was brought to the point of purchasing the S-400 systems, and he recognized our right,” the Turkish leader said during a speech in Ankara, which was broadcast hosts the NTV channel.

In Kemerovo, the traveler and blogger Anton Shagin was called to the FSB and the phone and camera were seized, on which interviews with the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev were recorded. This was reported by the publication "Your City" , which has published a copy of the technology excavation protocol.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) established a system of fines for members of the Russian national team for various kinds of violations of the regime, says the championship portal with reference to the data of the Mutko Against Telegram channel. At the disposal of the source was a printout of the document, which listed possible sanctions. All fines are calculated in euros.

“The gas debt of Transnistria to Russia is about six billion dollars according to Kommersant. As far as I understand, they don’t pay fundamentally, since the 90s, although the region is industrial and relatively solvent,” writes an analyst and publicist on his Facebook page.

The son of the country's president, Viktor Lukashenko, was elected first vice-president of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus. The Olympic Assembly voted for him, Belta reports. Lukashenko Jr. has formally held this position since April of this year in the status of acting on a voluntary basis, combining it with work as the presidential assistant for national security.

The US government for the second time extended the temporary license of the Chinese company Huawei - now the validity of the license that allows Huawei to conduct business with American partners expires on February 16, 2020. This is stated in the documents of the US Department of Trade. "The extension of the temporary license will not have much impact on Huawei business.

The "Federal Passenger Company" (subsidiary of Russian Railways) introduced a model of a new reserved seat car with curtains and special luggage places as part of the Transport Week exhibition, TASS correspondent reports. The new reserved seat car is equipped with individual curtains for each passenger. At the same time, the side shelves have cabinets for personal belongings. The interior is made in beige-sides of tones, the regiments are upholstered with dark beige skin.

Hackers gained access to data and accounts of at least 3,800 companies, funds and individuals as a result of hacking the offshore bank Cayman National Bank on the island of Menn in the Irish Sea. The bank on its website confirmed the leakage of data, but did not open the scale of the leak. Unicornriot claims that the volume of stolen data is comparable to the "Panama archive". It is about these clients from Cyprus, from the UK and from the British Virgin Islands.

Luis Enrique has returned to the post of head coach of the Spanish national football team, which he left this summer for family reasons. This was announced on Tuesday at a special press conference by the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales. Luis Enrique, 49, led the national team from July 9, 2018 to June 19 this year and left the post due to health problems with his 9-year-old daughter, who eventually died in September.

The transactions of the purchase and sale of property using an electronic signature can be made through the portal of public services (EPGU). The corresponding decision was signed by the head of government Dmitry Medvedev. “There is an idea that legally significant actions can be carried out through this portal. In particular, to make transactions of purchase and sale of property using an electronic signature,” Medvedev said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers.

The State Duma Commission on the investigation of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation proposed to introduce a criminal penalty for the organizers of inconsistent rallies who have been trained in certain “camps” funded from abroad, which allegedly operate in a number of Russian regions. Where such "camps" are located, the deputies did not specify.

The European Commission considers the full ban on the use of lead in open air, referring to the fact that this metal harms the ecology. Possible reform may have serious consequences for the biathlon, in which this metal is used for the manufacture of cartridges, Interfax reports with reference to the Norwegian NRK channel. According to the source, the commission has already applied with the relevant request to the European Chemical Agency. The ban can enter into force in 2022.

Last week, the flood in Venice was damaged by floor mosaics and marble columns in the St. Mark Cathedral, the guardians of the cathedral reported on Tuesday, TASS reported with reference to the RAI News 24 news channel. The most concern is the influence of salt on the basis of the supporting structures of the cathedral.

Russian poet Andrei Orlov, widely known under the pseudonym Orlush, this week was a new victim for the Russian patriotic public. The poet’s words, who he said about Ukraine in a large interview with the Ukrainian portal “Observer” , caused not only attacks in social networks, but also appeals to the Prosecutor General and the FSB of Russia.