It took America for four days to admit-the tragedy in San Bernardino, who had taken away 14 lives, was a terrorist attack.

We said goodbye to Eldar Ryazanov - the most ironic and sad comedographer of our era Eldar Ryazanov in his work was close to everyone, Moscow, 1995 He forced himself to talk about himself twice within a month. On November 18, Eldar Ryazanov turned 88 years old. On this occasion, the Facebook public lovingly practiced about the sign of double infinity and the coming immortality.

Why Russian society calmly perceives any, even the most terrible revelations about the essence of the Russian government Strictly speaking, over the past week we learned amazing things - that the families of prosecutors in Russia are conducting joint business with the families of bloody killers, that high -ranking ranks in Russian investigative authorities are appointed bandits who are under the supervision of the Spanish investigative authorities, that law enforcement officers are interested in

On December 3, President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly. The address is not interesting because of what the president wanted to say: his message is contradictory and somewhat confused. He lacks a pivotal idea, a strategy that he himself does not seem to see. Maybe this is good, because at the current level of the Kremlin's development, a big idea would be false, bad and dangerous. We welcome not what he said, but what was not in the message.

Serene happiness on the Turkish coast at the beginning of the year, Istanbul, Turkey, January 5, 2015 In December, Istanbul shouted by police checkpoints in anticipation of new terrorist attacks, the Bayrampash, Istanbul, Turkey, December 1, 2015 Photo: Reuters/Murad Sezer, Reuters/Osman Orsal Tpx Images of the Day

The conflict between Russia and Turkey reaches a new level. President Putin, in addition to previous accusations of “aiding terrorists”, imposed sanctions against Ankara, warning her that “tomatoes would not cost”, and calling the Turkish leadership “ruling click”. In response, President Erdogan promised to prove that it was Russia, and not Türkiye is involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State*.

How the confrontation of Russia - Türkiye on regional and global security will affect - The New Times asked experts Su-34 fighter armed with air-air missiles before departure, Syria, December 1, 2015 1. What are the interests of Turkey in Syria and how do they differ from Russian? 2. Did Moscow take into account the Turkish factor when making a decision on surgery in Syria? 3. Can the conflict Russia - Turkey to develop into the confrontation of Russia - NATO?

On December 4, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) held its 168th meeting in Vienna. Obviously: the cartel has lost its power over black gold The oil market is in a fever again. The North Sea Brent blend, which Russian grades are guided by, has once again stopped at a step from $40 per barrel, and by the time the issue hits the kiosks, this step can be taken.

Table of contents 2> Replica conversations in an empty room The ruble rolling down, the president’s message, Blackout in Crimea and warlike Yuan 7> Current events of the Chronicle of current events November 30 - December 4 8> Trend life without surprise Yuri Saprykin - About the indifference of Russian society to any revelations 10> Native art of hatred Social networks and homegrown poets in the struggle against the new enemy 14> Report can not be put to fight Moscow continues to control the

“Chronicle of current events”-a typewritten human rights information ballot, distributed in Samizdat in 1968-1983 “The Seagull hoped that the information from our investigation would not be widely dispersed and drowning inside the“ radical-opposition part of the Internet ”. Then you could just get silent. It didn’t work out, I had to speak out, but we only heard traditional. Around the slander for money, and customers are Obama and Erdogan. Can I find out where the lie?

On December 2, Vladimir Putin flew to the Crimea, commissioned the first stage of the energy bridge, promised a quick victory over the "end of the world" and flew away. Until better times, which is not clear when the cable will now come , thrown across the Kerch Strait, supplies 127 MW to the de-energized peninsula. The authorities promise to double this flow from day to day. Probably, the Russian president flew away with the feeling that the problem was closed.

Table of contents 2> Replica conversations in an empty room The ruble rolling down, the president’s message, Blackout in Crimea and warlike Yuan 7> Current events of the Chronicle of current events November 30 - December 4 8> Trend life without surprise Yuri Saprykin - About the indifference of Russian society to any revelations 10> Native art of hatred Social networks and homegrown poets in the struggle against the new enemy 14> Report can not be put to fight Moscow continues to control the

December 1 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) included the Chinese yuan in the basket of reserve currencies The IMF included the yuan in the list of currencies, based on the value of which countries are calculated with each other for loans and various fund programs. In order not to offend anyone, the IMF does not issue loans in dollars or euros, but in a conditional unit of account called "special drawing rights" (SDRs).

In November, the Kurdish Armed Forces (Peshmerga*) repelled several settlements in Iraq from the IG fighters **.

On Japanese screens, the premiere of an unusual film took place-about how 75 years ago, starting from the fall of 1940, German and Polish Jews, fleeing the Nazis, through Moscow and the entire Soviet Union got to Japan Jewish refugees from Poland, Kobe, Japan, April 1941 In early December 1940, German Jew Leo Adler came from Kaunas to Moscow.